On March 18th there will supposedly be a Metro strike in Bucharest. This has happened quite often, a memorable one being in 1999 when drivers went on strike demanding the average $113 equivalent monthly salary be doubled. This time, after listening to the “rumor mill” saying everything from their will be 10,000 cars intentionally blocking the road...

Well, it’s still snowing out there, and if you’ll take a look at the webcams on our site (click here) you can “judge” which driving routes look as though they’ll be less likely to have ice on them. Yesterday being the first day of snowfall in Bucharest, there was a time for “adjustment”. The roads were very slick…...

Hi Everyone! Great resource here, can’t wait for the newsletter… I’ve bookmarked this site. Never been on the trams either, so I can’t speak for them. I do stick with the taxis and the metros as well. This map here came off the web of course, and I will say to check with the metro as well for an up-to-date map, as I dont know if this one...

Getting around town can be extremely simple, or quite difficult and stressful… it all depends on what you know. At roughly 1,5 lei per kilometer for the average taxi ride, you’re on par with some of the cheaper taxi trips in Europe. For 20 lei ($8-ish USD) you can take a tour of the city. Just be prepared to sit in traffic for an ungodly amount of...