1970s Romania | Transylvania | 1970s Bucharest | Mamaia | 1979

'Wish you were here' Presenter Chris Kelly takes a trip behind the Iron Curtain and visits the increasingly popular holiday destination of Romania. He visits the capital Bucharest, the black Sea resort of Mamaia and also the historic town of Sinaia
Filmed in 1979
First broadcast: 31/01/1980
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[@ValyArdeleanu]

If you want fangs as a souvenir, visit the Parliament. All the vampires are there.

[@ghiocadrian7399]

lmao

[@catalinvlaescu3889]

;))

[@danieldiaconu8094]

😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@marioburs24]

romani 😂😂😂😂

[@violaknight1989]

Corect , aș mai adăuga și ..toți bișnițarii securității .

[@olerasmussen72]

No matter where the British travel, they always get better food than at home🤣🤣

[@Raminatorification]

what?

[@marc44444]

yes and they write coherent sentences

[@lifeatsea8197]

yeah … brits …your food sucks?

[@bogdanliviu2028]

🤣🤣

[@im0rtel]

i love traditional brittish food, like pizza or chinese!

[@theindividualizt]

I was in Bucharest, Brassov & Bran 2 years ago, andIasi 2.5 years ago. Beautiful country!

[@romulusbuta9318]

Thanx !

[@alinasimoncini3604]

In what years did disposable diapers like Pampers or other diaper brands arrive? Especially in the maternity wards of hospitals. I ask for this information to get an idea with which diapers I could have grown up born in 1986 in a maternity hospital.

[@theindividualizt]

@@alinasimoncini3604 Thank you. Would love to visit the beach resort, and the restaurant which serves up regional dishes.

[@alinasimoncini3604]

@@theindividualizt I ask how babies used diapers because having lived in 2 orphanages up to 8 years old I remember small babies wrapped in pieces of cloth that looked like diapers and in Bucharest babies with today's diapers like Pampers

[@theindividualizt]

@@alinasimoncini3604 here in Great Britain we don't use the noun; diaper, as that is American. We say 'nappy'. So in ythe UK a baby wears a nappy. Yes, we had similar things going on in the UK during the 1970s.

[@iParodyRo]

Voi observati cati copaci erau in 79 in spatele plajei? acum gasesti doar hoteluri si parcari

[@odetteblotoriuhos2919]

Si ce curata era apa si plaja...

[@sorin990]

puteam fi grecia de la ora actuala, veneau la noi grecii, dar ne-am privatizat cu tovarasi retardati care nu stiu sa administreze un hotel

[@Dan_Nebunaticul]

@@sorin990 - Strainii care au cotropit cu hoteluri litoralul românesc vor sa faca numai bani, in rest nu-i intereseaza nimic. Distrug cu multa nepasare.

[@gabrielmarian698]

@@Dan_Nebunaticul Între 1990-2000 câți străini au cumpărat hoteluri românești?

[@sorin990]

@@Dan_Nebunaticul pai normal ca toti vor sa faca bani, si tu in aceeasi pozitie ai vrea sa faci bani,dar s-a format o reputatie proasta pe litorarul nostru,preturi ridicate , mizerie, cocalari, pe alte litoraluri nu gasesti asa ceva, chiar din contra liniste, nu prajiti care au strang 6 luni sa vina o saptamana la mare sa isi puna pe telefon manele

[@emeg9272]

The hotel at the left 0:59 was Hotel International in Mamaia. I stayed there in the summer of 1975 for 6 day's. At the same time US president Ford was in Romenia too. I have seen him in Brasov some day's later in the lounge of our hotel from a distance of just a view meters when he walked, surrounded by a bodyguard, into the hotel. It became the most amazing unexpected holiday surprise ever, far behind the Iron Curtain sleeping in the same hotel at the same night as the US president.

[@danieltudor1312]

Romania*!

[@cnkrue]

wtf romenia

[@trespasser121]

@@CinevaCeva2 In a corner.

[@lorellame]

Cool

[@martinbitter4162]

@@CinevaCeva2 by hugging

[@mastaization]

Pe vremea cand Carpatii aveau paduri

[@mariusmarius915]

Corect!Au fost frumoase vremuri!Statiunile erau curate,iar nivelul de trai era destul de bun!Acum e mai bine?

[@icnicn6556]

Si existau copii , acum nu se m ai da nastere

[@mastaization]

@@icnicn6556 tiganii se inmultesc)) nu sunt rasist, am prieteni tigani, dar asta am observat la ei, indiferent de conditiile sociale tot se reproduc ))

[@icnicn6556]

@@mastaization Au alta mentalitate , ai nostrii sunt comozi si pusi pe trai bun , egoisti , eu sa o duc bine

[@mastaization]

@Gábor Banciu salut hunule, o alta specie de imigranti din Europa, macar tiganii veniti din Pakistan au mai multa vechime in Europa decat ungurii si finlandezii plecati de pe meleagurile Mongoliei.Toata Europa stie ca sunteti asiatici, aveti 1000 de ani aici

[@CricketInGermany]

@4:45 House was not half on the ground to save material rather to protect against heat in summer and protect against the cold in winter :)

[@nigeljones6296]

I'm English and live in costinești. Love this country. Only down fall is money for wages. Could be better.

[@robertgim8230]

didn't know we have English people here

[@nigeljones6296]

@@robertgim8230 👍

[@NiclasHopsi]

@@robertgim8230 what about all the British plates you see on the road 😉

[@gabix7488]

I have a British senior couple as neighboors here in Bucharest. What a small world 👍👍👍

[@zorilaz]

Yeah I have an English couple in Bucharest, my neighbors. There are a few actually. Not a lot but more than you think

[@MaelysGaming]

Cât de frumoase erau pe vremurile de atunci. Cu toții erau liniștiți, relaxați, nu zbierau ca nebunii, nu se dădeau în spectacol când veneau reporterii, nu se băteau și nici nu dădeau muzica la maxim.

[@howtobatman101]

Oawww, ce bine era pe vremea comunismului. La ce-mi scrii acolo parcă vreau și eu să fiu deprivat de libertate și înfometat.

[@MaelysGaming]

@@howtobatman101 Vezi că "deprivare" înseamnă cu totul altceva, poate te referi la "privat de libertate". Însă, ești mic, ce să știi tu. Iar pe vremea comunismului, cu toții aveau un loc de muncă, nimeni nu se îmbogățea peste noapte. Și oricum, nu mă refeream la comunism, mă refeream când lumea avea bun simț și erau civilizați, nu acum, când banii sunt la putere. Eu zic să te calmezi și să bei niște apă.

[@supermanlegend7]

​@@howtobatman101Lasa ca acum esti liber si mori de foame stai liniștit nici peste 100 de ani Romania nu se va schimba !

[@Peppermint1]

Dimpotriva, era foarte rau pe atunci, omanii erau deprimati, inraiti, agresivi, flamanzi. Nu se gasea nimic de mancare pe litoral in afara de gogosi cu multa coada. Lumea se chinuia sa faca rost de cativa litri de benzina, sau mergea cu trenul cuptor murdar. Si plaja nu era mai curata, nimeni nu golea cosurile de gunoi metalice de culoare verde (cand mai existau). Pe plaja nu mai erau nici tigani cu mancare. Astazi lumea e mai relaxata (cand nu e prinsa in trafic) si da, e mai mult prost gust dar se gasesc de toate desi multa mancare e de calitate suspecta.

[@radux5111]

​@@MaelysGamingbea si tu niste apa ! intrai la puscarie daca spuneai ceva care nu convenea dictaturii!

[@bucharestbiketraffic]

Awesome bit about Romania, my home country. Nowadays Mamaia has mostly only nightlife and is full of "rich glamour" or dare I say glamour kitsch with luxury clubs/ buildings/ yachts and cars, Sinaia is still awesome and grew a lot as a ski and mountain bike resort plus the architecture is mostly unchanged and Constanta is...well...just a city with some badly planned roads and some sort of port. Brasov is still one of the best cities in Romania with awesome architecture, lots of very good hotels and very good service. All and all Romania, especially Sinaia is a very nice place to visit with great, warm and welcoming people, everybody knows English and no communist regime in sight.

[@220lumpy]

Acum ii mai faina romania dar mult mai scumpa, auzi ca 2 saptamani allinclusive 200 de lire😂😂

[@gabrielmarian698]

@@220lumpy trebuie să te raportezi la anii 70, valoarea banilor era alta. Cât despre cum arată azi, la capitolul arhitectură e jale. Multe hoteluri în paragină pe tot litoralul, spații verzi neîngrijite, plaje pline de scoici, etc.

[@alyx112]

@@gabrielmarian698 950 lire in banii de azi, chiar si asa nu e mult

[@gabrielmarian698]

@@alyx112 posibil, dacă era și biletul de avion inclus, acceptabil pentru ei. Eu remarc faptul că stațiunea era curată și îngrijită.

[@ihc8606]

Inca nu erau descoperiti cocalarii

[@NoosaHeads]

These Thames television presentations are always excellent. I just wish they had been longer. 8 minutes is not enough.

[@maneavalentinstefan]

"8 minutes are not enough..."! Well, not according to my wife!

[@YashimaYash]

Cât de curat și bine organizat era litoralul și zona montană, și clădirile și parcurile expetionale, ne-am bătut joc de țară în ultimul hal posibil, când vad imaginile astea clasice și când văd ce e acum mă ia cu greață, nație proastă și tâmpită ne-am bătut joc grav de bijuteria noastră România, da grav de tot.

[@supermanlegend7]

Eu sunt născut in 93 si mereu am fost atras de anii 50,60,70 era civilizație,respect,curatenie, de decență,era frumoasă viata atunci !

[@souvikrc4499]

This was just before Romania went into economic stagnation in the 80s, as Ceausescu enforced harsh austerity cuts on the Romanian state to pay back debt accumulated during the 70s.

[@gabrielmarian698]

No harsh words about Ceausescu.

[@NoosaHeads]

I'm not in favour of capital punishment but if ever anyone deserved the ultimate punishment, it was Ceaucescu. He was pure evil.

[@gabrielmarian698]

@@NoosaHeads motivate your case.

[@nxibba]

@@NoosaHeads that "pure evil" was actually his wife, Elena Ceausescu. She was the one that ordered to shoot the civilians in Timisoara in 89.

[@alinasimoncini3604]

what did you find in shops, supermarkets, pharmacies in the last 80's? Such as disposable diapers for babies (Pampers or other brands of diapers), cosmetic products, soaps, perfumes. I ask for this information because I do not know how they used diapers on babies before the fall of the regime.

[@mfitzy100]

Beautiful country- would love to visit

[@deanromania6748]

It still is beautiful today! It deserves to be vizited but unfortunately, now, the Black Sea is awful, the forests in the Carpathians are dissapearing and the street's are full of rubbish. The good things are now that, most of the big cities are looking great, the Peleș Castle in Sinaia is opened and it's beautiful and many other things. In general, if you avoid going to the sea (but you gotta go to the Danube Delta), you will be astonished by this country (in the good way)

[@cornelhansen-juhas1971]

I love you Romania 🇷🇴❤️🇬🇧

[@dragospahontu]

Why?

[@sorin990]

awwww,

[@mark_yt91]

@@dragospahontu e roman, de aia

[@dragospahontu]

@@mark_yt91 interesting

[@laur.an01]

It looks like it used to be so gorgeous back then. I wish I could go in the past and have a look at it myself.

[@angelo.bundaberg]

When you imagine half of those people are probably dead.

[@trabali5168]

and the other half (and their kids) are here now in the uk!

[@pixelblade2551]

I don't think , people from 1941 have 80/85 years old , imagine from 1970

[@dreminem1989]

@@pixelblade2551 yes .. but if they been around 40+ in 1970 ?

[@pixelblade2551]

@@dreminem1989 if they born in 1970 they have 51 years old . My grandma was born in 1941 and she's 80 years old. So if my grandma is alive , those people in the video are younger , they can't be dead

[@dreminem1989]

@@pixelblade2551 But this is the point ... your grandma in 1970 was 29 years old .... but most peoples from this video are older than 29 years old even Chris Kelly was 30 then but now is 81 ...

[@blackcatsarenopussies]

70s were the best, Romania was a star at that time, economically and politically. Even Ceaușescu was viewed as a progressive leader, not following blindly the regime in Moscow. Don't forget that Romania was the only one opposing and condemning the invasion of Czechoslovakia. If you don't know, go Google it, terrible. However, they fucked it all up in the 80s though, big time with the restrictions, especially those imposed on the population. Bread, milk were rationalised, all other food was scarce. A lot like in GB during and after the war. The ambition was to pay off all country's external debts. By the end of 80s they succeeded and Romania was the only country in the world with ZERO debts! The impact on the population was huge although the people were more optimistic, smiley and friendlier than nowadays. This, a lack of vision plus the global changes at that time lead to the fall of Ceaușescu. Some external push was also believed to help with the violent regime change in the context of the general world and Europe politics at that time, the glasnost, perestroika, Gorbachev etc. Anyway, lovely country, lovely, smart, warm people

[@gabrielmarian698]

A lot of external push.

[@gabrielmarian698]

@@antejl7925 do you have the proof?

[@gabrielmarian698]

@@antejl7925 I mean legal proof, Ceaușescu announced in front of the great assembly in march 1989.

[@gabrielmarian698]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moasonqDrbSKhdE

[@gabrielmarian698]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnbUnZWhfb-pnJo

[@zenadrian4678]

Back when Mamaia was gorgeous!

[@adriancioroianu1704]

with nothing to do though

[@Mihhai25]

Nothing squared.

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Thank you for adding dates to the titles. Videos appreciated. Bit of nostalgia is great! Thanks. 👍🇬🇧

[@aurelrus40]

One of the places I miss very much BAILE HERCULANE

[@sebastianbratu1502]

Same

[@trespasser121]

I met a group of British pensioners vacationing in the Ceahlau mountains in 1984 - they liked the food and the hotel, but they didn't like the coffee that much. I didn't have the heart to tell them that in those years, in Romania, they didn't have real coffee, they were using mostly coffee substitutes with a bit of the real thing for aroma. Nice chaps, though I found it odd that they all liked Marg Thatcher, which in the East we were told not so great things about.

[@skillfuldabest]

Without actually doing my own research, Margaret Thatcher seems to have a good reputation here in the UK, where her free market economic policies supposedly helped the economy.

[@pelao1558]

​@@skillfuldabest It literally destroyed the economy

[@petraiondan4669]

in 1979 I was like 5 yrs old and i can remember how it was as a kid. Mamaia and Constanta were bursting with tourists. Everything was far cleaner and much greener than now. Nothing of the disgusting buildings that suffocate now Mamaia and make it really ugly. As this BBC guy is pointing: the beach and teh sea were clean. exactly the opposite of now. It was also quiet - no boxes with stupid loud music- it was like is still now in Greece in many areas by the sea. There were those excellent restaurants in the so-called Mamaia " village" - an excellent idea - every traditional house from every historical part of romania with its own architecture, with waiters dressed in the traditional costumes of those houses with very good food from those areas and with live traditional music and dance (sometimes) from those areas as well. An excellent place which would have attracted the attention of british turists who do like traditions. None of that is specified in this BBC short doc. Everything is meah, beah, so-so, passable, acceptable but nothing out of the ordinary. Of course, the dirty and smelly streets of India are far more interesting then Europe and the communist Romania or even capitalist Romania or Easter Europe.

[@DiarioCarnivoro]

Unbelievable how things have changed in just a few decades.

[@edmondsimonet7515]

Probably the most beautiful country in the world.

[@axxisblack]

Nope, try Canada, Russia, new Zealand

[@sebastianbratu1502]

Probably

[@gabi4205]

Lol no it's not (I'm a Romanian)

[@sebastianbratu1502]

@@gabi4205 traitor, hope you grow old alone with cats

[@cellyrum9430]

It was now is more of a down town in the populated areas. The fauna is still beautiful

[@romeomarks8344]

Very nice video thanks for uploading

[@kangaroo85555]

Glad to see my town Constanta 😍

[@damianmorse6872]

Fascinating - thank you.

[@canadianentrepreneur7867]

As Romanian I believe in that country's future. Things will get better and better with time. Romania has a huge advantage: good people hard working but also knowing to live life and have some fun with friends and family. I lived almost 20 years as well in Canada after 3 in France and know both systems very well. We need better politicians but they are learning too. I'll have no problems to retire there and live better with my money at that time than most retired people in the G7 countries. You should do it now if you're around that age, you'll thank me later.

[@GrayFoxROU]

Haha. It`s funny that all the positive thoughts are coming from foreigners or from Romanian diaspora (people settled overseas with small contact with the realities from the country). Why is this happening? :)))

[@canadianentrepreneur7867]

@@GrayFoxROU the Romanian diaspora is very well connected to the realities from the country. For instance I have almost 21 years outside the country and I speak to my family almost daily still. I also read 30 minutes/week of Romanian press, sometimes less let's say half an hour/month...titles and if I get more interested I go deeper. But to answer your question it is because they are here in the "west" and they realize that they work a whole month/year just to pay taxes, rent or the mortgage, food (tasteless aka garbage compared to the one in Romania), car, fuel, insurance, phone, all the other bills and they just live less happy or worst, working hard and for what? Plus for many, the emigration came with a divorce, all kinds of issues as it wasn't easy for all.There are a few advantages here and there in the "west" but doesn't really worth the trouble for everybody. I hope my answer helps you understand.

[@GrayFoxROU]

@@canadianentrepreneur7867 Who are you to say that, for someone, that it doesn`t really worth the trouble? As you say, you left Romania 21 years ago. Probably you don`t remember how you were back in 2000.

[@alastairzz1]

Went to all of them in 2019. Still very recognisable although obviously far more commercialised with plenty of kitsch Dracula stuff in Transylvania. Constanta seemed to have suffered an economic down turn with closed and half built hotels.

[@theindividualizt]

Oh, we might've passed each other, as I too went to most places mentioned in 2019.

[@anotar591]

It's all change now, the place is thriving with new hotels all over the place, definitely a young person's resort at night but lots of great value activities for family's with kids as well.

[@wAVE1337]

it's so interesting seeing this as a teenager who didn't get to live in those times

[@weeb_extra243]

Same

[@weeb_extra243]

All the things that I learnt about that time are from the internet and my family.. Anyways I am a 15 year old living in Bucharest

[@xxfizzertm9961]

Acum nu mai vin Britanicii la noi. Mergem noi la ei...

[@somnorila9913]

"mamaia" also means grandma.

[@adiadrian504]

My beautiful country ❤

[@romulusbuta9318]

Da.. .."păcat că e locuită" ,nu ? 😊😆

[@cristi8889ro]

very nice Video!

[@ronjames9759]

Awesome, now it’s all scuffed. Bravo noua!

[@stevendouglas3860]

Aww Chris Kelly very English 80s presenter ... I remember him on , Food and Drink

[@mariusmacovei1890]

Where is my Brasov gang ?!?! 🥰🥰🥰my beautiful city

[@dragospahontu]

Nothing special

[@carasteodor]

Brașov is the best!!

[@miriampopa5436]

My Soul!💝💝💝

[@bobmatthews151]

I'm in Bucharest at the moment

[@xleplex7070]

Cool

[@BaldurKhr]

Doamne, ce frumusețe rustica era mamaia, iar acum sunt numai clădiri peste cladiri si foarte greu mai găsești o porțiune de plaja fara șezlonguri pe ea.

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

Sinaia is wonderful

[@nolimitsREAL]

Alte vremuri, probabil oamenii se respectau mai mult decat acum...

[@SimonStuff2000]

"Nămol avem!"

[@danielzaba9913]

"Nu dati banii pe prostii! Luatzi porumbu' la copii!"

[@roberto2703]

Nu vezi pe nimeni cu burta in videoclip, asa era viata inainte de shaorma :))

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

Normal, cand esti muritor de foame. Mancare cu portia

[@albu98]

Nici in Coreea de Nord nu vezi oamenii grasi. Doar unul singur. De aia i se si spune "Tara cu un singur om gras".

[@iwillnoteatzebugs]

@@bogdanvasiliu6609 nimeni nu a murit de foama in 70 .

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

@@iwillnoteatzebugs inainte de venirea comunistilor, era in Romania reprezentante Ford, lumea isi cumparea radio Phillips etc. Uitate la video din perioada interbeñica ce masini erau pe strazi, ce casa si palate se construiau (in arhictectura Romaneasca)

[@LoneWolf-wp9dn]

5:45 Thats called "The Ant Restaurant" a rather poor choice for a name... in Romania its suppose to evoke hard work and commitment

[@ioanmaftei6587]

Un film facut in 1970 de catre englezi si unde este prezentata harta Romaniei in care sunt incluse Bucovina de Nord si Basarabia ! Am ramas surprins,foarte interesant !

[@Androidu]

Ce de păduri aveam...

[@respectyourself2023]

😢

[@george90210]

I saw the hotel was 204 pounds for 2 weeks, all inclusive. That means 950 pounds now

[@PopescuSorin]

Salut dintr-un univers paralel!

[@bldbld1910]

thanks for the video.. but in this times many of us goes to our neighbours bulgarian. it s much cheaper and good quality of services

[@georgettebejenaru9420]

Right ,better there in Bulgaria

[@Tz365.]

Fast forward to now. Very good resort .can't fault it

[@Albert-oe3yg]

Doamne ajuta

[@ionutbogdanirimia3570]

C'è frumoasa țară,,,,!! Părea o țară, din vestul Europei, cum Olanda Belgia

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

¿?????????? Nu vb serios, nu?

[@cooltrades7469]

@@bogdanvasiliu6609 O avea TV ''cu purici'':-)))))).Adevarul ca in filmulete d'astea se vede intr-un anumit fel.Da' realitatea era alta.Iar anii 70 au fost cat de cat in regula .Dupa 77 si mai ales din 80 a inceput nenorocirea mare.Cu foame , frig , etc.

[@MariusXMelisa]

It is so different nowadays, you have to come and check it out. Mamaia is the latest night life engine 😀

[@TonyFontaine1988]

It sucks now

[@RegatulDACIA]

❤️❤️❤️

[@badeadrian]

Soon the mountains will be look like Scotland 👍

[@florrie8767]

This is really interesting. Romania looks lovely. I never knew you could visit it during communism in 70s 80s.

[@epiculo2]

"Time has come to plan your holiday in Romania", said and ad on an Italian magazine.

[@LiviuDragon]

i live in romania i am romanian mamaia resort is my favorite

[@eduard-octavianignatescu4073]

VREAU CA PLAJELE ROMÂNEȘTI SĂ FIE CA ÎN 79.

[@theSalukie]

Love Romania

[@florianilie4645]

RESPECT THAMES

[@valentinna7183]

No night life 40 years ago....how times changed ...now is the most popular location in south east Europe for summer nightlife ! Even weekends are full starting from 1'st of may

[@warlord76i]

50 de hoteluri funcționale.... si cu marea curata.... 2021:

[@claraelena4175]

❤️

[@tortellinifettuccine]

It's so different now it's kind of insane 😂

[@iGamezRo]

I am Romanian and I live about 30-40km away from Mamaia and my grandmother always tells me that when she was in her 30/40 she would go with my father and my aunt and stay there the whole day there and at night they would go to her sister who lived in Constanta. And aftet that she would proceed telling me how good she live in communism and how great it was because she switched 4 apartments and had a stable job. My father is also a bit nostalgic about communism because he had a well paied and stable job in which he was doing mostly nothing.

[@EDD-xr4ub]

Doing nothing?or probably colaborating with Securitatea and enjoying all the benefits that 95 percents of romanians didn.t?Did they enjoy their 4 hours electricity and the 2 hours tv im which all they could watch is songs about Ceausescu.Yes.logical,communism was great.

[@iGamezRo]

@@EDD-xr4ub yes, my grandma was party Secretary for propaganda for her section where she worked in. she did enjoy what most romanians did not. she had more electricity, 2 phones and always food on the table but hey, sometimes you gotta do what is necessary to have a good life. in her case was to be or at least pretend to be a fanatical commie because now lets be real she was listening to radio free europe and was religous with a lot more things.

[@EDD-xr4ub]

@@iGamezRo You can.t listen to Radio free europe and in the same time miss communism.You miss it for the benefits it brought you,personally and as a family without caring of how bad it was for the romanians that weren.t in the communist party and weren.t spying on thier neigbours.In this case,i never will believe anybody that did those things back then was listening and to radio free europe and wishing the end of regime.

[@iGamezRo]

my grandpa was listening more but they did not listened for the anti-coummunist thing. they listened just for the news.

[@EDD-xr4ub]

@@iGamezRo this explains it.guess the ones that took advantage of communism miss it now.The ones that been "plebea" then ,can.t miss those horrible times.

[@raduradu7129]

fantastic film - nu era niciun om sub 35 ani gras - tot mancam numai mancare gatita la mama - nu fastfood de tip vest plin de zahar - in plus tinerii mancau fructe multe, nu ca azi numai Fanta, Fornetti si Petru

[@earlyasp1505]

numai eu am observat ca bucuresti a fost pus gresit pe harta de la inceput?

[@iuliani1663]

This didn't age well..

[@nomercy8400]

Cum arata harta Romaniei pe vremea aia :(

[@ionionescu6777]

cum adica , nu erau manele?

[@EmigrantSalzburg]

🙋‍♂️😉👍

[@tudortibi1104]

Asa a fost țară noastră România,ce țară frumoasa astăzi sec 2021 nu m-ai recunoști

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

Nu mai recunosti pentru ca acum e mai dezvoltata de 100 ori. Cum poate sa fie o tara mai dezvoltata intrun sec trecut?????

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 se faceu injectii cu aceeasi seringa in spitale. La inceputul anilor 90 eram prima tara din Europa la infectati cu Sida. Vb si tu cu un medic de pe vremea aia. La 40 de km de Galati sa descoperit un spital de ciuma.In muntii Dobrogei. Exista in Romania ciuma la sfarsitul sec xx. Daca poti sa crezi asa ceva. Cati ani ai? Factura comunismului si acum se resimte in Romania. Cate milioane de oameni nu fac dus cu apa calda in Romania? Azi. 2021

[@Peppermint1]

In this filming, there are two different worlds. The cameraman was very misleading, he filmed only the areas strictly reserved for the party 'friends' and for foreign tourists. Those 'goodies' you see in the video were not accessible to the regular population. Footage is from a seashore place where the party members had huge private villas, private restaurants, pools, etc. We could not even walk there, those places were guarded. The regular population was suffering like a stray dog. Romania was a big hungry, depressing prison. All import foods would completely disappear in the 80s. As of 2023, it's exactly the same way in Cuba and much much worse in North Korea.

[@undevacandva624]

Cine vrea un pahar de Gambrinus?

[@alexandrunicolae4114]

INTOTDEAUNA ORIUNDE

[@georgettebejenaru9420]

Da le dacă e degeaba vor toți

[@undevacandva624]

@@georgettebejenaru9420 😂

[@dragospahontu]

Man people weren't fat back in the day

[@henryviii2091]

Because they didn't have food lol

[@dragospahontu]

@@henryviii2091 that's a good thing

[@_Nik._.ero_]

See you in 10 years.

[@SMGJohn]

Absolutely dreamy environment, beautiful cities, astonishing country side, and not a single fucking advertisement in sight. Today Romania is a drab Mafia controller grangster dystopia. I was born in the wrong era.

[@coffee-vk2tv]

man, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I can guarantee that behind this "dreamy, beautiful" environment, life was hard. Later in the 80s there were food and energy shortages, the secret police was listening to everything you said and could arrest and torture you. Please do some research before you say this bullshit.

[@cristianion2056]

Yes to be at countryside and don't have. Water. Sewage. Electricity ol time. And a lot more is fantastic for morons.

[@SMGJohn]

@@coffee-vk2tv I did some research, and absolutely nothing you said had any proof anywhere, the only proof I could find about the supposed shortages was in the end of the 80s in Romania duo to "western influence" ironically, this was written in an AMERICAN document. With a big CIA logo on it, hmmm. Care to back up your nonsense then?

[@gtafan9584]

@@SMGJohn This mafia of Today's Romania that you keep yapping about has all its roots in the communist apparatus of the previous era. All corrupt politicians that have a say in Romania where either tied to or were direct members of the Securitate, the secret communist police. Even the first President of Modern day Romania was a convinced communist who took orders from Moscow and stole the Romanian Revolution of 1989, thus making Romania the hellhole it is today! I know all of this because I live there. We all do!

[@SMGJohn]

@@gtafan9584 And you cannot really prove any of this, because you know its bullshit, blaming Communists for your mafia problem of today, 30 years later, are you 5 years old???? Who shot the Communists in 1989??

[@zuzu091]

Amarati am fost amarati suntem si amarati vom fi

[@ciudat105]

💥💥💥Original Hamlet ??i don't understand what he try to say

[@notv_internetuser3789]

So tourism went down in Spain four years after the death of Falangism? Must have been due to the failed coup d'état in the Cortes but then ten years later Romania, tourism completely dropped due to the violent coup d'état against Ceaușescu. Tourism to Spain has increased for more than fourty years but to Romania, that has slumped and making a full recovery but not receiving quite as many as Spain.

[@georgeionita7307]

Erau shopurile in care puteai cumpăra cu valuta . Pt noi valuta era interzisă .

[@TamasKiss-bv9hz]

💗💚💙💜🖤

[@QuadMochaMatti]

There may be no pairs of souvenir fangs in the place, but how about some ropes of garlic? At least those serve multiple functions.

[@tudorsavescu2329]

Nu prea aveam ce minca, dar in rest era grozav !

[@latze74]

Ai sintetizat perfect! Exact așa era. Și, paradoxul dreaq, parcă eram mai liberi decât acum...

[@latze74]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 Nu știu ce vârstă ai, prietene, dar eu sunt născut în '74. Nu am nevoie de propagandă capitalistă, am doar nevoie să-mi aduc aminte. Și îmi aduc aminte de multe. Știu că unii aveau acces la celebrele ”cantine ale partidului” sau la ”marfa de sub tejghea” cum se spunea atunci, dar nu toți. Familia mea a fost printre cele care depindeau de - ce, cum și când - găseai la ”Alimentara”. Am avut și nenorocul de a nu avea bunici la țară. Dar îți dau, totuși, dreptate că, atunci când o găseai, hrana avea calitatea de 100x mai bună decât gunoiul pe care îl găsim azi în orice market sau piață.

[@latze74]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 Multumesc, la fel, moșule ! 😁 Numai bine !

[@tudorsavescu2329]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 Am plecat din cocina aia in 1993, deci nu stiu ce inseamna "manipulare capitalista" in Romania in ultimii 2021-1993 = 28 de ani. Dar stiu cum aratau cozile la carne in piata Moghioros prin 1980-1989. Inatacabile.

[@pirateabc]

@@tudorsavescu2329 Reportajul e din anii 70, dupa 80 s-a stricat treaba si au aparut cozile si haosul

[@ioanaioana8815]

😁😎

[@Banglish123]

Every shot has a Renault 12.

[@Cormano980]

It's a "Dacia" actually, romanian variant of the Renault

[@dragos05_]

@@Cormano980 yep, it's called "Dacia 1300"

[@florrie8767]

All the trees so beautiful but the trees gone now to make way for more buildings

[@raduradu2261]

Ce curata era tara in perioada aia

[@killerdinamo08]

Erau viermi si gindaci si atunci, care s-au transformat in porci 😅.

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

????????????????? Locuiesc la casa in centrul orasului si in anii 90 miam facut nevoile la un wc sau dus. Pana atunci aveam wc la groapa. Ce curat????? Ca nu existau canalizarii in sec 20. Ma duceam duminica la un prieten la bloc sa fac baie(numai daca era apa calda)

[@raduradu2261]

@@bogdanvasiliu6609 ma refer ca se pastra curatenia in oras

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 mai desteptule, traiesc la casa la 700 m de malul dunarii, in centrul orasului galati si nu existau canalizarii Nimeni nu avea canalizari cine traia la casa. La sfarsitul sec xx nu avea lumea canalizari. Auzi, a facut blocuri din placi fara lifturi in sec xx, pe fundatie de pamant batut. Nici un bloc de 4 etaje in Romania nu are lifturi. Taranii care au venit la oras si au distrus orasele si au luat casele la oameni cere traiau la oras de 3 generatii

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 ce desinforare? Am trait perioada aia. Cati ani ai tu? De unde vine familia ta? A vazut si mama videa asta si numai minciuni, un reportaj. Cu o camera de filmat, filmez ce vreau eu si arat ce vreau eu eu

[@SLavinia87]

When I saw the man from thumbnail I thought he is Benny Hill 😂

[@EduardAntoniu]

The summer after my leaving cert, also with my enrollment into my undergraduate studies, before the then mandatory military duty (9 months because of that enrollment). Probably the very last year of the illusion of quasi-normality.

[@merius4177]

1.55 no disable ramp :))

[@SXsoft99]

not any more :))

[@danutavram831]

Cand Romania era civilizata si frumoasa !! Acum mie imi vine sa fug de Romania

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

Sunt filmari. Stii ce inseamna o filmare? Adica caut eu ce vreau cu camera. Ai inteles ceva????? Sau faci parte din generatia anilor 70 de betivi care bat copiii si femeile?

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂?????? Mai cati ani ai? Ce tara vanduta????? Inainte de venirea comunistilor in Romania se construiau case si palate(vezi imagini din perioada interbelica ce case erau si ce masini circulau pe strada) in arhicterura Romaneasca. La venirea comunistilor nu mai aveai voie sa construiesti blocuri si case in stil Romanesc. Numai arhicterura sovietica. Vezi blocurile cu arhictetura romaneasca inainte de venirea comunistilor. Cine a vandut tara?????

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 mai baiatule, ai probleme la cap??????? Erau si inainte. Cum, inainte de venirea comunistilor nu erau hoteluri? Nu se ducea lumea la mare???? Si in ziua de azi cele mai renumite hoteluri de pe litoral sunt cele construite inaite de comunisti. Constructia la baraje si poduri sa inceput din perioada interbelica. Informeazate.

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 unde sunt bisericile si catedralele ortodoxe in stil bizantin din Romania. Unde???? Unde este arhicterura Romaneasca de acum 200 ani? Pe la Iasi si la Sinaia se mai vad. Nici in Bucuresti nu se mai vede. Unde este centrj vechi din Bucuresti din sec 19? Asta de acum este centrul vechi din perioada interbelica

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

@Sa trăiți BINE😂 cum daca nu era comunistii, nu exista electricitate in Romania???? Ia informeazate cu electricitatea in Romania, cand a inceput.

[@clarac2761]

Romania is paradise I recommend 🎊🎈👌🎉🤗🇷🇴💃🎶🎶🦋💚

[@mihailaurentiu2024]

Mamaia = Miami of Romania

[@marianmoise3014]

😁😂

[@georgeionita7307]

E un film frumos dar despre muzeul satului spune că sânt bordeie in pmant pt că oamenii erau săraci .Exista o singura cula la Muzeul satului in care oamenii puneau provizii și se ascundeau când veneau turcii tătarii sau austriecii .

[@11LE]

Nu stiu insa ma uit la imagini din anii 70 Romania se vedea atunci ca o tara Occidentala totul era frumos verde acuma nu stiu dar Constanta arata jalnic Bucuresti cam ca un oras al lumii a 3 a

[@GrayFoxROU]

Ceausescu a fost rău. Chiar a fost! Ok! Au trecut 31 de ani de când l-au căsăpit românii. Ce avem az!i? Haos total! 99% din ce e avem azi în România (drumuri, aeroporturi, ce a mai rămas din industrie) e moștenirea comunistă. Nu am construit nimic. Singurul lucru pe care l-am câștigat (mă refer la pulime, nu la hoți) e dreptul de a pleca în lume în mod civilizat, nu trecând Dunărea înot. Fiecare se descurcă cum poate.

[@chriscruciat2469]

For a second I thought it was the Benny Hill show.