1. Our town presentation Bicaz city Full of history

2. About our town  Bicaz  is a town in Neamţ County, Romania situated in the eastern Carpathian Mountains near the confluence of the Bicaz and Bistriţa Rivers and near Lake Bicaz, an artificial lake formed by a dam on the Bistriţa. Bicaz used to be a border town until 1918 Neamţ CountyRomania Carpathian MountainsBistriţaLake BicazdamNeamţ CountyRomania Carpathian MountainsBistriţaLake Bicazdam

3. History  Before the construction of the Bicaz Dam and the cement factory (1950s), Bicaz was just a small mountain village where the main economic activity was wood processing. By tradition, the tree trunks were linked together, forming a raft (pluta); a raftman (Romanian: plutaş) used to drive the raft on the Bistriţa river downstream to wood processing facilities in Piatra Neamţ. cement factorywoodraftRomanianPiatra Neamţcement factorywoodraftRomanianPiatra Neamţ

4. Location  The town is a point of departure toward the Ceahlău Massif and Bicaz Canyon (in Romanian: Cheile Bicazului), two important touristic destinations in Romania. The ski resort Durău is also located nearby. Ceahlău Massif Bicaz Canyon Durău Ceahlău Massif Bicaz Canyon Durău

5. Economy  Beside the tourism, Bicaz is the site of one of the biggest cement plants in Romania, Carpat Cement owned today by the German company HeidelbergCement. The town has also a few timber factories and wood processing facilities HeidelbergCement timber HeidelbergCement timber

6. Port-Bicaz place of entertainment