Are toilets and houses overpriced in Cluj?
Here we are in 2026. According to Monitorul (perhaps our favorite newspaper at the moment), the average resident of Cluj spends over half his salary on rent. Average advertised rent…
Bank museum exhibit in Bucurest
Occasionally, the local BNR is open to visitors. This is not one of those occasions. We heard from a foreigner who was confused after reading about the ‘Money speaks to…
Mircea Bravo’s dad protests against 8 hour work day
The actor who played the father of the Mircea Bravo character in Nunta pe Bani joined a protest, reported the Monitorul newspaper. (Monitorul means “the monitor, so it feels redundant…
Stray dogs: fact of myth?
There was apparently a rumor that Romania was filled with stray dogs. Then, that was changed. But has it changed back? According to Dog Desk animal action there are 900…
Irregular plurals in English
We love watching foreign influencers who tell us about life in Romania (or Romanians who tell us life in their country.) Well, not all of them. Immigrant expats are more…
Romanian is related to Norwegian
I know what some of you are thinking. That lady in the green shirt is saying, “of course Romanian and Norwegian are related, they’re both Indo-European languages.” And the guy…
Wonderland Family Fest leads to exodus from Romania
Okay, maybe the title is a bit of an exaggeration. I am sure not everyone who is leaving Romania is doing it to get away from the Wonderland family fest.…
Seven hour movie with English subtitles
Cinema Arta will be showing a seven and a half hour film (450 minutes) on Sunday 15th of February in the honor of the director Bela Tarr. Bela Tarr is…
Romania’s pollution is getting worse, and so is obesity
When we read the weather reports, noticed that the air quality in Cluj-Napoca was going down. Then we read a blog for a Romanian travel expert who confirmed our fears.…
The genius system of Romanian queueing
If you immigrated to Cluj in the past couple of years, you might be disappointed that the immigration service is in a cold and wet garage, and that you wait…