Curator: Dr. Allan B. Cruse, Professor Emeritus,
Computer Science and Mathematics,
University of San Francisco
Romania Contemporary Views Project
This site continues our
Romania Awareness Project
by exhibiting some contemporary images,
found
online, which we think will defy various commonly held
stereotypes of an impoverished
population amid an
underdeveloped economy. While an older Romania may still
exist, it is not
the whole story of that country
-- and we believe advances deserve to be acknowledged.
NOTE: The images below are displayed here solely for educational, non-commercial
purposes, and all reproduction
rights are retained by their respective owners.
AFI Cotroceni Palace Hyper Mall (300 stores) in Bucharest, Romania - opened October 2009
Palas Iasi Lifestyle Center - a private investment of USD $350M in Iasi, Romania - opened 31 May 2012
New Bucharest National Soccer Arena with seating capacity of 56,000 - opened 6 September 2011
The Basarab Flyover in Bucharest, Romania - Europe's longest and widest Bridge - opened June 2011
Consecration ceremony for opening of the new Romanian National Library in Bucharest - 22 April 2012
New terminal at Bucharest International Airport can process 4,500 passengers-per-hour - opened 6 Nov 2012
Sky Tower landmark 37-floor office building in Bucharest, Romania, begun in 2009, nears completion in 2012
Gucci opens upscale store at Athenee Palace Hilton Hotel in Bucharest, Romania - December 2010
 
Ribbon-cutting event for opening of women's luxury fashion boutique in Bucharest, Romania - 3 May 2012
British luxury fashion house Burberry opens store at Radisson Blu Hotel in Bucharest, Romania - March 2012
 
President says huge new Black Sea gas discovery will give Romania its energy independence - March 2012
Queen Casino - Bucharest, Romania - news media reported 1.5-million Romanians gambled during 2011
 
MaxBet Casino - Bucharest, Romania
         
         
         
 
Casino Valoro - Timisoara, Romania
 
Casino Valoro - Arad, Romania
         
         
         
         
 
Sinaia Casino - Sinaia, Romania
Cazino Mamaia (aka "Castel") is located within a Black Sea leisure resort near Constanta, Romania
Over 22,000 fans pay US$40 and up to attend Lady Gaga's outdoor megashow in Bucharest - 16 Aug 2012
Residential street in Bucharest with sidewalk repairs underway - taken with my iPhone on 24 June 2012
 
Single-family home in Bucharest, Romania
         
           
Single-family home in Constanta, Romania
 
Residential Villa near Timisoara, Romania
           
         
Country House at Varfurile, Romania
 
Cottage house at Bran, Romania
             
             
           
Peasant house near Sibiu, Romania
Emerald Residences Complex in Bucharest, Romania - project construction began in 2008
City Gate Office Towers in Bucharest, Romania - opened in 2009
New multibuilding office development in Timisoara, Romania - opened in 2012
Luxury Black Sea Villa in quiet neighborhood near downtown Constanta, Romania
 
Club Essenza hair salon - Bucharest, Romania
               
Hotel Vega hair salon - Mamaia, Romania
Romanian bottled water producer Rio Bucovina reports revenues of EUR 25 Million in 2011 - 23 May 2012
Europe's largest retailer Carrefour increases to 58 its number of supermarkets in Romania - 29 Aug 2012
Porsche Romania reports its sales increased 35-percent during 2012 - 15 January 2013
 
American fast-food chain opens the second of its 40 planned restaurants in Romania - 7 May 2012
Earliest suburban business park in Bucharest, Romania - completed July 2006
X3 International Web Design Office Interior - Timisoara, Romania - completed July 2011
 
Oaks Clubhouse in Bucharest, Romania
               
           
Oaks Clubhouse Dining Room
Audience at the National Theater in Bucharest, Romania - April 2008
 
Bamboo Club - Bucharest, Romania
           
           
           
           
 
Krystal Club - Bucharest, Romania
 
Player Club - Bucharest, Romania
             
Barletto Club - Bucharest, Romania
Club Midi in Cluj, Romania - open in 2008
 
Fruits-and-vegetables market in Bucharest, Romania
     
Curbside flower stall in Bucharest, Romania
Interior of an older residence located in the central section of Bucharest, Romania
Contemporary apartment interior in Iasi, Romania
Apartment kitchen in Dumbravita, Romania
Mediteranean bedroom design in Arad, Romania
Modern residence bathroom in Brasov, Romania
Second-floor home office in Timisoara, Romania
 
Cosmetics store at Baneasa mall - opened Dec 2010
   
Lingerie boutique on Calea Victoriei - opened Mar 2012
The SoNoRo Chamber Music Festival held at the Atheneum in Bucharest, Romania - October 2010
European Film Festival at Studio Cinema in Bucharest, Romania - held annually in May
Bucharest's Mayor proposes new 16,000-seat multifunction sports and music arena - November 2012
Foreign diplomats attending annual Vintest Romanian National Wine Exhibition in Bucharest - October 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
American CIA reports 23.4 million cellphones in Romania - exceeds the country's population - 12 Dec 2012
Universitas Student House opened at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania - March 2009
Bucharest Polytechnic University implements next-generation Cisco Systems research network - 28 Sept 2011
Bucharest metro system's ridership averaged 485,000 daily in 2010 - expansion construction began in 2011
Hard Rock Cafe in Bucharest, Romania - opened 20 January 2008
Romanian ice cream manufacturer acquires costly site in Bucharest's Old Town for new retail parlor - Nov 2012
 
Popular ski slope at Poiana Brasov, Romania
         
       
Rural ski lodge at Cavnic in Maramures, Romania
Vodafone offered free WiFi access to Black Sea beachgoers at Mamaia, Romania - summer 2012
The Arad-Timisoara Motorway in western Romania - opened 17 December 2011
 
First wind farm at Agighiol, Romania - Dec 2010
             
Solar farm opens near Brasov, Romania - Sep 2011
Event for ten thousand bicyclists inaugurates opening of new Bucharest-Ploiesti highway - 30 June 2012
Romania reports furniture exports in 2011 amounted to 1.38-billion euros - up by 17.5 pct over 2010
 
Europe's Medicover Group opens a new 122-bed private hospital in Bucharest, Romania - 26 January 2012
Gates Foundation grant of $26.9M equipped 1,482 public libraries in Romania with computers by April 2012
Eighth annual World Chess Championship among Schoolchildren was held in Iasi, Romania - May 2012
The Maidens Fair attracts thousands to Mount Gaina in Eastern Transylvania every third Sunday in July
Fans of late pop singer Michael Jackson perform a synchronized dance tribute in Bucharest - 29 Aug 2012
Annual 3-day Septemberfest beer celebration for 50,000 held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania - 28-30 Sept 2012
Romanian International University Fair let students meet college reps from abroad - Bucharest 20-21 Oct 2012
 
Bucharest activists persuade school biology teachers to curtail dissection of endangered frogs - 27 Oct 2012
 
 
Arrangements for a permanent American missile defense base at Deveselu, Romania - finalized 29 June 2012
Opening of the new Ford automobile manufacturing plant in Craiova, Romania - 25 June 2012
 
Voestalpine Group opens its new US$20-million steel processing center in Girgiu, Romania - August 2012
Rompetrol completes a modernization of its Petromidia Refinery at Navodari, Romania - September 2012
 
U.S. Ambassador announces top American firms will trade on the Bucharest Stock Exchange - 18 April 2012
American FBI Director welcomed to Romania to advise on combatting corruption and cybercrime - 7 Dec 2011
 
Cluj-Napoca Mayor on trial for bribery - 18 Jan 2012
     
Member of Parliament flees fraud probe - 26 Mar 2012
Former Romania Prime Minister attempts suicide to evade 2-year jail-sentence for corruption - 20 June 2012
Romanian police bust another big cyberfraud ring that stole US$4M from U.S. citizens online - 10 Dec 2012
 
Prime Minister is reappointed after his allies in parliament win more than two-thirds of seats - 16 Dec 2012
Five of over a quarter-million "Let's do it, Romania!" nationwide trash-cleanup volunteers - 25 October 2011
Media says over 4000 volunteers planted 78,000 trees in Romania in 2011-2012 to protect at-risk forest areas
American actors begin filming US-history television mini-series near Brasov, Romania - 9 September 2011
Romanian celebrity vocalist Mihai Traistariu encounters some of his fans at Palas Iasi mall - 10 August 2012
Romania's top three wealthiest billionaires in 2012 (left-to-right):
Ioan Niculae, Frank Timis, and Dinu Patriciu
       
"The average fortune of the top 500 richest Romanians is EUR 43 million."
-- Romania Business Review, December 2012
Site launched on 11 DEC 2012; last updated on 30 MAR 2013
This site is under continuing construction.