What is it REALLY LIKE To Live in Bucharest? - Romania Vlog

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[@Ciorapel2]

You don't throw away the bottle; you keep it and give it to your father/grandfather to fill it up with wine or palinca. It is a natural recycling.

[@mc.vmusic4337]

CRPL hahahahaha. Tare asta

[@Minoritynomad]

HELL YES!!!!

[@banicaalexandra3861]

CRPL asa see face

[@user-yp6kk9lx7k]

or milk

[@justmeandonlyme5410]

CRPL 😂😂😂😂😂

[@AC-cv5zz]

I'm a U.S.(of A.) citizen and my wife is Romanian. I have lived in Cluj-Napoca, Romania off and on for a total of about 4 years. Every time we have needed to go to Bucharest (since we got married in Romania, we needed something from there to prove that I wasn't a criminal in the USA; we also needed to go renew passports and get passports for our children - all stuff at the U.S. Embassy and surrounding area) we NEVER had a wonderful experience. My wife dubbed it an "evil" feeling city compared to the rest of Romania. Hey - chill out other Romanians reading this; this is based on several trips and our personal opinion of said trips. Bucharest isn't for us. However, we totally enjoy most other cities/places in Romania. Tons of mountains, hills, forests, lakes, small and big town cultural activities. My wife and I could have visited other places in Europe for our honeymoon, but instead we spent two weeks traveling around Romania and STILL didn't get to see all of the amazing stuff. Bottled mineral water is popular (and of course tastes better), but the tap water is fine in most places (I'd certainly think that the capital would have better water than other places). Romanians, in my Americanize opinion, still carry a lot emotions from the pre-1989 communism (I mean heck, for my wife's parents, communism was a major hardship for most of their life). Some show it more than others. And I totally get it: most of the 20th century was absolutely HORRIBLE for the people of Romania. You can tell that the youth (about anyone under 30 years old) want to be free from this feeling, and so the culture is blooming in a remarkable (maybe even semi-dangerously free-spirited) way. Nevertheless, to me most Romanians come across as too serious for whatever reason, or hmmm... maybe they just think that I joke too much (which is odd because most Americans take me to be a serious guy). Having worked with Romanians in Romania, I get this a lot: "Are you stupid?!? Why would you give up living in America to come live here?" - and they genuinely treat me like I'm stupid (even if I excel at my tasks in the workplace). My answer is simple: I love America, but I love my Romanian wife (who is also a U.S. citizen) more. My wife is actually happier in Romania, so this is where we want to live; it's where we want to raise our kids - at least for now. If I was more materialistic, that might not be the case." Please understand that I am not calling Romanians materialistic, but I'm actually suggesting that one of the refreshing things about Romania is that I found a place in the world not so overwhelmed with materialism that I can teach my kids about family values the way I see (the majority of) Romanians do with their families. However, I do come across a lot of people in Romania who are under the impression that life in America is better. Though I strongly disagree, I've found it difficult to convincingly explain otherwise. Living expenses (from an average worker perspective): hmmm... this is a tough one. I've had a lot of family and friends decide to leave Romania to find better paying work. The economy is getting better, and minimum wage is increasing. With me just working while my wife was on maternity leave, my income was just barely getting us by. We could not save anything extra, and we were paying less than average rent to my wife's parents. SO, it's fairly easy to "break even" financially in Romania, but very difficult to save for for future plans (i.e. buying a house or apartment). It took us a whole year of saving what we could just to buy plane tickets to visit my parents in America. Nevertheless, people obviously find a way, another admirable quality to the Romanian people. Anywho. That's my take on this beautiful country.

[@Callsign_Prophet]

I wouldn't say life is better. But neither would I go as far as to say worse. America in a lot of part seems newer and more modernized but that also leads to most youths focusing on materialistic things like the latest phone and shoes over real friends and family. (Source- moved to US as a teen. Actually prefer it)

[@DarkSignal59]

@ A C As a Romanian, I have to say life is definitely better in Romania. Yes, financially it's a bit harder, considering the low salaries, but the prices of most things that you need for day to day life are decent. If you are well calculated and don't waste money on every little thing, you can easily afford a few short vacations here and there a year, and things like electronics can be payed off in a few easy instalments. The trick is moderation and thinking ahead, which most of my fellow Romanians suck at apparently. Rent is definitely a problem since it's huge compared to the salaries, so if you want to move out it's gonna be a problem. But if you stay with your family, it's not, since renting isn't a big thing here, as every family owns their own property, be it house or apartment. Now if you want to live a life with more luxuries and have more financial freedom, expensive cars and vacations and so on, yeah it's gonna be a bit more difficult, but that's what you get for being overly materialistic, I guess. It's why people go abroad to work and think that places like the US have streets paved with gold, they assume that life is easier due to bigger salaries but forget about the living costs and different laws and lifestyle. Pay them no mind when they tell you you're stupid because of it. I know someone who's lived in LA for 13 years and came back to Romania because it was too much work (yeah also work seems to be easier and more lax here as well). I've been growing up with mostly American media in my 26 years of life, especially on KZbin, so I've gotten a better grasp of the culture there and how things are really going on, compared to those of the older generations who only know about it from movies. I also have family working abroad in Italy, been there myself a bit too, and I can say the same thing about it too. Even if the salaries are bigger, the living costs measure up and some laws and customs are a pain to deal with. Also the same problems like lousy healthcare, seems to be the issue everywhere, despite the Romanian belief that it's the worst here. Compared to the US, at least you don't have to give an arm and a leg to pay off the huge debt for the slightest intervention there, because there is no such thing here, the worst would be that you might have to give a little bribe here and there occasionally but it's getting better. Also a KZbinr (penguinz0) told a story about how he was having chest pain one night and rushed to the ER (in Tampa, Florida, I believe) and they made him wait until morning to take a look at him. It's the same here, although I've had better experiences compared to others. I've actually had to wait more in Italy, and my dad, who's been working and living there for around 15 years, tells me the bureaucracy there is even worse than in Romania. As for lifestyle, Romania has a huge advantage that people probably aren't aware of or pay it no mind : everything is very lax here. From the laws, to procedures and so on. I've always laughed at Americans boasting about their "freedom" when they can get in trouble, sued, fined for the slightest of things. You haven't experienced true freedom until you've lived in Romania imo (probably the same in all of eastern Europe, since we're very similar). The laws are lax and superficial enough for you to get away with a lot of things, and even though this has led to corruption, if you're mostly honest you won't be bothered much because you have a lot of freedom and punishment isn't too severe for the smallest mistakes either. Being a less significant country politically, gives us a lot of peace, we are left outside major international drama, and so aren't bothered by anyone, and even if we are, we don't give a shit and ignore them and their imposed requirements. We've done this a lot of times, especially towards the EU. Sure, on paper it looks like we obliged, but we do it our way while saying that we're following theirs, and the enforcement of those said things is flimsy. But since most don't care about us too much, they won't care enough to keep a keen eye on what we do either. Also, I get the feeling everything is actually way better organized here, contrary to popular belief. Our population and settlements, rural or urban, aren't very big, and are easier to manage. As an example, in Italy, if you don't have a car you're done for if you want to get to work or to any other town. Here, we have transportation to almost every little village around the country and commuting for work is easy, a lot of companies even having their own transportation for the workers. Paperwork for everything is pretty much just formalities that nobody will care about, and get out of your way decently fast. Not to mention, our roots in the rural, more simple life, has served us well, since it's made us very adaptive, unpretentious and less entitled than westerners. Also yes, a bit more serious and less flamboyant than Americans, but its a good thing from our perspective, since we're not big fans of the flashy drama in most things that you do, and it keeps us down to earth and simple. I can go on and on but I've already written waaaaaay too much. I could keep the mongolians out with my great wall of text LOL. Hope you read it though.

[@bogdann2026]

As a romanian, never go to bucharest for a “first experience” in the country , most of the ppl suck in the region, the rest pf us call them full of themselves, better go to Cluj or Brasov

[@Robertosungureanu]

@@bogdann2026 sad Iași noises ☹😢

[@Diana-yy8kp]

@@Robertosungureanu Imi place Iasiul :))) Am mers o data ca sa vizitez RIUF am avut ocazia sa vad si palatul culturii era super

[@rochiru]

You are a real ambassador for us, thank you

[@Kitiwake]

Who are "us".

[@ionutichim21]

@@Kitiwake romanians in general

[@SilviuMandolin]

@@Kitiwake unites states :)))))))))

[@johnnywalker6642]

Left Bucharest recently after 3/4 years, miss it tons, loved winter, amazing city, amazing people - great place

[@_o..o_1871]

Greetings from Constanța (Romania) ! 👋🏻

[@eugen86]

I actually got a water dispenser at home. You get sign a contract, they bring the water to your door step and the water recipients are never wasted.

[@inavladtepes328]

I watch with pleasure all your video ! Thank you for speaking so nicely about Bucharest! Bucharest it`s my city and i`m glad you like it!

[@RoadTripTravel]

OMG, I could move to Romania just for the internet. Where I am, 1G would take me well over an hour to upload. I think I'll be in Europe for about 2 months this summer, so thinking of visiting Bucharest.

[@reignman.7555]

Mike's Road Trip i have optic. Download speed in real time about 8-10ghz per second and upload betwen 1.5 and 2 ghz per second. And this is the cheep internet. The most expensive its around 100 ghz.

[@RoadTripTravel]

Awesome!

[@sabienul]

Razvan J True, but there are some areas in Bucharest where the pipes are old and you get a rusty taste (Dorobanti, Piata Gemeni) or places near Herastrau where you get infiltrations from the lake during summer (like I do). It's cheap to get water filter anyway and with that you won't be able to tell the difference between tap and bottled water.

[@livics610]

@@sabienul I love in France now (born and raised at P-ța Gemeni 😊 ) and here the tap water is full of calcareous

[@garmonbozzia]

hi there Mike. I have subscribed on your channel because you are genuinelly a very skilled vlogger. good on you mate.

[@joanne1142]

I live in romania and im in cluj. Here we recycle and here the water is drinkable. I legit love this country. It has so many lovely places. And i really think that everyone should visit this country once. Cause this country has a lot if stories ready to be discovered. And be told to ancestores and every place has storyies from every single soul that passed that place. Even yours 😀😁

[@LeOrtacud]

cluj is better than bucharest. wish i lived there

[@carmenalinaiancu3738]

Thank you for speaking so nicely of my country. I'm a Romanian living in Scotland. I really hope more people will come to visit Romania in the future

[@authority_ryan2102]

Carmen Alina Iancu i will work there in a few months,what is the other country i can visit if i get working permit visa in bucharest?

[@livics610]

No other country! You stay and visit only Romania, capisci?

[@Christian_Girl120]

I wish I could afford to.

[@bogdann2026]

We better start with you, returning to ur country

[@IrinaIacobBlog]

I am currently studying in London and I miss Bucharest a lot. Loved the video!

[@unugeorge]

i'm watching this from Germany and I miss Bucharest just as much. really thinking about moving back.

[@nazmulhuda3593]

Irina Iacob hi I wanna visit Romania next month :)

[@rayrayy5444]

A Very Merry Christmas to you and Olivia. Will look forward to your travels next year. God Bless You Both. From Canada

[@IoanaRaduIoRa]

Hey, a nice way of not using the big plastic watter bottles is getting a filter. Either for your tap or one of those big filter jugs. You can probably get them at the big superstores or online :)

[@oussamacdt]

I'm moving to Bucharest soon , so i'm watching your insights on the city :)) , looks so nice i'm excited.

[@afti03]

the internet is fast because of all the wirings we had to do as kids, to share one internet service amongst 4 other neighbour friends. This became a trend, and in less than 3 years, everyone was connected to everyone through fibre optics, no bullshit antennas.

[@DusIntors]

I love your vlogs. You bring me closer to Romania. Ccurrently living in UK :)

[@avalyn28]

I filter my tap water so I don't have to buy bottled water. There are loads of types of filters you can use, ranging from very cheap solutions to more expensive ones.

[@NomadicJulien]

Thx for your advices, I'm heading there next week!

[@abbieamavi]

I love that you're enjoying Romania, and Bucharest isn't my families birthplace but I love this video!

[@dincapaul2119]

Come to Iași some time. Love the videos.

[@RemusAlexandru]

Jord, about the water issue, I feel your pain (also living in Bucharest) and maybe you'd be interested in doing the same thing I ended up doing: get yourself a under-counter water filter. It's basically a box that lives under the kitchen sink, gets plumbed in, has a few filtering elements in it and you get on demand safe, clean and good tasting water from a tap. No need to haul heavy bottles of water, or deal with recycling, and in the long run it's quite a bit more cost effective. PM me if you want a link to such a product - I won't post it here, don't want to advertise randomly. Cheers!

[@kierenedworthy7269]

your videos are so bloody good man, i one day hope to be a film maker on the levels of skills that you have

[@haos5046]

I'm from Romania, Bucharest so I am not surprised if some people who are from different parts of Romania (or people who have SOs from different parts) hate on Bucharest because this is the most common thing to do. People either hate Bucharest or they move there and never return to their original city/village. For me, Bucharest is the best and I love it. Sure, I like to go and explore the nature when I do go back to Romania but I'm not a mountain man, I don't wanna live in the forest:)) I want the vibrant, hectic city Bucharest is so yeah, that's definitely not for everyone. Bucharest people like to move fast around the city, they always have things to do and places to be. The parties, bars, clubs are just the best! Also I agree that the summer is much better because we do have harsh winters but if you get to know more people, there will be plenty of things to do in the winter as well as all the clubs and bars are still open, they just don't have the outdoor areas anymore. But yeah, big country, plenty of awesome places besides Bucharest, like the seaside, Constanta (my 2nd favourite city) which is also mad fun in the summer and of course, the suuuper fast internet. Btw, we have such fast internet because there's a Microsoft base in Romania :D

[@alexfunkyd]

Well said brother, plenty to do in Romania, food is great, girls are stunning and u mentioning winter not being so great compared to summer, i agree, unless its snows, then u got a really lovely proper Christmas feel as should be. God Bless.

[@dragostan91]

It's the same with plastic bags also. And yes, you're absolutely right, recycling is very rare here unfortunately. You can do it though, but you really need to put some effort in finding the recycling places. For water I personally use a Brita Filter Mug. You can find it preety cheap on Emag - I guess that in the six months living in Romania you found out what Emag is...the romanian Amazon. It's very handy, the filtered water is very good....and the final price of the water it's basically nothing.

[@mlteyt]

Tap water is, on the whole, drinkable (just runs a bit rusty after repairs). Leave the plastic bottles by the rubbish chute and they'll be collected by the cleaning person and taken to recycling for a bit of extra cash for them.

[@MirceaDz]

Hey ! Look for big red blue and yellow bins they are pretty rare but they are around the big bulevards/streets

[@horiastefan001]

It depends on the neighborhood. In my area there are about 3 places with recycle bins in less than 1 square km

[@MachineGame03]

I have been drinking tap water from Bucharest since I was born and I don't find anything wrong if you are drinking from the tap or refilling an water bottle from the tap. On hotels might be different, just ask the receptionist about the tap, sometimes the water from hotels is not drinkable.

[@MrDragos696]

It is lightning fast because of the small distributors that poped up at the begining of the 2000`s. It was better than what the telecomunication companies offered at the time, around 100 mbps. much better than modems and ADSL. And one day the telecomunication companies offered fiber optic with up to 1 Gb/s, around 2010, and that got a lot of this small distributors out of bussiness.

[@bisqyt]

about the water: what do you mean that there is no other solution than the 5L bottle? there are all the types of bottles, also glass bottles that are recycled inside the shops and supermarkets. about the plastic, you can recycle all your plastic into the plastic bins around the block.

[@alexrebega1289]

I see many foreigners talking about the internet service in Romania. We have fast internet because the infrastructure for it developed later and so it used modern equipment from the start. In the early 2000s many neighbourhoods networks were developed - people created their own network and shared a high-speed connection rather than each of them getting a cheaper connection for themselves. These networks later merged and became ISPs that were bought by bigger companies.

[@tomcolton5662]

Romanians are great people, kind, generous & hard working, they get a bad rep because of some negative elements coming from Eastern Europe which is nothing to do with Romania.

[@Drewbie96]

You can drink the tap water! People say you shouldn't but they're wrong. You'll be alright :)

[@IonComan9019]

Hello&thank you for promoting so nicely Romania! Jos pălăria:)

[@CrisGoatmez]

I'll head over there sometime in 2018 bro. So if you're there in the summer, I might see you there and that's another country we can add to the meet-up list lol.

[@MachineGame03]

In Romania the Internet is like £5 for 1000mb/s, yes, a thousand. About recycling, mostly we don't recycle many of things as in Bucharest for example there are lots of blocks and apartments and the rubbish from every single flat is going in one place at the ground floor on that block. We don't have the concept of leaving the bins on the road to be picked up by Council', maybe because one of the reasons is space, Bucharest is quite hard when it comes to traffic and cars. Although you said you enjoyed the summer in Bucharest I still find it a nightmare, no matter I've been living in the UK for 2 years but even before that I found it really hot and pollution in the air is making it worse. I will come in Bucharest in holiday at the end of March if you would be there I could help you with some information or anything else you are wondering about our Romania :) All the best!

[@vinayrao1]

You don't have a garbage disposal and collection system in Bucharest? Is it still the same there?

[@sikerslalatm3147]

@@vinayrao1 in Arad we do have ... idk about Bucharest tho

[@steamstories1279]

Home internet from RCS & RDS (most people have it from this company) is 1Gbit download and 500 Mbit upload, it's fiber into home and they give for free a Fiber ONT and then you can use any router, and it's $10/month and it's external speed, not just internal speed, in some areas you can get 900 Mbit/400 Mbit speedtest to New York which is insane. I can upload to youtube at around 300-400 Mbit (except firefox which for some reason is only 80-90 Mbit upload). No bandwidth limit, works the same at any time (no limitation during Christmas/New Year or anything like that), no latency problems, no dropouts, I don't remember the last time it dropped in the last 5 years. This company was the first introducing 1Gbit connection and the other companies started doing the same thing. Actually this was also the first company doing 100 Mbit external speed, other companies were 30 Mbit and 10 Mbit upload and had limited bandwidth. RCS & RDS never had limits.

[@inavladtepes328]

Transilvania is a magical place for Christmas!Go there with Olivia!

[@BlueSwampyCraft]

It depends on where you leave I think I have recycle bins near my flat. I also drink tap water from time to time. It's usually good.

[@Stay-Safeツ]

Amazing . . . I’ve subscribed

[@Blast-Forward]

It's funny that you say the internet is lightning fast and in the same moment the chain behind you starts to flash. :D

[@tdg0079]

You don't, you keep the bottle and go to Obor there is a little thing where ther is free water

[@adriandraghici607]

Greetings from Arad!

[@andreiiasi]

Sorry...Not meant to drink tap water? Why not. My wife is british and been living in Romania for 15 years and never had a problem...Whats up with that Nonsense?

[@ismt9390]

I've lived in Sibiu all my life and i drank tap water all my life. In most cities you can drink tap water, but in Bucuresti i've been told it's not good for drinking. I don't know if it's true, but if the people in Bucuresti say so...

[@hollyd7512]

Aku Jo it's probably true, because also in Mexico you have to buy gallons of purified water, because tap water is full of bacteria, maybe it's the same in Bucharest, well most likely

[@meretrixmala]

@@hollyd7512 The tap water in Bucharest is safe to drink. I think that the people buying those big still water bottles should try the tap water. Basically Bucharest´s tap water is the same that you have in almost all European cities.

[@vibecheck4581]

It has a strong chemical

[@andreiiasi]

@@vibecheck4581 What? What strong chemical?

[@zontarr8812]

in Brasov(mountain city) you can drink tap water also are recycling bins on bottom of flat blocks.

[@carlcampbell6827]

That's a damn nice apartment you have; most would dream of this place.

[@roxananiko7981]

We have recycling centers. A simple Google search would help. Your gf should help, you get better search results if you do it in Romanian. ;) In District 6 are for sure, cos all my recycling goes to a center there.

[@JonDingle]

Just found your channel, had to laugh at the internet speeds. It takes 13hours for me to upload a 10.6GB video and I live in North Yorkshire, England!

[@Alin-dz3bk]

Greetings from Milişăuți #ROMÂNIAA 💙💛❤

[@Minoritynomad]

hahahahahahahaha. I was waiting for this. I lived awhile in Bucharest also. After the inital fun wore off, I was done. lol. Also, I actually drank the tap water. Was fine to me but my friends thought I was nuts. It tastes like Communism one always said. You seem to be hitting the Bucharest blues. It's a tough city to love long term I find. I'm actually on my way there from Cluj for Christmas.

[@inavladtepes328]

wow! Minority Nomad.. i like your vlog! ..you were in Romania in 2016, Bucharest and Slobozia!

[@lizzie1568]

One of the reasons why a lot of people don’t drink tap water is that in some places you really can’t trust the water. It’s advised to drink either bottled water or get a filter of some kind so that the tap water is safer to drink.

[@sabienul]

Lizzie Generally speaking, Bucharest tap water is safe to drink. There are some areas where the infrastructure is old and the water may have a tint of rust taste, or if you live near the Herastrau park, you might get infiltrations of lake water in the pipes during summer (like I do). The best thing to do is to just buy a filter. They're cheap and you'll not even be able to tell tap water apart from the bottled ones.

[@sabienul]

Minority Nomad Loved your vlogs about Romania. Whenever a foreigner asks me what my country is like, I just show them the video you did in Slobozia when you got shitfaced. Keep 'em coming!

[@lindaajide2115]

Minority Nomad I’ve just gotten back from a holiday in Romania. I visited 4 cities and loved it.

[@eueueutututu1]

You can drink tap water

[@cipmars]

Tap water quality in Bucharest is monitored, it's safe to drink.

[@madalinasavin8064]

come to Iasi next time :)

[@Trodpint-A]

Nice vid! Wanna visit

[@KineticCascade]

just search stei and move there its very safe but very old and unbeatiful i live there too because safe and theres another safe plase called mascau

[@dianapotra2583]

Is the tap water at your flat not safe to drink? I wouldn’t say that’s particularly common in Bucharest.

[@ARO10-3]

You can buy a water dispenser and either 20L or 10L bottle which is exchanged when empty for a full one. Îs only cost you a bit extra. This îs what I m doing.

[@mariusbancila2702]

Go get a water filter (something like Brita that I use) and drink the sink water as I got the test results from my region and in general the water is good in Bucharest.

[@orcaeng5793]

B O R S E C. What you need to live.

[@valikmikze]

either use a water dispenser with refillable tanks or install a water filter for the tap water...easy

[@scratchdog5693]

The internet is faster here in Romania because it came later to us so our infrastructure is newer.

[@vasilewhittaker2561]

You can trust the tap water boil it then put it in the fridge? Our water in Romania is very good quality.

[@jgwoods]

Just get a water filter - around 100 lei and very useful!

[@abisgetaway8724]

Also in Romania the reason u can’t use the tap is cuz we use wells 😂

[@livics610]

Looooooool Mergem la fântână să luăm apă daaaa

[@realser9]

#Salve 💖🙌

[@PurpleAlienFYT]

Bro you can buy 0.5L, 1L, 2L everywhere you chose to buy the 5L one:))

[@mihaelagruber1774]

you fill it up with tap water and when pipeline repairs will be made on the street you have washing water . Also tap water is safe for drinking in transilvania where I'm from. Been drinking it all my life haha. You need a guide to get on will all the tricks. Let me know you read this.

[@gshdragos]

Tap water is ok. You can see the water quality daily on apanova site.

[@jessicaverona4904]

Soon I be moving to Romania

[@malinkata1984]

Hey, buy brita filters and your problem with carrying the water or recycling the plastic is solved.

[@kamysamaa]

hey mate...nice channel you have by the way...but seems to me that you're living on a budget there in Bucharest...the prices are not as low as you say they are...not much bigger but not that low either

[@willowwhisper6575]

Mmm you should invest on a filter, attach it to the sink and filter tap water...simple as that, no more garbage. If you're feeling stingy, just boil tap water before consumption

[@jadebeaut4463]

willow whisper but boiling it uses the gas bill

[@dansugardude2655]

How do they approach net neutrality in Romania as far as you

[@sybellesison3905]

Please give us details of what do’s and donts in romania

[@squshiesandslime3685]

By the way in Romania you should drink water tap

[@stevepleasants9645]

I really found this interesting. I visited Bucharest about 20 years ago and it was very fun down as the city was still recovering from the revolution. I went into the People's Palace and found it a very sad place to visit. So much opulence, and still kids living on the streets.

[@GeorgeZaharia]

The internet is fast, because we have a network infrastructure that can hold ~100 mil people or more online, but we are only ~20 mil roughly from which only the young ones uses it and businesses so a lot of bandwidth remains to be used... that will soon drop soon dramatically, as more and more people will come over the years, and the bandwidth will get all used, unless the ISP's expand their network by that time. ............ but ..... the G5 will come soon and the fast internet is going to be truly lightning fast. The US internet is actually probably faster than Romania's, if you have only 20 mil people using it, but because you are over ~325 mil people in US, and more than half are online more bandwidth is getting used so that results in loading time increase, higher latency etc. As for plastic bottles, we burn them :-s or throw them to trash and is either recycled, or being taken to dump sites where they get buried with tons of other stuff. - We are still yet to learn how to recycle. Think of Romanians as part Russian cyka bleeth mentality and part using europe's mentality + usa. So you have some that are more aware of their surroundings and some that are well ... romanian's ^_^. And when it comes to making things happen in Romania at a larger scale, if it's not religion based we are meh, let others do it, why should i do it, so everything starts on paper, but nothing actually happens, cause is not put in practice, and if it is put in practice is half assed so it can be proven it is to of a hard work and is not worth doing it. That roughly sums it up. But other than that, Romania is awesome :D We love money, parties, and everything that is a distraction and has nothing to do with going to work. Let's say Romanian atleast top #100 .... if you remember the old meme video.

[@IndyRockStar]

Could you just buy a Brita water filter pitcher and filter the tap water?

[@martinhollick670]

How will you be affected by the Brexit and living in Romania (EU) as a Brit (Non-EU)?

[@DarkSignal59]

The tap water is indeed shit, especially in Bucharest. But those 5-6 litre bottles are inexpensive and last for days. As for recycling, it's one of the many things Romanians don't care about and don't want to be bothered with really. We just don't like to complicate things, even though in this case it is kind of a waste, it's just not in our culture. For example, in Italy there is a very complicated procedure of throwing the waste, separating them in 3 or so categories, which are thrown away on certain days instead of when you want so you have to be on the lookout, and when I was there on vacation it drove me INSANE. And there are huge fines if you get caught too so you're forced to oblige. Separate bins take up way too much space in your house. Here we just throw them in one place (although there are a few garbage bins made for plastics but nobody is forced to throw them there, I personally do throw them there, why not?). Then they're taken to a mass garbage dump and burned. Plain and simple, not complicated.

[@antonioalbul00]

me and my parents keep the bottles and refill them in water spring that's on my parents way to work, i thought everyone did that

[@antonioalbul00]

those water water springs are everywhere in the country and the usually mark so you can see them be it with a small building structure or a religious icon above them

[@sharp6193]

Salut !

[@eugeniaherkamto6342]

Thank you for such information about Bucharest. You mentioned about the rent (is it studio or apartment) cost about $ 300-$ 400/month? That is much cheaper compare to what I am paying. Cost of food, public transportation also cheaper. Now last but not least about the weather summer is ok but winter??? It's just no way........living in freezing winter cold for long months.......

[@vangelescu]

Eugenia Herkamto I live in Bucharest and from the 3 months of winter in the calendar, I would say that only 1,5 - 2 months are real winter. We get in average 2 or 3 episodes of extreme weather with extreme snow or very cold temperatures each season. Usually these last a week or 2. I would say we have mild winters (at least recently). December always is as late autumn month, the cold is usually starting mid January till mid February.

[@eugeniaherkamto6342]

Valentin George: Thank you for adding information but again I can't stay in cold winter weather...... I love to be in warm climate as I am living now........ Happy Holidays

[@vangelescu]

Eugenia Herkamto Which climate is that?

[@eugeniaherkamto6342]

Valentin George: HAWAII...........it's pleasant with no winter, yes we have snow but only on top of MAUNAKEA for 16,000ft. I am planning to come to Romania next year but for sure NOT winter.......might be early autumn quiet and not cold yet........... I met a girl from Romania not long ago in Hawaii and we exchange email so we can keep in touch.......

[@iuliandeu4695]

I live in Berlin and the wheather ist scheisse also.

[@parnicamadalin6207]

I am from bucharesti

[@abisgetaway8724]

I would know 😂😂 I’m Romanian

[@mx5058]

What type of professional career that you can get in Romania and is it hard to get hire for the job that you have applied for such as technician disciplinary exclude computer programming.?

[@LegendMathai]

Internet is so fast there because of the neighboring networks. About 15-16% of connections have speeds of about 100mbps.United States can't even catch up to that.

[@Psycho-TN]

But what about if you were working in Romania like earning in Leu ?

[@anacristinalipan5336]

A rent in Bucharest is not so bad if you compare that with a foreign sallary, maybe in euros or in dollars. I understood that you work from home and you earn money in dollars. Whatever... I afirm that the rent is too expensive, because I can compare that 200-300 euros with the Romanian sallary, and the average is around 200 and a half euros and this translates in 1000-1500 lions. And the sallary in the most places, is equal with the rent. That s why, in this country you can't move alone if you have not a good job or a degree or something.

[@CesaresChannel]

Where did you find your apartment? Airbnb?

[@iulianmohorea774]

Good ideea for zizin brasov.y.d.

[@neyneynanamo2071]

if you are still there go to Tiriac Auto Museum in Otopeni ;) thank me later

[@fpostolache]

You can use tap water and if you are self loving you can buy cans with filters. You have no idea why the internet is fast ?! Comunication infrastructure. Easy as that.

[@DarkPrinceOfClowns]

I was under the impression that tap water in Bucharest was safe to drink. Is that not the case? Or is it just that the water tastes like it comes straight from the Thames, like SOME London water does? Oh, and do you happen to have a video about the different neighborhoods? I'm considering moving to Bucharest, but I want to avoid any and all tourist areas like the plague since they tend to both crank up the prices and be filled with tourists. But I also want to avoid any high crime areas that's not safe to walk at night. And still have the convenience of stores, and the metro --or whatever they have-- close by. Plus, some neighborhoods have nicer architecture than others. (Although I like Grunge amongst other things, so I'm not sure my tastes are the same as the average guy's. lol) It would be nice to know the different options. Also... What are some NON TOURIST flat letting agencies that still speak English? (Again: Everything aimed at tourists is guaranteed to cost 3 times as much as anything aimed at locals. It did in Riga, and everywhere else I've ever been.)

[@makita3680]

I grew up in Bucharest drinking the tap water in communist times and nothing happened to me. Back then we didn't even have bottled water. Of course it was just normal to drink the tap water. Other than that, nice video, thanks. Been thinking of moving back.

[@giuliat1443]

Bucharest is really bad at recycling, that's true, but other cities of Romania do a much better job at it. I mean at least transilvanean cities. I know my city has a really good recycle system and so do many other cities around here..

[@malthus101]

25 lei to get a normal taxi to the airport? Even Uber's lowest price from the airport was 33... (my normal taxi asked me for 40 but I gave him 50 coz I'd just arrived and sometimes do that on first arrival)

[@steamstories1279]

Taxi is expensive to the airport. There is a bus (783) which goes from the center and the cost is $1.5 (yeah, less than $2) and another $1.5 when going back. And it's relatively fast. If the city is full, a taxi won't make much of a difference.

[@consty715]

Lol mega image bag

[@magiciancibini9674]

This hints at why Romania has such fast internet (the fastest in Europe), and is an entertaining read: foxnomad.com/2012/03/15/why-is-the-internet-in-romania-so-damn-fast/ - in a nutshell, human capital (lots of IT geeks) unobstructed by excessive regulations. Also, in a different article, Vice explains it: When the demand for high speed internet started to grow in Romania, Romtelecom (Romania's AT&T) hadn't yet launched. To meet the need, savvy entrepreneurs started to launch neighborhood networks: small, localized operations that only serve a customer base of a few blocks. At first, these were just local area networks so neighbors could share music they'd downloaded or play games together. The local network operators started to make more money as more people joined the network, so they decided to use the LANs as a convenient way to sell inexpensive high-speed internet to a specific area, installing overhead internet cables. "There are now discussions about forcing these operators to put their networks underground, which would have the benefit of removing the fibres from view in many urban areas," reads a case study from the ITU. "However, to date operators have not been forced to put their networks underground on a large scale and Romanians therefore enjoy access to relatively cheap broadband infrastructure in many urban areas."

[@swingro2011]

You are bad at math. Actually the 5 liter one has less plastic than 2 of 2.5l or 3 of 1.5l. Pls stick to vlogging because you are really good at it :)