La mulți ani, poem and December news
România esti bine? Poți să stai aici, lânga mine? În europa, o să fie Împreună, bucurie. Că prieteni fără un plan Sărbătorim, Și la mulți ani! – Des Sousa Please…
Magic Clean now available in Cluj
Okay, so Magic Clean has been available for some time. But we had to use a whole carton of it, to test it, before we could recommend it. Small and…
Babes Bolyai summer school in Cluj
Do you want to jump a level in Romanian? Well, The Transylvanian International Summer Course of Romanian Language and Civilization might help you in less time than it took me…
Events and Films in English in Hungarian days 2024
We just looked at the physical brochure for Hungarian Days of Cluj, 2024, and found events labelled as “lb. engleza” which we assume means “limba engleza” or in English. Three…
Hungarian Days are in Cluj
For the next week, Cluj will celebrate the Hungarian part of its heritage. This includes concerts, fairs, sports, religious services, poetry, visual arts, history, and hopefully a few reenactments. And…
Banffy Castle
Have you been to Electric Castle? Have you seen Metropolis or Nosferatu with live music at the film festival in the castle? If so, you probably know what Banffy Castle…
Happy Rusali (pentecost)
Sunday was Rusalii. Monday is also a holy day in the Orthodox calendar. What is Rusali? Pentecost? Whitsun? Traditionally, the fiftieth day after Easter, the Holy Ghost is said to…
Review: Voyo
We previously wrote about TV streaming you can get in Romania. Well, I am not sure Voyo was tried. Voyo has some great content. There is a documentary on Romania’s…
Should banking be a human right?
You might have read on Cluj.xyz that Banca Transilvania customers had a little trouble with their accounts. This was annoying, but it doesn’t begin to deal with the problems that…
The basil is back and the garlic is blooming
The herbs are out, we can see alliums (garlics), basils, and sages at the Botanical Gardens in Cluj. That’s right, basils. There are many varieties of basil, from cinammon basil…