📚 Book Clubs in Cluj-Napoca
Cluj’s reading scene has a visible home in central bookshops such as Bookstory on Bulevardul Eroilor, which hosts book discussions and literary gatherings. The city’s university population brings students alongside working-adult readers, but an English-speaking expat/local mix is something to check with individual groups, not assume. Think bookshop-centred literary culture, often in Romanian, rather than a dependable circuit of English-language expat clubs.
💡 A shared book, not instant closeness
For a newcomer in Cluj, an English-friendly discussion offers a welcoming reason to meet local readers outside the university or workplace, with the book doing some of the conversational heavy lifting. The pleasure is real, but a group discussion can stay focused on characters and interpretations rather than your own lives. Especially when attendance changes between meetings, recognising faces or exchanging contacts does not necessarily become friendship—although regular groups can grow deeper over time.
💬 When you want to go beyond the book
For English-speaking newcomers and internationally minded locals in Cluj, playing Makuma together can complement a book club: connection games shift the focus from what you read to what you think and feel. A Makuma session can give introverts a more structured way into personal conversation and offer an alternative to dating apps—without assuming that everyone in Cluj’s international community is looking for romance.
Makuma Connection Games
Real conversations in Cluj-Napoca
Book clubs give you something in common, but the agenda keeps the conversation on the text — a Makuma session puts you on the page.
Makuma Connection Games are a cosy, playful way to meet new people using carefully crafted questions that lead somewhere real. No awkward mingling — just warm, meaningful conversation with a diverse mix of friendly people who showed up for the same reason. You choose who to continue talking to and for how long.