Romania recently claimed the world’s fastest Internet speeds. Estonia also likes to see itself on the forefront of tech. Cluj is the tech hub for Romania, making house prices unreachable. There was…
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Fatca Pop is a dreamer, adventurer, cook, and blogger. Fatca was a hairdresser, company secretary, and teacher.
Days of the week in Romanian – Nadalapäevad rumeenia keeles
Zilile săptămânii în limbă română. English – Eesti keelt – magyarul – português – français – cymraeg – limbă română Monday – esmaspäev – hétfő- segunda feira – lundi – dydd llun…
CTP Cluj, one of the easiest bus payments in Europe.
In the old days, if you wanted to buy a ticket on a bus, you paid the driver. Or, you bought a ticket at a bus stop and validated it. Then technology…
MINA – Museum of immersive New Art – partial review
We went to Mina, the Museum of Immersive New Art, in Cluj. At fifty lei a person (40 lei for reduced tickets) you would think you got to see the entire museum. …
Twitter x and Tiktok Is the media the message?
Ah! Sounds like a title written by an academic stiff! Too long for a TikTok. If you are an expat in Romania, your “informed” relatives probably bring up certain personalities. We can’t…
Can we trust the media?
Some people might be angry with me for even asking that question. “Can we trust scientists?” they might mock. “Is the world flat? Do brown cows make chocolate milk?” However, some high…
Is the smell of smoke making you sick?
In English, they call it third hand smoke. If you want to translate it into Romanian or other languages, perhaps a better term is “residual smoke.” Residual smoke could be making you…
Happy Christmas from Hey Cluj
Christmas was yesterday. We saw some sad people, happy people, dog walking people, and not many snow people on our walks the past couple of days. What are some Christmas traditions? Singing…
Why a Trump win is good new for Americans Abroad (and in Cluj)
When we started this Hey Cluj, it was meant to be a magazine about Cluj in English, not just another blog-rag for expats. However, we have heard so many American accents in…
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 excuse Des,…