Happy Martisoare
The first of May is celebrated throughout Europe, but slightly differently in each country. Most have similar-looking traditions, creating a false friends kind of misunderstanding, where similar symbols might have…
Cluj and Tallinn
Romania recently claimed the world’s fastest Internet speeds. Estonia also likes to see itself on the forefront of tech. Cluj is the tech hub for Romania, making house prices unreachable.…
Happy Rusali (pentecost)
Sunday was Rusalii. Monday is also a holy day in the Orthodox calendar. What is Rusali? Pentecost? Whitsun? Traditionally, the fiftieth day after Easter, the Holy Ghost is said to…
Tomorrow is European Day without a car
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…
Learning Hungarian in Cluj
When we mentioned apps to learn Romanian, one of our readers mentioned a desire to learn Hungarian. Classes If you do a quick Google search for live classes of languages…
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,…
Happy Carolling to Cluj
Andra, the Romanian pop and folk star, had a little sing-along on the aeroplane on the way from Bucharest to Cluj. It seems that all the passengers sang along. The…