Many pilgrims choose to spend this Easter in Neamt County and witness the religious service at some of the famous monasteries that are located in this county: Agapia, Varatec, Neamt, Pangarati, Bistrita and others. Thousands of believers from all over Romania and from foreign countries came on Saturday to witness the miracle of Resurrection celebrated in monasteries and churches all over Neamt County.
The religious places were full of pilgrims that every year chose to spend the mini Easter vacation in Neamt. This religious celebration of Resurrection is the most important …

This week Piatra Neamt was dressed with ornaments and lights that remind us of the holyday that will come. Hundreds of small ornament-bunnies, lights and lots of colorful eggs were mounted on the streets.
Piatra Neamt is garnished with ornaments and lights. Every night the town offers a pleasant atmosphere and a good reason to get out and take a walk. The alleys from Tineretului Park are filled with lighted bunnies and huge eggs covered in small lights. All these attract locals and people from other towns to see how Piatra …

Easter Holyday represents for believers one of the most important Christian celebrations. That is why, every year each Christian respects the holy traditions and prepare to receive the Light of Resurrection.  According to traditions, in Neamt County people have to clean their houses few weeks before Easter and in some parts there is also the tradition to wear something new.
In the week before Easter believers take part each night at the holy service and on Friday, also called The Big Friday, believers will …

Last weekend hundreds of people visited our Martisor Festival located in the historic center of Piatra Neamt. Local artists and craftsmen from Neamt County and all of Romania gathered to present handmade objects that we call Martisor,  considered to be a symbol of Spring and good luck.
The tradition of Martisor is more than 2000 years old and we are still practicing this tradition annually on March 1. There are numerous legends about the significance of Martisor, about the red and white wires but in a simple way Martisor represents a …

In Piatra Neamt, in the place called Curtea Domneasca (translated Royal Court) of Stefan cel Mare, between February 26 and 28, 2010 will take place the first edition of Martisor Festival where we would like to invite everyone that loves Romanian traditions. The traditional objects that we Romanians call Martisor are made by craftsmen from the entire area of Moldova and Romania. Together with the librarians from Bibliopolis and flower sellers we hope to create a complete and accurate image of what this tradition of Martisor means to us. The …