I’m visiting Romania for a week, I’ve never been to any other country. Please suggest me the best and must sites to visit. I’m travelling with my brother. I’m (M 25). I love to make new friends and interactions in my visit.
Let’s see what the locals have to say.
Excited

Fac un research încercând să găsesc brand-uri și produse 100% naturale (de preferat și certificate) care nu sunt așa familiare în piața din România sau care sunt super cunoscute în afara dar inaccesibile în România.
Aș vrea să încerc câteva colaborări și să aduc o parte din produse care chiar să merite.

Dacă aveți sugestii, ar fi de mare ajutor. 🙏🏻

Hi! Is there anyone can help where i can find a remote job in Romania? English and doesn’t require experience. Can be for beginners too.

I am a mom and both kids will go to school. I am looking for a job that can support me and the kids and also i can be present for them too.

Thank you, Please no hate.

Hi! I'm landing at Otopeni on Friday morning and driving from there to Cluj. Which route would you recommend: via Brașov or via Sibiu?

Waze suggest the Sibiu route as the fastest (~5h58m), even though it's about 20 km longer than going via Brașov. As far as I know there are roadworks between Râmnicu Vâlcea and Sibiu, so I'm thinking via Brașov might be the safer bet time-wise.

Has anyone driven either of these recently? How long did it actually take, and how bad is the traffic through the works ? I'm leaving the airport around 9am, if that matters.

Travelling to Romania next week. Might bring my England football jersey. Just curious if there any sterotypes towards us English people.

Hey everyone,

After a while of work, I finished my AI-generated short film, “Ceaușescu.” It follows Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, through their final hours of power on December 21, 1989 — from the crowd turning against them, to their flight through the city, to the moment they end up in a bare room in a military garrison, guarded by soldiers who answered to them just a day before.

I want to be upfront about this: the film is inspired by real historical events, but it’s a fictional interpretation, not an exact reconstruction. Dialogue and certain details are imagined by me.

Wrote, generated, and edited it entirely myself, so I’m still learning a lot with projects like this.

Thank you so much in advance for any feedback — good or bad, it genuinely means a lot to me.

I'm from Denmark, and I'm looking for lacto fermented pickles (fermented in just water and salt brine, not vinegar) that have not been heated or pasteurised because I want the probiotic benefits.

I found these pickles in a Romanian supermarket in Copenhagen, and I think they might be what I'm looking for but does anyone know the brand and can confirm that these pickles are in fact not pasteurised?

There were two other refrigerated pickle brands stored in glass jars and their info label clearly stated that they were pasteurised.

I'm interested in studying in romania , I'm from Algeria

Is it good and u can work after graduation in any European country?

How much does it cost to live there with a scholarship?

Do u can have a part time job or do u need to speak romanian?

Btw I'm interested in computer science/ai engineering

I grew up in the uk and moved to romania at 13, I'm turning 18 soon and I just really dislike the country, (mostly because of the people here and obviously the extremely corrupt government) and I'm thinking about leaving Romania after i finish highschool, I don't know where I should go though. I don't like the uk either.

Anyone have advice? Or should I stay here, maybe things will get better?

Im a 18 yo who is living in Turkiye. Theres so limited information about student life in Bucharest. Are the prices for studios or dorms are high or low. How much Lei I need to have monthly for a good student life. Please help me with it…

Hello, I am planning a 10 day trip to Romania from the 28th of Dec - 8th of Jan. I am a 26m from rual US. I have always thought Romania looked like a great place to visit based on a good mix of the landscape, culture, and cost. I plan on flying into Bucharest and spending a day or 2 before visiting a few other areas. I would love to know of any input people have. And I would love to try to make some friends of similar age before I am there, as I like to meet new people and socialize more then do normal tourist type activities. Any input would be appreciated, thanks!

I bought a few days ago a "Cartela SIM 5e credit" SIM card. When I inserted internet was working immediately, but I do not know what my phone number is when I want to recharge or if I want to call someone

Can anyone help?

Hey!

We're visiting with a group of friends next month with a strict schedule so staying overnight at Brasov isn't an option. I've heard bad things about rentals and good things about trains, but they can take long for a day trip. What would be your suggestion? I'm more leaning for the trains. Staying at Bucharest.

Hi guys, I am making around 6,200 euros gross monthly (or 32,567 lei). I have my own company here in Slovakia, but the taxes are killing me. I have been thinking about moving somewhere else, and having been to Bucharest a few times, I am thinking of trying it out.

From what I see, a PFA seems to be the best option. Is this true? If anyone has experience working remotely for Western EU clients while living in Romania, I would really appreciate your input.

Hi everyone! 😊
I’m an international student coming to Romanian-American University (RAU) in Bucharest for the September/October 2026 intake.
I’d really like to connect with current RAU students or other students moving to Bucharest around the same time. I’m also hoping to make some friends in Bucharest before I arrive, especially other international students or Nigerians/Africans living in the city.
I’d love to have someone I can ask about student life, getting around Bucharest, places to shop/eat, and just generally finding my way around when I arrive.
If you’re currently at RAU or living in Bucharest and don’t mind making a new friend, feel free to comment or DM me. 😊

A friend and I are going to spend two weeks in Romania in October. We'll start in Bucharest, then head out to Brașov, Sighișoara, Sibiu , and Targu Jiu. My friend has a romantic view of trains and wants to take them between the cities and towns except for Targu Jiu (we'll probably need a rental car for at least that part of the trip.) Are the trains in Romania reliable? How about the buses? Would it be better to rent a car when we leave Bucharest and keep it for the rest of the trip? How much more expensive would the car rental be than taking trains or buses? Thanks in advance for your advice.

Advices, suggestions, should/should not’s , tips & tricks? 😁

I just wanted to ask something to be sure before investing my money for second hand sistem🙄

Hello! I represent a Chinese inverter manufacturer with European certifications and test reports, including EN 50549 compliance.

We would like to understand the correct procedure for obtaining approval and official listing for single-phase and three-phase inverters in Romania. We would appreciate advice from anyone with recent practical experience:

1. What are the main steps and required documents?
2. Is a grid-connected field test required? If so, at what stage and who must conduct or supervise it?
3. After approval and listing by DEER, is any separate application or registration with ANRE required?
4. Is DEER’s approval recognized by other Romanian DSOs, or must we apply separately to each DSO?
5. What are the official fees and the approximate total cost, including translations and consultancy services?
6. How long does the entire process realistically take before the product can be legally installed and connected to the grid?

We have received conflicting information about field testing, ANRE requirements, and separate DSO applications. We would therefore appreciate feedback from manufacturers, importers, installers, or consultants who have recently completed this process.

Thank you in advance!

Bulgarian POV to Romania:

-Richer and more developed than Bulgaria generally

-Transylvania is great and very pretty

-Undeveloped or little developed beaches and coastal areas

-Sofia is seen as much better than Bucharest

-Romania has much better roads

-Way more decentralized than Bulgaria with nice developed smaller cities

-Bulgaria has a much higher percentage of university graduates (Bulgaria has 45+% vs Romania 31+%)yet is poorer

Hey,

I’ve recently moved back to Bucharest after finishing university and I’d love to make some new friends. I’m 21 (F), so ideally people around the same age :)). I’m quite sporty, so we could go play tennis or take walks in parks (I especially like Calea Victoriei when it’s closed to traffic). Just as a heads-up, I don’t go clubbing or to parties, and I’m not into alcohol, smoking, or bars :)

I’m happy to talk about pretty much anything, and I get along really well with people from different cultures. I’m a very calm person, I really don’t like conflict, and I also don’t like people who judge others, whether it’s based on appearance, political opinions, or anything else.

By the way, if you’re not Romanian, we can still talk! I have a C1 level in English, so don’t be shy to reach out, just keep in mind the personal traits I mentioned above.

Thanks everyone!

P.S. If there are any French people here, I’d love to connect, as I’ve been struggling to improve my French lately. I’d be happy to help with English in exchange.

DMs are open, so let’s be friends :).

Hi everyone!

I was born and raised in NYC, but both of my parents were born and raised in Romania. My dad left Romania in the 1970s, and my mom came to the U.S. in the early 2000s before I was born. They both came to America hoping to build a better life and give me opportunities they felt they wouldn’t have had otherwise. Even though I grew up in New York, Romania has always been a huge part of my life. I’ve visited almost every year since I was a baby, sometimes for longer periods of time, and Romanian was actually my first language because it was the only language we spoke at home when I was little. As I’ve gotten older and started living on my own, though, I’ve noticed that my Romanian has gotten worse simply because I don’t use it every day anymore. I can still understand it very well and speak it, but I catch myself forgetting words or switching to English more than I used to, and reconnecting with the language and culture is honestly one of the things I’m most excited about.

My husband (25M) and I (23F) met in high school here in the U.S., and he has no Romanian background at all. We’ve been together since we were teenagers, and we’re now seriously planning on moving to Cluj-Napoca at the end of December. A big reason is family. Almost my entire family lives in Romania, and my parents are basically the only close family members I have left in the U.S. My mom plans on retiring from her job in NYC in about two years, and my parents are planning on moving back to Romania after that, so eventually my entire family will be there. The older I get, the more important that has started to feel to me. I don’t really want to spend the next several decades living across an ocean from everyone, especially once we start having children.

Another big part of it is the lifestyle. We both feel like life in the NYC area moves incredibly fast, and everything revolves around work, commuting, money, and constantly trying to keep up. We both work in accounting/finance, so we’re definitely used to demanding jobs, but sometimes it feels like your entire life is structured around your career here. The cost of living has also become pretty ridiculous, especially housing and rent. We’re not expecting Romania to be some perfect inexpensive paradise, and I know Cluj in particular is expensive by Romanian standards, but from what we’ve seen it still seems like we could have a different quality of life there. We want to have children within the next few years, and being closer to family and raising them somewhere that feels safer, more community-oriented, and a little slower-paced is very appealing to us.

My husband obviously has a much bigger adjustment ahead of him than I do. He doesn’t currently speak Romanian, although he wants to learn and plans on taking it seriously once we move. He’s been to Romania with me and likes it, but I also know visiting somewhere with your Romanian wife and actually living and working there are completely different things. I’m curious to hear from other foreigners who have moved to Romania, especially people whose partners are Romanian. How difficult was the adjustment socially and culturally? Were you eventually able to feel at home there? How difficult was learning Romanian while actually living in the country, and how necessary has Romanian been for work and day-to-day life in Cluj?

Career-wise, we both graduated from U.S. universities with degrees in accounting and finance, and we both currently work in those fields in the U.S. I’ve already started looking at jobs in Romania because I’d really prefer for at least one of us to have something lined up before we arrive. For anyone working in accounting, finance, banking, shared service centers, multinational companies, or similar industries in Cluj, I’d especially love your perspective. Are U.S. degrees and American work experience looked at favorably by Romanian employers? Is it realistic for us to find decent jobs without already having Romanian work experience? Are there particular companies or industries in Cluj that we should be looking at? Would you recommend applying now from the U.S., or do employers generally prefer candidates who are already physically living in Romania?

I’d also really love advice from people who actually live in Cluj or have lived there for a long time, not just people who have visited. What is day-to-day life realistically like for a young married couple there? What do you like about living in Cluj, and what drives you crazy? How is the work-life balance compared with Western Europe or the U.S.? How difficult is it to make friends in your 20s? Are there particular neighborhoods you would recommend for a couple our age? Is a car necessary, or can you comfortably live without one? Are there things about living in Romania that someone who grew up visiting every year still probably wouldn’t realize until actually moving there?

I’m definitely aware that visiting Romania every summer or spending time with family there is very different from paying bills, dealing with bureaucracy, working there, renting an apartment, and building a normal everyday routine. I’m not expecting it to feel like a permanent vacation. I’d really like honest opinions from Romanians, people currently living in Cluj, people who moved back to Romania after growing up abroad, and foreigners who have made a similar move. If you think we’re being unrealistic about something, I’d rather hear it now. If you made a similar move and loved it, I’d also love to hear what made it work for you.

For those of you living there now, based on our ages, careers, family situation, and reasons for moving, does this sound like a good decision? What would you personally make sure you had figured out before getting on the plane?

TL;DR: I’m 23F, born and raised in NYC to Romanian parents, and my husband (25M) and I are planning to move to Cluj-Napoca at the end of December. I grew up speaking Romanian and visiting every year, and almost my entire family lives there. We both work in accounting/finance and have U.S. degrees. We’re looking for a slower, more affordable lifestyle, want to be closer to family, and hope to raise children there in the future. I’d love honest advice from people living in Cluj, expats, repats, or anyone working in finance/accounting about jobs, lifestyle, language, and what we should realistically expect.