Today I am taking a different approach to the type of articles that I share with you and present 20 reasons why you should never visit Romania. Don’t get that blood boiling, though, until you fully read and understand this article. You might be up for a surprise!
In the past, we’ve talked about the good and the bad, the cheap cost of living and everything in between, but today it’s time to make things clear: you should never visit Romania.
There, I said it and in order to prove my point, I will list below the 20 most important reasons why you should never come here. Really, check them all out and you’ll be horrified. It’s a nightmare!
The truth is that there might be even more than 20 reasons why you should never come here – way more, actually – but I think that these will be enough for you to help you cut it off your “to visit” or “to retire/move to” list. So let’s get it started!
1. It’s a poor country with mostly rural life
2. The girls are some of the ugliest in the world
3. The boys look like peasants from the past, too
4. You’ve got nothing to see
5. Just barren land
6. Roads in Romania are horrible
7. The food is meh
8. Dracula’s castle is overrated
9. They don’t have other castles
10. The small villages are horrible
11. The seaside is a complete mess
12. Romanian architecture is old and ugly
13. There’s no culture there
14. Danube’s Delta is overrated
15. Nature is boring in Romania
16. Man-made sculptures are unimpressive
17. Romania is actually pretty boring overall!
18. Just horrible religious buildings
19. Nothing to see!
20. You have no reason to ever visit Romania
I’m sure this completely changes your mind in case you were considering to come here and visit or retire… right?
If you liked this – don’t forget to share it with the world so that everybody knows the “horrors” here. I’m sure that they will be surprised to see these reasons and they will enjoy it just as much as you do.
Note: Since there were people reading this article that couldn’t really get the joke, I feel obliged to actually write this down so that it’s clear for everybody. No, friends, I am not blind or crazy: those above are indeed reasons why you should visit Romania, but I just wanted to take a different approach.
This list is terrible!!! Romania sucks!!! I will never, ever think of visiting it. 🙂 . In fact, l think l will make a trip there very soon just to tell you how horrible it is! So meh!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 . Great post!
Thank you! I thought it’s time for a different approach this time :))
Forget the sales pitch, how does one file for residency? I have a pension about 10 times what a civil servant earns, plus some savings.
John, you can find all your answers by reading my article on getting a residence permit: https://www.romaniaexperience.com/how-to-get-a-residence-permit-in-romania/
Calin: You’re too funny! You had me until I saw the pictures.
Is #12 the old casino in Constanta (sorry I don’t have the correct spelling)?
~Teil
Yes, it is, Teil!
That did it! I’m convinced….trip is off! 😉 There are so many places and things to see around Romania that I don’t even know where to start once we figure out enough about our initial town. One thing I know is that there is a lot around Drobeta that I must see. I want to see the statue, the bridge, the baths, the sunken town, etc. If the weather there was more to my mountain liking then I would be moving there. Thanks for another great article C!
Decebal’s statue is really close to Drobeta, Keith and Bigar Waterfall is close(ish) too. To be honest, I never personally saw the Bigar waterfall and I’ve heard that it’s not as impressive as the photos – all are artsy and nice – but there’s certainly a lot to see in the country. I’m sure you’ll have the time for it once you get here!
Well, well, well! Romania has moved up to 37th in the World Bank “Doing Business” rankings. Congratulations! Last year Romania was 48th and the year before, 72nd! This is a lightning assent in my opinion. What is happening there on the ground? Not only does Romania have “nothing to see,” it is also a terrible place to do business, right, Calin?
To be honest, I don’t know that much about the business side, but I know that the government has been doing its best to encourage new businesses. Apparently, they’re doing something right 🙂
”Well, well, well! Romania has moved up to 37th in the World Bank “Doing Business” rankings. Congratulations! Last year Romania was 48th and the year before, 72nd!”
This sentence sounds a bit not appropriate if I may, I wonder what is someone’s reflection to someone’s evolution as we all grow end evolve with the right to do so as a human, child, professional etc.
Do Get Up Romaina and Shine !
Dear Colin,
I am with you all the way, unfortunately this is so horrible and scary for such things to be seen. However , I am down to earth and Am ganna challenge and convince myself to take a short trip to visit those ugly places. 🙂
Just keep on sending us such horrible and ugly things please.
Wishing you all the best from Jordan.
Thank you, Emad! I hope you will have a great time when you come here!
If only the U.S. was as bad! Seriously, if Romania plays it’s cards right, it might explode in popularity.
I highly doubt that… but we’ll see 🙂
Thank u so much for making this list — I first visited Romania 10 years ago and have traveled all over the country…. I come back once or twice each year just to try and find 1 good reason to come back again. So far no luck, but I will keep coming back just to find 1 good thing about Romania and will post when I do 🙂
Haha, let us know if you manage to find something like that, Steve!
Thinking I may have to move to Romania in the next year or 2…. the quest to find something good in Romania will need to be a full time search 🙂
Romania Have so many things to visit : The Statue of Decebalus in Orsova is Europe’s largest rock sculpture,Romania has the best preserved Delta in Europe,Romania boasts the world’s largest administrative building,Romania has 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Romanian inventors have changed the world,Romania has one of the happiest cemeteries on Earth,The only gold museum in Europe is found in Romania.And more
Hello sir,USA is more developed than Romania in terms of all aspects,remember that,only population is huge in America,so it looks little dirty.
Thanks. You convinced me. I will cross out Romania and stay in Hungary a little longer.
MY FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT!. its HOME to me. considering i was born there but live in the STATES now. I CAN MAKE pretty much everything that i ate as a child however the food in the STATES is NOT as fresh as in ROMANIA. but still works.
You are so blind. The pictures in here are beautiful and none of the places you told us about are overrated. I am a beautiful Romanian girl who you’d just wish to be with. Stop being frustrated about countries you’ve never ever seen and try to do something good about yours
I think somebody didn’t really get this article 🙂
I am also born and raised in Romania and I have created this blog to help people better understand this country and its beauties. Of course, maybe the irony was not that obvious for some, but trust me that most people actually get the tone of this article, the irony and the fact that it’s all about the good things Romania has to offer.
Why are you even talking so badly about your country . Is very rude to do that . I never disliked Romania or Ireland .Both of them are my countries.
People that are speaking badly about Romania are probably Hungarian or Russian, don’t take them in consideration.
An and Alex and everybody else… please open your eyes and carefully look at the article. Don’t just read the title and assume things, because this is the recipe for disaster and probably the reason why the world is upside down right now. Take 2 minutes out of your lives and go through the article (look at the photos too) and maybe a light bulb will turn on, just like in the cartoons.
To be honest the Romanian coastline is really a complete mess and extremely depressing except maybe the old Casino pier in Constanta. Just a fact which most Romanians probably know hence the Bulgarian coast is always overcrowded of them.
I love in romania . I know , It’s UGLY ! The people there are jerks , and nature is dying there . . . Traditional food is disgusting if it is not cooked by a professionist and the “Decebal” statue + Dracula’s castle sucks . Decebal is that man sculpture . Delta is cool (ignoring the trash)
I still feel the same way about Romania. Now, having visited.. I say it still sucks….haha! It calls for a second visit for me just so l can repeat myself! 🙂 🙂 :-).
Indeed! There are still many areas left that are worth a visit to be convinced!
Most of these are unironically half-truths.
it’s not a rich country, the people are nothing special,
nature actually is very nice here, the roads are not good tho.
the food also is nothing special. Dracula’s castle is overrated and compared to western europe,
we don’t really have many forts (eg. France).
Small villages are nothing special either.
The seaside IS quite the mess, to be honest.
There is some nice architecture, but so little in numbers that I’m not boasting with it.
The culture is actually nice.
The delta is not overrated, it’s just fine.
One can debate about the religious buildings..
Overall, if you want to visit the nature, you are fine.
If you want to see other things too, there are better places for that.