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Beginners, Test your German knowledge. Or, just watch films in French or Italian

The “Central Cultural German Cluj Napoca” has announced A1-level German tests in April. Exam date: 24 of April, 2026. Last day to sign up, 20 March, 2026. Now, they advertised this exam in Romanian and German.  We haven’t taken the … Continue reading

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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 tie is saying, in Norwegian, “Yes, I know … Continue reading

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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 Hungarian director, in fact there was a retrospective … Continue reading

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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 ended or sold out.) (All the following films … Continue reading

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Georgina Lonbonț returns to Cluj, 4 April 2026, at BT arena

Georgina Lobonț will appear at Cluj Arena on 4th Only 3 percent of tickets are left.  Tickets range from 690 lei to 1384 lei.  Sometimes you might find them on sale for 582 lei.  (But with only 3 percent left, … Continue reading

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Transilvania Open 2026 schedule

The Transilvania Open, considered by Faclia de Cluj to be the most important tennis match in Romaia, began at the BT Arena in Cluj today, 31 January, at 11 am.  8 singles qualifiers. Tickets for some matches in the first … Continue reading

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12 angry men – review of Romanian theatre in Cluj

The Romanian Theatre in Cluj, now called Lucian Blaga, is such a beautiful building, it is worth going to a play just to see the internal architecture.  According to a guided tour, the building was controversial from its inception. The … Continue reading

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Will Romanian streamers have fewer choices?

Netflix is buying Warner Brothers.  I can hear the ‘so-what’ chorus.  “Nu-mi pasa. So Breaking Bad will buy Bugs Bunny. They still will be dwarfed by the mouse. Remember when AOL bought Warner Brothers? Did the Democrats ever say anything … Continue reading

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Flash mob created by impromptu rap in town center

Piata Unirii, Cluj Napoca. An impromptu rapper, who claims to be performing this evening, gathered a short crowd with samples of his act this afternoon. (Or, perhaps it was just turning noon.) His songs mentioned George Bush and Mike Tyson, … Continue reading

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Don’t worry, Gru did not steal the moon

A mini-moon will be on display in Cluj Napoca.  It is based on NASA photos, and will look like the moon might have if Gru from Despicable Me really succeeded in shrinking the moon to 1/500000 of its real size. … Continue reading

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