Tag Archives: Sighisoara

Sighisoara Medievala 2009 – the fairytale goes on

Leave a Comment Posted by on August 5, 2009

Watch it from a distance, maybe from the surrounding hills … According to a romantic German tourist guide you will see a medieval dollhouse (eine mittelalterliche Puppenstube) on a small hill in the middle of the town. Now come closer… Every year fans of medieval spirit and fun come to Sighisoara to climb the hill [...]

Events

Dracula’s got the blues

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 29, 2009

There’s an international blues festival taking place in Sighişoara, between Feb 19-21. We’re announcing it now so you have time to book travel, if you want to attend. Participants: Sonny & his Wild Crows Lil Dave Thompson & Band Rag, Mama Rag John Primer & Band Ana Popovic & Band Lucky Peterson & Band For [...]

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Sighişoara, reloaded

Leave a Comment Posted by on July 19, 2008

While at home this summer I wrote a mini-series on Romania, born out of the question that bugged me during a trip through Northern Europe: “how does what I saw there compare to what we have at home?” In short, if you look at size, architecture, importance in European history, it doesn’t. We don’t have [...]

Destinations, Places

Streets of Sighişoara

1 Comment Posted by on January 5, 2008

A walk through Sighişoara (See-guee-show-ah-rah) is like a journey back in time. Located in Southern Transylvania, the city was built by German colonists called “Sachsen” (Saxons), who settled beginning with the 12th century, invited by the Hungarian King to secure the borders of just conquered Transylvania. They came allegedly from the ares of today’s Rheinland-Luxemburg. [...]

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