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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  Welcome to the world of Romania's Railways - scenic journeys and steam in the forest!
Viseu de Sus, close to the Ukraine border, in the Maramures is the only remaining, working narrow gauge forestry railway of many that were constructed to transport timber from the vast, remote forests of the Carpathians and their foothills.
Viseu de Sus may be easily be reached from the CFR mainline railway station at Viseu de Jos.
Viseu can be included as part of tailor-made guided or semi-independent holidays and we can organise accommodation in Viseu de Sus, including at the comfortable, though rather small, Hotel Brad located on the main street of the town, opposite the road leading down to the woodyards and railway.
www.beyondtheforest.com /Pages/CFR3.html   (3486 words)

  
 The News Leader - www.newsleader.com - Staunton, Va.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Out of the movement to honor this soldier grew Staunton's sister city relationship with the town of Viseu de Sus, which was formalized by the visit of Mayor G. John Avoli to Romania in October 1999.
A country town of 25,000, Viseu de Sus is located a few miles from Romania's northern border with the Ukraine and 75 miles east of the border with Hungary.
Avoli describes the people of Viseu de Sus as "kind, fun-loving, very hard working and very family- and church- oriented." The rich folkloric traditions make family and community celebrations colorful and joyous.
www.newsleader.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603270366   (351 words)

  
 Viseu de Sus (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the same time, Maramures means a frontier between occidental and oriental culture; means Viseu de Sus, multicultural community where are living together Romanians, Germans, Hungarians, Ruthenians, Jewish, whose houses and churches are only a few feet away one by the other.
From the tourist point of view, Viseu de Sus means Vaserului Valley, afforested region, crossed by a forestry railway with narrow gauge (760 mm), offering to the passionate of railway travels, special sights along the almost 60 km.
Through this short presentation of the forestry railway section from Viseu de Sus we hope that we succeeded to add a new target on your trips' "map".
www.cfr.ro.cob-web.org:8888 /JF/engleza/2001_10/viseu.htm   (753 words)

  
 Meetups near Viseu de Sus - Meetup.com
Home > Meetups By City > Romania > Meetups near Viseu de Sus
There are currently no top interests within 50 miles of Viseu de Sus.
Subscribe to a feed of Viseu de Sus Meetups: RSS · Atom · iCal
www.meetup.com /cities/ro/viseu_de_sus   (52 words)

  
 Roving Romania, Landrover tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1999 only two of the forest railways (CFF’s) were in regular use — those at Viseu de Sus in the far north near the Ukrainian border, and that at Comandau (with a unique inclined plane) some 50 kilometres east of Brasov.
Roving Romania last travelled the CFF Viseu and Comandau lines in late 1998 and early 1999, and found both to be in almost daily use despite their generally run-down state.
Viseu is also the proud owner of a real carriage with wooden seats and a pot-bellied stove for cold weather!
www.roving-romania.co.uk /tour7.htm   (2518 words)

  
 Individual Hiking Trip in Maramures | Hiking in Maramures | Hiking holiday Romania | walking in Maramures | old ...
Arrival in Vi_eu de Sus, accommodation at Skurka Jozsef.
It’s a trip from the Viseu Valley to the Iza Valley.
In the late afternoon you will be brought back to Viseu de Sus where you stay for the night.
www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/15158.html   (824 words)

  
 Rumänien - Viseu de Sus 2006 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As all the equipment at Viseu de Sus is running with almost no regular maintenance, the use of a particular steam locomotive cannot be guaranteed.
The narrow gauge forest railway of Viseu de Sus is the last remaining one in Romania.
It came to Viseu de Sus from the forest railway of Moldovita after it closed.
www.farrail.com.cob-web.org:8888 /pages/touren-engl/romania-2006-10.html   (2032 words)

  
 About ProViseu
The Pro Viseu Foundation was set up on October 26, 1998 as a non-governmental non-profit organization by a group of individuals, private companies and Viseu de Sus City Hall.
"Centru de promovare si dezvoltare a turismului"/Center for promoting and developing tourism project financed by USDOL, with a 30.000 USD buget and the activity time 1 year.
The managing part of the Pro Viseu Foundation is enssured by a administration board of 3 persons, and the educational management is atributed to an executive manager.
www.viseu.mmnet.ro /english/proviseu/about.html   (302 words)

  
 Midsummer Fairies (Sanzienele, Dragaica), 24 June   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Typically, maidens go to the forests to pick the plants, where they follow an old ritual, consisting of invocations and dancing naked around the plants and "offering" them food and drinks.
In many Maramures villages - Viseu de Jos, Viseu de Sus, Viseu de Mijloc, Moisei, Sacel, Salistea, Botiza, Cuhea, Dragomiresti - an ancient tradition, with Roman roots is still observed during the midsummer night (Sanziene, June 23 to 24) and also on June 29, the Saints Peter and Paul Day.
In Viseu de Jos, the girls take a dip in the river at midnight hoping they will be pure, healthy and especially hoping to dream their predestined husband.
www.incogniterra.org /pages/tiles/events/events_sanziene.jsp   (266 words)

  
 Visit CFF Viseu de Sus
Viseu de Sus offers a lot of accommodation possibilities, no matter how much time you want to spend in Water Valley.
We are getting the required information directly from the CFF station when we receive your request but we can not guarantee if this will be changed without further notice from the CFF personal in Viseu de Sus.
The webpage is updated periodically and we are not responsible for the quality of service in Viseu de Sus, prices or latest modifications.
www.cffviseu.ro /VisitViseu.htm   (215 words)

  
 ROMANIA - Official Travel and Tourism Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On Sunday, such dress is practically de rigueur, even for little girls.
A ride may easily be combined with a wonderful sightseeing trip to see such treasures as the Painted Monasteries of the Bucovina, the Saxon towns and villages of Transylvania, or the Maramures complete with the narrow-gauge steam railway at Viseu de Sus.
The steam railway at Viseu de Sus is the most remarkable railway heritage attraction in Romania and indeed, in Eastern Europe.
www.romaniatourism.com /autentic.html   (958 words)

  
 Romanian Forestry Railways 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Michael Schneeberger, Viseu de Sus sent me this report at the end of January 2003 - the delay in uploading is because I have been away from home for a month.
It is the same company which runs the forest line ‘Wassertalbahn’ in Viseu de Sus.
In Viseul de Sus they use it for operation together with the locomotive ‘Cozia 1’.
www.internationalsteam.co.uk /trains/roman09.htm   (413 words)

  
 Viseu - Viseu Hotels: Read Viseu Hotel Reviews and Compare Prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Viseu, Brazil residents with shared interests planning events and forming offline clubs.
Viseu town, capital, and concelho (township), Viseu distrito (“district”), northern Portugal, southeast of Porto.
Traditionalist teaching staff at Viseu have not yet thrown in the towel, Supporters of the New School of Architecture and Urbanism in Viseu have asked
bytetool.com /?q=viseu   (459 words)

  
 Viseu de sus - Forsteisenbahn (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ein großes Erlebnis ist eine Fahrt mit der Forsteisenbahn von Viseu de Sus - Oberwischau.
Dank der Arbeit des schweizer Vereins "Hilfe für die Wassertalbahn/Rumänien" wird die Waldbahn mit den Dampflokomotiven erhalten und der Tourismus entwickelt.
Leider passt der Schlüssel des gelben Tores nicht.
www.land-streicher.de.cob-web.org:8888 /tipps_viseu_de_sus.htm   (483 words)

  
 Viseu De Sus, Maramures Copywriters - Copy Writers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Click here to learn more about why a Marketingtool.com Viseu De Sus copy writer featured listing is one of the best methods of advertising your business.
THE best place to find Viseu De Sus copywriters for advertising campaigns, public relations campaigns and marketing initiatives.
www.marketingtool.com /channel/copy/b.457.g.24771.html   (101 words)

  
 Steam in Europe 2005 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Roland Beier was at Viseu de Sus in May 2004 and found a significant revival - read his report (20th June 2004).
Michael Schneeberger has sent me news of Viseu de Sus and a surprising possible revival at Moldovita (3rd March 2003), Chris Lewis has been to Romania (5th June 2002).
On 10th March 2001, I was told by Frank Engel "Due to severe flooding damage train services on the Viseu de Sus CFF line have been suspended for the time being." Now (19th August 2001) he tells me that the forestry line is repaired up to Faina.
www.steam.dial.pipex.com.cob-web.org:8888 /europe.htm   (6129 words)

  
 individual hiking trip in Maramures
Wooden church from 1700, originally built in Viseu de Jos and moved in 1900 to Botiza.
You can extend your trip with an extra cultural trip and visit the merry cemetery of Sapanta, (where sometimes cynic, sometimes funny lyrics decorated the grave posts of the village) There is the wooden monastery of Birsana with the highest wooden church.
To Bucharest and by train to Viseu de Sus (direct, but only once a day)
www.greenmountainholidays.ro /indhikmaramures.html   (1139 words)

  
 Maramures the lost world
-the Germans-can be found in the town of Viseu de Sus.
along Tisa and Viseu valleys,linking the region with Cluj Napoca,Timisoara or Bucharest cities.
The acces is from the Viseu de Sus or Borsa towns and also from Poienile de sub Munte and Petrova villages.
www.geocities.com /totuie27   (1096 words)

  
 Viseu De Sus, Maramures Photographers - Wedding, Portrait, Commercial, Event and Other Photography Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Viseu de Sus Travel Guide - Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
Viseu de Sus Travel Guide - Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
Home » Travel Guides » Europe » Romania » Viseu de Sus
Plan a Viseu de Sus vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Viseu de Sus locals.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Romania/Viseu_de_Sus-507480/TravelGuide-Viseu_de_Sus.html   (311 words)

  
 Viseu de Sus 2004
Viseuforest had been the successor company of the old state owned CFF Viseu de Sus and ran the CFF Viseu rolling stock and the sawmill.
The line to Coman is served daily and the section between Viseu and Noviciorul has been completely relaid.
The Ripi ranch is at present being rebuilt, Novat-Ihoasa has been completed whilst in May the section to Betigi was under repair.
www.internationalsteam.co.uk /trains/roman11.htm   (455 words)

  
 www.fuerstenfeld.at - Städtepartnerschaften   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
After the end of communism and the fall of the Iron Curtain, Fürstenfeld started a relief campaign for the Romanian town Viseu de Sus (Oberwischau) in 1990, that continues until today.
Some transports of aid supplies were also organised together with our Swiss twin town Zug.
The goal was to relief the poverty and to place the most needed medicaments at their disposal.
www.fuerstenfeld.at /english/twinning/viseu.htm   (63 words)

  
 About Viseu (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
, in a mountain region known as Depresiunea Maramuresului, on the Viseu Valley at it's confluence with the Vaser river.
If you come from Western Europe, well then, you can take the plane to Budapest or even to Cluj, or to Bucharest and then to Baia Mare.
The House of Culture, the art room, the stadium - unused now, bathing in the Viseu river (during summer)
www.viseu.mmnet.ro.cob-web.org:8888 /english/viseu/about_viseu.html   (437 words)

  
 Rural Tourism Maramures - Vadu Izei, Oncesti, Ieud, Botiza, Salistea de Sus (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unique is also the Vaser Valley opening from Viseu de Sus.
Along approximately 50 km, a narrow-track train driven by a steam locomotive take tourists to a wild valley with waterfalls and tunnels.
Also here one may visit the former prison now called “Memorial to Arrested Thought” and arranged as museum.
www.agrotur.ro.cob-web.org:8888 /indexmm_en.html   (453 words)

  
 Accommodation in Vişeu de Sus and Cheap Travel to Vişeu de Sus, Maramureş, Romania :-) Hospitality Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Hospitality Club is the world's largest hospitality exchange organization.
There are no City Volunteers in Vişeu de Sus at the moment.
If you are already a member, please go to the member section - you are on the external pages now.
www.hospitalityclub.org /hc/hcworld.php?city=9154   (466 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
De beste transport ondernemer voor u vervoer naar Roemenië
Stoomtreintje in de bergen van Viseu de sus
bekijk deze eens, een goed streven van de jongens om het dorp te promoten
www.viseudesus.nl /links.htm   (40 words)

  
 SummitPost - Vf. Galatau -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
It offers great panoramatic views to the highest peak Pietrosului, to the valley of river Viseu with C.T. Borsa, Maramures mountains, and around.
General description of Rodnei mountains is at SP Muntii Rodnei Group
b) by train to Viseu du Sus, then by bus or hitchike to Borsa or to Passul Prislop
www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/154158/Vf-Galatau.html   (703 words)

  
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There is a well-documented study "Kolonizovanie slovekov do satmarskej, ugocskej a marmarosskej zupy v 18.
storocia" by Paul Dancu, which describes the settling of Slovak colonists in the NE Romania [today Satu Mare and Maramures Counties] in the following villages and mining-towns: Viseu de Sus-1770; Ocna Slatina-1789; Livada-1799; Baia-Mare-1789-1812; Baia-Sprie-1803; Rachov-1814; Kabola-Poljana-1818; Huta-Certeze-1854-'62; Boinesti-1889; Other villages: Ocna Sugatag, Tarna-Mare, Halmi, Baita, Rona, Rachov, Kabola Poljana.
The book gives also the list of places where the colonists came from, as well as a list of family names [more details].
www.genealogy.ro /cont/22n.htm   (998 words)

  
 Hoteles con descuento, hoteles reservas y guia de hoteles de todo el mundo - encuentre sus hoteles en Destinia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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