The road is known locally as Ceausescu's folly. Around the world it's known as one of the best driving roads thanks to three former BBC presenters. To everyone else, the Transfagarasan Highway is just ...
I recently went to an outdoor party where someone had brought a soccer ball. Four of us started a friendly match, and I was so happy to be a part of it. I hadn't played the game in over twenty years.
Subaru took its WRX STI-based Time Attack car to Romania to set a benchmark lap time on the Transfagarasan Highway, eventually achieving a 40:58.8 second time over 84.3 km. Subaru took its WRX ...
Hours after Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia in August 1968, Romania's communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, denounced the invasion to a crowd of thousands in central Bucharest. The crushing ...
Fifteen hours of travel and a vaguely nauseating drive to 6,600 feet in elevation came down to three seconds of action: Rally master Mark Higgins burst through dense Romanian fog in Subaru’s ...
If it weren’t for that Top Gear special episode with and about Romania, few people outside the Eastern European country would’ve found out about the wonderful road known as the Transfagarasan. For ...
There are many characteristics that contribute to a great driving road. A string of great corners, probably draped over a mountain. Scintillating views as you ascend or descend. And a nice, remote ...
On Christmas Day 1989, Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were executed by firing squad, ending one of communism's most brutal dictatorships. Legend dictates that the volunteer executioners were so ...
Sambata, 11 octombrie, in cadrul Sibiu Rally Challenge se va concura pentru prima data pe Transfagarasan. Unul dintre cele mai frumoase drumuri din lume va putea fi parcurs in regim de cursa, atat in ...
It’s pretty obvious that the future of gaming is in VR, and while we might be many years away from the technology being able to fool our brains into thinking it’s all real, the progress made along the ...