Hanu Ancuței (Ancuța’s Inn) is a renown place where you find the authentic Moldavian cuisine and enjoy the best quality natural food, directly from local farms, with an incomparable taste.
 Here is where the great writer and storyteller Mihail Sadoveanu liked to eat and because he was inspired by this charming place, he wrote the famous book “Hanu Ancuței” (Ancuța’s Inn) in which one can find out more about the traditions and customs of the area.
According to some of the documents, the Inn dates since the 18th Century, when it is …

Masks dancing, plough and Bear dancing in Neamţ
If it hadn’t been for the pandemic, we would have been celebrating a new edition of “Steaua sus răsare” Festival of customs and traditions, here in Piatra Neamț. This year the festival would have reached its 52 edition!
Photo Gallery: “Carmen Saeculare” Culture and Arts Centre in Neamț, December 2019
Part of the Christmas Fair in Neamț, a large cultural artistic project, organized by “Carmen Saeculare” Centre for Culture and Arts and funded by Neamț County Council, “Steaua Sus Rasare” Festival has been held until …

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Four young ladies passionate about folk music put the basis of a special project called “Sânziene” along with their teacher. Recently, the interpreters Alice Prundu, Bianca Crețu, Andreea Dâdă, Alessia Huci and Georgiana Șerban Axinte have entered the homes and hearts of the Neamț locals, and also of the Romanians with the interpretation of the Christmas song “At Stephen’s Gate”.

Neamț County in songs and images
At the end of November 2020 the interpreters launched a video about the pitoresque Neamț Land:

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The idea of promoting Neamț in a new performance has …

Scattered houses upon the hills, some even hidden behind the majestic fir trees, rivers that pass through the villages from side to side, carrying with them unwritten pages from the ancient times of these places. Hangu area in Neamț County is of an astonishing beauty and it is also called ”a Heaven’s place on Bistrița’s Valley”.
Hangu commune spreads across the route from Bicaz towards Poiana Teiului along the Lake Izvoru Muntelui. Surrounded by mountains, it is also called by the locals “the Lake of Tears”, because it conceals in its …

 
 
Indulge youself in traditional delicious foods in Neamț!
 
 
Starting from the sturdy peaks of the mountains untill the stretch of the lakes and the beautiful places filled with history and spirituality, the tourists who arrive in Neamț are fascinated each time by the Land’s wonders and by its delicious foods.
So, you will happily find out that, here in Neamț, the lovely nature intertwines perfectly with the traditional dishes and with the captivating stories told by the locals.
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The famous moldavian ”sarmale” have a special aroma and are cooked in a particular …

What shapes up a place, a territory, a county?
A first thought would take us to the natural environment, with picturesque landscapes, and then the history, culture and ethnographic particularities of the places, well preserved and passed down from generation to generation. All of that define and identify a certain region and the main values of the community living within its borders.
“Nemțeanca” Traditional Crafts Association has an important contribution in promoting the authentic folk art specific to Neamţ County and preserving the original crafts, as they were once practiced by the …