{"id":117119,"date":"2022-03-06T12:39:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T10:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/intorsura-buzaului-city-hall-to-turn-romanias-longest-tunnel-into-a-tourist-attraction\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:39:56","slug":"intorsura-buzaului-city-hall-to-turn-romanias-longest-tunnel-into-a-tourist-attraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/intorsura-buzaului-city-hall-to-turn-romanias-longest-tunnel-into-a-tourist-attraction\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00centorsura Buz\u0103ului City Hall to turn Romania&#8217;s longest tunnel into a tourist attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Teliu \u2013 \u00centorsura Buz\u0103ului railway tunnel, considered the longest tunnel built on Romanian territory, will be transformed into a tourist attraction.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00centorsura Buz\u0103ului City Hall plans to set up a &#8220;horror tunnel&#8221; and include it in the tourist circuit as part of a broader project through which local authorities hope to attract more visitors to the area.<\/p>\n<p>The town&#8217;s mayor, Raul Urda, stated that the idea of creating such a tourist attraction is based on a decades-old legend, according to which the tunnel is haunted by the spirit of the engineer who designed it, who reportedly died on inauguration day after being electrocuted.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the Teliu \u2013 \u00centorsura Buz\u0103ului tunnel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is the longest railway tunnel built on Romanian territory, connecting the Teliu and \u00centorsura Buz\u0103ului areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the plans for the tunnel&#8217;s future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Local authorities plan to transform it into a tourist attraction, specifically a &#8220;horror tunnel,&#8221; to boost local tourism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the legend associated with the tunnel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legend says the tunnel is haunted by the spirit of its designer, who died by electrocution on the day of its inauguration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Teliu \u2013 \u00centorsura Buz\u0103ului railway tunnel, considered the longest tunnel built on Romanian territory, will be transformed into a tourist attraction. The \u00centorsura Buz\u0103ului City Hall plans to set up a &#8220;horror tunnel&#8221; and include it in the tourist circuit as part of a broader project through which local authorities hope to attract more&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":89101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[3581],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-117119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-tourism"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117119"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=117119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}