Travelogues Romania

Romania considers itself a "Latin island" in the Slavic-influenced Eastern Europe.Briefly about the history: The rule of Rome (106 AD) under Emperor Trajan led to Romanization and...

The Danube Delta is the second largest biosphere reserve in Europe after the Volga Delta. Typical birds include the Rose and the Dalmatian Pelican, the Spoonbill, the Herring...

'Check in is only after 2 pm', is how the small hostel owner, around 60 with a white beard and thinning hair, greets me gruffly, blocking the small entrance hallway of the...

This year, I spent Easter in a completely different way than usual. I traveled to Sibiu in Romania. There, I met with Kaja, Cordula, and Konrad. Kaja is studying theology...

Between my time in Budapest and Sibiu, I had just about a day and a half to spare and thought I would enjoy it somewhere in the middle of nowhere, where I couldn’t do much...

When we boarded the night train to Bucharest, we didn't expect much except breakfast – but it was quite the opposite. The night train was surprisingly comfortable with a private...

Today we are taking a wonderful trip towards the south-west. The Lacul is located about 110km south of Timisoara. The approach over Swiss cheese asphalt via Potoc. There are two...

Possible dangers on your motorcycle tour on and off-road.

Apuseni Mountains and then south

Offroad, the best burger in Romania and the happiest cemetery in Romania

After packing up the tent and saddled up Fia, things get exciting: I drive through the Cheile Bicazului, a navigable rock gorge, right at the start of the day - a real...

Back from the east we now head north

Today on the program: Dracula Castle and the beautiful old town of Brasov

Curve acrobatics and cultural program

Pure adventure in wild Romania: Vidaru Dam, off-road and the first brown bears seen

Today the Transalpina and Strategica await their conquest

Lots of action today! A bit of everything.

Day 1 of the actual journey begins

Warm welcome in Timisoara

This morning, after breakfast, I got on my bike again, but only 3km to the train station in Constanza. The train that left at 9am arrived 15 minutes earlier. So I had enough...

I had planned 3 stages from Gârnic to Dubova. However, since there are almost no villages on this route and I wasn't sure whether there were Ravensca and Bigăr shops to fill up...

Day 3: The queen stage From Anina there's a whole 28km on the agenda to the next rest area, so I'm particularly happy that I can cover the first 2km to the cemetery by bus -...

After six weeks together across the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and Romania, I'm suddenly traveling alone. We knew from the start that Kathleen had to go back to Germany,...

For our last days together, before I have to go back to Germany for almost two weeks and we will meet again in Istanbul, we went to the Carpathians again - this time to the...

In the far east of Romania, under the scorching sun and a myriad of stinging mosquitoes, we were once again treated to the hospitality of the east. Not only could we hardly take...

Just a few steps after crossing the border from Ukraine, we stumbled upon the first memorial site for the victims of communist dictatorship in Europe, the Memorialul Victimelor...

Romania initially gave us a questionable welcome in the far north. At the border train station, contrary to our previous experiences in the East, they were only partially...

Ein Tag voller Freundlichkeit und eine wunderschöne Kleinstadt in Rumänien.

A long day is ahead of us, our destination is the Bicaz Gorge and then we will continue driving north. The Bicaz Gorge (Cheile Bicazului) is one of the spectacular crossings of...

Zur Abfahrt wurden wir gewarnt dass es Bären in Rumänien geben und wir aufpassen sollen. Wirklich ernst genommen haben wir den Hinweis und wurden eines besseren belehrt! Auf der...