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 to call…
Month: February 2026
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 million dogs worldwide. …
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 interesting than…
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 straightening his…
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. In fact,…
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 a famous…
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. For obesity,…
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 outside the…
Scam ATMs are in Cluj
The famous Euronet ATM machines, featured on “The Honest Guide” of Prague, have been spotted in a mall in Cluj. Areound the same time we found that machine, police saw someone wanted…
Palestine and sci-fi film festivals to have English subtitles
Looking for a film to watch this weekend, we noticed something. The “Seri de film Palestinien” says that the films are English subtitled. (So did the “Introspectiv sci-fi”, but those films have…