--- title: "Cluj-Napoca – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Cluj-Napoca from Sibiu, Oradea and Brașov (Ghimbav): every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Cluj-Napoca, or simply Cluj, is…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cluj-napoca" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cluj-napoca.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Biserica_romano-catolic%C4%83_%22Sf%C3%A2ntul_Mihail%22.jpg/3840px-Biserica_romano-catolic%C4%83_%22Sf%C3%A2ntul_Mihail%22.jpg" --- ![Cluj-Napoca](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Biserica_romano-catolic%C4%83_%22Sf%C3%A2ntul_Mihail%22.jpg/3840px-Biserica_romano-catolic%C4%83_%22Sf%C3%A2ntul_Mihail%22.jpg) # Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca, or simply Cluj, is a city in northwestern Romania. [Plan a trip to Cluj-Napoca](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Cluj-Napoca) [From Sibiu](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sibiu&to=Cluj-Napoca) ## Every way there - Sibiu → Cluj-Napoca 116 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · lei40–55 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sibiu-to-cluj-napoca) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sibiu&to=Cluj-Napoca) - Oradea → Cluj-Napoca 131 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · lei36–47 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/oradea-to-cluj-napoca) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Oradea&to=Cluj-Napoca) - Brașov (Ghimbav) → Cluj-Napoca 191 km · quickest by road, 4h 22m · lei60–80 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/brasov-ghimbav-to-cluj-napoca) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bra%C8%99ov+%28Ghimbav%29&to=Cluj-Napoca) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Cluj-Napoca, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Cluj-Napoca](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cluj-napoca) What Cluj-Napoca has - Y Scheduled flights Cluj-Napoca (CLJ), 8 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 29 timetable feeds for this country, 11 with real-time - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - F Bike and scooter share 2 share feeds in Transitous, not surfaced yet - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 46.767°, 23.583° It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest, Budapest and Belgrade. Located in the Someșul Mic river valley, the city is considered the unofficial capital of the historical province of Transylvania. For some decades prior to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania. Get in ## Getting to Cluj-Napoca Getting to Cluj-Napoca is easy due to its position and its status as a major Transylvanian city. 1. Cluj-Napoca The main train station serving Cluj-Napoca. 2. Autogară Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca can be reached by bus from Bucharest, major cities in Romania, most cities in Transylvania, and a number of major cities in Europe. 3. Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport See ## Worth seeing The area around the Union Square is a must see for the visitor, with the Teleki and Banffy Palaces (the latter now housing the National Art Museum), the Franciscan Monastery, the first Unitarian Church in the world, the Piarist Church, the Mirror Street (Iuliu Maniu Street, a unique architectural accomplishment dating back to the late 1800s) and Matthias Corvinus' place of birth, a 15th-century hotel now home to the… Do ## Things to do 1. Lucian Blaga National Theatre 2. Romanian National Opera Housed in the same building as the National Theatre. 3. Hungarian State Theater 4. Hungarian Opera Housed in the same building as the Hungarian State Theater. 5. PUCK Puppet Theatre 6. Tranzit House An old synagogue converted into an arts center. Eat ## Where to eat Cluj dining is some of the best in Romania. Ranging from traditional Romanian, Hungarian and Transylvanian (a combination of the previous two) to Italian (very good Italian food), Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Middle Eastern, American and International Cuisine, the city can offer great dining for all tastes. How locals move ## Getting around Cluj-Napoca the local way - Go next Another option is to get a minibus (at 11:30, 14:45 first one) from same Autogare to Târgu-Mureș (20 lei) and take another minibus there to Brașov (at 14:20 and 16:20). From [Wikivoyage: Cluj-Napoca](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cluj-Napoca), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluj-Napoca) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cluj-Napoca), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cluj-napoca, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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