Cluj-Napoca, Romania Travel Guide | Exploring the Transylvanian Capital!

[@gh0st1596]

Glad you had a great time in our city! For anyone else who wants to visit, keep in mind that there is a free walking guided tour in English every day at 11 am and 6 pm, if you want to learn more about the city and the buildings. I really recommend it! The crowd gathers in front of the Mathias Rex statue and the tour takes about 1h30m to 2h. Happy travels!

[@JackandGabExplore]

So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the great traveling tip :)

[@janosszentpeteri1922]

My wife was born in That City :) Beautiful Place

[@jennykiely4598]

We were in Cluj in June - loved it, it’s such a great city! The people are so friendly too - I would go back in a heartbeat! Happy travelling, & greetings from the UK!

[@JackandGabExplore]

It was an awesome city! Glad you enjoyed it too & thanks for watching :) Greetings from Bratislava!

[@venceslavm8861]

@@bogdanvasiliu6609 yeah, hungypsians everywhere

[@confession25]

So happy you enjoyed our City!

[@mattheww797]

@@bogdanvasiliu6609 Bogdan what are you talking about?

[@mattheww797]

@@venceslavm8861 Don't be racist.

[@Jaycation]

Came across your channel when searching Romania vids and binged the entire series! Loved it! You two are awesome. Very excited to visit Romania next month and will take note on your favorite spots! Ill be watching. Keep up the great work!

[@JackandGabExplore]

Wow thanks so much! Yeah we spent a good month making our way through Romania since there is SO much to see! Hope you have an amazing time

[@rafaelgoncalves7773]

I was at Cluj in 2019 and loved it! Friendly people, beautiful places to visit and a lovely Transylvania part ❤️ at least Dracula has not bothered us hehe

[@vulpoaica5744]

I appreciate this beautiful couple saying nice things of our amazing country. And showing on video how Romania really looks like with beauty and every place has their own special thing to enjoy. :). I'm proud to be Romanian.. Yeeyy ^^ Thank your for making this awesome vlog video!!!

[@gabrielamanolache5193]

Next time you come to Samsara, check out the "space/ocean themed room". it's trippy :D

[@JackandGabExplore]

We saw that one! It looked like it was the coolest room. There was a bunch of people sitting in their otherwise we would have sat in there :)

[@filmeseverin]

Thanks for your great description of the Cluj city from Romania!

[@mrpeel3239]

Definitely the most liveable, major city over there. Reminded me of the Brno of Romania!

[@ICARELIFECOM]

Brno is not in Czech Republic ?

[@mrpeel3239]

@@ICARELIFECOM Brno is in CZ. I was comparing the feel and style of the City to Cluj in Romania.

[@popvlad9416]

"A guy on a horse" :(((

[@siegmund2000]

Well yes, after all, he was just one of the biggest Romanian rulers ....

[@chubb_lee3185]

@@viragerdei1601 with all the respect you can call "mass murdered" pretty much every general/famous military personality is all about perspective

[@viragerdei1601]

@@chubb_lee3185 This claim is unfortunately true. Most national heroes all over the world are simply criminals. :-)

[@chubb_lee3185]

@@viragerdei1601 it's all about perspective mate

[@anapuscau2236]

@@гамора9грамм :)))))

[@saramarginean5882]

That video made me very happy! I hope you like Cluj!

[@JackandGabExplore]

So glad it made you happy!!! We loved Cluj :)

[@FrugalTravellers]

Nice video guys. We are heading to Cluj soon and it looks like we'll have to check out Samsara while we are there. Thanks for the tip! Keep it up.

[@JackandGabExplore]

Yesss you have to go! Samsara is the coolest...enjoy!! :)

[@confession25]

I'm so proud of my city! 🇷🇴

[@atacuunii7421]

Dacă ești roman eu sunt din Cluj

[@IamMeandMyself35]

@@atacuunii7421 si eu

[@confession25]

@Voyd boy imo, it's one of the best. I've been to many cities and countries and the connection was by far the best in cluj! hope you enjoy your stay in cluj! :)

[@corectorul8560]

@@atacuunii7421 , si daca nu e roman, esti din Zalau?

[@vladsin4234]

Cluj e de cacat. Pe langa ca sunt numai unguri si daca zici ceva in romana, te iau la bataie , mai e si scump ca dracu

[@DoiViezuri]

Awesome vlog guys, we just stumble upon your channel a few days ago and enjoying your Romanian trip content. Cheers!

[@IsRomanoProduction]

Nice video, thanks for visiting Romania :)

[@JackandGabExplore]

Glad you enjoyed! Romania is so beautiful and we'd recommend visiting to anyone :)

[@alexandrupatru2892]

Love Samsara! Time goes by there differently, it's so chill and cozy!

[@gerharddeusser9103]

Americans in europe : "there is a statue with a guy on a horse...". lol... sorry....!

[@elvisramirez7609]

The British are coming

[@somesomes7971]

Thank you for your video!! Hope you had a great time and get to visit more! All the best wonderfull people!!

[@TedPatrickBaird]

Definitely checking out Samsara next time I am in Cluj

[@amethystgamer852]

It's actually amazing how many people I've heard speaking English while going home from school and passing through Mihai Viteazu

[@josielcostta4276]

Cluj is a beautiful City I hope visit on future. Hugs from Brazil.

[@EdyDev]

Thanks for coming in our city! I would reccomend you come back to the festival called "Untold" This is how to say Hi in romanian (it looks like french but it's not) "Salut" or "Bună"

[@Qwerty1637i]

In Cluj we say servus.

[@paolosantiago3163]

"Yeah I want to learn the Romanian language so hard but it's hard to find accurate online dictionaries in my home country of Philippines..."

[@gigibenea3529]

Thanks for visiting my city and happy you had a good time and enjoy it

[@charliestoffer3973]

Love yalls vlog I've been to cluj 5 times it's a city that brings me back and it was kind of my home base over summer when I traveled since I have many friends there.

[@tommasod1692]

Ci sono stato 5 mesi in Erasmus.. MAGICO!!

[@seuradu8065]

Congratulations !Beatuful film and you are wonderful together ! Succes !

[@lightknowledge5297]

Super clean city unlike Jersey City, New Jersey,U.S.

[@andreeadoria3637]

Oh, really?

[@christophermcguire5795]

Cluj, beautiful place, clean as the proverbial whistle neat as ninepence damn

[@IuliaManuela98]

Next time you come to Romania you should visit Peleș Castle in Sinaia. It's like an hour away from Bucharest towards Brasov and Cluj. It's the most beautiful castle in Romania and they film a lot of movies there. Also, the city of Sighisoara is beautiful where Vlad Tepes (Dracula) was actually born, you can visit his house. Happy travels!

[@alinapredescu6173]

10 lei for an entrance, it is very cheap, some of the museums you should really check out

[@JackandGabExplore]

10 lei is pretty cheap. We're not normally museum people, and it's kind of hard to make good video content in a museum anyways

[@shadowshade3873]

frate despre ce vorbesti cum naiba sa nu fie mult 10 lei ? la cat e salariul in romania e destul de mult ... oricum eu sunt in belgia insa mi se pare mult ....

[@silverbolbo]

@@shadowshade3873 10 lei ti se pare mult, mai bine te intorci si muncesti in tara prietene.

[@rares7341]

With 10 lei you can buy shaworma from Oradea.

[@roxa6871]

@@rares7341 și cu ce ramai?

[@georgecatalinnicuta8559]

Thanks for video , been there 20 years ago .

[@Blablagerman]

Nice! And I just found the heart of transylvania in Cologne on a christmasmarket ;-)

[@TimoDJatomika]

You guys look so happy.

[@JackandGabExplore]

It's easy to be happy when we're in a beautiful place and we're lucky enough to travel the world together :)

[@rares7341]

especially him

[@Loraine680]

Minute 8. "Cetatuia" (little fortress) is diminutive" from "Cetate" (fortress).

[@satyagraha6571]

The "guy on the horse" is the king the square is named after.

[@HenryBence]

I just love seeing this video cuz i live here in Romania Cluj and the place tou guys visited i never been there. I'm definitely taking my friends there :))

[@andreeaandreea9612]

Didn t you try the traditional romanian food :sarmale?

[@JackandGabExplore]

Yup! We tried it in a different video :)

[@2head96]

@Louis Lepke what testicle of goat man? Sarmale are made out of pork.

@Louis Lepke ur rlly a fan of Romanians food, i see u in every vid that is about Romania

[@norbertszatmary8696]

Hello from Cluj! I am from Cluj and I have not seen opened the house of Mathias Corvin (or Rex, because it is the same person) for a couple of years from now, so you were very lucky

[@iulianapirv7597]

Nice video, thanks for visiting Cluj-Napoca!

[@bmwx3679]

"The guy on the horse" 😂 LOL Love it♥️ I'm native from CLJ🇹🇩

[@chriscruciat2469]

$3.32 USD for a latte and $2.85 for a glass of juice is quite expensive for Romania. I am surprised with those prices. So is the $5.69 USD for a litre of tea

[@discgolflyer]

I flew in Cluj 5 years nearly to the day July 4th in 2016 after 30 days in Plovdiv, Bulgaria with an F-15 Air National Guard unit , and then spent 3 months working at Campia Turzii and living in the Hotel Belvidere in downtown Cluj! Nice job guys ! Also I also made 5 videos of the whole experience! Under disc golf interview on my KZbin channel please enjoy a look

[@leboi3990]

Hope you enjoyed your time in my natal city

[@gerharddeusser9103]

Especially the "guy on a horse !"......

[@lucyradu8133]

THANKYOU FOR VIDEO I ENJOI IT.YOU ARE SO AMAZING.

[@qelfi571]

Thanks cuz you visited our best city❤️

[@gastonsalmi7321]

I was studying in UMF in Cj .... Really a good city ❤️

[@izmgeo2360]

Sorry for the warnings below! I hope it is constructive for you! Good luck in the future ! And thank you for appreciating this country!

[@allantoo6633]

I would to ask, if only can travel to either Sibiu or Cluj-Napoca, which city you recommend? Thanks.

[@subarnes1]

I think you meant to say how COOL Clug is!! 🤣🤣

[@Zooumberg]

Hi Jack, Gab. I'm going to Romania soon I hope. What tips can you give me? How widespread is English spoken? I'm hoping to go to adopt a dog. I'll be putting up videos if I'm successful in rescuing her.

[@bebediavolo]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@anoncrazynonevilgooddecent7631]

I love how they include prices ❤️

[@ajairahouse7058]

Are you using DJI Pocket 2 camera?

[@stanciubogdan6432]

My kind of dudes.I'm drooling.

[@jatinparmar4048]

you are very lovely couple and very thanks for giving information keep making videos

[@tipulg9265]

Thanks for visiting Romania😘

[@BT-zs1sf]

Actually.... all the buildings in the center of the city are hungarians, cause Kolozsvár(Cluj) was originaly in hungary, but after Trianon, hungary lost 56% of his territory, and that included Kolozsvár as well. So that isn't romanian architechture

[@BT-zs1sf]

@Kvarta B That's true. Thanks

[@BT-zs1sf]

@Kvarta B U know this better, and I'm thankfull, cause i learned something new about my own city

[@sabretooth8880]

​@Super MarioTransylvania was ruled by hungarians for 1000 yrs, search for the voivods list on wiki. The cities built by hungarians and germans, they did everything together for 1000 years (beautiful old city cores, castles etc.) but, also we must note that, romanians did nothing just stole everything. Btw hungary didnt had any colonies, are you joking? You know what? The real colonie today is the székely land, where the majority is hungarian.

[@sabretooth8880]

@Super Mario You romanians are the pathological liers and narcissists. Transylvania never was romanian land before 1920. You do nothing just throwing your chauvinist bullshits around. Actually its the romanians who had NO architecture. The truth is, everything was built by HUNGARIANS and germans. See the rullers of Transylvania hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C3%A9lyi_vajda The Szekely land is a real colony, where the magyars are the majority.

[@Qwerty1637i]

@@sabretooth8880 Nothing in Transylvania was built by Hunarians lmao, everything is either Saxon or Austrian. ( I study architecture and the only hungarian architecture in Transylvania can be found in villages around Covasna and Harghita.) And Szekely are not Hungarians, I'm part Hungarian and their culture is way different also they talk differently. Hungary didn't ruled Transylvania for 1000 years, around the the second half od the 15th century Hungary got conquered by the ottomans for nearly 200 years meanwhile Transylvania became independent. In the 18th century both Hungary and Transylvania became part of the Austrian empire till ww1 and that's when large cities in Transylvania like Cluj or Timisoara started developing. Hungary itself existd half of those supposedly 1000 years of ruling lmao. You people are taught so much bullshit down there.

[@Stelarium]

Cluj or Bucharest? You visit both.

[@tozai1584]

Omg, this is my city! UwU I’m so glad you guys visited it! 😍😃😃

[@GerVlad]

Forza Cluj! Glad you liked my city:)

[@KingShado69]

FYI There is no "romanian only" bell, you can ring it if you're not too afraid to make people look at you because of the noise u make.

[@LeonCt7sc]

welcome to cluj

[@Daniel-ih3qj]

My mom and dad are from Romania 🇷🇴

[@gino3286]

going to Romania with a girlfriend is a little like to go to a 3-stars Michelin restaurant with packed lunch

[@SunsetLover89]

You're willing to pay 9 lei for a sandwich but you're not willing to pay 10 lei (which is less than $3) for a museum? What's wrong with you people?

[@ana.eduard1493]

I was thinking the same

[@iuhasgabriel3338]

You guys went to cluj and wanted to experience the hip coffee places and went to a franchise. Smh

[@kerekesakos4972]

I'm happy that you came in our city! I do have to say, the buildings that you saw in the city, the majority of them are Hungarian architecture, cuz, you know, Cluj, and all of Transylvania were part of the Hungarian kingdom until 1920. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not a fanatic of "give back Transylvania to Hungary", I'm pretty happy that Transylvania is where it is. Go along, and keep up the good work!

[@miklosgabor6637]

@Johnny Macaroni what a stupied answer. Budapest was not a german city, becasue Budapest was born in 1873 with Hungarian majority. And we are proud of our Germans who added a lot to us and we added to them too. What small knowledge!

[@miklosgabor6637]

@Johnny Macaroni you are a bit stupid. Or very stupid as you want. Feel free. Before 1873 Budapest was three different cities. Your citied statistic data is fake. Sorry

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

😂😂

[@andreeas5691]

How come you guys chose to visit Romania?

[@JackandGabExplore]

We heard that it was a beautiful country from many people and we really wanted to go!

[@rares7341]

They lied.

[@Daniel.ÎîîîÎ]

You should have tried Enigma Cafe ;)

[@vingarzanandrei926]

I love ROMANIA ❤️

[@eusuntluca9177]

IM From Cluj

[@haigregor316]

Bravo

[@thelegalgirlpod]

Do a lot of people speak English there/is there English menus and signs?

[@wladislawstanislaw9254]

Yes, a lot of people speak english, especially in cities and if they re not old. If you go to touristic areas there should be signs/menus in english. Romanians are among the best non-native english speakers in the world according to EF EPI.

[@kristenjames1919]

How is the food that cheap?

[@8-bitarcadebrawlergaming176]

i have been living in romania when i was born in 2007 in 2016 me and my family we went to the Belgium country

[@vlads.3865]

Do you like Belgium more?

[@8-bitarcadebrawlergaming176]

Yes

[@8-bitarcadebrawlergaming176]

i do because the power never goes out when a severe thunderstorm or rain in romania bistrita i had 20 times power outage when rains or severe thunderstorm

[@robertvaida3003]

I didnt know Matia's house let's people in since it hold art college classes

[@borzaioana5245]

The guy on the horse it's Mihai Viteazu

[@borzaioana5245]

kurgan anderko so u tell me I’m wrong ither I’m from Romania and I’m from that town they visited lol😂

[@Damjes]

6:08 red towel is missing!

[@dncviorel]

01:16 It's because of that guy on the horse Romanians speak Romanian and are Romanian today. :)))

[@irine_elle]

I'm from Romania. Literally from Călugăreni you know that big fight. It took me 5 rewatches to get it.

[@Qwerty1637i]

Sorry he has nothing to do with Transylvania.

[@Bristena100]

@@Qwerty1637i Actually, he has. He was the first to unify the 3 Romanian provinces: Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia. Unfortunately, he didn't get to see his dream come true, cause he was betrayed and killed by Hungarians...not a great time for union I guess :)

[@Qwerty1637i]

Bristena Chelaru lmao he was never accepted as the ruler by no one, Romanian and Hungarian peasants rejected him as soon as he was trying to conquer Transylvania, that’s why he “ruled” just for like 3 months lmao. He has nothing to do with the region anyway.

[@gastonsalmi7321]

I miss Cluj .....

[@travelerexperience]

Hi... No Timișoara??? Cluj has only 5k people more 😅

[@rares7341]

yes

[@adrianctin]

And about 50k less gypsies. #sorrynotsorry

[@travelerexperience]

@@adrianctin who has less gipysies, Timișoara or Cluj?

[@adrianctin]

Traveler Experience Cluj

[@travelerexperience]

@@adrianctin a bine. Și eu că credeam că Timișoara deja îi prea plină.

[@saganenzenieer6785]

so you traveled around the same area over and over again? Anyhow you have more love reactions compared with other backpackers PS the architecture in Old Town is 80% is Austro Hungarian :)

[@2head96]

Te drecu

[@MeszikeChannel]

@Johnny Macaroni And? what would you like to say?

[@lifefollows8267]

@1:25 I sworeee that was the beat to closer by nine inch nails

[@alexandrumic440]

Is cool?I live in Cluj:))

[@jamesjasaki8913]

yep. i used to live there

[@Alina_Valentina]

you had a commercial at the beginning !!! yeeeey !!

[@rares7341]

i saw it too. want to be friends?

[@Alina_Valentina]

@@rares7341 yes! Special KZbin friends

[@eusuntadi]

Cluj i the BESt ❤️ Hello / Salut !

[@mariusmitrea9714]

My lovely city

[@bujdososzekely]

Christmas market in Kolozsvar (Cluj) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnzXh5t_ZbCHn5Y

[@head871]

Nice Video, I definitly have to visit the teahouse when I go to Cluj;) By the way, did anyone know is it dangerous to visit the CFR Stadium ( soccer match) at night for the Europa Leaque ? May sorry for my broken English :D

[@mimi12341234567]

It is not dangerous, families with kids go to cfr's matches.

[@8-bitarcadebrawlergaming176]

Romanian that's were i living in in Romanian bistrita i was born in Romanian in January 18 2007 also when i was little older in 2010 or 2011 i was making a music:)

[@biancamaties8480]

Cineva care vorbește frumos despre cluj

[@emac3650]

Corect oameni care zidesc din toate punctele de vedere ( frustrati totdeauna dau ce au) ignoratii asta e cel mai bine 🇷🇴🙏💕

[@danac2899]

Nu sunt din Cluj, dar cred ca multa lume vorbeste frumos de Cluj 😊

[@AC-cj]

Did you realise 10 lei is less tha $3?

[@alphadios2003]

8:32 "Awesome views from UP here" :)) ? Right... that subtle fan-service... Still nothing compared to what our girls show in the summer days. :D

[@noakruppa8838]

Actually what you saw was not "Romanian architecture". Cluj-Napoca, and the whole of Transylvania used to belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and all of the city's secessionist, gothic and baroque architecture was built by either Hungarians or Austrians.

[@bujdososzekely]

NotLxrd , need to see your Doctor !!!

[@bujdososzekely]

NotLxrd you are big liar !!!

[@kisfa27om70]

@NotLxrd Romanian built cities with romanian voivodes? and all of this in Transylvania? A Hungarian romanian king? WTF? This will be a new fantasy book? I'm really full of questions.

[@alizbodor7931]

@NotLxrd Actually your history teacher is lying. In every romanian hystory book it says that romanians were the greatest while in every other history book in the World it says that the romanians and Moldova was the poorest and worst in the WHOLE HISTORY!!!!

[@alizbodor7931]

@NotLxrd If he was "romanian" then why does it say in EVERY other hystory book "Mathias Rex the Hungarian ruler..." EXPLAIN IT!

[@tfmihancea]

Romanian architecture of Cluj is like the native-american architecture in Manhattan

[@cafta]

Yes ...but no ! 70% of the population live in comunist buildings so ...

[@gipsymelody1268]

well truly it is hungarian architecture....

[@vlads.3865]

Why is this city more expensive than Bucharest?

[@whoislocoman3181]

My city

[@TeamWE]

I just metion, most of old architecture is hungarian related. If you walk in Transilvania, read about the history of the city you visit. Kind regards and enjoy!

[@Qwerty1637i]

It's actually Austrian, the typical hungarian architecture can be found in villages around Covasna, Hargita and Targu Mures. Major cities in Transylvania are all either Saxon or Austrian.

[@malinarailianu1768]

Hi i am romanian

[@ovidiutripon1420]

happy people need some happy place

[@user-pe5ql3uz6w]

Im from cluj

[@8-bitarcadebrawlergaming176]

it's awesome in Romanian