Bucharest Confirms that Every Coworking Space is Unique

Then → Now · 2026

Seneca's hourly price roughly tripled, from 8 lei to 20–25 lei, and WeLoveDigital dropped drop-ins for a €250 monthly-minimum model. The "book a desk for a day" market the post served has shrunk even at the spaces that survived.

What it said (2017) ↓

Eight Bucharest spaces visited in two days: WeLoveDigital, Pura Vida, Nod Makers, 360Hub, Talent Garden, Impact Hub, ThinkSpace Microhub, Seneca Anticafe

WeLoveDigital (Unirii): "about 40 seats", a terrace, and a booking made through a third-party platform that the space had not received

What happened (2026) ↓

WeLoveDigital's Unirii site (welovedigitalunirii.ro) now returns HTTP 410 Gone. The brand survives as a 300 m² space two minutes from Universitate metro, at €250 a month with a one-month minimum.

Pura Vida's coworking domain now hosts an unrelated link farm.

Verdict · Held up: 6 / 10 · Full 2026 update

Partly true Five or six of the eight venues, or their brands, are still going, and the remote-work trend came true. The prices and locations are outdated.

Remote work was a fast-growing phenomenon, and coworking was transforming the way people work.Came true
The post listed each venue's prices and locations, such as Seneca Anticafe charging 8 Lei per hour.Outdated

Original post · 19 August 2017

Every coworking space is unique. Every coworking space has its own identity and character. My colleague Vanda and I confirmed this a few weeks ago when we visited eight Bucharest spaces in two days. I founded Cowork7/24 to not only ease, but amplify the lives of coworkers and coworking space owners. We had a fantastic time getting to know everyone within the community and had the opportunity to collect a colorful array of insights. Our first stop was WeLoveDigital. While it is a very central location and should have only taken me about 10 minutes to walk to from the Old City, I conveniently took a wrong turn which led me through the park on a beautiful hot summer’s day. Twenty minutes later, I arrived. WeLoveDigital has about 40 seats and houses a beautiful terrace overlooking the charming city. It was quiet when we arrived, with only 5-6 people working in the space. Stefan, the office manager, kindly walked us around, though he was not expecting our arrival despite my booking through one of the existing booking platforms! Apparently, there is room for improvement in the booking process, which I duly noted down! Then we had a very nice chat with one of the co-founders, Eugenia, on their business and how we may collaborate to help them grow their community. It was a very educational and inspirational conversation. I'm learning every day from every coworking space! --- If you’d like to focus on your work without distractions in a quiet and cozy environment or have access to a pretty good selection of business and entrepreneurship books at their shared library, you should visit WeLoveDigital.

Next stop was Pura Vida, in the very heart of the Old City. They are one of Bucharest’s combo coworking AND coliving spaces. Originally Pura Vida began as a hostel, and while they still have a hostel nearby (with a very nice sky bar, totally worth a visit!) don't confuse that with their official coliving space! Pura Vida is located in a historical building with limited coworking space, which was reserved for some private event at the time we visited. Oana was very helpful to explain us their business growth and the challenges they’re currently facing. The atmosphere looked very comfortable with a nice bar on one side, and the dorms and meeting rooms on the other side. Big bonus – as soon as you step out, you are transported into the heart of Bucharest’s nightlife. We then dropped by Nod Makers, which, as the name implies, is more a maker space (and it was a huge one with plans to expand to another floor) than a coworking space! This space serves a very broad and diverse community of makers (and companies) and provides them with a variety of unique equipment - everything from woodworking tools to CNC machines and 3D printing machines. I could easily spend weeks there pleasing the inner child scientist in me! It’s absolutely a must-see place for inspiration, though you should set your expectations accordingly as it’s not a conventional coworking space! 360Hub was next in our itinerary. The owners work in advertising and were so excited by the coworking industry that they expanded their own office to service other entrepreneurs. They’re so invested that they offer networking and coaching skills to coworkers that visit. While it may not necessarily be the place for a few coworking days here and there, you may very well consider 360Hub a place for long-haul projects or for your startup team! The following day, we visited Talent Garden Bucharest, which is one of the 18 spaces within the Talent Garden “campus” network. The place is just beautiful. For those caffeine addicts, they have a large and quirky café called Beans & Dots, moreover, they host the fashion designer concept store Adelina Ivan!, and another garden cafe outdoors. I would have been happy to just work away in their café all day! Talent Garden mostly targets office renters, with simple but sharply designed offices, and a very large event space available for rent. They are not the typical coworking space where you can just walk in for the day, but rather a place you may consider if you have a startup company.

I have a special thing for Impact Hubs. It’s not like I like or favor them more than any other coworking space, but for me – they personally fit my style and vibe so well. I always feel at home, you guys know the feeling. Impact Hub Bucharest was no different. The welcome message on their blackboard greets you with, “Home is where your wi-fi connects automatically!”. Is it not so true? By the way, the moment we walked in, we just figured out how small the world is, as Madalina, the Community Manager, turned out to be Vanda’s childhood friend! The other Community Manager (also Madalina), was very kind and taught us a lot as we walked her through our Cowork7/24 onboarding process. We so valued her input. It is probably the biggest HUB in Romania, having the largest member base. It offers a productive environment for people to connect, collaborate, explore and offer opportunities for startups to grow impact. They are moving to their new location in the Timpuri Noi area as we speak, and are absolutely worth visiting when you are in Bucharest, or in Bucuresti as locals call the city.

ThinkSpace Microhub is indeed a micro coworking space with only 12 seats in one big room. The place was a bit hard to find in the labyrinth-like corridors of the large building, but Bogdan greeted us warmly once we found the “room.” The place is founded by two programmers (who were not there when we visited) who have full-time jobs. The place had a lot of availability and is the ideal place to have a focused and quiet day of working on a solo project. Bogdan shared with us how he is developing a hardware and software solution to track who is using the coworking space, which is a solution we may consider integrating with our platform! Our last stop was a place not calling themselves a coworking space, but rather an “anticafe:” Seneca! Though it does offer everything a traditional coworking is looking for, it includes a separate quiet zone, a bookstore that you may treat as your personal library, and a free kitchen with a large variety of healthy options of teas, juices, and some snacks. They define themselves as “we are a SPACE where YOU can meet with others, work, play, learn and share,” and they stay true to their word. They have a very simple pricing of 8 Lei (<2 euros) per hour, which includes use of anything inside (including borrowing books from the bookstore and scanning or reading inside). They call this “we put value in time, the rest is for free,” and have other price offers for frequent visitors, or if you want to spend more than 5 hours during the same day.” You must visit Seneca for the atmosphere, if not for their delicious and wide selection of goodies. It was not my first time in Bucharest, but it was my first time in Bucharest visiting coworking spaces back-to back garnering the most eye-opening and encouraging insights. It reaffirmed that the way we work has changed radically. Lately the multitude of online tools and information available, gave us the possibility to work from anywhere. Remote work is a fast growing phenomenon. I’m thrilled so many smart, creative, and talented coworking spaces are now offering accessible shared desks, meeting rooms, and communities continuously confirming every day how the world of work is changing, and how coworking spaces, and the culture of “coworking” are challenging and transforming the way people work - whether they are freelancers, startups, or even the traveling “corporate” 9-5 worker. I’m so excited to be a part of the movement, to contribute to the movement, and can’t wait to see the industry evolve - now onto the next city, Budapest! Stay tuned for my next article sharing my thoughts on my favorite Budapest coworking spaces.

2026 update

What happened after this was written

Claims then:

Eight Bucharest spaces visited in two days: WeLoveDigital, Pura Vida, Nod Makers, 360Hub, Talent Garden, Impact Hub, ThinkSpace Microhub, Seneca Anticafe
WeLoveDigital (Unirii): "about 40 seats", a terrace, and a booking made through a third-party platform that the space had not received
Pura Vida: a coworking-plus-coliving spin-off of a hostel with a sky bar
Talent Garden Bucharest: "one of the 18 spaces" in the Talent Garden network, aimed at office renters
Impact Hub Bucharest is "probably the biggest HUB in Romania" and is "moving to their new location in the Timpuri Noi area"
Seneca: "8 Lei (<2 euros) per hour", with a discount after 5 hours
Trend claims: "Remote work is a fast growing phenomenon", and coworking is "transforming the way people work", including for the "corporate 9-5 worker"

What happened since:

WeLoveDigital's Unirii site (welovedigitalunirii.ro) now returns HTTP 410 Gone. The brand survives as a 300 m² space two minutes from Universitate metro, at €250 a month with a one-month minimum. The drop-in model is gone. welovedigital.ro
Pura Vida's coworking domain now hosts an unrelated link farm. The Pura Vida Sky Bar & Hostel is still listed as bookable on Hostelworld, though bookings for specific 2026 dates could not be confirmed. puravidahubs.com · Hostelworld
Nod Makerspace has grown into an award-winning hub at Splaiul Unirii 160 (Industria Bumbacului), with wood and metal workshops and a materials library. It is a "4-time winner" of the Central European Startup Awards' Best Coworking Space, and its activity reports run through 2025. nodmakerspace.ro
360Hub is still operating at Calea Dudești 94: day pass 100 lei + VAT, 24/7 office 900 lei + VAT a month. 360hub.ro
Impact Hub Bucharest did move to Timpuri Noi Square: reportedly 1,600 m², about 2.5 times the old space, according to search excerpts of the 2017 Romania Insider report (the article itself could not be reopened). Its only listed address today is Str. Tudor Arghezi 8-10 (Unimed building, Universitate), opened in 2019, and Timpuri Noi no longer appears on its contact page. Romania Insider · impacthub.ro/contact
Talent Garden Bucharest: the old subdomain now redirects to a talentgarden.com Bucharest page that returns 404, and Talent Garden's coworking page lists no Romanian campus. A closure date is unverified. talentgarden.com
ThinkSpace Microhub: thinkspace.ro now redirects to an unrelated political-tracker site. No current web presence found. RomanianStartups listing (historic)
Seneca Anticafe is still open, with the same "pay for time" model, but now charges 25 lei for the first hour and 20 lei an hour after that, capped at 5 paid hours a day. That is roughly 2.5–3 times the 2017 price. senecanticafe.ro/tarife
The remote-work and coworking trend claims came true at scale after 2020. For the region, see the Baltic figures below: Workland alone runs 14 centres. BaltCap

Named spaces/orgs status:

Name	Then	Now	Evidence
WeLoveDigital (Unirii)	~40 seats, terrace, drop-in	Unirii site gone (HTTP 410); brand relocated near Universitate, 300 m², €250/month, monthly only	welovedigital.ro
Pura Vida (coworking/coliving)	Coworking + coliving, Old Town	Coworking domain repurposed; hostel and sky bar still operating	Hostelworld
Nod Makerspace	Large makerspace, planning another floor	Operating and expanded; 4x CESA Best Coworking	nodmakerspace.ro
360Hub	Ad agency's office opened to others	Operating, Calea Dudești 94	360hub.ro
Talent Garden Bucharest	1 of 18 TAG campuses	Official page 404s; not listed. Status unverified	talentgarden.com
Impact Hub Bucharest	Moving to Timpuri Noi	Operating at Tudor Arghezi 8-10 (Universitate); Timpuri Noi not listed	impacthub.ro/contact
ThinkSpace Microhub	12-seat room	No current web presence found (domain repurposed)	thinkspace.ro → unrelated site, checked 2026-09-30
Seneca Anticafe	8 lei/hour	Operating; 25 lei first hour, then 20 lei/hour	senecanticafe.ro
Talent Garden network	"18 spaces"	Still headquartered in Milan; current campus count unverified	talentgarden.com

Verdict: Partly true. Five or six of the eight venues, or their brands, are still going, and the remote-work trend came true. The prices and locations are outdated.

Headline finding: Seneca's hourly price roughly tripled, from 8 lei to 20–25 lei, and WeLoveDigital dropped drop-ins for a €250 monthly-minimum model. The "book a desk for a day" market the post served has shrunk even at the spaces that survived.

Additional checks · Chrome search, 30 Sep 2026

Talent Garden Bucharest: No closure announcement found; Talent Garden's coworking pages list no Bucharest campus. Treat as closed, date unknown. (probable; Google search in Chrome 2026-09-30; talentgarden.com/en/coworking)

Where these differ from the notes above, these supersede them.

Re-verified 3 November 2026: 11 claims confirmed, 0 corrected, 2 hedged, 0 removed.

Researched 30 September 2026 and re-verified against the sources on 3 November 2026. Sources are linked in each point. Items marked "unverified" could not be established and are not guessed.