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,…
Category: History
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 looks like…
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 guides (and…
Nokia’s real mistake (And Bosch’s Wisdom)
If you live in Cluj, you might have seen the outdoor exhibition for Bosch near the main square. If you are new to Cluj, this exhibition may look like an advertisement. But…
Pharmacy museum now open
Okay, so the Pharmacy Museum in Cluj was open before Valentine’s Day. But we didn’t visit until recently. Ever since 2020, the old house of George Hintz had been closed, and it…
All Lives Matter (poem)
All Lives Matter, an original poem for 2024:
Volunteers clean Huedin and Floresti
If you live in Cluj-Napoca, you have probably been to Floresti. It is the suburb to the west which hosts Vivo Mall, the fastest growing area of Cluj. You might also know…
The land of two Easters
Hristos a inviat! Christ has risen. You may have read this in the news paper, or heard it being said by people in the street. Emil Boc, mayor of Cluj, took out…
American citizen arrested in Cluj
If you live in an international town, you will notice some foreigners make the newspapers for the wrong reasons. A former x-factor contestant, an American citizen, allegedly threatened his wife, broke a…
Are you being counted?
I saw an interesting story in the Romanian press recently: according to the recent census, Romania has lost 1.1 million people in the last year. Now, considering that the country only has…