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…
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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Magic Clean now available in Cluj
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…
Babes Bolyai summer school in Cluj
Do you want to jump a level in Romanian? Well, The Transylvanian International Summer Course of Romanian Language and Civilization might help you in less time than it took me…
Events and Films in English in Hungarian days 2024
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…