A Star-Bound House: The Astronomical Observatory Admiral “Vasile Urseanu”
Out of a love of sea a star-bound house was born: the Astronomical Observatory in Bucharest. It was 1908 when Admiral Vasile Urseanu was...
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Veronica Negru
Jan 23, 20192 min read
Piatra Mică Peak 1,816m
The Piatra Craiului Mountains are the most beloved and at the same time feared mountains in Romania. The mixed feelings they give make...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 23, 20194 min read
A People’s Masterpiece: Atheneul Român (the Romanian Athenaeum)
As you walk past the elegant statue of national poet Mihai Eminescu, located in the little park in front of it, as you climb up the...
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Veronica Negru
Nov 2, 20182 min read
Hiking in autumn
I`ve always loved autumn… Maybe because I was born in October, or simply because of its beauty: all those colors, blending together to...
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Veronica Negru
Oct 26, 20182 min read
I ❤ Apuseni - Day 4 – Galbenei Gorges and Canyon
The more you discover of the Apuseni mountains, the more you want to explore because they offer many possibilities: hiking, climbing,...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 25, 201823 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Artists
There is little doubt that modern Romanian cultivated painting stemmed from religious painting done around and for monasteries by artists...
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Veronica Negru
Oct 18, 20182 min read
I ❤ Apuseni - Day 3 – Fortress of Ponor
This area called Padiș is very interesting. It is a magic combination between a quiet surface and a mysterious underground network. Padiș...
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Veronica Negru
Oct 12, 20181 min read
I ❤ Apuseni - Day 2 – Bulbuci Waterfall
The weather in summer is difficult, and because rain had been forecast, we decided to spend the second day at home. But when your feet...
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Veronica Negru
Oct 5, 20182 min read
I ❤ Apuseni - Day 1 - The Lost World
I have longed for spending a few days in the Apuseni Mountains for too long. Last year we visited this area called Boga – Padiș and were...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 18, 20184 min read
Peaceful Weekend Getaways: Three Monasteries
Personally, I love visiting cathedrals. Integrated into the urban landscape and yet cutting out a section of it which is emotionally...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Dead Funny Up North: Săpânţa’s Unique Cemetery
It probably takes comedian Hugh Laurie’s straight face to be able to announce serenely, “This lovely summer we warmly recommend that you...
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Veronica Negru
Jun 15, 20182 min read
Comana Natural Park
Only 40 kilometres away from Bucharest there’s a fairytale place called Comana - ideal to escape the crowded, suffocating city. At Comana...
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Ilinca Stroe
May 16, 20184 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Musicians
There can be little doubt that Romania’s contribution to the World’s music is fairly substantial, as well as wide-ranging, for an...
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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 26, 20183 min read
Today’s a Little Time Machine: What Romania Makes of Its Communist Past
Weekend holidaymakers and locals strolling on Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei on 1 April 2018 experienced the thrill of losing their way...
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Veronica Negru
Mar 15, 20182 min read
A Fairytale Destination: Romania’s Sohodol Gorges (Cheile Sohodolului)
Set in a less touristy part of Romania (i.e. Gorj county, which has lots of treasures in store for tourists), the Sohodol Gorges are a...
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Veronica Negru
Mar 8, 20182 min read
Brâncuşi’s Hometown: The Museum City
At the foot of the Parâng Mountains, in the southern sub-Carpathians, almost 300 km away from Bucharest, lies one of the most beautiful...
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Veronica Negru
Jan 2, 20183 min read
Adventure weekend
It`s been a while since my last visit to Făgăraș: more exactly two years. It was actually an attempt to reach the Moldoveanu Peak, the...
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Veronica Negru
Dec 11, 20171 min read
Why you should go hiking in winter
Is there anything more breathtaking than the visual feast of a snow-clad mountain? All those places once teeming with people taking...
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Veronica Negru
Nov 10, 20172 min read
Ciucaș kissed by autumn
As I said before, the first time I went hiking in the Ciucaș Mountains it was in February 2014 and since that moment on, I`ve always...
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Veronica Negru
Oct 31, 20172 min read
Dracula`s Legend
Vlad Tepeș (Vlad the Impaler), by his real name Vlad Dracula, born in 1431 in the fortress city of Sighișoara, was Voivode (Prince) of...
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