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Cluj-Napoca – Parcuri
What to see in Cluj-Napoca – Parcuri
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
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1Botanical gardenGrădina Botanică „Alexandru Borza”
The Babeș-Bolyai University botanical garden, about 14 hectares south of the centre, with tropical glasshouses, a Japanese garden, a Roman garden and the Botanical Museum.
It holds more than 10,000 plant species on 14 hectares and opens daily all year, with glasshouses that stay warm in November.
Strada Republicii, la 1 km de Piața Unirii
2Historic park with lakeParcul Central „Simion Bărnuțiu” și Casino
Cluj's oldest public park (Sétatér in Hungarian), opened in the 1830s, with long avenues, the lake with its island and the 1897 Casino, now a city cultural centre.
The people of Cluj have walked here for nearly two centuries, along shady avenues and past the lake with its island and the 1897 Casino.
Între Someș și strada Cardinal Iuliu Hossu, la 1 km de Piața Unirii
3Hill with viewpointDealul Cetățuii
The hill above the centre (Fellegvár in Hungarian), with the remains of the 1715–1735 Austrian citadel, a park on the plateau and the viewing terrace that looks over the whole old town.
It gives the best-known view of Cluj, a quarter of an hour on foot from Piața Unirii.
Cetățuie, deasupra malului Someșului, la 900 m de Piața Unirii
4Open-air museumParcul Etnografic Național „Romulus Vuia”
Romania's first open-air museum, founded in 1929 on Hoia hill, with peasant farmsteads, wooden churches and workshops brought from all over Transylvania.
It is the country's first open-air museum and the one place in Cluj where a single walk takes you through the old villages of Transylvania, from Maramureș to the Apuseni Mountains.
Hoia, la 2,5 km nord-vest de Piața Unirii
5Forest of legendsPădurea Hoia-Baciu
A forest of about 3 km² on Hoia hill west of Cluj, known far beyond Romania for tales of strange phenomena and for its trees with twisted trunks.
It is the forest called 'the most haunted in Europe': a walk of a few hours full of legends, right at the edge of the city.
Hoia, vestul orașului, la circa 5 km de Piața Unirii