Bucharest was and is sometimes still referred to as the least expensive European city. We have heard this quite a bit, and have been asked whether or not this is true. After researching all the cost of living surveys that we could easily get our hands on as well as talking to as many people inside and outside of Romania as we possibly could, we feel we have...

As our primary expertise is in real estate, we are of course interested in the local property market. How is the local real estate market handling the crisis? How is the market dealing with the “faux” recovery and the turmoil in surrounding countries? These are some of the questions where if you ask 100 people then you’ll get 100 different...

We are hearing more and more stories about the “down” economy, whether or not what’s going on around the World has affected Bucharest in any physical way other than the “implication” that we are suffering here as well. The common comments seem to be either “ah it’s all the same as it was before”, or...

Alright Everyone… here’s the biggie topic I see on the web a lot and I have thought quite a bit about this post, as I want to give some good tips and pointers to people asking this question, but will keep it strictly lodging and food for now… Let me start off by saying that I have lived quite a few places around the World, and Bucharest,...