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…
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…
Hong kong carnivores?
Someone who never went to Hong Kong told me that I should eat more meat because people in Hong Kong do that. Perhaps I should also learn Cantonese, which might…
The Cluj tours – recommended
Whether you are a student, a tourist, an expat, or a local, you could learn something with the Free Cluj Tours. Tours are conducted in English, even though the tour…