Cluj-Napoca is 48th on Worldworthy’s 2026 list of the 100 most beautiful cities in Europe, with a score of 7.49, Știri de Cluj reports. The list has 100 cities from 35 countries, with data as of 4 November 2026.

The article’s headline says the city passed Barcelona. In the body, the same story gives Barcelona 47th place, with 7.50, one position ahead of Cluj. The Worldworthy list has the same places: Barcelona 47th, on 7.50, Cluj-Napoca 48th, on 7.49, and Zaandam, in the Netherlands, 49th, on 7.46.

Știri de Cluj writes that Cluj is ahead of Timișoara, Bratislava, Oslo and Brussels. On the Worldworthy list, Timișoara is 52nd, on 7.42, Bratislava 57th, on 7.39, Oslo 59th, on 7.36, and Brussels 60th, on 7.34.

Inside the top 60, Știri de Cluj counts at least five cities in Romania. Bucharest is 33rd, on 7.76, Brașov 39th, on 7.69, Iași 40th, on 7.66, Cluj-Napoca 48th and Timișoara 52nd. The gap with Brașov is 0.20 points, and Iași is eight places higher. Observator, on 11 November, gave the same five places and added Sighișoara at 70th, on 7.27.

The top of the list, in Știri de Cluj and on Worldworthy, is London, on 9.38, Rome, on 9.06, and Vienna, on 8.84. Worldworthy says the score is calculated inside size tiers, so a city is compared with cities of the same scale and a capital with capitals. Observator carries the platform’s account: visitor reviews, mentions in guides and the press, plus public information, checked by the editors, and the point that a city cannot pay for a better place.

For Știri de Cluj, a place in the top 50 is a favourable ranking in a list of 100 cities. The ranking belongs to the Worldworthy website.

Image: Wikimedia Commons — the Matthias Corvinus statue in central Cluj, 26 August 2021 (Mutialulu, CC0). The photo is not from the Worldworthy ranking.

Sources consulted: Cluj-Napoca in the ranking of beautiful European cities — Știri de Cluj; The 100 most beautiful cities in Europe, 2026 — Worldworthy; Romanian cities on the Worldworthy list — Observator.