Romania became a member of Schengen zone on 31st March, 2024. It is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has an area of 238,397 square KM with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest and other major urban areas include Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov and Galați.

Romania is a developing country with a high-income economy, its economy is now based predominantly on services. It is a producer and net exporter of machines and electric energy through companies like Automobile Dacia and OMV Petrom. Romania has been a member of the United Nations since 1955, NATO since 2004 and the European Union (EU) since 2007. The majority of Romania’s population are ethnic Romanian and religiously identify themselves as Eastern Orthodox Christians, speaking Romanian, a Romance language. The Romanian Orthodox Church is the largest and traditional church of the country.

Romania is a extremely beautiful, highly underrated country in the Balkans. Its natural beauty, friendly people, affordability and high-quality internet speeds make it an excellent option for moving to Europe. Romanian is an Eastern Romance language spoken by approximately 22–26 million people as a native language, primarily in Romania and Moldova  and by another 4 million people as a second language. Romania is one of the countries where English is very well understood and spoken. Romania ranks 16th in Europe for English proficiency better than countries such as France, Spain, Italy or Greece and 20th in the world.

For the most part, Romania is a safe country to travel to and considered to be a welcoming traveling destination, ranked among the most-threat free countries on the planet.

Romanian people

Romanians love foreigners and are generally welcoming, a lot still has to be done in making basic information available in English. As a rule of thumb, do not expect to have important signs in major institutions or in tourism facilities translated into English. Foreign visitors consider Romanians among the friendliest and most hospitable people on earth. Romanians are by nature fun loving, warm, hospitable, playful with an innate sense of humor. Romanians are warm and hospitable people who love to make everyone feel welcome. As a result, you won’t have any problems in becoming acquainted quickly with the locals and making friends.

Education

Education in Romania is based on a free-tuition egalitarian system. Access to free education is guaranteed by Article 32 in the Constitution of  Romania. Education is regulated and enforced by the Ministry of National Education. Romania’s education system is rapidly advancing.

The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 rose from 96.7 percent in 1992 to 97.3 in 2002. Today, 98.8 percent of Romanians are literate. Whether we are talking about software and hardware companies, applications developers or maintenance and support services, system engineers, programmers, either senior or junior are in great demand in Romania. Other areas with great opportunities for hiring are construction and real estate.

Medical

Every citizen of Romania is entitled to cost-free, unrestricted medical procedures, as established by a physician only if they present themselves with a health card as of 9 September 2015, proving to have paid insurance.

Weather

Like other countries in south-east Europe, Romania has a temperate continental climate, with very warm summers and cold, snowy winters. In the capital, Bucharest, summer temperatures regularly reach the mid-30s, while in winter they drop well below zero. Owing to its distance from the open ocean, Romania has a continental climate. Summers are generally very warm to hot, with average highs in Bucharest being around 29 °C (84.2 °F), with temperatures over 35 °C (95 °F) not unknown in the lower-lying areas of the country.

 

Tourism

Romania‘s tourism sector had a direct contribution of EUR 5.21 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, slightly higher than in 2017, placing Romania on the 32nd place in the world, ahead of Slovakia and Bulgaria, but behind Greece and the Czech Republic. In the first three months of the year 2018, there were 3.12 millions of foreign tourists. Compared to the same 3 months of the previous year, arrivals increased by 10.9% and overnight stays in accommodation establishments increased by 7.1%.

In the first nine months of the year 2019, there were 10 millions of foreign tourists. Compared to the same 9 months of the previous year, arrivals increased by 10.2%.  According to National Tourism Statistics, 15.7 million domestic and foreign tourists stayed in overnight accommodations in 2018. Of these 2.2 million are recorded as foreign tourists.

Tourism activities

Major touristic attractions

Special Interest

Arts and Crafts, Architecture, Authentic Experiences, Active Vacations, Danube River Cruises, Dracula Legend, Festivals & Events, Food & Wine, Genealogy Searches, Jewish Heritage, Meetings & Incentive, Saxon Heritage, Traditions & Folklore.

Romania’s Historical Regions

Banat & Crisana, Bucovina & Moldova, Dobrogea, Maramures, Transylvania, Walachia

Some interesting facts of Romania:-

  • Its home of the world’s heaviest buildings (like Bucharest’s vast Palace of the Parliament, begun during the final years of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s rule and not finished until 1997 (seven years after his death) is 240 metres long, 270 metres wide, 86 metres high (12 storeys) and cost a staggering €3 billion (£2.5bn) to build) moreover,others remarkable building are also big attractions for tourists like Sky Tower, globalworth Tower, Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului, Ana Tower, Tower centre international, House of the free press, Asmita Gardens Tower, Orheedea Tower, Bucharest Financial Plaza, BRD Tower & Euro Tower, Doamna Gicha Plaza & Intercontinental Bucharest etc.) .
  • Triumphal Arch [Arcul de Triumf] – (is located on the Kiseleff Road in the northern part of Bucharest, Romania. It was first built wooden then later Romania gained its independence in 1878  so that the victorious troops could march under it. Another arch with concrete skeleton and plaster exterior of elaborate sculptures and decoration designed by Petre Antonescu was built on the same site after World War I in 1922. The arch exterior, which had seriously decayed was replaced in 1935 by the current much more sober Neoclassical design, more closely modelled in the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The new arch, also designed by Petre Antonescu and executed in stone, was inaugurated on 1 December 1936. The arch has a height of 27 metres. It has as its foundation a 25 x 11.50 metres rectangle).
  • World’s most beautiful roads (Transfăgărășan Road in Romania is the ‘world’s best driving road’. Stretching over 90 kilometres (56 miles), cutting through the Făgăraș Mountains, the Transfăgărășan is filled with hairpin turns. The views get more and more spectacular as you go higher, the top being at 2,134 meters (7,000 feet)).
  • Bucharest has one the most prettiest bookshops
  • Romania claims the fastest 4G internet network is envy for the world (Romania has faster internet than the United States Romania consumes more internet on an average than any European country, having a monthly traffic of 91 GB for fixed broadband lines).
  • The Railway network is also impressive
  • Mount Rushmore (This sculpture, on a rocky outcrop at the river Danube’s Iron Gates gorge, was made between 1994 and 2004, this is the statue of the former Dacian ruler and ancestor of the Romanians “Decebalus”( Decebal), who was the last king of Dacia and died in 106AD, he fought against the Roman Empire. This had been sculpted by 12 alpinist-sculptors over a period of 10 years, the statue is 55 meters (180 feet) tall and is the highest stone sculpture in Europe).
  • Birthplace of Coffee machine (Many people drink today Illy coffee with many an Italian claiming Espresso as part of their national heritage. But only few know that Francesco Illy, creator of an automatic steam espresso coffee machine, was born in the Romanian city of Timișoara. He later moved to Vienna (Austria) and then the Italian city of Trieste where he opened its business, the world-known coffee roasting company Illy Caffe).
  • Romania made the world’s largest flag (a five-ton flag that measured 349 meters by 227 meters, and used 44 miles of thread, was unfurled in Romania in 2013).
  • They’ve invented a lot (and not just long sausages. Nicolae Paulescu discovered insulin (though two Canadian scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 for their studies on the hormone), Henri Coandă has been credited with inventing the modern jet engine and Petrache Poenaru created the fountain pen).
  • Romania has four Nobel prize laureates – George Emil Palade (medicine), Elie Wiesel (peace), Herta Müller (literature) and Stefan Hell (chemistry).
  • Churches are spectacular and tallest wooden church in Europe.
  • There’s a whole village displayed in a museum (the Astra Museum of Folk Civilization is an open-air museum located next to Sibiu, displaying more than 300 traditional houses, watermills, windmills, gigantic presses for wine, fruit and oil, stables and barns, giving visitors the feeling of wandering around a traditional village. The museum is also the second-largest outdoor museum in the world).
  • The second largest building in the world is in Bucharest (topped only by the Pentagon, the Palace of Parliament is the second largest administrative building in the world. A symbol of Ceaușescu’s megalomania, the building is 240 meters (787 feet) long, 270 meters (886 feet) wide and 86 meters (282 feet) high. Built on 12 storeys, the monument has 1,100 rooms. According to Guinness World Records, it is also the heaviest building on the planet).
  • A round village lies in the west of Romania (Charlottenburg, the only round village in the country, is an unmatched landmark of Banat region, located 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Timișoara. The village was built in the 18th century by the Swabians, German colonists who settled in the country. The perfect circle of houses, stables and barns is erected in symmetric style, all the houses having the same distance in-between and standing at the same height).
  • The world’s first top-scoring Olympic gymnast is Romanian (Nadia Comăneci, a Romanian gymnast, was the first in the world to receive a 10 in an Olympic Competition of Gymnastics during the 1976 Olympic Summer Games organized in Montreal, Canada. She boasts several gold Olympic medals and is part of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame).

STUDY IN ROMANIA

At a glance:-

  • Internationally recognized Degrees
  • Lowest Tuition Fee in Europe
  • High Ranked International Universities 2024
  • High Quality Education
  • Comprehensive Study Courses
  • Safe & Clean environment
  • Facilitated Students’ Living
  • Tourist Destination
  • Multiple Languages as Medium of Instruction
  • Welcoming & Generous People
  • Easy access to Romanian Citizenship (after 4 years living in Romania and proof of proficiency in both Romanian language & culture, one may apply for Romanian Citizenship)
  • Non-EU students can work up to 4 hours a day
  • Exquisite Culture
  • Faster Internet than USA
  • To enjoy visa free travel to all Schengen countries

 

 

 

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