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AT THE TABLE · DOBROGEA · MURFATLAR
La Povești, Murfatlar — sturgeon ciorbă and blueberry papanași, in the pergola garden
At the Table · A meal, closely observed
Adi Coco · 5 min
EVENTS · TECHNOLOGY · MUSIC
Lolita Cercel Takes the Stage with a Human Band
Fifteen Minutes at the Innovation Summit
Adi Coco · 2 min
COWORKING NIGHT 2026
Coworking: Hospitality, Not Real Estate
A report from the first edition of Coworking Spaces Night — from Spaces Unirii, through V7 Opera Center, to Mindspace Piața Victoriei. With an unexpected lesson delivered from a Bucharest park.
Adi Coco · 8 min
HAPPENING · WORKPLACE
Of Every Five Offices, Only One Will Survive
The Bet: Maybach, Not Aldi — €350/desk, 99% Retention
Adi Coco · 6 min
A VILLAGE · DOBROGEA
Cobadin — Three Schools on Trajan's Road
On the ancient road linking Constanța to the fortress of Tropaeum Traiani, three old schools appear one after another along the same street in Cobadin — German (1883), Romanian (1902), and Tatar (1956)
Adi Coco · 6 min
A NUMBER · TWENTY YEARS ON
Twenty Years On — Bookfest
1988. 2006. 2026.
Adi Coco · 8 min
THE CITY · COWORKING NIGHT
From the First Shared Desk in 2012 to 74,000 Square Meters
Bucureștiul își deschide birourile miercuri 10 iunie
Adi Coco · 6 min
WEST SIDE FLOWER FESTIVAL
Flower Festival at 7 in the Morning
Three days, a flock of sheep made of flowers, a column of ribbons rising like an Endless Column, and a lone woman on a glass bridge. A report from the fourth edition, at seven in the morning.
Adi Coco · 7 min
ANALYSIS · TAXATION AND WORK IN THE EU
Six Plumbers, €120,000, and Six Very Different Europes
The same small firm, six countries, the same revenue. How much the entrepreneur keeps after taxes — and how many billable hours each Europe demands to earn it.
Redacția RomâniaFrumoasă · 9 min
PHOTO ESSAY
Obor Market at Nine in the Morning
Bucharest has around thirty markets. This one hasn't given up since around 1800.
Adi Coco · 6 min
Interview
Corbeanca – The City in the Park
Before 1989, many Corbeanca residents dreamed of a Bucharest address. Today, Bucharest residents can no longer afford a home here.
Adi Coco · 20 min
THE ROAD · the first SALIGNY BRIDGE
The Bridge That Was Blown Up So a Country Could Survive
Four bridges on the same site, in 140 years.
Adi Coco · 6 min
A VILLAGE · LĂPUȘNA, MUREȘ
Lăpușna
A two-person village in the Gurghiu Mountains, full of everything other places are searching for.
Redacția RomâniaFrumoasă · 9 min
A NUMBER · THE DANUBE
1,075 km of the Danube in Romania
A NUMBER · GEOGRAPHY & MEMORY
Adi Coco · 5 min
Five Spring Flowers
5 Wild Spring Flowers
Five wild flowers, from the last melting snow to May — to admire, not to pick.
Andrei Vrabie · 2 min
The Danube Village That Even Locals From Constanța Don't Know By Name
Adi Coco · 3 min
MAY 20 · FROM AUSCHWITZ TO TRANSYLVANIA
The Line That Reached Transylvania
The railway inside Birkenau was extended all the way to the crematoria for a single purpose: the arrival of Hungarian Jews, including those from Northern Transylvania.
Adi Coco · 6 min
SCIENCE
Romania's Most Important Scientific Discovery Lies Beneath a Field Near Mangalia
Ceaușescu wanted a power plant. Instead, the communist regime accidentally left behind one of Romania's most precious scientific legacies.
Adi Coco · 4 min
PHOTO ESSAY
The Morning Brașov Looked to the Sky
On an early spring weekend, hot air balloons drew above the city a spectacle in which flight felt closer to a dream than to engineering.
Adi Coco · 3 min
INSTITUTIONS
Târgu Mureș Zoo: Big for Romania, Still Modest for Europe
The zoo in Târgu Mureș dominates the Romanian market through size and profile, but compared to Vienna, Prague, or Budapest it remains a national leader rather than a European benchmark.
Adi Coco · 5 min
Where to Eat the Best Mici in Bucharest: 10 Places Where Mici Became Legend
We've gathered the best-known addresses, from the classics to today's favorites, in a guide for the hungry.
Redacția RomâniaFrumoasă · 5 min
PHOTO ESSAY
Romania's 10 Smallest Towns
The ranking is based on official data from the 2021 Census and on the official figures from the 2011 Census for the ten-year comparison.
Redacția RomâniaFrumoasă · 2 min
Piața Drumul Taberei, Early April 2026
A photo essay about the people behind the seasonal vegetables, about the labor of the land, and about spring quietly arriving on the city's tables
Redacția RomâniaFrumoasă · 2 min