Geography
City of Brasov is located in the central part of Brasov county, 168km far from Bucharest. Located in the middle of the country at the crossroads of the Eastern Carpathians and the Southern Carpathians, Brasov covers a surface of 5.3km².
The average temperature is 7.6°C, the highest temperature being 35°C during the summer and the lowest being -30°C during the winter.
The city is surrounded by Postavarul Mountain, one of the best skiing destinations from Romania.

History
In the surroundings of Brasov traces of human presence have been found dating back over 9000 years ago, in the Neolithic age. Among the ancient monuments, the Dacian Sanctuary from Racos is the most spectacular but hardly accessible for tourists. Archaeological sites that were discovered proved that the area around Brasov was inhabited by a strong community of native population, later on mingling with Roman colonists who together initiated the Romanian population.
In 1211 Andrew II gave the Teutonic Nights the right to colonize the village of Brasov in order to fortify it and protect it against different invasions. Due to some disagreements between the Hungarian king and the order, the Teutonic nights were evicted from Transylvania in 1225. Brasov was for the first time documentary certified in 1234, under the name of "Corona" when it was colonized by the Saxons. Later on, the town was known as Brasco, Brasso, Kronstadt or Brassovia Citadel.
Once established in Brasov, the Germans didn’t allow Romanians or Hungarian to own properties in the citadel. More than that, the Romanians were not even allowed to take part in the civil life of the town and they were considered just a tolerated nation.
In the 14th century Brasov became one of the most important economical and political strongholds in southeast of Europe and in the 16th century a cultural center, due to its geographical position, at the crossroads of Moldavia and Wallachia. The most important historical monuments were built in that period: The Old City Hall, Hrischer House, today hosting a restaurant, The Old Granary, the Black Church (14th century), and the St. Nicolas Church in the Schei quarter of Brasov.
In the same period of the 16th century the humanist Johannes Honterus brought in Brasov his new philosophy and he propagated the Reformation in Transylvania founding the first Evangelical Church in this province.
On April 21st 1689, a big fire destroyed most of the town, killing about 300 people. The fire which had started on rope makers’ street, today the Street of the Castle, spread to the entire citadel destroying many important buildings. It is believed that the fire was set up by the Austrian Army. For several years Brasov was just a ruin.
In the Schei quarter of Brasov was founded in 1495 the first school in Romanian and “The Transylvanian Gazette”, the first Romanian political newspaper in Transylvania, was founded in 1838.
It's being part of Romania since 1918 when Transylvania had joined the rest of Romania. Unfortunately, after the WWII, when Romania had entered under the Soviet control, Brasov suffered like many other cities of Romania. Its name was change into The City of Stalin between 1950 and 1960. What it was even more harmful was the fact that in the communist time the German population left Romania, practically their culture and history coming to a close after 850 years.
Brasov is known also for the 1987 uprising against the communists which practically had announced the downfall of the totalitarian regime in 1989.
Now, Brasov is one of the most important economical, cultural and tourist attractions of Romania with a population around 330 000 people, 90% being Romanians, 8% Hungarians and less than 1% being Germans.