Category Archives: Events

What is going on and recent events in Cluj Napoca and the surrounding area.

Lidl’s design has improved

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Entertainment Reporter

In the past few years, we have noticed changes in the designs of Romania’s major supermarkets. Kaufland, Auchan, Mega Image, Profi, Carrefour and now Lidl have all added new self-checkout lanes or moved the self-checkouts. Auchan’s seemed most drastic, with … Continue reading →

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TIFF posters feature AI attrocity

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Fatca Pop

Posters promoting the Transylvania International Film Festival for 2025 depict an “audience” enjoying a screening beneath what looks like a futuristic fascist spaceship and accompanied by two robots, with Saint Michael’s church depicted with an evil eye above it. This … Continue reading →

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Night of the Museum in Cluj, 2025

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Fatca Pop

Night of the Museum is coming to Cluj on Saturday, 17 May, 2025.  Are any museums boycotting this year? Some are not on the list. Across Europe, museums are free, or discounted.  In Estonia, the museum card is on sale … Continue reading →

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Where to find umbrellas in Cluj

Posted on May 6, 2025 by James

Umbrellas are not as widely available in Cluj as they might be in Amsterdam, but you can still find them if you know where to look. Supermarkets Kauflaud. A nice variety of reasonably priced umbrellas. We saw some around 35 … Continue reading →

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Magic Clean now available in Cluj

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Fatca Pop

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 portable Magic Clean is fantastic.  Not only is it environmental, … Continue reading →

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Events and Films in English in Hungarian days 2024

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Fatca Pop

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 talks will be held at Casa Tiff, one on Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Fruit travelling further, creating higher CO2 and nitrogen footprints

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Fatca Pop

Over most of the past three years, citrus fruits in Cluj were mainly from Spain.  Your zucchini might have been from Italy.  Pears could be locally grown.  Carrots might be from Romania, Hungary, or Holland. This winter, it seems like … Continue reading →

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Palestine demonstration in piata unirii

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Fatca Pop

13 January, 2023.  At 2 pm today, in a march starting from the main square in Cluj, you might have heard chanting in Romanian and English. In English, they said, “Free, free Palestine.” In Romanian, it was, “România nu uita, … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow is European Day without a car

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Fatca Pop

22 of September is the European Day without a car.  In Brussels, it was one of the most exciting days of the year.  You could rollerblade across what were normally busy streets, with only the buses and occasional taxis to … Continue reading →

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Rroma film festival in Brasov

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Entertainment Reporter

We missed the festivals in Cluj.  Actually, we did see some but haven’t reported on them. Yet. Anyway, Brasov, one of Romania’s and Transilvania’s most interesting cities, is holding a film festival that might interest fans of TIFF.  Or, the … Continue reading →

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