New Urban Habits – Connect, Educate, Inspire

The first festival dedicated to the urban future

Mihai Eminescu
Amphitheatre

20–21 June 2026

A festival for the city that changes through people.

nUH brings together communities, experts, creators, institutions and families in an open format built around the questions that shape urban life.

The 2026 edition brings together UrbanTalks, roundtables, hands-on workshops, exhibitions, film screenings and artistic interventions in one weekend at the Mihai Eminescu Amphitheatre.

UrbanTalks, workshops and applied conversations about neighbourhoods, heritage, sustainability, climate and mobility.

New media art, exhibitions, film, music and international examples of more liveable cities.

Encounters between communities, public administration, the creative sector and people who want to take part.

The complete agenda is just a click away

June 20

UrbanTalks, workshops, tours, exhibitions, film screenings and a secret musical moment.

June 21

Workshops, UrbanTalks, urban brunch, exhibitions, film and the closing concert.

Two days, many rhythms of the city.

The Pop-Up Factory

Industrial heritage workshop for children

New European Bauhaus and Neighbourhood Futures

Bucharest streets - Barcelona lens

Workshop on street life and urban health

Sustainable fashion

Wool dyeing workshop with natural pigments

Virtually bike through Copenhagen

Reimagine Bucharest as a bike city

Living lessons

Guided tour in the Vatra Luminoasă neighborhood

Bucharest Food Conversations

From Food Waste to Taste

Upcycling Textil

Crochet Session cu Bunicile

The Hidden Energy of the City

From batteries to the green jobs of the future

Waste to Soil

The Compost Loop

Mini UrbanLab

Creative urban innovation workshop

Urban Mapping and Decoding Workshop

The Sun Is In My Garden

Little Garden Lab

Urban horticulture workshop for children

Civic Tour in the Vatra Luminoasă

PlaceMaking Game

Future Prepared

Expanded Mind Training

Sustainable Urban Horticulture

Behaviour-change Lab

Designing for Active & Inclusive Mobility

Facades, windows and stories

Architectural Treasure Hunt

Caring for Shadow

Shade Infrastructures

Rethinking Bucharest streets

Through Dutch design principles

Your city on the Recycling Map

The life of objects after we no longer use them

Green Investment Simulation Game

The Bicycle as an Urban Gesture

Creative bicycle transformation workshop

Catch the Sun

Energy Systems

Personalising Everyday Forms

Through Upcycling & Stencils

Mihai Eminescu Amphitheatre becomes a stage for the urban future.

A public space set within a park, with the energy of an urban forum: open, green and suited for dialogue, performance and intergenerational encounters.

Inspirational speakers on the urban future.

Xavier Matilla Ayala

Architect-Urban Planner and Former Chief Architect of the city of Barcelona

Lotte Bech

Urban Cycle Planning

Pietro Elisei

Urban Planning Expert, Founder of URBASOFIA

Serin Geambazu

Architect, teacher, Founder of AALAN Studio

Ciprian Sipoș

Founder of the Center for Immersive Education, Creator interdisciplinary

Andreea Raicu

Founder of AMALIN, Entrepreneur, Author, Personal Development and Wellbeing

Cătălina Frâncu

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Zeppelin Magazine, PhD student at TU Wien

Claudiu Butacu

Co-founder of EFdeN & Lecturer at BISM

Roxana Maria Triboi

Founder of Bucharest Food Conversations, PhD researcher, expert in resilient food systems

Marius Tudosiei

Founder of ALAS, SLOW FOOD VALAHIA & Băcănia Veche, Chef and entrepreneur involved in promoting responsible cooking

Ștefania Neagoe

Sustainability & Social Impact at Ateliere fără Frontiere, Ferma BIO&CO

Chris Bruntlett

Urban Mobility Advocate and Advisor, Dutch Cycling Embassy

Christiane Feuerstein

Arhitect and researcher

Bjarne Uldal

Chief Innovation Officer Nordic Edge

Anca Dumitrache

Architect & founder @15minpejos

Răzvan Sîrbu

Marketing Manager, i'velo

Alexandra Șipa

Designer

Alexandru Belenyi

Co-founder of BAAB

More to come...

The nUH 2026 artists are here!

The New Urban Habits Festival brings artists, installations, exhibitions and live moments to the stage that complement conversations about the urban future.

Byron & Muse Quartet

Alina Rizescu

Dan Adrian Ionescu DAI

Ingrid-Odette Maschek

Augmented Space Agency

Andreea Oprișan

BMRE

Vlad Pițu

Alina Ușurelu

Tudor Cioroiu

Lavinia Ghimbășan

STOL COLLECTIVE

Daniela Pălimariu

Andrei Costache

Emilia Coman

Maria Bîrsan

Livia Ioana Florea

RIZI Studio

Exhibitions & Solution Showcases

Installations, exhibitions, activations and urban solutions that connect the public with projects, organizations and practices for a more sustainable city.

Interactive City

Expoziție New Media, curator Alina Rizescu

Dâmbovița 2035

Dambovita Apa Dulce

UH (common interjection)

Threads and Barks, participatory textile installation

Wool Library

Nalba Studio

Building the city

UrbanizeHub (UrbanVision), exhibition participatory urbanism

You see futures?

Climatic Tarot, Ciprian Sipoș (Steward of Mother Nature)

2x Safer on bike

Solution Showcase START-UP, Defensive Pedal

A little retrospective & what's next

magazine.reading corner by zeppelin

Bucharest possible

VR Urban Planning Exhibition, Străzi pentru Oameni

The perfect neighborhood

Conceptual model, Storia

Artown NOW

Exhibition, talk and catalog launch, Anuala de Artă Urbană

Attendance desks

Art NOW & Anuala de Artă Urbană

Music of the Heart

Collage exhibition, Cristiana Bucurenci & Bucharest Collage Collective

Characters of Romania

Visual Art, SăFițiCuminți

Open Squares

UrbanizeHub

Lost and found

BAAB

Movies screenings

Atelierele Scânteia

CueTape

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