Ceausescu’s bear in North Korea

A carpathian bear trophy is at the International Friendship Museum in North Korea . A Romanian brown bear trophy is presented at the International Friendship Museum in North Korea.The trophy was offered by Nicolae Ceausescu to Kim Il Sung , the president of the country . The legend says that Ceausescu himself hunted the bear to offer to give it to the president of North Korea. In the movie you can see another gifts received during the time by the leaders of North Korea. Via:...

Museum of locomotives Resita

The museum was established by Mircea Popa , the Director of Works in 1972, to commemorate a century of production of steam locomotives in Resita, and includes 16 exhibits from different periods of construction Via:...

Romanian revolution. December 1989. Part...

Here we continue the presentation of Romanian Revolution in pictures .   Via:...

Romanian revolution. December 1989. Part...

We start to present today and in the next days some photo gallerys dedicated to Romanian Revolution from december 1989. The following photos are made in Bucharest during the december 1989 events .   Via:...

Top 10 representative buildings of gray ...

Everyone says that Bucharest is a gray city. That is why ideiurbane.ro did an experiment. It colored 10 of the most representative buildings in the city. The result of this experiment you can see below . Via : ideiurbane.ro

TransilvAero Show 2011

Saturday, June 4, 2011, took place at the aerodrome Clinceni near Bucharest TransilvAero Show . During the show were held demonstrations of craftsmanship offered by acrobats . It also could be seen flying demonstration of other fliyng machines or gliders, but also jumps or National Skydiving Team members .   Via:...

Romanian banknotes from all times

Below we present few movies with all types of bancknotes that have been used in Romania from 1877 until nowadays . Our journey starts in 1877 , when were printed the first romanian banknotes to support the independence war against Otoman Empire. During the Kingdom of Romania were printed lots of types of paper money , each type having many emission data , we remark the 20 lei banknote wich had 32 emission data between 1881 and 1895 , or 100 lei banknote with 44 emission data between 1910 and 1942. The communist period is marked by a small number of emissions . Were...

Wild Carpathia

 Charlie Ottley ventures deep into the breath-taking but little known mountains and forests of Carpathia. Home to bears, wolves and the elusive lynx, this is perhaps the last great wilderness in Europe, seen as never before. Charlie provides a unique insight into the scenic beauty and rich culture of the region, exploring its chequered history from the mystical ruins of the ancient Dacian civilisations to its medieval communities, the heritage of which survives intact to this day. In his quest to find remote villages, cross mountains and spot bears in the wild,...