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Bine ați venit în România
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★ Has its own city story
A Latin people in the Carpathians, painted monasteries, Saxon fortified churches and the Danube Delta.
Romania is a large country of mountains, forests and old villages, with a Latin language that remembers the Roman soldiers who settled here. Saxon towns, painted monasteries and wooden churches stand side by side with Byzantine and Ottoman traces. See the Peasant Museum in Bucharest, the paintings of the Brukenthal in Sibiu and the villages of the ASTRA open-air museum. Plan your museum days on museumtickets.com, then eat sarmale with polenta and a warm papanaș.
Dacians, Romans, princes and a nation united.
Trajan conquers Dacia; Roman settlers bring the Latin language.
See it at: National History Museum of RomaniaThe prince of Moldavia defends his land and builds churches and monasteries.
See it at: Putna Monastery MuseumAlexandru Ioan Cuza is elected prince of both Moldavia and Wallachia.
See it at: National History Museum of RomaniaRomania wins its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
See it at: National Military MuseumTransylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina join Romania on 1 December.
See it at: National Museum of the UnionA revolution starting in Timișoara ends the communist dictatorship.
See it at: Memorial of the Revolution, TimișoaraA queen at the peace table, a pioneer engineer and a doctor of long life.
British-born queen who went to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 to argue for Greater Romania.
See it at: Pelișor CastleOne of the first women engineers in the world, graduating in Berlin in 1912.
Doctor and researcher who founded one of the first institutes of gerontology, the science of ageing.
From painted church walls to Brâncuși's Endless Column.
Sculptor who walked from Romania to Paris and changed modern sculpture; his Endless Column stands in Târgu Jiu.
Painter of village life, oxcarts and peasant girls in bright light.
Painter of flowers and quiet scenes, famous for his anemones.
Unnamed artists who covered the outside walls of Bukovina's churches with Bible stories.
Composer and violinist whose Romanian Rhapsodies are known worldwide.
Cabbage rolls, polenta and sweet doughnuts.
Cabbage leaves rolled around minced meat and rice, cooked slowly, served with polenta and sour cream.
Polenta of maize, with cheese and sour cream.
Sour soups made with borș, the fermented bran juice.
Small grilled sausages without skin, eaten with mustard and bread.
Fried cheese doughnuts with sour cream and jam.
Red and white threads, bears and carols.
People give red and white threads with small charms to welcome spring; UNESCO lists the custom.
Eggs are painted with fine patterns in Bukovina, and families crack red eggs together.
On the eve of St John, girls wear crowns of yellow flowers called sânziene.
Groups of young men go from house to house singing carols; UNESCO lists the custom.
In Moldavian villages, people dressed in real bear skins dance to chase away the old year.
Distances are long and roads slow; plan fewer places and more time.
Trains are slow but scenic, especially through the Carpathians.
Dress modestly in monasteries; women may be asked to cover their heads.
Many museums close on Mondays and some on Tuesdays.
On museumtickets.com: 163 museums with photos, the way there and the museums nearby. Save your favourites in the free Culture Passport and, where the museum offers it, pay your admission in advance.
From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.
Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.
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