Modern, Timișoara

45.7664358°N 21.2592104°E / 45.7664358; 21.2592104 Modern is a district in eastern Timișoara.^[1] It was built between 1970–1990.^[2] The name comes from the former Filt shoe factory, renamed Modern after nationalization.^[3] The company ceased its activity after 1990, and the factory was demolished for the construction of a third mall in Timișoara – Timișoara Plaza;^[4] the Israeli group Plaza Centers eventually gave up on the project.^[5]

Transport

Public transport is provided by bus lines E4, E4B, M27, M30 and M35, tram line 1 and 2 and trolleybus line 11 and M11.