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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 · Jun 18, 2026 · 5 min

EVENTS · TECHNOLOGY · MUSIC

Lolita Cercel Takes the Stage with a Human Band

Fifteen Minutes at the Innovation Summit

Adi Coco · Jun 15, 2026 · 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 · Jun 12, 2026 · 8 min

HAPPENING · WORKPLACE

Of Every Five Offices, Only One Will Survive

The Bet: Maybach, Not Aldi — €350/desk, 99% Retention

Adi Coco · Jun 10, 2026 · 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 · Jun 9, 2026 · 6 min

A NUMBER · TWENTY YEARS ON

Twenty Years On — Bookfest

1988. 2006. 2026.

Adi Coco · Jun 8, 2026 · 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 · Jun 8, 2026 · 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 · Jun 6, 2026 · 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 · Jun 3, 2026 · 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 · May 29, 2026 · 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 · May 28, 2026 · 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 · May 27, 2026 · 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 · May 26, 2026 · 9 min

A NUMBER · THE DANUBE

1,075 km of the Danube in Romania

A NUMBER · GEOGRAPHY & MEMORY

Adi Coco · May 25, 2026 · 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 · May 22, 2026 · 2 min

The Danube Village That Even Locals From Constanța Don't Know By Name

Adi Coco · May 20, 2026 · 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 · May 20, 2026 · 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 · May 12, 2026 · 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 · May 6, 2026 · 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 · May 6, 2026 · 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 · May 6, 2026 · 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 · May 6, 2026 · 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 · May 6, 2026 · 2 min