Brasov – city in the Transylvania

Brasov – city in the Transylvania

Brasov is a city in the Transylvania region of Romania, surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains. It is located approximately 170 kilometers north of the Bucharest and 380 kilometers from Black sea. History of this place change century by century. German people use to live here and they left huge role in Brasov development, there were mainly involved in trade and crafts.  Beside German population living here, Brasov also has significant Romanian, Bulgarian and even Hungarian population.

Even though was a winter when I was in Brasov, many places I visited. Local restaurants are much cheaper than in Bucharest and quality of food is the same. Bars are open till midnight and usually whit local live bands playing music.

The most visited places in Brasov are Lower and upper walls, where you can take panorama picture of whole city, down town whit shops and restaurants and even Starbucks in the Council square and of course the famous Black Church. If you want to go on Upper and Lower wall, you can walk or just simple go by car like I did. View is very nice and you can see Carpathian Mountains surrounded city. It will take you an about one hour walking or 20 minutes by car. WI-FI internet you can find in Starbucks, which is really good connection or at any coffee shops or restaurants. Only place where was harder to find WI-FI internet is area around Bran castle.

Council Square is in down town. Free car zone is very nice to walk and take picture of buldings and see different style of houses. Black church is close to Starbucks. Name of this church came from walls which are really black and it was built by German community in Gothic style. It was known as the largest and one of the most important Lutheran places in this region.

Other places you can visit in Brasov are White Tower, Poiana Brasov, the most popular ski resort and Bran castle.  

Bran Castle or Dracula Castle visit many tourists during the year. In Romanian history he was known as Vlad the Impaler. Travel from Brasov to the Bran castle is about 40 minutes driving and you can see Romanian villages too. Around the Castle is a lot street food, cooking wine for a drink and little market with souvenirs. Entrance in area Dracula castle is around 10 Euros per person. Inside the castle some rooms are surrounded by ropes and you are not allowed to touch stuff. Taking pictures are allowed and you can go through small hallway with very low ceiling. I was wondering how tall people were in 13th century! Narrow stairways lead you through one by one rooms and Castle has 60 of them. Castle has also collection of furniture’s, weapons and armour dating from 13 till 19 century .There were also many connected underground passages very windy and cold. Now, Castle is just Museum open to tourists showing life style that period.  My wish was to see Dracula Castle in Transylvania because I was impressed Transylvania movie and legend of this hidden place.

On the walls are original picture of Vlad and he is national hero Romanian people. There are a lot of legends you can hear about this Impressive man.

To conclude, I would like to say, come to Romania and not visiting Transylvania and Dracula Castle would be a shame. Brasov is very popular and impressive place to visit and have impression of past life on of the famous Romanians.

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Brašov – grad u Transilvaniji

Brašov – grad u Transilvaniji

Brašov je grad u regiji Transilvanija u Rumuniji, okružen sa Planinom Karpati. Nalazi se otprilike 170 km severno od Bukurešta i 380 km udaljeno od crnog mora. Kroz istoriju ovo mesto se menjalo od veka do veka. Germani su nekad ovde živeli i ostavili su veliku ulogu u razvoju Brašova, uglavnom su se bavili trgovinom i zanatom. Pored Germana koji su živeli ovde , Brašov je još poznat po Romanima, Bugarima pa čak i Mađarima.

Iako je bila zima kad sam ja bila u Brašovu, mnogo mesta sam posetila. Lokalni restorani su mnogo jeftiniji nego u Bukureštu a kvalitet hrane je isti. Barovi su otvoreni do ponoći i uglavnom sa uživo muzikom lokalnih bendova.

Najveće posećeno mesto u Brašovu su donji i gornji zidovi, gde možete da slikate panoramu celog grada, zatim centar grada je posećen sa radnjama i restoranima, pa čak i sa Starbucks u „Council“ trgu i naravno dobro poznata Crna crkva. Ako želite da odete do gornjih i donjih zidova , možete da prošetate ili jednostavno odete sa autom kao što sam ja. Pogled je zaista fantastičan i možete da vidite planinu Karpate koja okružuje sam grad. Biće vam potrebno oko sat vremena šetnje do ovog mesta ili oko 20 minuta sa autom. Dobar WiFi internet možete da nađete u Starbucksu gde je konekcija jako dobra ili u bilo kojem drugom restoranu ili baru. Jedino mesto gde je bilo teško naći internet WiFi je oko dvorca Bran.

Council trg je u centru grada. Šetačka zona , bez ulaza auta je veoma lepa za šetnju i slikanje građevina i da se vide drugačiji stilovi gradnje kuća. Crna crkva ili black church je jako blizu Starbucksa. Ime crkve je nastalo od samih zidova crkve koji su zaista crni i napravljena je u Germanskoj zajednici u Gotika stilu gradnje. Poznata je kao jedna od najvećih i jedna od najvažnijih Luteranskih mesta u ovom delu.

Druga mesta koja možete da posetite u Brašovu su Beli Toranj, Pojana Brašov, najpoznatije skijalište i Bran dvorac naravno.

Bran dvorac ili Drakula dvorac godišnje poseti mnogo turista. U Romanskoj istoriji je bio poznat kao Vlad pokretač. Putovanje od Brašova do dvorca Bran je oko 40 minuta vožnje i tu možete da vidite prava Rumunska sela. Okolo dvorca se nalazi brza ulična hrana ,kuvano vino za popiti i mala pijaca sa suvenirima. Ulaz u dvorac je 10 eura po osobi. Unutar dvorca neke sobe su okružene sa konopcima i nije dozvoljeno diranje stvari. Slikanje je dozvoljeno i možete da prođete malim hodnicima sa veoma niskim plafonom. Pitala sam se kako su bili visoki ljudi u 13 veku ako je plafon toliko nisko postavljen. Strme stepenice vas vode od jedne sobe do druge i ima ih ukupno 60. Dvorac ima takođe kolekciju nameštaja , oružja i oklopa koje datira iz 13 i 19 veka. Postoje takođe mnogi povezani prolazi ispod zemlje koji su veoma hladni i vetroviti. Dvorac je danas samo muzej otvoren za turiste koji pokazuje životni stil toga perioda. Moja želja je bila da vidim Bran dvorac u Transilvaniji jer sam bila jako impresionirana filmu o Transilvaniji i legendi ovog skrivenog mesta.

Na zidu se nalaze originalne slike od Vlada i on je ovde nacionalni heroj Romanskog naroda . postoji dosta legendarnih priča koje možete čuti o ovom impresivnom čoveku.

U zaključku, htela bih još da kažem, dolazak u Rumuniju i ne odlazak u posetu dvorcu Bran stvarno bi bila šteta. Brašov je veoma popularno i impresivno mesto za videti i doživeti utisak o prošlom životu ovog mesta poznatih Rumuna.

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