Photo Credit @ Iulian Radu:
A sunset and sunrise contemplated from the top of the mountain bring healing, pleasure to your eyes, and offer a lot of joy for those who travel to see it.
Ptoho Credit @ Alex Jitaru:
 On Ceahlău, the magic mountain, the holy mountain of Romanians, every place hides a legend, every image tells a story!
Dochia and Trajan, Stănile, Panaghia, The Water Rock, The Tower of Butu and Ana, The Thunderstruck Rocks, The ledge with lilies.The Sheperd’s Rock or Toaca Peak, and many others that are impressive rocks and …

 
Amazing diversity and artistic expressiveness
Whether we are talking about loom-made traditional fabrics, beautiful wooden sculptures, folk costumes with amazing embroidery of local motifs, or the famous folk New Year’s masks for dancers, folk craftsmen in Neamț County keep on perpetuating the traditional folk art in the most diverse artistic forms and styles.
Handmade products cover a wide variety of thematic areas: ceramics, wood and furniture, domestic industry, soft goods and traditional costumes, leather works, glazed eggs, icons and naive painting, braids, folk masks, ornaments, traditional foods, bone objects, glassware, and even …

A challange lauched by the Ministry of Culture in Romania on its Facebook page led to a week of continuous posts regarding cultural attractions and interesting tourist objectives in Neamț County. And this is because the Neamț locals have responded to the challenge and have stated a whole series of reasons why they love their homeland and why it has to be discovered by tourists. Thus, the posting list has shown why a county less known to the tourists is such an offering holiday destination.
The virtual journey began after the …

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 …

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEF-VH5n_vthye5MhZ2tqEkmrqm2WuynT
Representative for Romania and a true image, at a smaller scale, of the country, if we refer to the outline of the map and the balanced distribution of relief forms, Neamț County is the place where there are mountains, hills, plains, waters, meadows, the spectacular Bicaz Gorges, the famous Bison Land, caves and forests and also a miniature sea -“the Lake Izvorul Muntelui”.
Photo Gallery:
The county’s monography issued in 1995 states the following: “Neamț County was undeniably the most frequently mentioned land in the creative writings depicted by Romanian or foreign …

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 …

Photo Gallery:
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:

Photo:
The idea of promoting Neamț in a new performance has …