101 tips to live in Bucharest / Romania
More Bucharest stories on my blog from Bucharest!
- Cockroaches at the dormitory bathrooms - smaller than in Asia but higher in the swarm
- Always demand receipt form the taxi driver
- Before taking a picture of a person ASK for PERMISSION.
- Stray dogs are everywhere - don't feed them and avoid groups of 5+
- LCD in most buses show alternative routes from the next bus-stop along with bus numbers continuing from there
- In subway there are private security officers - one in each car
- There are no timetables for buses on the bus-stops deal with it
- People on public places use on principle mobile phones with sound ON
- Very few web pages have English version
- If you are cold, just hop on any bus and get off on the next station
- In rush hours don't take bus to get anywhere or you will be late for sure
- Metro is extremely cheap - use it to get around
- Travel
- Always use metro to get anywhere - faster, cheaper, cooler :-)
- Never believe a taxi driver he has no change
- Always have the precise sum prepared to pay for taxi
- There is 1000+ taxis(cabs) around Bucharest and they are cheap
- If taxi driver says 10 Lei instead of turning on the taximeter you can try to bargain
- Never argue with a taxi driver about the price AFTER delivery
- Do NOT ask in a bar to switch football to hockey...EVER
- Don't bother buying a bus card if you use it once a week or less
- Caru cu Bere is a must for a traveler - traditional pub with traditional meal
- Don't expect the waiting staff to be FAST - give em 15 minutes
- Smile a lot
- Pay with banknotes not with coins, especially in pubs
- Draft beer is not a standard here
- From airport take bus number 783 to the city center - 7 lei(2 ways)
- Get yourself a FAN - public transportation would be less sweaty
- Prepare to spend your evenings outside on the bench
- Bring sunflower seeds to a party - its a local snack
- Travel more
- Get a fore arm Tatau with something "deep" in Chinese or Japanese
- Buy pink T-shirt
- Take trendy clothes to un-trendy places
- Pretend to have less money than you have - DEFENSE
- Cheapest beer is in plastic bottles - tastes OK
- Anytime you place and order, prepare it to be incorrect on delivery
- If you just switching from plane to train take bus 780 - will get you directly to Gara de Nord
- Escape Bucharest to the seaside - Vama Veche, Costinesti, Mamaia
- Order Chinese food delivery from wuxing.ro only if you want expensive and tasteless parody
- Best café in town - Café Milano on Piata Romana
- Try Romanian food - mamaliga, brinza, paine, ciorba, usturoi
- Best pizza in the town - they have no good pizza in Romania I believe:-(
- Go to the seaside - Black sea has its charm
- For exotic food head to hidden Pakistani restaurant called Haveli restaurant - 50+Lei for fully satisfying experience
Well thats how far I got :-D...maybe you would like to add some? Feel free to leave those in comments. It was a pleasure to live in Bucharest/Romania for those 10 months. Hope to come back and maybe rearrange these tips a little;-)
2013 - added a few more and more to come next time
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