BestCluj / What we do
A guide that cites everything
Every night we collect the programme of the venues in Cluj, keep track of the places and the people who appear in it, and write only what we can cite. Every fact has a source and the date we checked it.
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The programme
What’s on
306 events at 34 venues, collected every night from the venues’ websites, pages and ticket sites.
306 events
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The places
Places
Theatres, museums, galleries, music venues and independent spaces, each with its address, source and date checked.
53 places
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The people in the programme
Artists
2,175 names from the bills: actors, bands, DJs, visual artists. Those who appear often or are confirmed by a source get a page.
703 pages
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The anchors
Anchors
Internationally recognised names with a verifiable link to Cluj, from Adrian Ghenie to the Romanian pavilion in Venice.
12 anchors
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The festivals
Festivals
TIFF, Electric Castle and UNTOLD, with the next edition’s dates and the programme when it is out.
3 festivals
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4 crafts
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29 pieces
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The method
How we verify
Where every fact comes from: 76 sources read every night, what “verified” means and how we correct.
76 sources
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What the data shows
Data
The archive of 1,597 events since 2011 and 17 research pieces: what is searched, what is visited, what is missing.
1,597 archived
How we work
BestCluj is an independent guide to cultural life in Cluj-Napoca. We do not sell placement in the programme, publish paid write-ups or charge for a profile.
The programme is collected automatically every night from the venues’ own sources. Places, anchors and crafts are documented by hand: each has a cited source and the date we checked it. Artist profiles are built from the city’s programme; anyone who wants to complete or correct theirs writes to us.
When we get something wrong, we correct it in the open and update the date it was checked.
How to get on the map
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You run an event
Send us the link or the poster; the venue, the date and the ticket page are enough.
Send an event -
You are an artist
Complete your profile: a mistake, a missing exhibition, your Instagram account.
Your profile -
An institution or a company
Tell us what you have in mind; we will come back with the options.
Partnerships