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Cluj-Napoca
What to see in Cluj-Napoca
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
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1Square and Gothic churchPiața Unirii și Biserica Sfântul Mihail
Cluj's main square (Főtér in Hungarian), with the Roman Catholic Church of St Michael and the equestrian statue of King Matthias Corvinus. From 20 November 2026 to 1 January 2027 it hosts the Christmas market.
St Michael's is the second-largest church in Transylvania by floor area and won a Europa Nostra award in 2024 for its restoration, and the square holds 4.7 on Google from more than 10,000 reviews.
Piața Unirii, centrul orașului
2Baroque palace and art museumPalatul Bánffy – Muzeul de Artă
The most important Baroque palace in Cluj, built between 1774 and 1785 for Count György Bánffy and now home to the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum.
The palace is a category A listed monument, and the National Gallery upstairs shows five centuries of art in 15 rooms, with works by Grigorescu, Andreescu, Luchian and Tonitza.
Piața Unirii, latura de est
3Ethnographic museumMuzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei (Palatul Reduta)
The ethnographic museum of Transylvania, in the Redoute Palace, with the permanent exhibition 'Folk Culture in Transylvania, 18th–20th Centuries'.
It had 111,739 visitors in 2025, among the most visited cultural institutions in the county, and the Redoute hall hosted the Memorandum trial in 1894.
Strada Memorandumului, la 250 m de Piața Unirii
4Square and historic theatrePiața Avram Iancu și Teatrul Național
The largest square in the centre, with the 1906 building of the National Theatre and the Romanian National Opera and the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral.
The theatre building, designed by the Viennese firm Fellner & Helmer, houses both the theatre and the opera, holds 4.7 on Google from more than 3,000 reviews, and you can see it from inside at an evening performance.
Piața Avram Iancu și Piața Ștefan cel Mare, la 600 m est de Piața Unirii
5Gothic church and medieval bastionBiserica Reformată și Bastionul Croitorilor
Gothic church begun in 1487 with the support of King Matthias Corvinus, 120 m from the Tailors' Bastion, the only fully preserved bastion of the walls of medieval Cluj.
The church is one of the most valuable Gothic buildings in Transylvania (category A monument), and next to it you can see the bastion and a section of the town wall with its wall walk.
Strada Mihail Kogălniceanu și strada Baba Novac, la 500 m de Piața Unirii