Bucharest to Brașov

  1. Hooliganism, and nothing more.
  2. Popular destinations.
  3. The obelisk at the Brașov train station immediately puts visitors in a serious mood. Don’t trust Google maps and be careful with tickets.
  4. Canistherapy on a cloudy day.
  5. Both girls look at you like you’re a tourist.
  6. Transparent Brașov metaphor about crowned stumps.
  7. Expensive hotel with cute facade. All four figures above the windows are different.
  8. The Black Church was founded in the 14th century, completed in the 15th, charred during the Great Turkish War. The light stone is a restoration.
  9. The word of the Lord endureth forever, but right now it’s a quarter to four, if anyone is interested.
  10. Reformer and educator Johannes Honter converted the Black Church to Lutheranism and published a textbook on cosmography in verse.
  11. Ant and peanut benches in the backyard of the church.
  12. Neo-Byzantine Greek Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Severely damaged by the Vrancea earthquake, restored in 1973.
  13. Its patio is quite nice.
  14. Healthy traditions on “Joy Square”.
  15. Landscape design.
  16. A non-canonical Charlie Chaplin takes pictures with children and gives out candy.
  17. Memorial to the Martyrs of Brașov (victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989) near the prefecture building.
  18. The main post office and a piece of the city hall.
  19. Stunning works of Romanian photographers and another piece.
  20. Well, some are fine without leaves.
  21. Wonderful oriels, balconies and frames.
  22. A playpen (sometimes a fountain) on the main square.
  23. Rope Street is one of the narrowest in Europe. There’s no living space on the walls.
  24. People here generally love free art.
  25. They keep the body in good shape, too.
  26. Carved gate of the Weavers’ Bastion (closed). You should have come earlier, that’s why.
  27. Tennis courts near the Sports Palace and the Weavers’ Bastion.
  28. A stoned boar at the Catherine’s Gate is the least monstrous of a dozen animals in the same style.
  29. Fortress walls in the northwestern part of the city.
  30. Hobbit tavern between the walls.