Early this spring, the Romanian Peasant‘s Museum in Bucharest hosted a special photo exhibition entitled “The Last Transhumance. Photographer Dragos Lumpan hoped to present images from a world that seems removed from the times we live in, which is slowly
Cheese cream, sweet corn cake- a pound-cake-like rustic dessert of traditional inspiration, scrambled eggs, spicy fillet baked in the oven, toasted bread with butter, honey and a touch of mint, and many other delicacies that one could find only in the gra
Much has been written about Romanian beggars abroad. One piece of news, however, involves a stranger angle to this story: robots beggars. The robot in question can be seen in Mariahilfer Strasse, Viennas most crowded thoroughfare.
A lot has been written about Constantin Brancusi, the Romanian who revolutionized sculpture in the first half of the 20th century, but little is known about his Romanian biography. Brancusi was born 136 years ago, on February the 19th 1876 in Hobita, a vi
The village of Stefanesti, about 6 kilometers away from Pitesti, in central Romania, hosts the Golesti Museum. The large compound, stretching several hectares, comprises the Golescu familys medieval residence, as well as an open-air museum: the Vine and
The railway network had two important functions in Romanias history: it was the driving force behind economic development and ensured the political cohesion of the state formed in 1859. 1868 saw the inauguration of the first railway linking Bucharest to
The natural history museum is the capitals most popular museum, out of a string of museums scattered along the avenue that links the government building in the center to the northernmost regions of Bucharest. The museum building has an interesting histor
Romanian wines, generally appreciated by both locals and foreigners, have long been a distinct Romanian brand. What is not that well known, however, is that sparkling wine, or Romanian champagne, as we call it, has a long-standing tradition of its own. An
Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne, two of the worlds most highly acclaimed filmmakers to come from Belgium visited Romania for the first time to launch their latest film “The Kid with a Bike. They were invited by the Walloon-Brussels Delegation in Bucharest
We go to the opera for the same reason we read a good book, for the same reason we indulge in contemplating a work of art, for the same reason we go and watch a good movie, a fine play. In other words, we come to the opera to recall who we really are.
The winner of the 6th NexT International Film Festivals held in Bucharest is the French short reel film “Mediteranees directed by Olivier Py. The festivals judging panel described the film as “a wide-scale cinematographic poem, based on 40-year old vid
The Romanian Cultural Institute in Bucharest last month played host to the launch of one of the few books on Romanian dance: “Oleg Danovski – the Man, the Artist, the Legend, written by Doina Jela. The book is a biography of the man whose creative genius
“One of the things I firmly believe in is the consideration you show to the other, to the whole world. Look and listen! Life is short enough, and if you dont look and you dont listen, you miss the whole show! This statement belongs to Israeli writer Am
The plan provides for strategies and policies aimed at saving and rehabilitating one of the worlds most polluted seas. Marine biologists have repeatedly sounded the alarm with respect to the rapid decrease in the numbers of species and fish population du
230 million hectares of forested land will be wiped out by 2050, if preventive measures are not taken. This warning comes from the latest study compiled by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
