Danube Delta Cormorants Dine In Tulcea
With the unusually cold winter that has hit Romania this year, the few bird species that stayed in the delta for Christmas had to adapt to make sure they survive till the spring.
A number of cormorants, which usually hunt fish underwater, found the thick lair of ice impossible to break this year, so they moved [...]
Musura Isle, the Newest Bird Paradise in Danube Delta
The Danube Delta is a land in continuous formation. With the Danube bringing fresh sediments all the time, is continues to expand and change its shape with the passing of time. According to Herodot, over two millennia ago, the Danube reached the sea with seven distinct branches. These days, there are only three.
As a proof [...]
Modern Tourism in the Old Periprava Labor Camp
Danube Delta is not only an impressive spectacle of nature which bewilders travelers from all over the world with its unique biodiversity and culture. It also has a darker, gruesome side.
Half a century ago, it was not a protected UNESCO site. It was only a low populated and isolated region of the communist Romania. This [...]
Saint Lazarus Leper Wine
I was looking so some fresh news about Danube Delta earlier and I ran into a really interesting article on austriantimes.at that really caught my attention. My surprise is that it was about Tichilesti, the last lepers colony in Europe, which, although is not in the Danube Delta as the article claims, is close and [...]