Today I decided to share some beautiful photographs that I took of my home town, Suceava in northeastern Romania. The first selection of photographs were taken in the autumn 2010 (with one exception dating to the summer of that year) and then, the rest, quite recently, more specifically this summer (i.e. the summer of 2020), approximately 10 years after.
For those who don't know, Suceava is a middle-sized province town located in northeastern Romania, in the historical region of Bukovina (Romanian: Bucovina/German: Buchenland), at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. According to a census estimate from 2018, Suceava has a little bit more than 124,000 inhabitants, making it the 19th largest urban settlement in Romania at that time.
A rather psychedelic view of one of the historical streets in Suceava's downtown (2010)
At a lounge near the medieval Suceava seat fortress (2010)
Suceava County map near the seat fortress (2010)
Bukovina village museum (2010)
Suceava seat fortress: one of the outer walls (2010)
Suceava seat fortress: one of the outer walls (2010)
Suceava seat fortress: panoramic view (2010)
Suceava seat fortress and Suceava's downtown at dusk (2010)
Sunset over Suceava (summer 2010)
The statue of the disk thrower in Areni park (autumn 2010)
Blue, clear skies over Mitocaș, a nearby village (summer 2010)
Rock gathering poster at a local bar (autumn 2010). The text in Cyrillic is intended only as a pun. Romanian speakers can still read it, with a bit of effort.
Rock gathering posters (autumn 2010)
One of the book shops where I used to buy plenty of books when I was a kid and, later on, early teenager (autumn 2010)
The Administrative Palace (summer 2020)
The Administrative Palace, front view (summer 2020)
I.G. Sbiera Bukovina Library in Suceava's downtown (summer 2020)
Hippie balcony in Suceava's downtown, depicting legendary classic rock figures Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon on its wall (summer 2020)
Austrian-styled historical house in the town centre, currently local PNL headquarters (summer 2020)
Ștefan cel Mare National College (summer 2020)
Ștefan cel Mare National College (summer 2020)
Ștefan cel Mare National College at nighttime (summer 2020)
Bukovina History Museum (summer 2020)
Bukovina History Museum (summer 2020)
St. John of Nepomuk Roman Catholic Church (summer 2020)
So-called 'tower block' (Romanian: bloc turn) in Suceava's downtown, one of the tallest in the entire town (summer 2020)
Matei Vișniec municipal theater and cinema (summer 2020)