Fun challenges, picture opportunities and many other things you can’t do in an ordinary museum.
Taste
We’ll treat you with homemade snacks and beverages, typical delicacies of this forgotten period.
Learn
Discover unique insights about the daily life in the 80’s from an English speaking guide – you won’t find this in the history books.
Life in the 80’s
An amendment in the 1984 version of the “Program for Scientific Feeding of the Population” adopted two years earlier states that each year, a Romanian is entitled to:
12
kg of sugar
39
kg of meat
12
liters of oil
78
liters of milk
166
kg of vegetables
Life in the 80’s
An amendment in the 1984 version of the “Program for Scientific Feeding of the Population” adopted two years earlier states that each year, a Romanian is entitled to:
12
kg of sugar
39
kg of meat
12
liters of oil
78
liters of milk
166
kg of vegetables
Did you know?
Real coffee (Wiener Caffe being the most popular) is found only in foreigners shops and on the black market due to the soaring price and imports restrictions. Romanians can purchase instead a mix of 20% coffee and 80% various herbs (mostly oatmeal and chickpeas), ironically called “Nechezol” (Neigh-rol), or Chicory as surrogates.
Starting 1985 there is only one TV station available, broadcasting for 2 hours each day. The party believed that more time spent in front of the TV meant less time spent working.
You could have access to hot water two times a week, for two hours. The gas pressure was so low during the day, that people prefered to cook during the night. Electricity is quite precious, with regular black-outs, forcing people to use candles.
You could have access to hot water two times a week, for two hours. The gas pressure was so low during the day, that people prefered to cook during the night. Electricity is quite precious, with regular black-outs, forcing people to use candles.
