The dRural project, an EU-funded initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of life in rural areas, has entered its final quarter.

Together with his parents, Niko spends part of his day running a small family farm, which produces 40 to 50 tons of fruit per year. The Dubrovnik-Neretva County where he lives is the southernmost and one of the richest in Croatia .

Nata, Maléfica, and Rabiblanca spend their days in the Sierra Norte de Madrid , enjoying its grass and endless landscape of forest, rockrose, and holm-oaks.

Ana, 32, loves going to the movies, is keen on theatre and takes regular yoga lessons. However, during the Covid pandemic she quit the frenzy of Madrid to settle in a remote village in Extremadura , a large Spanish rural area, bordering Portugal.