The Hidden Gem of Europe | Exploring Oradea, Romania
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Is Oradea a hidden gem of Europe? We spent a few days exploring Oradea, Romania and were shocked by just how beautiful and well-maintained this city is. One of the most recommended places for us to visit by our viewers, we quickly realized why.
The town square, full of restaurants, cafes, and shops makes Oradea a perfect place to spend the afternoon - or a few days if you have the time. The town has so much more to offer than just the town square including a river walk that winds through the town, the cathedrals, and churches. Join us as we explore the most beautiful city in Romania.
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What has been your favorite video/destination on our travels through Romania so far? For us, Oradea took us by surprise! It really shouldn't have considering how recommendations we had from viewers to visit. We really hope you can see the beauty of this town and love it as much as we did. Thanks for watching!!
You should visit one or two cities in the Moldova region as well, not to be confused with Moldova the country. So Romania has 3 main regions: Transilvania (Center), Tara Romaneasca (South) and Moldova (East). You should visit Iasi, which is the largest city in the eastern region and one of the biggest in Romania. In Iasi, you can visit the Copou park and Palatul Culturii. I recommend also visiting Vatra Dornei and Suceava. It's a region in the mountains with beautiful landscapes...
That will have to come on our trip back sometime in the near future. Iasi was the most recommended place for us to visit! We shall return! Thank you Zeref for watching!!
Cheers!!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie I personally liked your Brasov and Alba-Iulia videos the most, I don't know why, maybe because they were the longest :)
Hi, Radu! We would love for all our videos to be 20-plus minutes, but we want to ensure the video is engaging throughout. We cut out the "fluff" as much as we can. 😀 Thank you for all your support!!
Cheers!!!🍻
My fave place is the Brasov area and Constanta by the sea. But I havent visited Sibiu, Cluj or Oradea yet! So who knows! They are all in my plans for the next trip in 2024.
Oradea looks gorgeous! I think it may be my favorite Romanian destination so far. Wish you were doing multiple videos from there... another place to add to my list of "places to go" in Romania! Thanks for sharing 👍
I am from Oradea and I feel pretty proud that you enjoyed spending time in our home city
It is a beautiful city, Tania!!
Hey can you help one of my friend who reached their today for studying purpose
Hi tania..
I'm coming to oradea soon.. Can i get your contact number
Hidden gem is right, gorgeous! Thanks again, great video! cheers 🍻
Another great video of Romania and yes Oradea is a hidden gem. Good job and looking forward to see more videos...Too thirsty here also🍺
Thank you!! It is too thirsty so cheers!!!!🍻
You guys have nailed it! Oradea is definitely a hidden gem.
Loved this video!! We're so glad you made it to Oradea and loved it! It was one of our favorite cities in Romania. Totally agree that it's a very liveable and beautiful place.
Thank you! We followed your suggestion!!!
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Oradea = wow. Absolutely gorgeous.
So cool watching the stormy weather approach.
Definitely putting Romania on the travel bucket list.
Y’all were like, “We’re from the PNW. Who needs a stinking ☔️?”
(that being said, where’s your Columbia rain jacket hoodie when you need it)
Cheers, y’all! 🍻
Wonderful place Oradea with his Art Nouveau facades buildings! Go also for Iasi City in Moldova County and then Bucovina with her beautiful painted churches! You will see another divers romanian world! Glad for you being here!🤗
Thank you, Daniel! We won't make it to Iasi this time around but we will be back!!!
Cheers!!!🍻
Great video lads! As an American who lived in Oradea you definitely need more than a day to visit and see everything. I'm happy you enjoyed the city so much - it really is my second home. Let me know if you ever go back, would love to met up and show you some of the more hidden hot spots.
Hi, James, we would love that! We have found that we miss a lot in some locations moving around as much as we did in Romania. We found that we prefer slower travel. We really enjoyed Oradea, so clean! Thank you for watching!
Cheers!!!🍻
I want to visit but is it safe for solo travelers?
@travel_with_renix6956
As a Romanian I can assure you there is nothing to worry about traveling solo in Romania, it is very safe, hospitable and grateful for your visit, lots of people speak English in the city, not so much on the country side.
So many foreigners, vloggers have been or are currently visiting. Hope you will visit and enjoy what Romania has to offer.
Keep in mind right now is winter and it can be cold.
Did a lot of work in oradea. Nice to revisit in the video
Thanks from texas
What a great review of Oradea! You guys have captured the town so well! Btw, I remember seeing you in Oradea. Myself (wearing a white top), my husband and our kids are in this video. You can see us for a split second, when Brian was talking in the Black Eagle Palace. ☺️ I’m subscribing now! 😄
That's so funny!! We love meeting new people, and we wish we had the opportunity to talk. Thank you for subscribing and watching our channel. Safe travels!
Cheers!!!🍻
@Anamaria
Min 1 sec 25 and 26?
Welcome to Oradea as well
I love oradea I was been there last month
As a citizen of Oradea (born here) i have to wellcome all tourists visiting our city and country(yes, there are many other great cities in our country), recommend you to stay more, to visit our rural places too.
For example, "Băile Felix" is a great place to visit, being at just 7 km from the area you was valking on...
There are also many other places to see, in the regional county of Bihor, both in sommer and winter..!
We are not developed as much as a tourismus city, because we stand against rising the prices(allready exploded, in comparation with the living circumstances as romanians) and we disagree to "sell" or destroy our good name for money.
(at least, most of us:))
You may also know that the politicians are very strenght with the localls, and there were great sacriffices to renew(renovate) this city to became "instagramable" as we say.
Now, in 2024 those tunnels (you didn't filmed at work) are ready, and the "down town" area will be enlarged to the old citadel you visited.
There, in the back exit, we have hugee festivities in sommer when people from different country are comming to play some war scenes, for several years (we have 2 termal water springs there, and a nice parc to have a resting hour in nature).
There are many things to see in pur country, but as i said, we are not engaged in that "tourism bussiness" everywhere.
We really think that pur hospitality, shall not develope to be sold, but to stay natural.
We hope to remain pure next decades too, even when people from other cities are comming to develop such ideas here.
Hello again, that’s a beautiful place, I can’t wait to go there 😍 are you guys traveling every week?
UHG!! Yes, it seems like we are. We have decided that slow travel is more our style! As you know, we are in Split now and staying put for two months!!
@@BrianandCarrie
We totally agree. Slow travel is better. In fact, we ended up extending our visa in PT and staying almost 6 months. We are still on Madeira, loving the sun tropical weather.
Just sorry we won’t see you in Croatia. We head to Lagos for October and then Turkey for November and December. After summer here, we need some inexpensive months. 😅
Have a great time. We are loving the videos. Romania is now on the plans for next summer. Thanks to you.
If you ever come back to Oradea, make sure to visit the Baroque Palace and Roman Catholic cathedral, its the biggest baroque complex in South Eastern Europe, also to visit the aquapark and the nearby thermal spas of Baile Felix, Oradea is the thermal capital of Romania.
Thank you for the tips, Sebi! That is the downside of moving around from place to place too fast, you tend to miss things!!
But you are orthodox, aren't you😀🇭🇺✌🏻...?
The town looks stunning. So nice to see you enjoying it and enjoying the beers, lol.
A city with tradition and very beautiful !
We agree!
Cheers!!!🍻
I'm so so happy that you have highlighted Oradea! I have lived (briefly) and worked here for almost 20 years. So much has changed for the better since 2003 and I LOVE it!
Oradea is so clean and beautiful. We only had three days and wish that we could have stayed a bit longer. Thank you for watching our channel!
Cheers!!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie yeah, their local administration has received a lot of praise in Romania for what they've done in the last decade or so. Economically it's still below Cluj, Timisoara, Brasov or Sibiu, but it's growing.
Born and raised in this town, I left Oradea in 2003 (before it got really nice) to live in the States. Things got progressively better there since I left while quite the opposite has happened here. Sad but true. I can see myself retiring there.
We’d love to see more about the costs of living and any travel challenges you may have encountered. Thanks for sharing on RUclips
Hi, Tony. We do our "cost of living" video at the end of our stay in each country we visit. So that video will be in three weeks followed by "The ugly truth of full-time travel". Thank you for watching!!
Cheers!!!🍻
Another good one. 🙂👍 As always, thanks and keep 'em coming! 😅🍻
I'm glad to see more tourists people from another country's come to visit my beautiful town Oradea ❤️❤️!!! And uploading the videos to see more people ❤️❤️!!
Thank you!!!
Hope you can go on Baile Felix for swimming on Apollo😁is geotermal water😉And if you like to stay i recommended for you Lotus Termal😊is a 5*hotel
Thank you, Sebastian. Unfortunately, we were only lucky enough to get to stay two days in Oradea. Great tips for a future trip!!!
Cheers!!!🍻
I'm happy that you descover Oradea.
I think I was the first you told you about our beautifull town, in a comment.
Thanks.
You are the best!
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Yes, and thank you for the suggestion. We had a wonderful time!!
Cheers!!!🍻
Very nice! 👍👏
Beautiful place 👌👌👌🍻
*WONDERFUL !!*
Thanks for posting this. I have been to Oradea twice, most recently March '22. It was fun seeing you walk many of the same places I have walked. I agree it is a gem of a city.
Thank you for watching Michael!
Cheers!!🍻
Great pictures, very informative. Looks beautiful.
Thank you!!
Can't wait to visit here...thank you!
Thanks for sharing...indeed Nagyvárad is a lovely city.....❤️
What a lovely city!! I had no idea! thanks for sharing it.
Thank you for this series!
Thank you for watching!!
It looks like a really nice town. I don't recall myself if I have been there but it seems to be very full of life. Is it your top best place in Romania that you guys have seen?
Great question!! That video will be out in 2 weeks!! 😀 Stay tuned!
Cheers!!!🍻
Love you guys, you’re such inspirations. Hello from NZ
Thank you, Louise!! 🙂
indeed more than very nice place ... i love it here
Love your videos. Im going to Romania in a few weeks and got some great tips from you. Wondering whats on your agenda for the next few months? Thanks.
Hi, Eric!! We just shot a video on our year in review and what we plan to do next. We will be in Croatia, home for the holidays, then, off to Southeast Asia in 2023. Thank you for watching and safe travels. You will love Romania!
Cheers!!!🍻
Although it’s interesting to see video of these places that aren’t typically visited by Americans, I’d love to hear more about nomad travel life. The practical stuff, difficulties, cost, more pics of airbnbs. Thanks!
Hi, Kari. Thank you for watching our channel. At the end of each country that we visit we do a "Cost of Living" and a "Pros and Cons" video. We have a series on Spain, Portugal, and Greece that may interest you. We include videos of our Airbnb in the cost of living videos. We are also planning a video in the coming weeks that will be the ugly side of slow travel. Thank you again for watching!
Cheers!!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie looking forward to hearing about the ugly side that not many people talk about.
Your channel is so much fun! You guys are great. When I first found you, I was looking at site-specific videos: Valencia in particular, so I ignored your other videos from other locations. But then as I stumbled across your other locations here and there, I got hooked. Now I'm binge-watching to catch up.
Thank you, Michael, for the kind words and for watching our channel!! We are happy that you found us.
Cheers!!🍻
Welcome to Romania,Welcome to Oradea.
Frumos!👍🤝😊👏👏👏
Thank you!
Thank you for this video! Oradea is a great city!
Thank you so much for watching. Oradea is a beautiful place!
Go to Felix thermal Bath close to Oradea
I LOVE this video! I wanna see you both dance in the rain! Miss you both! Looking forward to November and December! Love you lotta care care! 😍🥰
Awww....Love you and miss you! Counting down the days till we are home for the holidays ❤️❤️
Welcome to Oradea. These storms are a result of cloud seeding ⛅ ⚡. România just like many countries has such a special program. Geoengineering has certainly very tricky side effects with heavy storms, lightning, flash floods, strong winds, hail and mud slides.
Thank you for being so found of România and for your positive reviews. God bless you 🙏
I love this place
👍👍👍 sehr schön
Hi guys. Looks beautiful. How long are you allowed to visit Romania?
With a US passport, you get 90 days. Very much worth visiting!!
Cheers!!!🍻
You are the first vloggers from my watchlist that visit Romania and promote Oradea. GG there! IMO it's better than Cluj! It's not usually on the list but it's one of the cities that got into Top 1 for its fast evolution and history... As a recommendation, if you come back again, try to visit Resita - CS too, you'll see why ;).
Thank you for the advice! We loved our time in Romania and hope to be back one day soon!! Thank you for watching!! 😊❤️
In all honesty, doesn't look like any downside to the last few towns you've shown. I wonder how harsh the winters are? We are now 5 months in Portugal, incredibly happy with our move - we feel we've dodged an economic bullet, as we're from the UK. Romania looks good for our European travels next year for us! Thanks!
We really believe that Romania is incredibly underrated. We couldn't think of a "con" other than a couple minor transportation inconveniences. However, wintertime is as you would expect. Portugal is still our first choice of a long-term destination. We will have our Romania "Cost of Living" video out in a few weeks. Thank you for all the support!
Cheers!!!🍻
Cheers!!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie Do you guys mean Transylvania is underrated? :D Yeah, it is very underrated. Very beatiful.
@@loszi.8918 Not Transylvania but Romania as a whole. Transylvania is just one third of Romania.
Very beautiful city ❤
Thank you for watching!! ❤
Sitting at the Red Corner in Alicante drinking a Lagunitas right now
Social!!
Haha! That's funny! Love that place!
Cheers 🍻
hello from oradea.RO
Hello sir
Nice 👌💯💯👌❤️
You have likely talked about this...... Do you two use credit cards for day to day purchases?. Two thirsty....meals....etc. Or do you draw out weekly currency cash and use cash for day to day? Great video.... Italy was awesome and our away luggage worked great and Minnie loves her other bag you recommended Carrie..... Be safe.....
Larry and Minnie
Hi guys! Nice to hear you are liking your luggage!! We most always use cards but we will have small amounts of cash just in case it is needed. Safe travels!!
Cheers!!!🍻
Next time try contacting someone who lives here, they can give a lot of info and insights about the city, and maybe even try restaurants that are not tourist traps:)
We are usually in a location longer than 2 days and have a better opportunity to meet people and get suggestions. In Brasov and Sibiu we had a lot more time to take to do what the locals do. Thank you for watching!!
Cheers!!!🍻
Its a little Vien.
loving these underrated/overlooked countries!👍 I have a random/weird question about car noise....in your travels have you heard really loud noises from cars - specifically the annoying loud muffler sounds from cars revving engines, what used to be called "rice rockets", although that seems a little racist... anyhow, I live in So Cal and sometimes it's like I'm living in a Fast and Furious movie because in my neighborhood we hear these loud racing muffler sounds at all the time and I'm just wondering if you've had that unpleasant experience over there? or do you hear any of the loud bass bumping BOOM BOOM BOOM from cars at all hours of the night? totally serious question 😖
Thank you! We have not heard anything out of the ordinary, just regular traffic noise. People with expendable income here, I'm guessing, are using their money differently than we may in the US.
Cheers!!🍻
Nice Oradea💪♥️🥰
Yep, we always ask ourselves... could we live here.
have you visited ciuperca hill while in oradea? it s a hill just accross the river from the fortress, it s like a park on the sloape of the hill and on top you have a lookout point boardwalk from where you can see the whole city
Unfortunately, we didn't know about it. That's the problem of only being in a destination for a couple of days. Oradea was such a clean and beautiful place, we loved it! Thank you for watching!
Cheers!!🍻
Oradea gets way less publicity than it deserves, that's why it's not packed with tourists
That's what has drawn prince Charles, now king Charles III to Romania for 20 years now especially the small villages way way in the countryside
I was born in Oradea in Romania
They do have lights the fountains the one you pointed are colorful light.
I like it...
Hello, really enjoying your videos. Can you please share a bit more information, such as pricing on meals, accommodations etc. also do you feel safe… thank you for sharing
Hi, Matthew. We do a "Cost of living" video at the end of each country that we visit. We will have the video out in Romania in three weeks so stay tuned and thank you for watching.
Cheers!!!🍻
I am going to Oradea for work...I dont know about it but it seems Small city
I would love to travel all throughout Europe like you both are doing at some point in my life too. i was wondering if the architecture seems similar from country to county or do you guys feel like each country looks completely different?
Romania looks completely different than Portugal or Greece, the two places we were prier. We would think that the Balken countries have very similar look to each other.
Hi there we've enjoyed many of your videos on Romania and would like to ask if you know if we have a U.S. drivers license do we really need to get an International Drivers license? We haven't found that necessary in a long time anywhere. Thanks!!
Hi! Great question, unfortunately we don't know for sure the answer as we didn't rent a car there. In the future we do plan to get one, as we understand the process is quite easy. The issue really isn't if you need one when renting the car,, it's the officer that pulls you over that may ask for it. Thanks for watching, we loved Romania ❤️
you guys are lovely
Thank you!!😊
Nice video.
You say not touristy, but I see so many signs in English.
That's not a tourist trap sign in this country. Most establishments here are given English names.
Our last king was Cousin with Quinn Elizabeth and the king Charles have few proprieties in Romania search Viscri Romania so we learn english second grade at school
There is a great University in Oradea which has many programs in English, so Oradea hosts students from all around Europe, Mid East etc.
Nice, within Romania from which town you travelled to this place ? Or you are living in this town currently ?
We arrived in Oradea from Cluj but we were only able to stay for a few days. Thank you for watching!!
Cheers!!!🍻
How were the restaurant that you went to? What were their names? Would you recommend them? We are going to Romania, do have a list of the restaurants that you went to in all the cities that you visited. Thank you.
Hi! We try to show the names of the restaurants we visit in the videos for those towns. Unfortunately, with how much we move around it would be hard to recall all the names.
It appears to be not too many people.
Is it still high season there?
Yes, we were there in late August. Really enjoyed this place!
Where do you exchange your money into the local currency ? Do you do it at the airport upon arrival or at some other time?
Hi! We take out local currency from a ATM on arrival. This has worked very well for us. Thanks for watching ☺️
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I born in Oradea , and for me us a Little Paris. Always was the highest culture because mor closed to the WEST .
When you are flying to your new destinations, are you buying one way flights? If so, do they question you at the airport?
It depends on the country that you're flying to. We have not had to have an exit ticket yet. However, we are heading to Thailand in January and will have to have one then. Thank you for watching!
Cheers!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie where will your flight be "exiting" to from Thailand?
We will probably be heading to Vietnam.
Bulgaria sofia next please
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It's always two:thirsty!
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Daca e Nagyvarad atunci e și Grosswarden( ORADEA MARE)!?!😂😂😂
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Hi wanted to ask you if the current markets have effected your holdings? If not maybe you can share where you have most of your retirement funds in?
Or can you recommend how you manage your savings we don't need to know your total net worth but if you were me and had $100k or $500k or $1M where would you have all your money invested? In a bank? Thanks Tony
Hi Tony - Great question! Unfortunately, as for most everyone, the current market has affected our investments. But fortunately, they are truly only affected if we need to sell at a loss. Before leaving on our travels we already had a plan in place that would help us in the case there was a major shift in the market. We each keep 2 years' worth of living costs in a savings account, out of the invested market. This way we don't need to draw out money in a low market or have time to wait till it can recover a bit. In a higher market, we typically will sell off funds to keep this account remaining at 2 years, but right now, we are just waiting out the market and will only draw if necessary. Hope that helps - Thanks for watching! Cheers 🍻
Umbrellas? We don't need no stinkin umbrellas!
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The best places are always the ones that arent very popular. Because with popularity comes many problems. It gets more dangerous and more dirty. People also have higher expectations.
I guess you got soaked...in addition to the end of your video. Hope you enjoyed the food there.
We did enjoy the food! We were able to eat out more than in the past!
Looks a bit like Bulgaria.
How are the people there? (Bulgaria: rude)
The people are very friendly in Romania!
This beautiful city was constructed, and founded by German immigrants. Its German name: Großwardein. It was one of the fortified cities of Siebenbürgensachsen , a colonial system founded and cultivated by the large German population of Transylvania of past centuries.
Cutest wet people I’ve seen!
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Brianna and Carrie Iisus Hristos bless you.
Where are the people ? looks deserted.
Oradea isn't a huge tourist destination. Beautiful city, however. Thank you for watching!!
Cheers!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie Yes the world of Eastern Europe Magnificent.
Stolen from Hungary with 90% Hungarian population in 1918😀🇭🇺✌🏻...
Cool city and very clean!!
@gazorszadai1992 You mean taken back 😂😂
@@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr Back? Nagyvárad never belonged to Vlachia 🇭🇺✌🏻...
@@gaborszadai1992 did u learn history from Putin s puppet Orban? :))
@@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr
>>Colin McEvedy, British geographer and historian: "The Latin speaking Wallachians and Moldavians, inhabiting modern Rumania, are first mentioned at the beginning of the 14th century. Their later claim to be descendants of the Roman colonists planted there in the 2nd century AD., seems tendentious and improbable, for the Romans' withdrawal from [modern] Rumania ([in] 270) and the appearance of the Vlach states are separated by a millennium in which the country was the property of Slav and nomad and which is devoid of all evidence of Roman survival. Almost certainly the Vlachs came from the western Balkans."These words are aptly corroborated by the French historians Pierre George and Jean Tricart in their book: L’Europe Centrale: - Peuples de I’Europecentrale au XIe siicle).
Colin McEvedy angol földrajz- és történelemtudós szavai: “A modern Romániában lakó, a latin leánynyelvén beszélő havasföldiek (Wallachians) és moldvaiak (Moldavians) először a 14. században említtetnek. Későbbi állításuk, hogy a Kr.u.a 2. században odatelepített rómaiak utódai, célzatosnak és kevéssé hihetőnek látszik. Ugyanis, a rómaiaknak Románia földjéről (270-ben) történt visszavonulását és az oláh (Vlach) államok megjelenését évezred választja el, amelynek során e föld szláv és nomád népek birtokát képezte, és amelyből teljesen hiányzik a római továbbélés bizonyítéka. Szinte bizonyos, hogy az oláhok a Balkán nyugati részéről származtak.”
McEvedy szavait illően erősíti Pierre George és Jean Tricart francia történészek műve: L’Europe Centrale - Geographie Physique et Humaine /Közép-Európa természeti és népességi földrajza (a 11. században)
Do you know that all the Art Nouvaeu are the works of hungarian architects,as all the buildings built up to 1914?This is the reason that Oradea for us Hugarians is always and forever Nagyvárad -Hungarian city! It worth to know about it,it's a part of the story!
Thank you, Agnes.
Cheers!!!🍻
Then Budapest is a German city! It was mostly German before 1880 but you hypocrite Hungarians never admit that!
Romania mofo's!
Welcome to Romania,Welcome to Oradea.
Várad (later: Nagyvárad): from Her Hungarian name came Her latin name Varadinum (and not "Oradeanum") in the medieval ages. Nagyvárad had 95% Hungarian population for 100 yrs ago (nowadays 25%). A great proof of "humanity" and "kindness" you treat minorities in your high-civilized cultured country😊🇭🇺✌🏻...