Don’t miss our monthly family meeting on Friday, July 3, at 11:00 CET!
June’s ECHN Family Brunch: from the quiet Styrian hills to Berlin
The July 2026 edition of the ECHN Family Brunch takes us to Benarrabá, Málaga, Spain. Not far from a crowded international airport and beaches packed every summer with sunburnt tourists, we find Rooral, nestled in the small "pueblo" of Benarrabá, an oasis in the mountains, surrounded by green forests, where locals are the creatives, and creatives become locals.
To welcome the summer, we will enjoy a relaxing and optimistic brunch, where we will talk about the forthcoming BAUTOPIA Festival, discuss our new communication channels, and much more!
Rooral will be featured in July’s traditional Hub Spotlight. Rooral movement, in the words of its co-founder, Juan Barbed:
"Hola, I'm Juan. I grew up with the narrative that success is in big cities.
This took me to live in San Francisco, Paris and Bangkok. But one unexpected trip changed everything. My grandma Ángeles passed away, and I returned to say bye to her Spanish tiny village. Strangers welcomed us with hugs and turned our sadness into celebration. That moment I realized the greatest lessons of humanity don’t come from skyscrapers. But from the heart of our villages. Sadly, half of Spain’s villages are dying. Meanwhile, our cities are full of stress and loneliness. This imbalance threatens our well-being and future. But one key thing has changed. Remote work is now possible for many. What if we use this chance to bring life back to our villages?
This is Rooral movement."
Don’t miss our monthly family meeting on Friday, July 3, at 11:00 CET!
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Reminder: if you wish to add your Hubs' News (events, open calls, new ventures) to our Newsletter, you can use this link to submit the info until the 9th of July!
If you’d like to be featured in a future Hub Spotlight to present your space to the ECHN community, please reach out pepe@creativehubs.net
ECHN Family Brunch is a monthly online gathering of the creative hubs community, a time to connect, meet both new and experienced members, share ideas, and discuss initiatives across the network in a relaxed and welcoming setting.
