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Other buildings in Bucharest   Bucharest

Other buildings in Bucharest, Bucharest

 25 Reviews  If you feel that you can't have enough of the communist architecture, here is another gem that you can admire. I hope that you can sense the sarcasm in my tone; if not, I want it to make it clear.... 

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Useful Information   Bucharest

Useful Information, Bucharest

 20 Reviews  If you have arrived in Romania,one of the first thing you have to do is to go to exchange. So,i think is better to have an idea how the money looks like after you've checked the exchange rates here :... 

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People's Palace (Parliament Palace)   Bucharest

People's Palace (Parliament Palace), Bucharest

 12 Reviews  The main highlight in Bucharest is the Parliament Building some years before the Cauceascu's Dictator Palace....its quite impressive but i imagined huger We took the train a little bit cahotic as well... 

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Landmarks in Bucharest   Bucharest

Landmarks in Bucharest, Bucharest

 8 Reviews  It’s easy to observe that many of the churches in Bucharest are hidden either behind or between larger modern buildings. But this is not because people lost faith or they did not care any longer about... 

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Village Museum   Bucharest

Village Museum, Bucharest

 5 Reviews  A pic from the Village Museum. If I remember well, this interior was in one of the houses from the area close to the border with Bulgaria. I really got a kick out of this - the little table and... 

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Botanical Garden   Bucharest

Botanical Garden, Bucharest

 3 Reviews  One of the more striking things about this beautiful botanical garden is the fact that it is located right next to an industrial centre, complete with cooling towers, chimneys churning out everything... 

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Romanian Athenaeum   Bucharest

Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest

 3 Reviews  Bucharest has been influenced post ww2 by the european culture and politics, the romanian capital having links with France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy. The idea of a institution called "Ateneul... 

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Rumunsko 2011

by qquest111

Když někomu vykládám, že jsem byl v Rumunsku, tak jako jednu z prvních reakcí slyším "cože? Rumunsko? Neokradli vás, nezabili, nic se nestalo? To je divný". Moje zkušenost? Buďto jsme fakt měli štěstí a dojeli jsme vlastním velikým Punky autem v 9ti lidech přes celé Rumunsko až k moři u Bulharska a potom ještě na jih k Srbsku a nebo se ta země od vstupu do EU (tak jak ji ještě moc lidí nezná) opravdu dost změnila.První pocity při plánování této cesty byla obezřetnost a starost o naše auto, naše věci, naše spolujezdce. Teď vím, že to nebylo oprávněné o nic více, než v jiných evropských zemích. V Rumunsku mají hlavní cesty snad v ještě lepším stavu než u nás (zřejmě dopad dotací z EU - všechny jsou nové a stále se staví). Když se podíváte na místní auta, nejsou to taky žádné ořezávátka,...

Learn more about Romania with us...

by adema29

I was always surprised about the lack of information you all (almost) “the others” have about our country-Romania.I will try to clarify here, shortly, some of the biggest confusions I have identified on my travels out of Romania.The name of the Country2 Even if Romania is a relatively new name, first time being used in the XIXth century, Romanian people have a long common history, even if we were organized in few “principalities” and it seems that we are living in the only country in Europe created around the same language, culture, traditions.We have some other interesting characteristic, we are the only country in Eastern Europe which has survived to the Slavic migration with a minimum of changes.We have used in the past the Slavonic letters, we have Slavic names of people and rivers and place, but the main root of the language is the Latin one. And the evidence is that any Italian or...

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Improper Treatment at the Customs

by erdemmac

My intention of writing this text is to inform you about the impolite and indecent behaviors of some officers working at the customs of Bucharest. On 21st of April 2011 I applied for a touristic visa for my intended visit to Bucharest and Constanta between 28th of April and 3rd of May.I have two passports attached with full of visas including previous Romania visa, 10 years of American visa (I had my education there and lived for 6 years), several British visas, numerous Schengen visas from different countries, and may other more.Upon obtaining my visa from Embassy of Romania in Istanbul On 27th of April 2011 I arrived to Bucharest with the Turkish Airlines flight number TK1043 at 09:45 on 28th of April.When I was waiting in the passport line an officer came up to me (unfortunately I did not have a chance to get his name) and asked for my passport. He looked at it asked me if I have 500...

Drinking and driving in Romania

by DSwede

If you drive, the roads have standard European rules. But FYI, there is a zero tolerance drinking policy. They never card at the bars... never... you'll probably see many 13~15yr olds. However, driving has a 0 BAC (blood alcohol content) level. Even if you have one drink, a taxi is highly recommended.

Beware the BEARS

by survivorofabear

Hello! My wife and I traveled to Romania in August 2009. Calmly, too calmly. We had in our trip, set for camping, as described in all the guide books and by the Romanian people we had met in France and Romania. Our trip ended in Brasov. After getting confirmation from the tourist office that should not have food in the tent, we took the road to Mount Bucegi. The car parked 2 km from Sinaia, the paying forest road that goes into the nature reserve, we were hiking all day. The most beautiful hiking our lives! Exhausted, we planted the tent next to the car, after eating a soup. The place looked like a village of campers. The beauty of the place was not rewarded by the uproar caused by the Romanians, the serenity of their festivals were artificial, to ward off the danger that short, what we have learned regretfully. Around midnight, in fact, one adult bear dwelled on our fate, crushing...

Highlights..

by Durfun

To experience RO at it's trendiest, head for Cluj Napoca, near the Hungarian side.If you're interested in Vlad Tepes, go to Bran for the castle, or Sibiu for his birth-house. You can actually have a drink in the very room he was born in!! Sibui is very pretty & dainty.Sighisoara has a square outside a church where his son has assassinated!Brasov (the sign up on the hill) is where he executed loads of locals! You can go up that hill via an elevator.Train travel in RO is efficient & comfortable; very inexpensive too! New trains are super modern, but the old ones have better-padded private cabins!I loved Romania :) You will too! Drinking in the room of dracula!Travelling in the cool trains.Skiing in Poiana Brasov, and the fun + scenic bus ride up there from Brasov Centre :)The massive squares in Bucharest; and views of the palace from Intercontinental's penthouse.

National Days Off

by Delia_Madalina

2009 brought Romanians the joy of having some extra days off, so here is the list: 1- 2 January - we spend it in our home cities or go to mountain resorts or abroad, but always surrounded by many many friends. :) On the 1st of January we also celebrate Saint Vasile, so if you have any friends around with that name it's time to say a double La Multi Ani! (mot-a-mot that would mean: To many years!) 1st and 2nd Easter Days - usually celebrated with family: we go to church on Saturday night to bring the Holly Light home, we eat lamb and break eggs. For the next 40 days we are supposed to greet each other by saying: Hristos a inviat! (Jesus resurrected!) and answer with Adevarat a inviat (Indeed he did!); 1 May - Labor Day: it is a tradition for youth to spend this day by the sea side, and especially in Vama Veche; 1st and 2nd day of Rusalii - on this day we celebrate the descent...

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National flag

by codrutz

This is Romania's national flag .. it's red, yellow and blue .. in the order we know it. In fact the blue is near the spire. The Romanian flag colors are the same to the Andorran flag, but which has a coat of arms in the middle. Likewise, Moldova has the same flag with another coat of arms in the middle. Also the Romanian flag used to have a sign in the middle, but that being a link to the communist times, it was removed since the 1989 revolution.

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Pallinka.

by Dizzyhead

Palinka is homemade liquer and usually they drink it as shots. The fruits are usually plums and this is nothing you can buy in the shop. This is just home made things as you can be invited to drink at people´s homes or weddings. I like it very much and you should never say no if you get the chance to try it.

Transylvania Travel

by JJfromNJ

The bus/train network in Romania is actually pretty good. You won't have a problem relying on that, so a car rental is probably not necessary. Brasov is a good town to base yourself in for castle tours in Transylvania. Be sure to check out Castle Sinaia!! My best Romanian memory was easily my overnight bus trip from Istanbul to Bucharest, featuring only me, the driver, and five Romanian ladies in the entire, full length bus. Aside from me, only one of the Romanian ladies spoke English. They were smuggling bags and bags full of knock-off Nike, Adidas and Reebok clothes across two borders. They also had exceeded the maximum amount of jewelry and cigarettes allowed for each person, so they had me wearing jewelry and claiming some of the cigarettes as my own. Despite the no-smoking signs in the bus, they chain smoked the entire time. Just after entering Romania, we hit a road block where...

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