Exploring TIMISOARA for the First Time! (Romania is incredible) 🇷🇴

[@zmedos]

Omg I commented too early, that pljeskavica looks unreal, architecture, the light festival, ice cream, sunset shots and the background music. Impressive!!!😊

[@KristyandSteve]

Thanks ZM!!! and I wonder who suggested to split that pljeskavica 🧐

[@chrislowe2293]

Another brilliant video guys ❤ my hairdresser in Manchester is romainian and he keeps telling me I should go and visit because its fantastic and it really does look brilliant after watching your video, anyway catch you in the next one guys 😁

[@KristyandSteve]

Oh Chris you definitely should, Romania is incredible and we promise you wont regret visiting! We're already planning our return trip, its THAT awesome - your hairdresser is absolutely right! Thanks for watching Chris 🥰

[@loredanabalan4881]

Hope you enjoyed your days in Romania. You should return in winter time to see the Christmas markets 😊

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you so much, we had the BEST time in Romania! 🇷🇴❤️

[@adrianady691]

timisoara is one of the best cities to live in romania, also one of the safest in the whole europe! thanks for the publicity, loved ur romanian videos, u just gained a new sub :D

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you so much Adrian! We LOVE Timisoara 🇷🇴❤️

[@my_name_is_isildur]

How much are the wages there? Are there jobs?

[@adz_b]

This was great, never been to this country before, but you make it very appealing. I really do enjoy both of your presenting styles 👏🏻👏🏻👍😀

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you so much! We honestly have no idea what we are doing half of the time so really appreciate the lovely compliment 🥰

[@adz_b]

@@KristyandSteve 😆 & 🥹

[@romaniaplus]

I gave you the 100th like for this video. You landed in my birth city. It get a little bit dusty in the last years but still is one of the nicest in Romania.

[@KristyandSteve]

Thanks Daniel! We loved our time in Timisoara - its a city that has everything! ☺️

[@Iloveducks663]

I live here too!!!!

[@bridgeconstruction_irwansyah]

Romania is nice city. Thanks for your sharing Kristy and Steve .

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you for watching ❤️

[@chuonguyen123]

Great video thanks fir showing me in Romania

[@KristyandSteve]

You're welcome, thank you for watching! ☺️

[@MrIstuff]

Beautiful! I watched a couple of your travel adventures and noticed you really do your homework.

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you so much! Appreciate this Alex 🥰

[@truckersforfreedom4535]

Im from Timisoara, yeah Unirii Square is awesome great buildings, good geometry, bars, has water, easy access, fully walkable...The light show is at the end of the year

[@KristyandSteve]

Loved Timisoara! Thank you for watching 🇷🇴🥰

[@zmedos]

Another awesome video guys. That Orthodox church 🤩!!!

[@CarlosManuelCoto]

Nice trip Transylvania is amazing

[@KristyandSteve]

Its so beautiful isnt it? 🇷🇴❤️

[@LuigiCotocea]

I am from near Timisoara, in Săcălaz. I do like 5 -10km to Timisoara depending where you want to arrive. Maybe someday ill visit Australia too!

[@KristyandSteve]

We loved Timisoara so much and will return in the future. Thank you for watching our video & taking the time to comment - and yes you should definitely come to Australia one day if you can 💕

[@RaduRadonys]

Nice vlog from Timisoara, my home town :) Have you visited the Millennium church in Fabric neighborhood? Everyone visits the Cathedral in the city center but I think Millennium is the best looking church in Timisoara :) Next time you visit the city you have some beers from me 🍻🍻🍻

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you so much! We unfortunately didnt really make it outside of the Timisoara city centre (except when we visited the Banat Village Museum) definitely needed more time, its such a wonderful city 🇷🇴

[@clarakam3858]

You talk good in romanian:" Bună dimineața" to you too❤❤❤

[@clarakam3858]

Very beautiful video❤❤❤thank you❤❤❤❤

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you for watching! 🤗

[@CatalinStanciu-ry7qp]

Clarita :*

[@juggernaut5311]

Im traveling to Timisoara this summer. This was really helpfull

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you! Have a great time in Timisoara 🥰

[@CantofanCristian]

I was born and raised in Timisoara and I am proud of this city

[@KristyandSteve]

You should be very proud! Its a wonderful city ❤️

[@Flat_Earth_Sophia]

Why?

[@marioaraasandei4247]

We have a beautiful country! Come to the city of IASI ! It is in the north-est of Romania.

[@KristyandSteve]

Hi Marioara! You have possibly the most beautiful country in the world, its incredible! You should feel very proud 🇷🇴💕 Lasi looks lovely, we have left Romania though unfortunately 😢

[@marioaraasandei4247]

Hi Kristy and Steve! Yes, I'm proud of my country . Thank You very much for your appreciations about Romania! Good luck in everything You do next!!! @@KristyandSteve

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you so much, thats very kind of you - we appreciate it 🤗

[@szubudaj]

there is a song that goes "szép város Temesvár....." heard it when I was a kid

[@KristyandSteve]

☺️ Are you from Timisoara? We loved it!

[@julianagrigorescu3718]

Have a nice stay in Romania!😍

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you Juliana ❤️

[@RaduLacurezeanu]

I realy love to watch yr videos guys.. .. I do have a question though.. how would you compare România with other countries în terms of safety.. did u feel safe here?

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you! We felt perfectly safe everywhere we went in Romania. No issues whatsoever, felt safer than a lot of places back home in Australia to be honest!

[@rwx421]

I would say Russian cathedrals are different. They have at the top some round shapes like onions.

[@lavio5389]

Right, it doesn’t look Russian, it’s in what I would call a mystical Romanian style.

[@KristyandSteve]

We don’t know why we said it was Russian to be honest 😂 Thank you for watching 🥰

[@pauldumitrescu1955]

Hello! I like your videos! You should also visit Craiova! 💙🍕🍔🍟

[@KristyandSteve]

Hello Paul! 👋 Thanks so much. Craiova looks nice 👌🏽

[@pauldumitrescu1955]

@@KristyandSteve I hope you visit Slatina and Craiova! All the best! 💙❤

[@mrhivefive]

The Orthodox Cathedral style is Neo-Romanian (or Neo-Brâncovenesc).

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you! Its beautiful isnt it? 😍

[@VV33Dy]

"what life was like in the 1700s" hahaha as a romanian i can confirm that life was like that for a lot of people still when i was young :) and that wasnt too long ago.

[@KristyandSteve]

😅

[@ioncoroama9783]

Super

[@KristyandSteve]

🥰

[@realjx313]

If you like Art Nouveau, you should have went to Oradea. Also, Village Museum, best one is in Sibiu, second best in Bucharest.

[@KristyandSteve]

So much to see and so little time! We were told by a few people to go to Oradea , must be beautiful 🥰

[@IfteKhairulAlamBhuiyan]

When did you visit? Just a conern about weather. I am visiting next week.

[@KristyandSteve]

Hello! This was filmed at the start of October. Hoping you have some good weather for your visit 😊

[@IfteKhairulAlamBhuiyan]

@@KristyandSteve Hi, thanks for your prompt reply. Terribly expecting a bit sunny and nice weather 😉 (we are traveling from Finland🥶)

[@KristyandSteve]

Oh we are in Norway at the moment so definitely wishing you some warmer weather in Timisoara! 😊☀️🇷🇴

[@marikabunea6003]

I miss you Timisoara 🇦🇩🇺🇸

[@KristyandSteve]

Same! ❤️❤️❤️

[@darauovidiualexandru1855]

Arad to is beautiful city

[@KristyandSteve]

It is! We really liked Arad 🥰

[@pukavita]

Great, honest travel vlog. I’ve been there nearly 10 years ago. Where are you guys from if you don’t mind me asking? I hear a familiar Aussie accent :)

[@KristyandSteve]

Hello, thanks so much! We're from Melbourne, Australia ☺️

[@pukavita]

@@KristyandSteve Cool. I'm from Perth WA. After seeing your video, I'm thinking to go back on another trip to Romania particularly Timisoara (probably via the direct flight Perth to London).

[@KristyandSteve]

Ohhh nice! Steve is actually from Margaret River originally. Love Perth! Those direct PER-LON flights are great (think there's also a direct to Rome also). Highly recommend Timisoara , its a brilliant place to visit 👌🏽

[@pukavita]

@@KristyandSteve You know what? I thought Steve looks familiar. I may have seen him around Margaret River. Thanks for recommending Timisoara! We were also thinking of going through the Trans-Fagarasan. But I'm not sure how the traffic in Romania is now and how confusing it would be to drive on the other side of the street. There is also this massive ancient salt mine which I thought would be interesting to visit. I'm not sure if you guys know about it. It's a cavernous place with a lake inside.

[@KristyandSteve]

The salt mine sounds and looks so cool! Just did some research on it (Salina Turda), definitely would be worth the visit 👌🏽 We didnt drive in Romania, to be honest the roads and traffic were horrendous in Bucharest and put us off hiring a car. If you avoid the capital and stick to the smaller towns you'll be totally fine. The Transfagarasan Highway looks incredible! Our fellow Aussie travel friends @jordanandemily have a great KZbin video on this, brilliant vlog and very informative ☺️

[@clarakam3858]

When you come to România you can ask almost anyone. Most of the ppl know english in Romania. We learn in school. English/ french etc❤❤

[@KristyandSteve]

Yes we used a little bit of Spanish to! Mostly got by with English though, it was very easy ❤️

[@draculakickyourass]

@@KristyandSteve Did they succesfully managed to contain their laugh when you spoke spanish to them? 😄

[@CatalinStanciu-ry7qp]

Clarita ❤

[@TotoTitus]

The Vietnamese place (Little Hanoi) rocks.

[@KristyandSteve]

It sure does! ☺️

[@Xeridas]

Thank you for showing your point of view of Timisoara (born there in 85, immigrated in 2006 to a sunny place), loved your point of view yet horrified about the public version of what happened in 89(was a baby then hidden under the bed protected with pillows), yet when i manage to get my father Drunk he sometimes tells the story, he was in the square when the shooting started, quite sad u didn't show the bullet holes in the buildings, all of them are 10-15 meters high, the Army defended itself, the SRI where the ones that started shooting into civilians, and organized the the ¨Mineriade¨ afterwards so they could stay in power, Things are changing yet there is still a long way to go. in case you are interested watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4bFf2l6ja-qfMk

[@KristyandSteve]

Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching our video and taking the time to comment to provide us with additional information and sharing your personal story 🙏❤️

[@dumitructa]

Romania & Moldova are Orthodox countries. That doesn't mean Russian church.

[@KristyandSteve]

So true! I dont know why we said that (and left it in) we try not to over-edit things and sometimes nonsense just happens 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you for watching and taking the time to correct us ☺️

[@clarakam3858]

Romania in history was ruled by Kings untill the comunist party came & banished our king ( King Michael the first , the son of king Carol & related to the Queen of england ,King Charles has a house in România😊 & he visit us from time to time) the comunist party lied about our king & menagge to force him to abdicate the trone , then comunism was installed in our country for the first time in history after we had only monarhy & manny died on revolution in 1989 , my brother was one of the ones hwo was a soldier when revolution came, i was 7 years old & so scared etc. The army them sided with the ppl and banished Ceaușescu , then he was killed in 1989 with his wife , on Christmas day in Târgoviște ( Dâmbovița) . The revolution in 1989 december change our country for the first time in a democratic country , after monarhy & comunism. Send you hugs from Bucharest. We have to saying from them : " Azi în Timisoara , mâine în toată țara!" / Today in Timișoara , tomorrow in the whole country & " Armata e cu noi !" / The army is with us!❤❤❤❤

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you SO much for this information Clara, we really appreciate you taking the time to comment and share your knowledge on Romanias turbulent history - Its very helpful to others reading the comments to 🥰

[@clarakam3858]

We have in Bucharest near the Palace of parlamient a newer ortodox catedral the bigest ortodox catedral from Europe . Much much biger then this. ❤❤❤it' s near the Palace of parlamient.

[@doruneacsu7081]

Dragilor nu e în stil rusesc OK e în cel mai pur stil romanesc vă rog înainte de a face afirmații neștiind ceva despre un lucru informativă pentru ca nu faceți altceva decât să dezinformați fără să vă dați seama pe cei care vă urmăresc OK. Noi români avem o ură viscerală pentru ruși care ne-au ocupat de 12 ori și ne-au furat teritorii și tezaurul României așa ca e un subiect foarte sensibil pentru noi români OK. Vă rog mai multă atenție în a face judecăți de valoare și judecăți culturale OK. Vă mulțumim ca ne-ați vizitat și vă mai așteptăm cu drag👍🙏🥰

[@KristyandSteve]

Yes we misspoke, it's certainly not Russian 🫣 Thank you for watching! 🥰

[@chriscruciat2469]

Nice video but calling the Orthodox Cathedral “Russian” was a bit surprising

[@KristyandSteve]

Yes agree! I have no idea why we even said that to be honest 🫤

[@adypredator]

Timisoara is also the first city in Europe to have electric public ilumination, and second in the world.

[@KristyandSteve]

Yes correct, we said that in this video from memory ☺️ Thanks so much for watching & taking the time to comment!

[@vladsview194]

Obviously this was filmed a few months ago

[@KristyandSteve]

Yes correct, we filmed this start of October ☺️ Thank you for watching!

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

I'm impressed by how you pronounced "buna dimineata", I believe you can learn fast the romanian language.people will say you're from here because you also look like local woman😅

[@KristyandSteve]

Thank you so much, that is a lovely compliment! 🥰

[@karar.g96]

She said (are) means yes in iran language

[@KristyandSteve]

Oh ok! Thank you for letting us know ☺️

[@karar.g96]

@@KristyandSteve which one is better cluj or timisoara?

[@KristyandSteve]

We didnt make it to Cluj unfortunately! We went to Bucharest, Brasov, Sinaia, Sibiu and Timisoara.

[@yuolo9979]

Steve looks like Chud from Chuds BBQ

[@KristyandSteve]

Had to look up who that is and I can definitely see the resemblance!

[@dragostocai973]

Timisoara is the 2nd biggest city in romania after the capital, not the 4th

[@KristyandSteve]

Hmmm according to multiple sources, it's the 4th - behind Bucharest, Lasi and Cluj-Napoca. Some say its the 3rd, some say the 5th. Zero say the second though 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you for watching!

[@dragostocai973]

@@KristyandSteve you can simply look on google maps and see the difference, hovering above the mentioned cities

[@dragostocai973]

I've sent you guys an email

[@csabapalcovacs1747]

Voi ați mâncat plescavița nu hamburger, și dacă greșesc aștept să vă reîntoarceți și să mâncați plescavița

[@KristyandSteve]

We will try the hamburger next time we visit Romania ☺️

[@SSavce]

the worst tour in Timisoara, before you do anything, read the history, not just so you know what's going on

[@KristyandSteve]

Thanks for watching!

[@doce7678]

It is a myth that the Romanian Revolution started in Timisoara, thanks to the Hungarian reverend Laszlo Tokes, a pastor of the Reformed (Calvinist) Church and part of the Hungarian ethnic minority" The revolution started in Iasi, ON DECEMBER 14, and Tokes's courage is an invention, his attitude - it was related to Hungarian espionage. When the solidarity rally with Pastor Tokes took place in Timișoara, the first arrests were already being made in Iași. Laszlo Tokes was NOT the "pawn" of the revolution - a credit attributed to him by some of the undocumented "historians" in Romania. One essential thing must be understood, namely that: the parishioners who supported him on The intervention order, for the reverend's evacuation, was given by the Timişoara court following the request made by the Oradea Reformed Diocese, represented by Bishop Laszlo Papp, on September 16, 1989 - I mention that Tokes was notified on September 1, 1989 about the fact that his operating license was revoked and that he must leave the apartment-service residence occupied only by the priest who performs the religious service of the community-until September 15, 1989. From the study of the documents it can be seen that the refusal to leave the parish was not new for Tokes. He, at the beginning of his activity in Braşov and Dej, following repeated disciplinary violations, was removed from the ranks of priests due to his refusal to be moved to another parish and for 25 months he lived without occupation. The reason for his move from Timişoara to Sălaj is as trivial as possible: opposition to financial control - opposition that brought him a disciplinary move to another parish. Host Arpad's testimony is essential to understand what Tokes was doing-trying to save his skin, by no means fighting against the communist regime in Romania-at the end of each week: "After refusing to move to Mineu, Tokes he no longer received a salary, but he still kept his job" - a normal thing since he had refused to move to another parish, a move he considered illegal. Practically, he showed insubordination to the higher structures of the Reformed Church. Nicolae Mavru talks about the Tokes case in an interview given to Alex Mihai Stoenescu. Mavru, in December 1989, was a major and held the position of head of the Intelligence and Investigation Service of the Timiş County Security. This, on December 16, captures very well the moment when, at the pastor's house, a group of protesters "identified by a corded beret" formed who were responsible for forming the mass of support for the pastor: "they appeared and disappeared, not there were more than 10-15 people, but their disappearance was related to the attempt to mobilize the people of the city". From my point of view and from the documents and interviews studied, I came to the conclusion that this task, "to mobilize the population", was a total failure. In the first instance, those from the group with the "string beret" managed to gather an insignificant number of people (about 50), which shows the disinterest of the crowd towards Laszlo Tokes: "some citizens cursed him" those who urged them to be in solidarity with the pastor. Making Laszlo Tokes a hero of the Romanian revolution is beyond the intellectual possibilities of the most talented fiction author.

[@KristyandSteve]

That is a lot of detailed information, we appreciate you taking the time to watch our video and for educating us further on the topic - thank you! 🙏

[@a0flj0]

Tökes might not have been a revolutionary, and his behavior in the years following the events of December '89 was shitty at best. Still, his refusal to leave and the protests it triggered, initially by just a few devoted parishioners, who were then joined first by hundreds and then by thousands of citizen who simply had enough, was indeed the trigger of the revolt in Timișoara. I know first hand. I was there, even if I'm a Romanian of Orthodox faith. Within a week, until December 22, tens of thousands of workers had joined the protests, and despite thousands of army and state security troops being sent to Timișoara, there was no going back. The army tried to move into the city center with tanks. You could hear shooting for hours, during the night. Nothing could stop the change. And it was all triggered by a seemingly insignificant protest started by a few protestant parishioners. Anybody saying something else is lying.

[@GimmeDaGun]

Very anti-Hungarian.

[@GeorgeBotco]

Beautiful city .......in communist time this city was sooo ugly

[@KristyandSteve]

Agree, Timisoara is truly a beautiful city. Its come along way since communist times, we love it ❤️

[@dstoi]

Timisoara is a mafia city basically all the land is owned by the mob it's very safe city for this reason however

[@KristyandSteve]

Fair enough, theyre doing a good job - we loved Timisoara! 🥰

[@loredanadincu4300]

Wtf did you smoking. Mafia city! 😂😂😂. What a joke.

[@dacian_1346]

Timisoara is not Craiova :)

[@dstoi]

@@dacian_1346 clanul Carpaci owns 85 percent of the property in central square..Udrea owns a lot of land it not a gang land city there isn't drive by shootings but it has a big mafia presence for sure HBO even made a series about timisoara called Hackerville

[@etelkatatar63]

You forgett about Timisoara another german town , a multicultural city, the plescavita it, s a serbian food !Another superficial, andocumented film !But Temesvar it, s a beautiful town !!

[@KristyandSteve]

Its not a "film", its just a vlog of us experiencing a city in our own way. Dont get confused.

[@Tallborn5]

"Temesvar" doesn't exist it's called Timisoara. Seethe more my hungarian neighbour.

[@dacian_1346]

@@Tallborn5It exists, I’m from Transylvania and every single city here has 3 official names ( German, Romanian and Hungarian ) that are all three displayed when you enter the cities.

[@sebin.8785]

@@dacian_1346I really hope you know that Banat is not Transilvania.

[@dacian_1346]

@@sebin.8785 It is, sorry to break it to you but saying Banat is not Transylvania is like saying Oltenia is not Vlahaia 😂😂

[@PopescuSorin]

buna dimineata

[@KristyandSteve]

❤️❤️❤️