Just forty minutes from Chisinau, in the quiet Moldovan village of Pohrebea, stands a place that feels as if it has stepped straight out of a film set. It’s called The City of Goats "Kozy" — a whimsical community of brightly painted cottages where goats are the residents and humans arrive merely as guests.

Conceived by Moldovan leading architecture bureau LH47 ARCH, the project is part tourist destination, part experiment in sustainable design, and entirely a world that could have been framed in the lens of the global photo phenomenon “Accidentally Wes Anderson.”

The connection to Wes Anderson is no coincidence. His instantly recognizable aesthetic — color palettes, perfect symmetry, quirky architecture and a playful sense of theatricality — became the guiding inspiration for The City of Goats "Kozy".

Much like Anderson’s films, the village blurs the line between fiction and reality, transforming rural Moldova into a cinematic landscape where every angle feels staged, balanced, and almost too charming to be real.

Here, the “Accidentally Wes Anderson” aesthetic doesn’t just appear in a single photograph by chance — it unfolds across an entire village designed to look dreamlike, meticulous, and just a little surreal.

The heart of the project lies in its architectural choices. Every goat house — and yes, the goats really live inside them — has been built with natural, locally sourced materials. Walls of straw, clay and lime are topped with age-worn terracotta tiles salvaged from nearby villages.

Reclaimed wood and stone from dismantled structures were repurposed into new foundations and facades, making the city both sustainable and steeped in authenticity. In this sense, The City of Goats is as much a lesson in ecological, zero-waste architecture as it is a playful attraction.

Strolling through Kozy feels like wandering through a miniature capital. There’s a Town Hall, a post office, even a police station. A dedicated tourist office greets visitors, while a grocery store allows guests to buy food for their four-legged hosts — but only with the city’s own currency, the Kozy Coin. An art gallery, meanwhile, reimagines cultural masterpieces with goats as the central protagonists — the “Kozy Lisa” has quickly become a guest favorite. Beyond the galleries and civic spaces lies a comedic "Kozy-no," where visitors can bet on which goat will provide the most milk — a tongue-in-cheek twist on casino culture, all nestled safely at the edges of town.

Most striking is the role reversal at the heart of the concept. In Kozy, goats live in cozy houses complete with chandeliers, bookshelves and globes glimpsed through the windows, while people stay briefly in tents. Perched on a nearby hillside, a glamping site with showers, fridges and private spaces houses human visitors, offering breathtaking sunset views of the city below. It’s a conscious inversion of everyday norms: goats as full citizens of an imagined utopia, people as temporary passers-by.

For travelers, The City of Goats offers far more than novelty. Children can interact with goat kids in a petting area, adults enjoy wine tastings in the cellar or dinner at the on-site restaurant, and the overall experience combines therapy, humor, and architectural storytelling. At any given moment, a goat may casually settle on your lap, reminding you that here the hosts are four-legged, and guests are the ones holding the camera.

The social impact has been equally significant. What began with two local workers has grown into steady employment for dozens of residents from Pohrebea and neighboring villages. Within weeks of its opening, Kozy was hailed as one of Moldova’s top new tourist destinations. Its success has already sparked international conversations: interest has come from Spain, Romania, Poland and Georgia, where developers are exploring ways to bring the concept abroad.

“We combined goat therapy with architecture,” explains Serghei Mirza, the founder of LH47 ARCH and a cofounder of Kozy. “This is neither a zoo nor a farm. It’s a place where people step into the lives of animals. When roles are reversed like this, our ideas about what architecture can do change completely.”
In the end, The City of Goats "Kozy" is more than just an unusual tourist stop. It is a cultural phenomenon stitched together with humor, craftsmanship and intentional design. Like a Wes Anderson film, it embraces the fine balance between nostalgia and invention, between sincerity and play. And for anyone captivated by the internet’s obsession with Accidentally Wes Anderson, here is a rare chance to walk through that aesthetic made real — an entire village that feels accidental, intentional, and utterly unforgettable.