Romania’s Treasures: the Humanists
Any piece of writing dealing with the humanities must necessarily start out by reminding its readers that the status quo of the...
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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 12, 201819 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Athletes
How long have Romanians done sports? That can be answered highly accurately: not as long as the Greeks. For we didn’t invent the Olympic...
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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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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 27, 201814 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Film Makers
Popcorn and movies – such a match made in heaven. Don’t ask when Romanians took to popcorn just to find out when cinema appeared in this...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 20, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Scientists
Scientists tend to be eccentric figures. Especially in popularisation articles like this one. Some Romanian scientists over the last two...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 13, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Writers
Once upon a time, Romanians put pen to paper... To be more specific, it was 1521 when the first known piece of writing in Romanian (with...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 6, 20186 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Inventors
What have Romanians been up to, innovation-wise, over the last two centuries? In no particular order but some for-fun categorisation, let...
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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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Veronica Negru
May 9, 20182 min read
Happy Men’s Day!
In 2016, the president of Romania signed a decree establishing 19 November as the official Men’s Day. Celebrated in over 60 countries,...
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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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Ilinca Stroe
Apr 19, 20182 min read
One Word at a Time: „Dor”
Sensibilities have changed significantly among Romanians in the last few decades: for example, the music of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s,...
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Veronica Negru
Apr 5, 20182 min read
Bucharest's Spring Festivals/2018
12-15 April: Spotlight The fourth edition of Spotlight Bucharest International Light Festival will take place between the 12th and 15th...
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 29, 20182 min read
Fasting – a Romanian tradition explained
When we say "fasting", we immediately think of food restrictions, that is, what we eliminate from our rich, daily diet - meat, dairy,...
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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 22, 20182 min read
Time in Romania: the Widespread Present Tense
Learners of Romanian who are familiar with the phrase “sfertul academic” may have also realised that punctuality, by which one generally...
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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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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 1, 20182 min read
Breaking News: Mărţişor Declares a State of Spring
There was once a Roman offspring On Momma Dochia’s braided string. Handsome and news-some, Stuck to the ladies’ bosom, Love, luck and...
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Veronica Negru
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Santa Claus is coming to town
Do you ever miss those cold winter mornings when the whole house smells of sweet bread (cozonac) and your friends call you to go out...
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Ilinca Stroe
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Sarmale and Friends: a Christmas Special
A few years ago around Christmas, a Romanian-American acquaintance I was supposed to meet for a chat and coffee phoned to put off our...
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Veronica Negru
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Hello winter – it`s good to have you back
Winter may be cold but there are so many ways to make it pleasant: a good book in front of the fireplace, snow, Christmas, New Year and...
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