ROMANIA 🇷🇴 | WHAT NOT TO DO When Visiting ❌ | Do's, Don'ts, Advice & Travel Tips

[@zerefcifer]

You're actually one of the few tourists that actually says Vlad the Impaler was more of a local hero than a dark lord or vampire. Thank you for that! That is so true.

[@ChrisKermis]

Good to hear, I want these videos to tell the truth to those visiting, that’s the whole point 🙂

[@mariuzvortex9299]

As a Romanian, I can say I entirely agree with everything that was said in this vid.

[@ChrisKermis]

Thank you, good to hear!

[@feensta]

Nice, subbed. Going to Romania in a few hours, won't have time for anything other than Bucharest, but this was still helpful. Thanks!

[@ChrisKermis]

Thanks, have a great time there!

[@whitecrow984]

dude bucarest is the worst city of them all you wanna go oradea cluj timisoara brasov alba iulia this cities are epic and its surrouding areas even more so pretty much evry captial city is the worst in an eu country except maybe zürich und wien. why? well they noisy and smell like dead animals combined with other dufsts and smells

[@Alexandru0687]

Thank you Sir for saying things how they are about our Country Romania. Much appreciated. I hope you are having a good time in Romania :)

[@ChrisKermis]

Thank you!

[@fateful2868]

Pretty great info for foreigners, or so I believe it is, as a Romanian. May the algorithm do its thing

[@ChrisKermis]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@cmbcmb7584]

I wouldn't say "limited metro" - because it is actually quite big. Almost double than Poland, Hungary, etc. My opinion that is the best mode of transport in Bucharest.

[@Gabi1Geolog]

Very good tips mate!

[@GPosner8]

Some great insights. Thanks Chris 👍🏻👍🏻✌🏻

[@ChrisKermis]

Thank you! 🙏🏽

[@raduromanesti6408]

Comentariu pentru algoritm! ❤

[@ChrisKermis]

multumesc pentru comentariu pentru algoritm! 😊

[@raduromanesti6408]

@@ChrisKermis

[@adrianromanenco3798]

Nice said. You got it actually right :)😊

[@ChrisKermis]

Good stuff, thanks!

[@geodad]

You nailed it. Bravo!

[@catalinapetrescu6060]

As we can see from the comments, many Romanians have trouble with comprehension, so when you go there, talk very clearly and in simple phrases.

[@Clownboy15]

Oh I can’t wait! I’m going in October 2026, so I have over a year and a half to plan. Doing a tour of the castles ending with Bran of course.

[@misscg367]

It might help to watch videos from other visitors, plenty on KZbin :) You can find out what to visit and how delicious the food is :) Enjoy your stay :)

[@Clownboy15]

@ oh yeah, been doing that. My only issue (and it’s a personal one) is I’m a notoriously picky eater, have been my whole life. I’ve got the did pallet of a four year old. So what in the world am I gonna eat during the week I’m there?! 🤣

[@razvanpastor3615]

Very accurate assessment.

[@regatta2k]

Chris is The best 👍

[@ChrisKermis]

Thank you! ♥️

[@groovytau]

Thank you for this lovely video. I would also like to add to this: 1:40 also spanish and italian a lot, recently many teens learn japanese and korean as well. there's no need to avoid conversations from the communist past, usually there are old ppl (60+) who fancied those times, and young people who fancy democracy, but in general we all agree that the communist era was a pile of crap Regarding the cash thing, yes it is good to have some cash as in any country. Personally, I have payed with cash 3 times in the last ~5 years. We also don't expect you to tip, if you wanna do it please do it because the service was that good, don't just tip because it's "expected".

[@ChrisKermis]

Thanks for the info 🙏🏽

[@ayannafit2441]

Ha.. I thought I was the only one studying Japanese but I find it pretty cool that it's picking up😊

[@groovytau]

@@ayannafit2441 oh, there are a ton of young romanians studying the japanese language or is interested in the japanese culture. You won't find many that speak the language as it's pretty hard and it doesn't help us much but we're attracted by the language and culture.

[@ayannafit2441]

@@groovytau sorry, I might be out of date as I left 10+ years ago. Still, happy to hear that :)

[@groovytau]

@@ayannafit2441 no need to be sorry mate, I was just letting you know that those 2 cultures are seen as interesting to young romanians

[@zannadook]

Very interesting Chris, cheers!

[@ChrisKermis]

Thank you!

[@codrin1862]

Good video. I agree with what you said in the end about the drivers here, they believe "they're F1 drivers". That is so unfortunately true. Most Romanians lack patience.

[@thisiscrazy4122]

Great advice altogether ! One minor correction, the tap water it's fine by all health standards, in newer flat complexes that might house an AirBNB the plumbing it's new, but in older buildings that plumbing was probably rotten. I live in Cluj in a newly built apartment complex, I can trust the water that comes within the legal health norms (I tested it). But I also own a old 1980's commie flat in the city and that water it's only good for taking a shower as the central plumbing was never changed since the flat got built (old poor pensioner neighbours), I never used it for cooking, I had a kitchen reverse osmosis filter where the filter would be done in less than 3 months, because of all the rust and sediments. When in Romania my advice would be bottled water (all of them are fine), as almost it is spring water, you would rarely see treated tap water bottled.

[@GoldmundAR]

Schön, danke!

[@Sleepingsun40]

Romanian language is light years away (even if we have some words borrowed and we use) from the Russian language and not "relatively close" as you mentioned....Romanian is a Latin language (in fact some studies reveals that is the opposite) and Russian is slavic.

[@ChrisKermis]

You misunderstood what I was saying. Russia is relatively close in terms of distance, not language.

[@Sleepingsun40]

@@ChrisKermis OK,thanks for the heads up.

[@plonss]

Regarding the train: No need to go the station before. The state railways, the CFR and the companies smaller regional lines have all well working websites and apps.

[@Anton43218]

Lol, no.

[@adiherenow]

romanians do not speak russian,maybe the older generations,+60 years old,because it was taught in schools,also,there are no similarities between the russian and the romanian languages,romanian being a latin language closer to italian,spanish,french and portuguese

[@gundabalf]

There are lots of similarities between russian and romanian language, romanian having a strong slavic influence.

[@adiherenow]

@@gundabalf more than 70% of romanian language has a latin root,the so called 'strong slavic influence' only accounts for like between 15 and 20 % and is slavic not russian

[@ionelghiorghita688]

​@@adiherenowactually the slavic peoples came over the thracians borrowing a lot of words from them. În the romanian dictionary (Dex) bună the words from the religion area are considered to be în romanian from the slavic language but the slavic peoples became cristhians hundreds of years after the romanians. So it suppose that for a few hundreds 4:16 of years they were using others words or they changed all of them when the russians became christians. This îs what means the Kazars russians communist hegemony.

[@Sleepingsun40]

@@gundabalf Lots of similarities?Like what?Da niste exemple din alea multe....dar da multe,ca asa te-ai exprimat....

[@luminitasimionescu1026]

@@gundabalfyou are Romanian?

[@milanmiladinovic2997]

I have been living in Cluj for the last 5 months, for Romanian standard its pretty expensive, dont go if you are on a tight budget, prices in cafes and restaurants are like in the west EU, which is crazy.

[@ritojanitor9426]

Clicked on the video and stopped at the first second to say this: If you arrive in Bucharest leave that city as soon as possible and then you can enjoy Romania

[@sorinpopa1442]

Russian speaking here its almost like chinese no one knows it ^^

[@ChrisKermis]

Certainly a misconception that some have though

[@GB-bx6gz]

IDISUDA ⚡️ 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂 !!! No way in Romania 🇷🇴 to be brothers with Russia !!!! ☠️ We enjoy other cultures like Italian/ Spanish/French ❤

[@CorneliuManescu-qf7rt]

E bine să studiezi cultura unei țări, înainte de a o vizita. Să comentezi o tară după ce ai vizitato e o mare diferență "my friend,,. Școala pentru mulți alți a lipsit din educația lor. 😢😢😢

[@MrAnihillator]

Forgot the most important part: DON'T FEED THE BEARS. Or approach them. Or run away from them.

[@sarojsaini6137]

Thanks sir My name shankar lal saini from india

[@ChrisKermis]

Thank you for watching

[@sarojsaini6137]

@@ChrisKermis your vedio very nice

[@sergerea]

By the way, in what concerns the weather, especially in Brasov, with 2 sunny months a year, I say ''Welcome to Engl...ummm...Brasov''...Haha, I know...Now: The more you know (to correct your statements a bit) : -Russian is as ''similar'' to Romanian as English is to French -Credit cards: if I shop online I can choose to pay online, or cash at my door or, if not, the delivery guy has a POS app on his phone and I can pay right then and there with my card if I feel uncomfortable displaying my card online (I've never seen this available in England, where I live) -Trains: Are you friggin kiddin me??? Been doing Milton Keynes to London every weekend, delays every time, on arrival too...but nice applogies though...feels like Romania allover again -Potholes...REALLY??? Can i show you Milton Keynes side streets? Any side streets... And this city is just 65 years old...I can only imagine older cities in the rest of England... -Lastly...petty theft, theres less in big cities of Romania and less violence (domestic or public) than in England Honestly, sometimes it feels like i traded down...I do love the weather though... Lotsa love from a Romanian from the picturesque green Milton Keynes!

[@lucianboar3489]

Nope, French and English might be more similar.

[@sergerea]

@@lucianboar3489 I agree

[@andreeas.2362]

You did the worst faux pas. Rusian is not at all close to romanian. Latin is-70 procent. We have slavonic (and i wil belive that are thracian words adopted in slavic countries via Bulgarians and the orthodox church, not viceversa. When we were here, rusia was a swap with barbarian tribes).

[@ChrisKermis]

To an outsider it could seem that way though, and my point is that visitors should not think that Romanians can speak Russian.

[@CorneliuManescu-qf7rt]

​@@ChrisKermis nu mai forța cu limba rusă. Eu am 55 de ani. Am făcut limba rusă la școală. Nici un elev din școală nj știa limba rusă. Profesorul ne trecea anul școlar pt faptul că eram buni la altă materii. Așa se întâmplă în toată România. În orașul meu nu îmi aduc aminte dacă erau 3 sau 4 vorbitori de limbă rusă. Și aceia erau bătrâni care făcuse WW2 în Rusia. Bunicul meu a învățat mai repede germană în 4 ani de război în Rusia decât limba rusă. Tu când te duci la școală să înveți ceva despre tara mea...???

[@ChrisKermis]

@@CorneliuManescu-qf7rt So you say that very few people speak Russian, and so do I. It seems to me that we agree.

[@MT-yx7vw]

👏🏼🔥

[@LouderMikeOfficial]

What you mean by "That's the way are things here " because it's raining one day or two and maybe next rainy day will be next year ?😁 Romania is not UK...

[@valevisa8429]

June this year was very rainy in Transylvania.Also the spring i heard was.

[@latze74]

This part of the world - the entire ex-communist block - is inhabited by great people: hospitable, laid-back, sane (more or less...), open, etc. You'll have the best time here if you'll observe, respect and obey this one rule: DON'T be an a$$hole! That's it!

[@realjx313]

Russian is not close to Romanian at all lol, Romanian is a Romance language and it's closer to Latin than the Italian language. And the country Russia is not close to Romania, Germany is closer to Romania than Russia.

[@qillqiggins294]

Similar distances

[@WolfB0SS]

As an Romanian i like and agree with formula 1 drivers in city capital!🤣

[@ChrisKermis]

😂

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

Is it okay to ask about the communism if it's from the perspective of someone not knowing anything about it and asking a local to explain from their point of view? Not specific questions that could be considered rude, just a general, "hey, could you tell me a little bit about the history here? I'd like to learn more."

[@mdan1078]

You can talk about it, no issues there, but I wouldn’t recommend arguing with the locals about how great you think communism is because you read about it in a book or on the internet. There are some nostalgics but most people are vechemently anti communist.

[@gogudorel7550]

is this guy the same one from Bonneville Cocktail ?

[@Camy-ml9xy]

Everything you say about Tepes is a bedtime story. He was a just leader. If he had been like that in our times, all things would have gone very well and the prisons empty. People only know out of fear.

[@MaunoMattila]

What's the best time of year to visit Romania?

[@valimatei9]

If you want to celebrate a Romanian Christmas go in December!

[@Gguy061]

HEY WHERE DO I GO TO FIND THE WEREWOLVES AND VAMPIRES? ROMANIA HAS THAT STUFF, RIGHT?

[@Valachorum]

Right! Try Hollywood, California.

[@codrinpetrescu1555]

they are everywhere, out on the streets. it is just that you need to wealk by night to meet them. and obviously you should not have eaten garlic recently as they will avoid you

[@rwx421]

Accurate with the exception of russian language... Romanian is a Romance language. Maybe the confusion is coming from 'da' meaning yes, which is the same in both languages. Don't know about russian, but in romanian this word is coming from latin - ita transformed to ida and shortened as 'da'. I will let you search what ita means in latin.

[@ChrisKermis]

That was simply bad wording on my part. What was meant is that Romania and Russia are relatively close geographically. The languages are completely different.

[@mele-00]

Yes, don't talk politics, religion, history, don't point out racism or any problem, just pass through here like the cardboard cutout that you are. Seriously, if you care about something, want to learn or just to hear people's opinions just talk. Some may be passionate or dismissive, but most actually like debating and lively conversations.

[@Morindor]

Just a little nitpick at the money talk about card usage, you made it sound like we barely started implementing paying with cards or contactless. That's not the case, can be on the countryside but you'd be hard pressed to find a city where you can't pay 99% of things via card. I was more shocked to go in bigger european countries and they don't have a system for you to pay a bus fair with your card, you either have to SMS or pay for a physical ticket or use an app to do it depending on the place.

[@ChrisKermis]

Thanks for the updates!

[@kr22100]

Some handy tips there but here is one not covered. It's almost embarrassing asking this, but you know, as one gets older body parts tend to play up! So here is the question. Are Toilets generally clean and well maintained in bars, restaurants and hotels? Also for a solo traveller how long is not too long and not too short to spend there. The rule of thumb for my personal travels is ten days.

[@ChrisKermis]

No problem, I found that they were always clean and well maintained when I was there in bars, restaurants and tourist sites like museums. I stayed in an apartment but can't imagine them being bad in hotels. In terms of how long to stay, it depends on your itinerary. On my last trip I spent about 9 days in Sibiu and Brasov, then one week in Bucharest. This last time was one week in Cluj-Napoca. A week was more than I needed for Cluj, but I did have days where I just worked.

[@nydydn]

Generally speaking, toilets are clean, but don't always count on it. E.g. toilets in trains are more likely to be dirty than clean. Toilets in restaurants are maybe 9 out of 10 times clean, and in bars maybe only 7-8 times out of 10 clean. Big gas station toilets, if you choose to rent a car, are also usually clean, small gas stations are hit and miss. So if you'll be in Romania for a short time, you are unlikely to see more than 1-2 dirty toilets, more if you're unlucky, none if you're lucky.

[@sergerea]

Toilets in public venues are super clean, much more so than a few reputable hotels I met in England.

[@rcarmen1]

@@ChrisKermisBorn and raised in Brașov, but left 30 yrs ago. I’m just curious…. back in the days, they used to have those “public restrooms” in different public areas, and parks (not talking about the hotels, restaurants etc), where there was always a lady at the entrance with a roll of toilet paper in hand, and for 0.25 bani at the time, she would hand you 2-3 sheets of toilet paper, and give you access to the restroom. Do they still have them? Asking for a friend 😋

[@ChrisKermis]

@rcarmen1 It’s not something that I spotted myself when I’ve been there so maybe a thing of the past. Possibly I just didn’t spot them though

[@VoidA125]

I’m from Romania

[@ANTIPATREA-K]

Sunt mândru că o parte a familiei mele este descendentă din vechii români (VALLAHINA) Trăiască poporul român și poporul albanez, 🇦🇱 🇷🇴 ♥

[@iuliandragomir1]

Old video. Please come back and film again!

[@PG-tc6os]

You the best

[@ChrisKermis]

Thank you!

[@fpostolache]

Romanian has nothing to do with russian, correct ! It's a latin language poorly influenced by slavik. Overall the clip is good and romanians are not rroma, corect. Romanians are friendly yet in large cities beware of pickpokets as anywhere. Infractionality is, for god's sake, low even very low. A gorgeous country to explore !

[@Florentina-b1f]

Romanians don't speak russian/moldavian/bulgarian at all, neither the old people who are 90-100 years old, trust me. Some of us speak hungarian, iddish and turkish in some areas such as Transilvania, Bucharest and Dobrogea.

[@misscg367]

Can I say that Romanians speak Moldavian as it`s the same language :)

[@gregwoolliscroft6255]

You paint a romantic idea of travelling around Romania but I've looked into doing it on a couple of occasions but the reality seems very different. I have put the trip off a couple of times because its apparently just not safe....

[@asasdsaasda]

Literally, it is one of the safest countries in Europe to travel to, if it's not safe in Romania you should stick to your city because no country in Europe is safe to travel, not sure what exactly you 'looked into'

[@misscg367]

use google to find out how safe it is or maybe just visit other countries with higher crime rate :)

[@gregwoolliscroft6255]

@@asasdsaasda I know how to do my research.....I'm 65 have travelled extensively/ backpacked since I was 18, I lived in Australia for 12 years, 3 yrs in Queensland and Perth for 9 yrs...I know how to 'look into' travelling in another country thank you...

[@BobinaECeaMaiTare]

There are 2 IMPORTANT RULES 1. DON'T EVER talk about Dracula! Us, Romanians, are disappointed because you guys made up this story 2. THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT! DONT EVER CALL THAT POPULAR SONG "mai a hi" JUST CALL IT "dragostea din tei" JUST LEARN HOW TO SAY THAT YOU'LL GET GOSSIPED IF YOU SAY THAT

[@augustiniumihaila4466]

Romanian is absolutely NOT close to russian. Closest to romanian is italian.

[@ChrisKermis]

I know, you misunderstood what I was saying. The countries are fairly close geographically.

[@augustiniumihaila4466]

@@ChrisKermis Bucharest - Monfalcone 983 km. Bucharest - Veselo Voznesenka 2002 km. If we admit Crimeea as russian, then Bucharest-Sevastopol 500 km. So ....

[@sonydo8377]

the roads are brand new latley so 1 year old video

[@ghodkiller0000]

WTF? Russian similar ? romanian is a latin language. Cash ? It is mandated by law that every business has to have a POS. We only have cash to pay for very small amounts and for paying at farmers markets. Petty theft ? I haven't been a victim since 1996.

[@UlpianHeritor]

Romanian is close to Russian? Come on Chris. I thought you'd know that Romanian is a Latin language that has nothing to do with Russian which is a slavic language.

[@ChrisKermis]

Close geographically, not in terms of language…

[@dragonite1718]

He didn't say that , you might need some English classes though

[@Taco-C]

Nice explanation video when you go to Romania. But the food is also good,.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpmcmaGho5V9p6c .I like your video👌👍

[@valentinmanea7231]

To all the ignorant commentators: "I got a few tips for you..." - Vlad Tepes

[@ChrisKermis]

😂😂🤣

[@valevisa8429]

Buna !

[@valevisa8429]

Don't listen to him,you can do whatever you want in Romania.

[@ChrisKermis]

Great tip, let me pin this comment 😂

[@Flyhighandfree]

The only positive thing he said is the food is good. The rest was on negative. Ugh! Foreigner tourists as always.. 🙄

[@RazvanMihaeanu]

Don't be Johnny Somali, that's all.

[@Kraakos]

Forgot to not drop your wallet

[@ChrisKermis]

Let me pin this comment so others can learn from this handy tip!

[@Qwerty1637i]

It’s not the UK here…

[@ChrisKermis]

Thanks also for the useful tip! 😂

[@Daniel-lh4do]

i forgot my wallet here in a market and i foud it wiht mononey in it the second day..

[@ChrisKermis]

@@Daniel-lh4do That's amazing!

[@Ge0rGi.]

💙💛❤️

[@catalinvasiliu3620]

Roma is an ethnic group coexisting amongst the majority of the Romanians. Romanians are not an ethnic group, they are the large majority. Other important ethnic groups are Hungarians, Germans, Ukrainians, etc.

[@lucianboar3489]

You don't know the definition of ethnic group. You confuse it with the term "majority". No, the world population is conposed of ethnic groups. For example the ethnic Germans are the majority ethnic group of Germany. And Romanians of Romania.

[@Alpha.Centauri1]

Jura te pe roșu...😂

[@davidionescu2103]

Si romanii tot grup etnic sunt, doar ca sunt majoritari, restul sunt grupuri etnice minoritare.