Bucharest is a major coffee center, with one specialty café per 52,000 inhabitants, more than Berlin,or Copenhagen. The last years, the specialty coffee scene has grown exponentially.
Internationally, Bucharest baristas have been recognized in competitions, with Alexandru Niculae of Bob Coffee Lab, who won the World Roaster Championship 2016.
Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, at 44°25′57″N 26°06′14″, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than 60 km north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border.
Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. It became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (neo-classical and Art Nouveau), interbellum (Bauhaus, and art deco), communist era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city’s elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of ‘Paris of the East’ or ‘Little Paris’.