Public spaces · Small towns
Rural spaces
for rent.
Rural Pop-Up connects municipalities with underused spaces and people looking for an authentic rural place to do something. We are the mediator: nothing more, nothing less.
or suggest a town we should know about
The network so far
63Towns with spacesout of 209 mapped191Published spacesbigger dots, more spacesEach dot is a mapped town. Green ones already have published spaces.
Who it's for
Two worlds, one meeting point.
For municipalities
Reactivate public heritage, one space at a time.
Got a deconsecrated church, a former mill, an empty classroom? We publish it in the network and take care of its visibility. With the Mediation Service, the renter pays an extra 30% on the municipal price, only for successful bookings.
Free initial site visit100% digital onboarding, remotely- Publication, promotion and request handling
- Free Rural DIGITAL
For organizers
Authentic spaces, clear terms.
Looking for a place for a concert, workshop, film set, festival? Browse the network and send us your request: we mediate the agreement with the town, and for dance festivals we also walk you through the paperwork.
- Curated catalogue of rural Italian spaces
- Direct response, agreement mediated by our team
- Dedicated tools for dance festivals
How it works
Three steps, one mediator.
The town publishes
We add an underused space to the network after a free site survey 100% digital onboarding, remotely. Photos, description, regulatory notes.
We mediate
We receive requests, assess feasibility, connect town and organizer. Without extra middlemen.
The event happens
The agreement is signed. With the Mediation Service, the renter pays an extra 30% on the municipal price, only for successful bookings.
Rural Pop-Up only mediates rentals. We don't run the events ourselves: we just connect people who own a space with people who need one.
About us
A small studio,
at the service of rural Italy.
Rural Pop-Up was born from Rural Startup Studio, a digital workshop based in Lequio Berria. We work on the network of underused public spaces with a stated goal: bringing new energy to rural Italy, especially through generational renewal in the 18-35 bracket.