legends

There is a church in Romania with many legends behind located somewhere near Carei, Satu-Mare county….in the middle of nowhere. The church is located on a tongue of land, in the middle of the field, between the town of Carei and the…

British writer John Row came from UK, bought a house in Romania, in the picturesque village of Colibița, Bistrita-Nasaud county and he is now working on a daring project, namely to write a bilingual fairytale book about the myths and…

Romanian illustrators of fairy tales, stories and legends are praised in The Guardian for drawing interesting, exquisite story characters like Saint Wednesday or Saint Friday, The Goat with Three Kids, Nastratin Hogea and many others.…

The summer solstice was celebrated on June 21, which means that it wass the longest day of 2016 and marks the start of the astronomic summer. The day had 15 hours and 32 minutes, while the shortest night is 8 hours and 28 minutes, the…

One of the most beautiful villages in Romania is hidden somewhere in a forest in Vâlcea county, ancestrally displaying its 500-year old wooden houses as in a true live village museum. The fact that Firijba village counts only few…

The remote village of Mahmudia, in the Danube Delta unveils not only an encouraging touristic potential, but also a new activity among the locals striving to get rid of the poverty. An old tradition was revived here, as an alternative…

Slimnic Fortress  or Stolzenburg (meaning the Proud Fortress) ranks as one of the most peculiar and scenic places worth visiting in Transylvania, due to its towers, strong walls, contra forts and most particularly to the Gothic imbricate…