Cluj Travel Blogs

Cluj is a district (judet) in Transylvania, northwestern Romania and occupies an area of 6,650 sq km (2,567 sq mi). The district is drained by the Borsa, Somesul Mic, Somesu Rece, and Somesu Cald tributaries of the Somes River. Cluj Napoca The city of Cluj-Napoca is the capital of Cluj. The hist…

The various cultural and material influences, which left their mark on Transylvania’s history, made up an important cultural and historic legacy of monuments, ancient vestiges or medieval churches and cathedrals at the side of modern masterpieces, as well as museums, memorial houses and architect…

Arriving late on the airport I was welcomed by an old business partner. He brought me to the hotel, which was in the center just behind the main town square.After I had checked in and  placed my luggage in the room we went for a beer to one of the terraces on the main square.This already gave …

Welcome to Romania..a place where u can ski on the best moutaines...and fish in Danube river.

  It all started out in 2002 when a handful of people had an idea and a will to start out a film festival in the capital of Transylvania • Cluj Napoca, with a selection of movies from all around the world. Seven years later it became one of the biggest film festivals in Eastern Europ…

places not to miss

We spent an incredible two months travelling by train and bus through Eastern Europe, from Berin southward to Athens. We've seen some incredible sights and met some awesome people. Eastern Europe rocks my socks.

So I arrived Friday night into Cluj and could only manage to find a hostel not full and find a grocery store and get some sleep. So Saturday was the day of wandering Cluj. There is not too much to say here as I didn't really know too much about what I was doing or looking at. I mainly just wandered…

A dream trip thru diferent countries of Eastern Europe: Montenegro and Croatia, the Jewels of the Adriatic; the end of the Alps in Slovenia; Hungary, the well known Budapest, and the hidden treasures of Pannonhalma and Pecs; finally drive thru Romanian's country side and churches.

Not much to write about apart that we conquered a five and a half hour train journey from Brasov to Cluj Napoca for our evening flight with Wizzair back to Luton. On the train journey we kept getting gypsies begging for money and at one point, I slammed the door so hard in front of an old man, I pi…

Some photos from car trip round Romania. You will see castles and beauty of Transylvania, beautiful birds of Delta of Danube, very climatic city at east coast - Constanta.

Finally! Here are some pictures from our journey to Romania in September 2008. It was a very diversified Trip. Many beautiful but rotten Buldings together with fresh renovated houses. Old streets wirth horses together with the newest cars of the upper class. And with the "Flying Time Hostel" in Sibiu, one of the best backpackers lodge I´ve ever stayed. What a interesting an nice country. Go there!

Random pictures

Avoiding bread has worked. Neither David or I have had issues since we quit eating it. Very sad though as Romania has great bread. I wonder what the additive it that upsets my system??This morning, I stayed in bed whilst David returned to the train station to see if the logging train was running. A…

I went by car to the Scandics, the baltics, eastern Europe, Turkey and back to Holland....