Abandoned Beer Factory from 19th century

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for supporting the ‘Abandoned places’ series and for your feedback. Your feedback means a lot for me. Thank you!


Today we take a look inside the giant, abandoned beer factory, called ‘Bragadiru Beer Factory’. It is located in my hometown, Bucharest. The factory dates back to 19th century.

At the end of the 19th century, Dumitru Marinescu Bragadiru, a tradesman, bought a land of 70.000 square meters very close to the center of Bucharest. He built a beer factory with the money earned from his business with refined alcohol during the Independence War. All the industrial buildings that formed the beer factory were designed by the German architect Anton Schuckerl.

At that time, in Bucharest, there were two other beer factories (Luther’s and Oppler’s). Bragadiru was a hardworking person, very honest and smart. He outclassed the other two competitors. In 1901 the factory was equipped with steam machines of about 120 HP that were processing the barley and the hop. The daily production was about 12 000 liters of beer with only 60 workers. After two more decades, 12 new specializations were born with about 261 people working there.

Dumitru Bragadiru died in 1915 after he suffered a cardiac attack. His legacy was kept by his older son, named Dumitru as well. He ran on multiple continents along with his family after World War II. The communists nationalized the factory in 1948 and they called it ‘Beer Factory Rahova’.

At one of the superior levels, I found some incredible wall paintings advertising Harmonia’s vacuum cleaner. It was the first time I saw vacuum cleaners painted on the wall. I was expecting to see ads related to beer.

Gods, goddesses and semi gods equipped with cleaning tools.

From the roof, you could see the security man. He’s doing a good job because I saw a lot of steel around.

On the roof, there was a mixed view, in which the old buildings blend with the newer ones.

I went down by the stairs, happily that I could visit most of the buildings that are still standing.

There was a huge maze of stairs and walls left undemolished, waiting for me. You need to have good photographic memory to get out of this den.

There are many abandoned buildings out there, screaming for your attention. You just need to find them and understand their past. The ‘Bragadiru Beer Factory’ is one of them, on this land full of history, sadly, they plan to build a huge shopping center.


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Hey @razvan-stanciu,

great post and nice pictures. What camera did you use? Love the staircase with cast iron frame. Sadly like many other arhitecture marvels from Bucharest it is let to rott so that there can be build some low quality flats sold at hyperinflated rates.

I love to see such kind of posts! Keep the good work up.

Btw, there is a steemit meet up today in Bucharest. Some steemians will gather there to grab a drink and know each other.

Hey @alexvan, nice to meet you! Thanks for your kind feedback. I'm using a black DSLR Nikon D5300 with 18-105mm lens. I can't believe I didn't know about the steemit meet up. Are you in some kind of Bucharest group? I would like to know more info. Cheers!

Nice, as a piece of advice, there are a lot of photo contests on the platform, follow them because there is a lot of potential there.

Not Bucharest, but we have a Romanian spekaing group, as we are from all over the world:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SteemIt.Romania/
The group has been started recently, but the value provided is good, not to much noise, as we don't accept spamers and it is strictly language based.
You are welcome to join!

Hi razvan-stanciu,

Beautiful pictures! I especially liked the classical-style paintings of gods and goddesses holding vacuum cleaners! Do you know why they are advertising vacuum cleaners in a beer factory? Upvoted and followed.

Hey sizzlingmonkeys,

Thank you for your big support! Regarding the vacuum cleaners in the ad, I have no idea why they were promoting such a thing in a beer factory. I guess they had partnership with Harmonia (the brand producing the vacuum cleaners). I'm working on my next post, about an old abandoned hospital, so stay tuned :)

Amazing pictures, thanks a lot!

Thank you! I appreciate it.

WOW beautiful pictures! This deserves a lot more attention and votes! Upvoted:)

Thank you very much! I appreciate it.

Your more than welcome:)

Awesome photos! Thanks for the "tour"...

Hey, eliza! Thanks for your feedback.

Liked your comment about the guard doing a good job since a lot of steel is still around :-)

haha, thanks!

I really enjoy your writing, as well as the image that you appear is very unusual, because my profession as one of journalists and photography, and for brother @steemian who want to know more please take a moment visit my blog @nauval And if it is worth getting a vote I am happy to accept it.

Thank you very much, friend! I followed you and checked your content! Well done, I'm impressed!

Thanks for the praise, if there is a spare time please promosokin me to your friends @nauval and thank very much @Razvan-stanciu

thank My Friend

Wow this is visually stimulating and honestly as a photographer myself, finding myself truly envious you were able to explore such a large abandoned structure. Amazing!

Thank you! I know it was a blessing :)

Awesome pictures..Good work!

its really spooky. Upped and followed

This caught my Eye, because I'm a Novice Craft Brewer. Wonderful pictures, and very interesting History on the ownership of the Building. I will follow.

Glad you liked it. I returned the follow. Can't wait to see your new stories :)

well done, nice photos and interesting story, some photos just seam to be taken from a movie scenary realy cool!

Excellent photographs, and I love old buildings and finding out their stories. Thanks for sharing!

Hey, thanks! My pleasure :)

Thanks for sharing this before they tear it down. Nice old history there

My pleasure, friend! I know... it's sad they couldn't restore it :(

Wonderful story and photography

Thank you very much!

Nice story and wonderful photography. Thanks for sharing :)

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!