> Every time I've been there they've been playing much harder & louder music. This is the trend across cafes in my city in Romania. It is not clear to me what

> Every time I've been there they've been playing much harder & louder music. This is the trend across cafes in my city in Romania. It is not clear to me what the motivation is: the staff just say that they have been instructed to keep the music playing at all times and at a constant volume. Is it to discourage people from staying long? Or do the owners believe that you need to have loud dance music playing at all times in order to attract people? It’s just sad that we are losing the Central European tradition of cafes as quiet, intellectual places where one could stay for a long time with a book or pen and paper.