Places like Preslavat, Sulina, Isaccea, Chilia, Tulcea, Sfantu Gheorghe reached a stage of flourish and wealth. Old vocation, like fishing and shepherding, never ceased to exist. The social-cultural life lasted even under the Turkish domination in the 16th to 19th centuries. Nowadays there are about 15,000 people living in the Danube Delta. Most of them deal with fishing, reed harvesting, breeding and sailing.
Villages are small and spread along branches and channels.
Sulina is the only town in the Danube Delta. An interesting place is the City museum with its natural sciences, archaeology, arts and ethnography departments. The exhibitions here present in a synthetic manner the wealth and beauty of the Danube Delta, the origins and the history of the Romanian people living in Dobrogea and at the Danube mouths. Beyond the native species here come to hatch 80 species of birds from Asia, Africa and Northern areas of Europe. By spring time come pelicans, egrets, purple herons, spoonbills, curlews and other.