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[[Image:Stema-Cluj.jpg|thumb|left|Seal of Cluj-Napoca]]
[[Cluj-Napoca]] (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/; German: Klausenburg; Hungarian: Kolozsvár; Latin: Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; Bulgarian: Клуж-Напока, Czech: Kluž; Slovak: Kluž, Polish: Kluż), until 1974 Cluj, is a city in north-western [[Romania]] and the seat of Cluj County. The city, one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centers in the country, is located in the historic province of Transylvania, being also its historic capital, and is approximately 440 km north-west of [[Bucharest]], in the valley of the Someşul Mic river. It concentrates about 310,000 people, but a high rise in metropolitan population is expected within the next 10 years.
== Transport ==
Cluj-Napoca is connected to major Romanian and European cities through the extensive air, rail and road networks it interconnects.<br><br>
=== Road ===
Cluj-Napoca is an important node in the European road network, being on three different European routes (E60, E81 and E576). At a national level, Cluj-Napoca is located on three different main national roads, DN1, DN1C and DN1F.<br>
The Romanian Motorway A3, currently under construction, will link the city with Bucharest and the Romanian western border. Its western part (Romanian border - Oradea - Cluj-Napoca) is planned to be finished by 2009, while its eastern and southern part (Cluj-Napoca - Braşov) is planned to be finished by 2012.<br>The Cluj-Napoca Coach Station ([http://www.betatour.ro/betahtm/autogara2.htm official site]) is used by several private transport companies to provide coach connections from Cluj-Napoca to a large number of national and international locations.<br><br>
=== Public transport ===
RATUC ([http://www.ratuc.ro/ official site]), the local public transport company, runs an extensive 342 km public transport network within the city using trams, trolleybuses and buses.<br><br>
=== Air ===
The Cluj-Napoca airport (CLJ - [http://www.airportcluj.ro/ro/hpg.html official site]) is the fourth largest in the country, and serves about 250,000 passengers yearly. Soon there will be added a larger passenger terminal (1,000,000 people per year), and a new cargo terminal. Also, a longer runway, capable of handling larger aircraft, like the 747, is undergoing construction.<br>
The airport is connected to the city by the local transport nr. 8 bus and servers direct destinations like Bucharest,Venice, Barcelona, Valencia, Budapest, Bologna, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan and Vienna.<br><br>
=== Rail ===
The Cluj-Napoca Main Rail Station, located about 2 km to the north of the city centre, is situated on the CFR-Romanian Railways ([http://www.cfr.ro/ official site]) Main Line 300 (Bucharest - Oradea - Romanian Western Border) and on the Line 401 (Cluj-Napoca - Dej). CFR provides direct rail connections to all the major Romanian cities and to Budapest. The rail station is very well connected to all the parts of the city by the trams, trolleybuses and buses of the local public transport company.<br>
The city is also served by two secondary rail stations, the Little Station (Romanian: Gara Micǎ) and Cluj-Napoca East.<br><br>== Accommodation == === Hostels ===*Retro Youth Hostel - Address: Potaissa 13, Tel: 0040/264/450452 - [http://www.retro.ro/index.html Official site]=== CouchSurfing ===*[http://www.couchsurfing.com/mapsurf.html?form=basic Search for a couch]
== Hitchhiking directions ==
At Cluj-Napoca intersect some main internal routes of [[Romania]]:<br>
