If you ask someone with little knowledge of Romania for some famous Romanians, the answer is generally short, with Dracula being the favourite answer for most (and Gigi Becali being the one that you hope not to hear). We have applied a test on two occasions, when is tying to deter a persistent unwanted person that was trying to build enough of a relationship to...

Hi Everyone, my name is Colin Lovering and I’ve been kindly asked by the Bucharest expat team to share with you on a bi-weekly basis some of my funny and disastrous experiences as well as my general observations about Romanian life, culture and politics through the eyes of an expat. I’ve been living in Bucharest for well over three years now and pride myself...

One of our team members was fortunate to spend Easter in Rimnicu Vilcea celebrating Easter in the traditional Romanian way. Our conclusion was that the celebration of Easter by the Orthodox Christians appears to be a much bigger cultural event than Christmas. The routine is to go to the local church, arriving at approximately 11:45 pm to be able to get a spot to...

Bucharest Expat has included the new “Ask Bucharest” question and answer element in to our website. If you have not seen it yet, then go check it out by clicking here. This is our “simpler” version of a forum, where expats and foreigners can instantly ask or answer any Bucharest (or Romania) related questions. To date we have some great...

Having lived roughly 70% of my life around foreign teenagers and adults, I have now gained the ability to understand the life of an expat. Moving from place to place and eventually ending up in Romania, expat teenagers are all open to change, quickly going from knowing nothing about the Bucharest life to naming each club around. As a Romanian going to an...