Cluj doesn’t have many exclusive vegetarian restaurants, but if you are like most people, you don’t go to the restaurant alone. And, if you are like most vegetarians, you probably go to…
Category: opinion
Are two major Romanian newspapers on strike?
I bought a copy of Libertatea last Saturday and noticed something. About half the paper seemed to be dedicated to Sudoku games and things that were even less newsworthy than Sudoku. Now,…
What caused the Great Stink of Cluj-Napoca?
Hey Cluj! It is so great to be with you. Sorry to have to open my first assignment with a story that stinks! Anyone who has lived in Cluj-Napoca for the past…
Blue Planet (Tiff film)- Review
From the description, I did not realise that Blue Planet (Planeta Albastră) was a documentary. Nor did I realise that it was made in Cluj. From the questions after the show, and…
The most copied joke in Romanian newspapers
Learning a new language can be hard, especially when you try to learn word for word. A Romanian word that vaguely means with is ‘cu.’ In most cases, you would simply translate…
Rolang school, review
Some say that Romanian is the easternmost latin language. Well, like Latin, there are five noun cases in Romanian, and like other eastern languages, you find subtle suffixes that hint to a…
Did he win?
A foreign driver was caught going over 226 km per hour on the A3 near Cluj. That is like, more than twice the speed limit. (Reports the Monitorul de Cluj and a…
Does Romania have free speech?
We all know the limits of free speech around the world. I would not recommend that Portuguese people go to Canada, because it is easy to mix up her and his (her…
Dilbert and the number 12, which is more dangerous?
Is the number twelve a hate symbol? Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, the same people that the press quotes as saying All Lives Matter is hate speech also have a section on the…
Some things are more expensive in Cluj
On 18th January 2023, Jurnalul, one of Romania’s top newspapers, dedicated its front page to how food is becoming more expensive in Romania than in Western Europe. Romanian phrase of the day,…