A trip to the beautiful monasteries of Neamt County is always a great experience, especially during winter, when everything seems to be a fairytale scene. This is the same winter that is described by poets in their lyrics only better because now you can see it for real.
The Orthodox monasteries from Neamt County are located in places of rare beauty and represent a legacy that transcends time. Monks and nuns that live here like in the old days will welcome you and teach you about spirit and the power of …

January 10 – 23 2011
January 13
Eminescu in time and space – 161 years from his birth (January 15, 1850), 11:00
Location: Room “Atelier” of Neamt County Library
The event includes poetry recitals, auditions and a mini-exhibition
Eminescu and his great friends – 161 years from the birth of the poet (January 15 1850), 14:00
The festivities room from the private high school “Aurora Ouatu” from Piatra Neamt
The event will include poetry recitals, video previews and a mini exhibition of prints
January 14
Eminescu in time and space – 161 years from his birth (January 15, 1850), …

Events January 03 – 16 2011
January 13
Eminescu in time and space – 161 years from his birth (January 15, 1850), 11:00
Location: Room “Atelier” of Neamt County Library
The event includes poetry recitals, auditions and a mini-exhibition
January 14
Eminescu in time and space – 161 years from his birth (January 15, 1850), 13:00
Location: Room “Atelier” of Neamt County Library
The event includes poetry recitals, auditions and a mini-exhibition. Participants: students of “Calistrat Hogas” National College under the guidance of professor Monica Zaharia
Trecut-au anii … (Years have passed …), 13:00
Location: Room “Cupola” of Neamt County …

Between January 06 and 09 2011 we invite you to Piatra Neamt to participate at the event called The Film festival “Filmul de Piatra”. This year’s competition is open to short films (fiction, animation, documentary, experiment, video clip) made by film creators from Romania and Moldavian Republic.
From the 209 films that subscribed, 52 were selected to enter the competition and 8 outside the competition. The jury of the festival: Napoleon Helmis – director, Copel Moscu – director, David Procter – (Marea Britanie), Benjamin Ribout – director of the festival Kinodiseea, …

The traditional mask-dances from the night of New Year’s Eve represent the celebration of “all madness” in the night when a “new order is installed and when life is reborn”. For centuries traditions like “Capra” (The Goat), “Ursul” (The Bear) or “Calutii” (The Small Horses) are highly appreciated by people that witness these dances. Around these “animals” there are bands that wear masks representing humans in all their diversity. You’ll see masks representing elders, old ugly women, devils, goats and so on. These characters are called either “Uratii”, which means …

In the last day of every year, traditions and customs from Neamt County are an eco over time of our primordial traditions and customs. Here are two traditions that are still alive and that take place in the day before the new year.
“Plugusorul”  (The Little Plow) (performed on December 31)
The tradition of “Plugusor” continues in Neamt County under different forms, depending of the ethnographic area. Although there are different names for this custom, like “Plugusor” (Little Plow), “Urat”, “Uratura de Sfantul Vasile” (St Vasile Wishing), “Buhai” (The Bull – because …

We invite everyone to Piatra Neamt on the night of New Year’s Eve to celebrate the beginning of the year 2011 with a great concert and a great fireworks show. Everywhere in the world this is a special moment when all the people leave all worries behind and hope for a better year together with family and friends. Piatra Neamt Town Hall will organize a live show in the center of the town, near the Unic Complex.
The New Year’s Eve show will begin on December 31, 2010 at 21:30. Here …