Bravo Romania! Communism destroyed our nations bad. May we both prosper again. Hugs big frati from your smaller brother and hopefully no borders very very soon.
Well I'm from Bucharest and I frequently go on weekends to Ruse for lunch, and it has a pretty nice vibe and also new building projects. Yes, communism kept our countries artificially in the back, but now we can finally grow naturally and repair past mistakes.
@@ifrimvlad Ruse has changed a bit during the last years especially the Danube park, which was very dark and miserable. Yes, there are ongoing projects going on finally but the economy and money are in Sofia and Plovdiv unfortunately. Bucharest is a great city 👏
@@kosmicheskiprah I haven't been to Sofia or Plovdiv. I follow a Bulgarian youtuber named Sofia Routes for some ideas where to go in Sofia. Regarding economy, I'm no expert but I see this trend here in RO and I guess it is the same in BG : the people from villages/extremely small towns go and work in the closest capital/medium-big cities and they bring the money back to the villages/small towns. I notice this when I go to my country-side. There is always repairs done to fences and facades and new houses (and also diaspora sens A LOT of money). So it saves the villages /small towns in the long run. I think once the bigger cities get too expensive regarding house prices, the next closest cities (previously neglected) are developed. This takes years I know, but at least it is development outside the bigger cities. Cheers!
Много благодаря! May Austria and Netherlands come to their senses as soon as possible, and may we thrive together in the EU, NATO, Schengen, eurozone, and the OECD! Обичам България! 🇧🇬🤍🇷🇴
Budapest is smaller than Bucharest.. Always has. Bucharest is growing faster than most cities.. but there is a issue with that.. is the most poluted City in Romania. I'm romanian lived all my life here.. i knnow what im talking about.. but there are improvement to make it more "greener" and unpoluted on the way.. so it will be ok eventualy.
It's not surprising, Budapest is a very new city and the towns from which it was made up benefitted from imperial rule and rich administrations in the past. Bucharest has been a moderately affluent trading hub for most of its existence although residing in a poorer region.
I'm from Belgrade, Serbia. Serbs are always happy when Romanians are in developement and growth... Belgrade also have big projects but I guess numbers are not always same as what you can see with your own eyes. There are construction of new main rail station, new main bus station, highway "Milos Veliki" Belgrade ring road section....last year we open rail line 200km/h to Novi Sad, Metro depot and many smaler projects and many in decelopement, projecting... this is city, state wise. Many private projects like in this video...BG waterfront, Skyline, West65 and much, much more. I would like to know if somebody could compare this 2 cities in developement happening in this moment?
"Economically, Bucharest is the most prosperous city in Romania and the richest capital and city in the region, surpassing Budapest a few years ago. By 2050, studies show Bucharest will emerge as Europe's richest city in terms of GDP per capita, followed by Luxembourg City and Groningen. A new report by Grosvenor revealed Bucharest will already be 3rd richest city in Europe by 2040." :)
@@andrf1749 alredy working on Novi Sad-Subotica 200/h section and soon Belgrade-Nis is starting with construction also 200/h. Under construction 10 sectons of highways, and many healt centers are under reconstruction or new builded...some high rises after 40 year in Belgrade 168m, 155m, 132... I think we are doing ok for now with many more things, energy, airports, digitalization...but I would like someone to compare since I only visited western Romania recently. Arad, Timisoara but I didn't see some big developement there. Maybe stadium in Arad. Wich is biger than 3 we are finishing in few months in Lozica, Zajecar, Leskovac. You should be one of most developed countries in Europe. Or at least that's my wishes for you
@@bgdabg6769 I wish Serbia will have a good economy even without beeing in EU, Romania need to build faster, the last 2 years were the best years for starting infrastructure projects in my opinion, more than 400 km of highway, most of them are now under construction, the rail way has been improved, Now from Bucharest to Sinaia you make 1h and 18 minutes, 2 years ago it was 1h and 40 minutes and I saw that many of the rail way improved, I hope the express road going from Pitesti to Craiova will expand to the border with Serbia, maybe connect it with a Serbian highway and maybe and maybe we will somehow manage to cross from Romania to Serbia and vice versa only with the ID and not with a passport.
@@bgdabg6769 Go to Bucharest it is a nice city, at some hours the traffic is bad but the buildings are very beautifull in the city center and for some of them the entrance is free like the Arch of Triumph. And also the public transport is good especially the metro/subway. If you want to visit Bucharest, come in May-September. And check on the internet the events of that period and the boilers that you can visit.
"Economically, Bucharest is the most prosperous city in Romania and the richest capital and city in the region, surpassing Budapest a few years ago. By 2050, studies show Bucharest will emerge as Europe's richest city in terms of GDP per capita, followed by Luxembourg City and Groningen. A new report by Grosvenor revealed Bucharest will already be 3rd richest city in Europe by 2040."
With today`s shifts in climate, ecomomy, crises, wars and other unpredictable factors it`s very very difficult to asses this. Sure, it will grow but we don`t know how much.
@@bishopoftroy After the A0 highway and the existing ring road/bypass expand from 2 lanes to 4 and a lot of bridges and many more the traffic will be much better and GDP will grow. This will start to happen in 2026 after the construction is done.
@@bishopoftroy Exactly. We're not even in Schengen yet, and because of the war and of the Russian navy in the Black Sea, Western/Central European politicians and investors have been eyeing Croatia instead, make there a port at the Adratic Sea, without having to depend on Turkey's whims. Also, Romania is on the verge of becoming another failed democracy like Hungary. Many people are becoming far-right now.
@@0-Templar-0 urmând aceasta logica inseamna ca Budapesta este jumătate in Balcani ? Nu aplica ad literam ce am spus ! Asta dacă vrei neaparat sa creezi o replica
Budapest is still more impressive but for how long? Romania and Bucharest is just getting started and the gdp per capita has already surpassed Budapest for the first time in history. Bucharest is projected to be one of the richest cities on Earth by 2050 💪🇷🇴 Little Paris of Eastern Europe.
Budapest will always be more beautiful and clean. Bucharest looks like was bombarded. Crumbling pavement, crumbling buildings, garbage everywhere, cars on sidewalks, cables hanging everywhere, like in Bangladesh etc. And this specifically in the center. One of the ugliest and dirtiest capital of EU, period! And is just getting worser. On paper it may be rich, on reality is more like a Gotham city that a capital.
I love Bucharest, I live here, but I must say one thing. It's developing in not the best ways. For instance, the Aurel Persu street at 4:41 - that little street has now traffic jams. There are just way too many medium and high density developments in the area now (and it's not even been all built up yet, the nightmare will only intensify) and the infrastructure can't deal with it. That's what happens when nearly every other person in Bucharest owns a car. Don't get me started on the national shame that is the Cathedral at 9:57 (you surely don't know this, but in that area where Casa Poporului is there was an entire hilly neighborhood of houses, called Uranus, only a small part of which survived to the south of Calea 13 Septembrie). You don't seem to care about lost greenery, nor urbanistic concerns. Anyone can use Google Street View and make a video out of it without having to think. P.S. A lot of shots from here are not in Bucharest proper, but in Voluntari.
The cathedral is not a shame, and I am not even from Bucharest. Don't make your opinion based on some rumours yet, what until it is done and see for what purposes it is used. If its Corrupt or something then yes, call it a shame. And about that neighbourhood, I am pretty sure half if it was already destroyed by Ceausescu so further destruction to build a symbolic building its worth it
@@GetR3kt.exe1 its already passed bro, affordability, safety, community etc.. None of those western cities have those anymore... I live in Canada, and I see it here as well! Back to the mother country it seems!
These comparison videos are quite interesting to watch. Would be nice to see other cities around Romania and eastern Europe. Maybe Prague too! This region suffered a lot due to communism. Romania is one of the success stories of ex communist country success after the collapse of the iron curtain
I wouldn't say success,we still have alot of problems,many of them because of former communists that are still in charge. It is way better than back then though,no matter what the old nostalgic people would have you believe.
@@stefandinu6389 the only problem for romania.. it was joining the EU in 2007 just in the economic crysis.. which just like in europe the full economic recovery happened in 2017, and this gave rise to a decade of populists..and not seeing the benefits so much of the EU accesion But now, the economy is loaded for explosive next 10-20-30 years.. with stable government, EU funds, direct foreign investments… Many will stop leaving for economic reasons in 10-15 years and we will begin to import people
My humble opinion...eastern european country...sure thing....but we are not so close to the Balkans. The capital is closer to the Carpathian mountains..but hey...foreigners like to round us up so not to strain a geographical muscle :)) As a romanian i don't identify as a "balkan country". I'm curious if any fellow compatriots have another view. Nice vid btw!
Yup Romania doesn’t have balkan mountains so its not balkan... Even tho the balkan region is beautiful European region... but Romania Hungary Austria... Aren’t part of the balkans since they don’t have balkan mountains 🏔
Bucharest is 350 km away from Turkish Border. That is closer than the distance to Piatra Neamt, my home city. We may not be completely in the Balcans, but you will find we have a very similar history to other Balcanic people. Language wise Romania is part of the Balcan sprachbund (an area that despite its different language shares a lot of Turkish, Greek and Slavic words due to having had a shared history for centuries.) All Balkans can share a glass of rakija (rachiu) on a veranda or in an "odaia" and eat ciorba (chorba), sarma/dolma or mici/cevapi with guests (musafiri). They can even have serbet and rose jam. Culturally we are genetically also we are most similar to other Balcanic people - Bosnians, Croatians, Serbians, Macedonian being the most similar to us.
@@ralucaganga1974 I don't doubt the similarities between neighbouring peoples, but..if history serves me correct and it often does, we were here with the greek more or less first. The rest came after as migratory people(slavs/maghiars/tatars/etc). Of course habits/customs/food/religion were adopted or adapted. It's only natural. But in a sea of peoples we kind of stick out like a sore thumb :)) Some may be happy about this...others not so much. One thing is certain, we are stubborn :)
My friend, Romania has nothing to do with the Balkans! Look at the map, what the hell! I really don't know where this nonsense comes from! Romania has a connection with the Carpathians! Otherwise, all the best and thanks for filming!
@@ulfffff Castelul Peles nu-i in Transilvania, Romania nu-i in Balcani, si romanii nu sunt balcanici. Transilvania e o regiune care din punct de vedere istoric, cultural, arhitectural si orice altceva vrei tu e asociata mai degraba cu centrul Europei, Valahia si Moldova, atat arhitectural, cultural au fost puternic influientate de Imperiul Otoman. Altfel, nici macar in Balcani nu poti sa vorbesti despre o identitate proprie, nu-i un lagar civilizational, ei au fost influientati in mare masura de otomani. Si majoritatea similitudinilor dintre Romania si tarile din Balcani au mai degraba legatura cu turcii si nicidecum cu un specific local balcanic, si niciuna dintre acele asemanari nu ne face pe noi sa fim balcanici.
Ba suntem, nu mai fiti atat de defensivi, daca anumite persoane de rahat vor sa atribuie o conotatie negative termenului "Balcani", e problema lor. Avem mai multe in comun cu Serbia si Bulgaria decat cu Ungaria care chipurile, nu e tara balcanica.
@@wallachia4797 , Singurul "rahat" din toată ecuația balcanică ești tu!România nu face parte (geografic) din balcani! Ca tu vrei să îți asumi 'identitatea balcanică ' este strict alegerea ta! Transilvania este foarte central-europeană,Moldova est-europa clar , Valahia ta are o profundă influență neo- românească sau brâncoveneasca!De fapt ar fi mult de discutat despre regiunea nord- dunăreana al carui pseudonim îl folosești!Ca bați tu câmpii cu influența balcanică, asta dovedește că ai facut școala cu femeia de serviciu si nu îți cunoști mai deloc țara!
Glad to see you included some less than fortunate developments, not just shiny stuff. I think it paints a more realistic picture of what has been going on in Bucharest. We are just getting started :D the next 2-3 decades will be a blast
@@generalofthearmieseduard9662 i am pretty sure that is not going to happen :)) But there are lots of transformative things that can be done in bucharest to improve the city a lot and to make it more attractive for investors. By 2050 we should have 2 or 3 new metro lanes, an interior and exterior surface rail rings completed, proper alternative transportation infrastructure, the 2 exterior ring roads completed, the median ring completed with most of the intersections having over/ underpasses, new radial roads and a new aeroport. And that is just to name a few things that are kinda already planned, some already in the building phase.... so not the richest european capital, but def a nice metropolis ^^
@@generalofthearmieseduard9662 not sure what you mean by old central european arhitecture. There are lots of old buildings that will most probably be renovated, consolidated and some probably also modernized. Art-deco, modernist, neo-romanian, eclectic and so on. The trend of reintegrating old buildings into the urban landscape has been accelerated in the last years and seems to be led by the private sector, not by the municipality, as it used to be the case. So I think it will continue to accelerate. They will probably also build new buildings on the streets that had unsalvageble ruins and / or simply empty lots, completing various street fronts. Some of those buildings will maybe be inspired by older arhitecture, tho not many examples come to mind.
Balkans? Romania?WTF is this...learn some geography before you post, Romania is not part of the Balkan Peninsula...maybe culturally,but they don't see themselves that way...we call them that.
I would wish to see evolution of the arc de triumf in Bucharest. The last renovation was in 2014. I see lately that Wednesday series was filmed only in Romania 🇷🇴 08:01 on this street is Andrew tate house!
Si comunistii ce domne era mai bine in 2006 fara Europa. Si uite cata schimbare din 2009 pana-n 2022 si nu doar in Bucuresti in toare orasele din tara. Aveam 10 ani in 2006 in orasul meu capitala de judet si nu aveam asfalt pe strada, iluminat public mergeam la scoala in intuneric, nu aveam trutuare nimic si dupa 1 an de la aderare prin 2008 aveam asfalt, trotuare, iluminat si orasul a inflorit imediat dupa intrarea in UE.
Paul, you're not a very good geography teacher at all. Romania, therefore its capital city of Bucharest, is not in the Balkans. Check your sources, which it won't be hard to do, and make the necessary corrections.
You are crazy. Romania is a Carpathian country, along with Poland and Uchraine. Belong of mainland of Europe. You are stupid. We have nothing to do with balkanik culture
Well, Bucharest has improved immensely in the past 10 years from an economic point of view, but, reffering to infrastructure (mostly roads) it became 3x worse and I believe that it is the worst european capital, regarding traffic jam, fact that it makes it feel like shit and so much stressfull for it s inhabitants.
@@ioanciumasu994 Daca ne uitam in istorie, limba romana era vorbită în toți Balcanii și este mai bine sa ne identificăm cu Balcanii decât cu rușii.(Vezi influența sovietică în decembrie 89, in Iași)
@@ulfffff Ce comentariu aiuristic, hazardat si de doi lei de tendentios! "Iti plac rusii"??! Tu numai de Balcani si de Rusi stii? Romania este in Europe Centrala. In Romania sunt Carpatii, nu Balcanii. Faptul ca dialecte ale limbii Romane au fost si sunt inca vorbite in Balcani (adica la Sud de linia Dunare-Sava) este un lucru frumos si valoros, dara asta nu schimba realitatea ca la nord de aceasta linie este Europa Centrala -- care, ca veni vorba, include si Republica Moldova, cu tot cu Transnistria, indiferent ce pretinde Rusia; / statul rus, si Vestul Ucrainei (de altfel orasul Odessa este un fel de punct de tranzitie intre Europa Centrala (si civilizatia occidentala in general) si Europa de Est. PS. Tin sa-ti aduc la cunostinta ca Limba Romana s-a vorbit si in tot lantul Carpatic, pana in Cehia (deci da, si in Ucraina carpatica, Slovacia si Polonia). Si, ca in spatiul dintre Nistru si Bug, Romanii au fost cei mai numerosi (70% din sate erau Romanesti si restul tatarasti) pana la cucerirea sa de catre Imperiul Tarist care a inceput rusificarea. Moldovenii de altfel au detinut mult timp cetatea Vozia (numita de rusi Oceacov, si acum de ucrainieni Oceakiv; sau Oceac), iar Mihai Viteazu a cerut express (dupa castigarea Moldovei) sa i se recunoasca stapanirea Voziei/Oceacului. De altfel zona fusese dominata, dupa Greci, de Romani si Genovezi.
As a Romanian I would like to see more development in other parts of Romania not just in Bucharest. There are counties that get worse and worse while Bucharest is getting all the money.
@@hlevnoidumitru2419 Vrei sa spui ca o duc la fel de bine ca la Bucuresti? Poate Clujul si Brasovul o duc cu adevarat bine. Eu lucrez in Timisoara si nu sunt multumit de oras.
You can’t get rid of them! They make more than 70% of buildings in Bucharest! They need to be modernized and painted like they did in Poland. More than that you can’t do anything. The damage was done.
Until new ring road is completed, Bucharest will suffer from very poor road infrastructure and horrendous traffic (and some totally idiotic traffic rules which we'll need hours to analyze). Central and near central locations remain better for living without the need to take your car (is a must if you can). A lot of areas in the periphery are built without having proper city plan and infrastructure. So you may see new block of apartments growing like tree leaves in the spring, but roads are very narrow, or non existent at all (so no asphalt, full with mud, dust and holes), sidewalks are inexistent, as well as recreation areas (parks, etc). You have this feeling that the constructors are trying to squeeze every single square mm for the blocks. In comparison, Brasov has WAY better road infrastructure than Bucharest, although it is 7-8 times smaller in population.
thanks. great video :). don't forget though that at the edge of the city some neighbourhoods of medium density residential are built extremely poorly and now more and more people live there because they're cheap. also the traffic is incredibly bad, possibly the worst in EU. Decent city. with lots of flaws
behind those fancy modern buildings there could be found homeless people all around every corner has at least 2 of them it looks like even google earth is a master at hiding those things
Homeless are an endangered species in Bucharest... 10years ago they were everywhere, nowadays you have to find hard to get one... same with stray dogs, thiefs and garbage.
@@ulfffff Cum sa fii balcanic daca nu esti ?! Noi suntem localizati in muntii Carpati,nu in Balcani ! Nu va mai luati dupa unu' si dupa altu' pt ca nu-i nici un motiv de mandrie sa spui ca esti balcanic ! In general ''balcanic'' este spus la modul peiorativ ! Cat despre limba romana,cu atat mai mult fiind o limba latina,n-are nici o legatura cu limbile din zona balcanica !
Bravo Romania! Communism destroyed our nations bad. May we both prosper again. Hugs big frati from your smaller brother and hopefully no borders very very soon.
Well I'm from Bucharest and I frequently go on weekends to Ruse for lunch, and it has a pretty nice vibe and also new building projects. Yes, communism kept our countries artificially in the back, but now we can finally grow naturally and repair past mistakes.
@@ifrimvlad Ruse has changed a bit during the last years especially the Danube park, which was very dark and miserable. Yes, there are ongoing projects going on finally but the economy and money are in Sofia and Plovdiv unfortunately. Bucharest is a great city 👏
@@kosmicheskiprah I haven't been to Sofia or Plovdiv. I follow a Bulgarian youtuber named Sofia Routes for some ideas where to go in Sofia. Regarding economy, I'm no expert but I see this trend here in RO and I guess it is the same in BG : the people from villages/extremely small towns go and work in the closest capital/medium-big cities and they bring the money back to the villages/small towns. I notice this when I go to my country-side. There is always repairs done to fences and facades and new houses (and also diaspora sens A LOT of money). So it saves the villages /small towns in the long run. I think once the bigger cities get too expensive regarding house prices, the next closest cities (previously neglected) are developed. This takes years I know, but at least it is development outside the bigger cities. Cheers!
Много благодаря! May Austria and Netherlands come to their senses as soon as possible, and may we thrive together in the EU, NATO, Schengen, eurozone, and the OECD! Обичам България! 🇧🇬🤍🇷🇴
ROMANIA SI BULGARIA TREBUIE SA RAMANA ALIATI !
God bless Romania and Romanians, and our Polish brothers from Poland!
Dzięki 🇵🇱🇹🇩🇵🇱🇹🇩
@@_tracia_212 Bro that's not the Romanian flag. You put the Chad flag.
And what about you Dutch brothers? We love Rumanians and Polish! 😍🤩😘
@@cnutsack
Wtf, man?🤣
@@cnaRomania. Ala e tricolorul Ciadului, o tara din Africa. Seamana cu al nostru, are un albastru mai inchis.
this is proof that we romanians are living in the future
With foreign investors
It will be like London empty buildings.
It has surpassed Budapest as well, who would have thought... Nice channel! Anyway, I feel that Romania is just getting started.
Yes Romanias economy is going to reach 800billion by 2100
@@virgilblaj1430 Yes. Just you wait ;)
Budapest is smaller than Bucharest.. Always has. Bucharest is growing faster than most cities.. but there is a issue with that.. is the most poluted City in Romania. I'm romanian lived all my life here.. i knnow what im talking about.. but there are improvement to make it more "greener" and unpoluted on the way.. so it will be ok eventualy.
@@gattonpc Bucharest is pretty "green" all things considered, it has the most per capita square km of parks in any European capital.
It's not surprising, Budapest is a very new city and the towns from which it was made up benefitted from imperial rule and rich administrations in the past.
Bucharest has been a moderately affluent trading hub for most of its existence although residing in a poorer region.
I'm from Belgrade, Serbia. Serbs are always happy when Romanians are in developement and growth...
Belgrade also have big projects but I guess numbers are not always same as what you can see with your own eyes. There are construction of new main rail station, new main bus station, highway "Milos Veliki" Belgrade ring road section....last year we open rail line 200km/h to Novi Sad, Metro depot and many smaler projects and many in decelopement, projecting... this is city, state wise.
Many private projects like in this video...BG waterfront, Skyline, West65 and much, much more. I would like to know if somebody could compare this 2 cities in developement happening in this moment?
"Economically, Bucharest is the most prosperous city in Romania and the richest capital and city in the region, surpassing Budapest a few years ago. By 2050, studies show Bucharest will emerge as Europe's richest city in terms of GDP per capita, followed by Luxembourg City and Groningen. A new report by Grosvenor revealed Bucharest will already be 3rd richest city in Europe by 2040."
:)
In Romania we don't have rail lines that are going 200km/h :(( , the fastes is 160 km/h. Good job and keep doing more projects like this!
@@andrf1749 alredy working on Novi Sad-Subotica 200/h section and soon Belgrade-Nis is starting with construction also 200/h. Under construction 10 sectons of highways, and many healt centers are under reconstruction or new builded...some high rises after 40 year in Belgrade 168m, 155m, 132... I think we are doing ok for now with many more things, energy, airports, digitalization...but I would like someone to compare since I only visited western Romania recently. Arad, Timisoara but I didn't see some big developement there. Maybe stadium in Arad. Wich is biger than 3 we are finishing in few months in Lozica, Zajecar, Leskovac.
You should be one of most developed countries in Europe. Or at least that's my wishes for you
@@bgdabg6769 I wish Serbia will have a good economy even without beeing in EU, Romania need to build faster, the last 2 years were the best years for starting infrastructure projects in my opinion, more than 400 km of highway, most of them are now under construction, the rail way has been improved, Now from Bucharest to Sinaia you make 1h and 18 minutes, 2 years ago it was 1h and 40 minutes and I saw that many of the rail way improved, I hope the express road going from Pitesti to Craiova will expand to the border with Serbia, maybe connect it with a Serbian highway and maybe and maybe we will somehow manage to cross from Romania to Serbia and vice versa only with the ID and not with a passport.
@@bgdabg6769 Go to Bucharest it is a nice city, at some hours the traffic is bad but the buildings are very beautifull in the city center and for some of them the entrance is free like the Arch of Triumph. And also the public transport is good especially the metro/subway. If you want to visit Bucharest, come in May-September. And check on the internet the events of that period and the boilers that you can visit.
"Economically, Bucharest is the most prosperous city in Romania and the richest capital and city in the region, surpassing Budapest a few years ago. By 2050, studies show Bucharest will emerge as Europe's richest city in terms of GDP per capita, followed by Luxembourg City and Groningen. A new report by Grosvenor revealed Bucharest will already be 3rd richest city in Europe by 2040."
I read this too but I don't remember where, do you have a link?
@@Flbari It's on Wikipedia
With today`s shifts in climate, ecomomy, crises, wars and other unpredictable factors it`s very very difficult to asses this. Sure, it will grow but we don`t know how much.
@@bishopoftroy After the A0 highway and the existing ring road/bypass expand from 2 lanes to 4 and a lot of bridges and many more the traffic will be much better and GDP will grow. This will start to happen in 2026 after the construction is done.
@@bishopoftroy Exactly. We're not even in Schengen yet, and because of the war and of the Russian navy in the Black Sea, Western/Central European politicians and investors have been eyeing Croatia instead, make there a port at the Adratic Sea, without having to depend on Turkey's whims. Also, Romania is on the verge of becoming another failed democracy like Hungary. Many people are becoming far-right now.
I am always happy to see Romania is getting better and better. (Someone from Hungary)
God bless Romania 🇷🇴 Pace and Love around the world 🇷🇴
Most of the city is developing chaotically
corect !, dar si haosul genereaza ceva aparte !
@@psm767 ambuteiaje?
@@gamer1q658 depinde...
One remark. The Balkans are located south of Danube river !
Adică toată Dobrogea face parte din Balcani. Deci da, o parte a țării noastre se află, ghici unde? În Balcani...
@@0-Templar-0 urmând aceasta logica inseamna ca Budapesta este jumătate in Balcani ? Nu aplica ad literam ce am spus ! Asta dacă vrei neaparat sa creezi o replica
@@eugenvoicu3370 si moldova si ukraina tot in balcani sunt dupa dunare....Faza e ca balcanii sunt pe partea sudica a dunarii..
@@eugenvoicu3370 la sud de Dunare si la sud de raul Sava din Serbia. Asta ar fi definitia Balcanilor.
Budapest is still more impressive but for how long? Romania and Bucharest is just getting started and the gdp per capita has already surpassed Budapest for the first time in history. Bucharest is projected to be one of the richest cities on Earth by 2050 💪🇷🇴 Little Paris of Eastern Europe.
budapest is beautiful city, but...
It's no Little Paris of Eastern Europe. It is Bucharest-Romania, it has it's own name!
@@mickael1277 CORECT !
budapest is way older than bucaresth as a city ... Buc . was founded by vlad the impaler to stop the otomans invasion from the south of the country...
Budapest will always be more beautiful and clean. Bucharest looks like was bombarded. Crumbling pavement, crumbling buildings, garbage everywhere, cars on sidewalks, cables hanging everywhere, like in Bangladesh etc. And this specifically in the center. One of the ugliest and dirtiest capital of EU, period! And is just getting worser. On paper it may be rich, on reality is more like a Gotham city that a capital.
I love Bucharest, I live here, but I must say one thing. It's developing in not the best ways.
For instance, the Aurel Persu street at 4:41 - that little street has now traffic jams. There are just way too many medium and high density developments in the area now (and it's not even been all built up yet, the nightmare will only intensify) and the infrastructure can't deal with it. That's what happens when nearly every other person in Bucharest owns a car.
Don't get me started on the national shame that is the Cathedral at 9:57 (you surely don't know this, but in that area where Casa Poporului is there was an entire hilly neighborhood of houses, called Uranus, only a small part of which survived to the south of Calea 13 Septembrie).
You don't seem to care about lost greenery, nor urbanistic concerns. Anyone can use Google Street View and make a video out of it without having to think.
P.S. A lot of shots from here are not in Bucharest proper, but in Voluntari.
The cathedral is not a shame, and I am not even from Bucharest. Don't make your opinion based on some rumours yet, what until it is done and see for what purposes it is used. If its Corrupt or something then yes, call it a shame. And about that neighbourhood, I am pretty sure half if it was already destroyed by Ceausescu so further destruction to build a symbolic building its worth it
Bucharest is going to be on the same level as Berlin, Paris and other big cities in Europe in 20 years.
Bucharest is a little Paris
@@GetR3kt.exe1 It's funny because Bucharest itself is larger than Paris
@@GetR3kt.exe1 ce inseamna comparatia asta idioata? Poate voiai sa zici ca asta este Marele Bucuresti nu micul paris.
@@GetR3kt.exe1 its already passed bro, affordability, safety, community etc.. None of those western cities have those anymore... I live in Canada, and I see it here as well! Back to the mother country it seems!
@@l.burcea2165 bucharest has a population of 1.8M while paris has a population of 11M, where did you get that from?
Although it is said that Bucharest has 1,8 milion inhabitants, my opinion is that Bucharest has almost 4 milion !
These comparison videos are quite interesting to watch. Would be nice to see other cities around Romania and eastern Europe. Maybe Prague too! This region suffered a lot due to communism. Romania is one of the success stories of ex communist country success after the collapse of the iron curtain
I wouldn't say success,we still have alot of problems,many of them because of former communists that are still in charge. It is way better than back then though,no matter what the old nostalgic people would have you believe.
@@stefandinu6389 the only problem for romania.. it was joining the EU in 2007 just in the economic crysis.. which just like in europe the full economic recovery happened in 2017, and this gave rise to a decade of populists..and not seeing the benefits so much of the EU accesion
But now, the economy is loaded for explosive next 10-20-30 years.. with stable government, EU funds, direct foreign investments…
Many will stop leaving for economic reasons in 10-15 years and we will begin to import people
@@healththenopulence5106 importing people? Yeah,no, thanks..No Swedistan for me.
And the price Romania has paid for this "Success" is selling away it's freedom and independance and becoming an EU-NATO puppet state.
@@rubobostes1937 yeah, yeah, nice attempt, Russki troll
Bucharest is not in Balkans lol.
The only part of Romania in Balkans is Dobrogea region, and it's like maybe 10% (I randomly estimated) of Romania
Romania 🇹🇩 gang here
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ROMANIA GO GO GO FAST NUMBER 1
numarul 1 nu putem, dar macar top putem indiferent de guvernare !
My humble opinion...eastern european country...sure thing....but we are not so close to the Balkans. The capital is closer to the Carpathian mountains..but hey...foreigners like to round us up so not to strain a geographical muscle :)) As a romanian i don't identify as a "balkan country". I'm curious if any fellow compatriots have another view. Nice vid btw!
Yup Romania doesn’t have balkan mountains so its not balkan... Even tho the balkan region is beautiful European region... but Romania Hungary Austria... Aren’t part of the balkans since they don’t have balkan mountains 🏔
@@blogger1851 But Danube river crose over Dobrogea
Perfect adevarat !
Bucharest is 350 km away from Turkish Border. That is closer than the distance to Piatra Neamt, my home city. We may not be completely in the Balcans, but you will find we have a very similar history to other Balcanic people. Language wise Romania is part of the Balcan sprachbund (an area that despite its different language shares a lot of Turkish, Greek and Slavic words due to having had a shared history for centuries.) All Balkans can share a glass of rakija (rachiu) on a veranda or in an "odaia" and eat ciorba (chorba), sarma/dolma or mici/cevapi with guests (musafiri). They can even have serbet and rose jam. Culturally we are genetically also we are most similar to other Balcanic people - Bosnians, Croatians, Serbians, Macedonian being the most similar to us.
@@ralucaganga1974 I don't doubt the similarities between neighbouring peoples, but..if history serves me correct and it often does, we were here with the greek more or less first. The rest came after as migratory people(slavs/maghiars/tatars/etc). Of course habits/customs/food/religion were adopted or adapted. It's only natural. But in a sea of peoples we kind of stick out like a sore thumb :)) Some may be happy about this...others not so much. One thing is certain, we are stubborn :)
My friend, Romania has nothing to do with the Balkans! Look at the map, what the hell! I really don't know where this nonsense comes from! Romania has a connection with the Carpathians! Otherwise, all the best and thanks for filming!
it is indeed developing, sadly corruption and greed makes it a flawed growth
Indeed, corruption also makes for high pollution.
Nu suntem în Balcani..
Dar suntem balcanici 😀
@@ulfffff Castelul Peles nu-i in Transilvania, Romania nu-i in Balcani, si romanii nu sunt balcanici. Transilvania e o regiune care din punct de vedere istoric, cultural, arhitectural si orice altceva vrei tu e asociata mai degraba cu centrul Europei, Valahia si Moldova, atat arhitectural, cultural au fost puternic influientate de Imperiul Otoman. Altfel, nici macar in Balcani nu poti sa vorbesti despre o identitate proprie, nu-i un lagar civilizational, ei au fost influientati in mare masura de otomani. Si majoritatea similitudinilor dintre Romania si tarile din Balcani au mai degraba legatura cu turcii si nicidecum cu un specific local balcanic, si niciuna dintre acele asemanari nu ne face pe noi sa fim balcanici.
@@davidionescu2103 Noi vorbim de Romania, tu vorbesti de Transilvania; esti pe langa.
Ba suntem, nu mai fiti atat de defensivi, daca anumite persoane de rahat vor sa atribuie o conotatie negative termenului "Balcani", e problema lor.
Avem mai multe in comun cu Serbia si Bulgaria decat cu Ungaria care chipurile, nu e tara balcanica.
@@wallachia4797 , Singurul "rahat" din toată ecuația balcanică ești tu!România nu face parte (geografic) din balcani! Ca tu vrei să îți asumi 'identitatea balcanică ' este strict alegerea ta! Transilvania este foarte central-europeană,Moldova est-europa clar , Valahia ta are o profundă influență neo- românească sau brâncoveneasca!De fapt ar fi mult de discutat despre regiunea nord- dunăreana al carui pseudonim îl folosești!Ca bați tu câmpii cu influența balcanică, asta dovedește că ai facut școala cu femeia de serviciu si nu îți cunoști mai deloc țara!
So nice to see all this improvement. Beautiful!
Glad to see you included some less than fortunate developments, not just shiny stuff. I think it paints a more realistic picture of what has been going on in Bucharest.
We are just getting started :D the next 2-3 decades will be a blast
Can't wait for 2050 when allegedly Bucharest will be the richest European Capital :))
@@generalofthearmieseduard9662 i am pretty sure that is not going to happen :))
But there are lots of transformative things that can be done in bucharest to improve the city a lot and to make it more attractive for investors. By 2050 we should have 2 or 3 new metro lanes, an interior and exterior surface rail rings completed, proper alternative transportation infrastructure, the 2 exterior ring roads completed, the median ring completed with most of the intersections having over/ underpasses, new radial roads and a new aeroport. And that is just to name a few things that are kinda already planned, some already in the building phase.... so not the richest european capital, but def a nice metropolis ^^
@@vlad16382 are they going to build some buildings with thay old Central European architecture?
@@ytdanytevero Vedem, sa speram ca se resolve. Btw, like pentru accentul ardelenesc 👍
@@generalofthearmieseduard9662 not sure what you mean by old central european arhitecture. There are lots of old buildings that will most probably be renovated, consolidated and some probably also modernized. Art-deco, modernist, neo-romanian, eclectic and so on. The trend of reintegrating old buildings into the urban landscape has been accelerated in the last years and seems to be led by the private sector, not by the municipality, as it used to be the case. So I think it will continue to accelerate. They will probably also build new buildings on the streets that had unsalvageble ruins and / or simply empty lots, completing various street fronts. Some of those buildings will maybe be inspired by older arhitecture, tho not many examples come to mind.
Just One single region in Romania is in Balkan Peninsula: Dobrogea. Not whole Romania. Nice video anyway !!
Balkans? Romania?WTF is this...learn some geography before you post, Romania is not part of the Balkan Peninsula...maybe culturally,but they don't see themselves that way...we call them that.
Culturally we are not balkan. Romania is Carpathian
Suntem balcanici!
@@flours5155 no!
Romania is not in Balkans..Check a map.. The Balkans are located south of Danube river
Change the title please
Dobrogea is in Balkans. Romania is it in Balkans. 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴
@@rarestalaba6122 Dobrogea doesn’t have balkan mountains! It belongs to Romania. Romania is Carpathian. Do you know your national anthem?
@@klaus6740 Nu prea ti.a placut istoria
bine spus !, doar o mica parte din judetul timis face parte din balcani !
To be honest, as a Romanian living in the 2nd biggest city, Iași, I'm not really seeing any major changes. Just a few buildings here and there.
I would wish to see evolution of the arc de triumf in Bucharest. The last renovation was in 2014. I see lately that Wednesday series was filmed only in Romania 🇷🇴 08:01 on this street is Andrew tate house!
Balkans? Haha
NO !
When Google Maps comes to Croatia again, you need to do this!
Si comunistii ce domne era mai bine in 2006 fara Europa. Si uite cata schimbare din 2009 pana-n 2022 si nu doar in Bucuresti in toare orasele din tara. Aveam 10 ani in 2006 in orasul meu capitala de judet si nu aveam asfalt pe strada, iluminat public mergeam la scoala in intuneric, nu aveam trutuare nimic si dupa 1 an de la aderare prin 2008 aveam asfalt, trotuare, iluminat si orasul a inflorit imediat dupa intrarea in UE.
9:15 LOOK! A SUPRAVEGATION CAMERA!
Those are old, now we have better ones =)))
Furculision :))
it's called surveillance.
The power or șpăgar investitors
Paul, you're not a very good geography teacher at all.
Romania, therefore its capital city of Bucharest, is not in the Balkans. Check your sources, which it won't be hard to do, and make the necessary corrections.
Romania is not Balkan
yes, it is.
3:45 - 3:59 those two are not the same place. That rail road is still there because it is being used by one of the most important tram conections.
Ce linie? nu mai e sina aia acolo
too bad is chaotic development
WE are here since thousand years....what did you think ? ...a ,, social movement ,,will destry us? LMAO
Not all that many capitals in the Balkans. Not even Bucharest.
Romania is NOT a balkanic country.
Romania is a balkanic country
Try to learn geography.
@@corneliuvisan7209 Are you crazy!!!!!! Romania is in Balkans. Dobrogea is in Balkans so Romania is in Balkans!!!!🇷🇴
You are crazy. Romania is a Carpathian country, along with Poland and Uchraine. Belong of mainland of Europe. You are stupid. We have nothing to do with balkanik
culture
@@rarestalaba6122 Bucovina is not in the Balcans so Romania is not in the Balkans following your judgement 😆
We are not Balkan !
Well, Bucharest has improved immensely in the past 10 years from an economic point of view, but, reffering to infrastructure (mostly roads) it became 3x worse and I believe that it is the worst european capital, regarding traffic jam, fact that it makes it feel like shit and so much stressfull for it s inhabitants.
Și ce treabă au frustrările tale cu video ?
@@iuliandeu4695 Ori esti avorton, ori esti troll.
@@dragosandrei Da-i pace, probabil e aurist
Well what you actually showed are the suburbs but ok. Suburbs developed a lot because many are moving.
neah, im from Bucharest, it is indeed changing/upgrading/modernizing even faster than you see in this vieo
@Romanian patriot Usually the squares and the city centers are the best looking
@@generalofthearmieseduard9662 In Romania the suburbs look better, it's like in the US
@Andy Ash those office buildings are considerate by you as "suburbs"? the AFIPARK buildings are placed near downtown
Bucharest in not the Balkans. Re-do the video.
Darr suntem balcanici totusi😀
@@ulfffff Din pacate pentru voi, Bucurestiul (si pentru Romania; capitala ar trebui mutata la Iasi). Romania nu este.
@@ioanciumasu994 Daca ne uitam in istorie, limba romana era vorbită în toți Balcanii și este mai bine sa ne identificăm cu Balcanii decât cu rușii.(Vezi influența sovietică în decembrie 89, in Iași)
@@ioanciumasu994 Te poți muta in Transnistria, dacă îți plac rușii
@@ulfffff Ce comentariu aiuristic, hazardat si de doi lei de tendentios! "Iti plac rusii"??! Tu numai de Balcani si de Rusi stii? Romania este in Europe Centrala. In Romania sunt Carpatii, nu Balcanii. Faptul ca dialecte ale limbii Romane au fost si sunt inca vorbite in Balcani (adica la Sud de linia Dunare-Sava) este un lucru frumos si valoros, dara asta nu schimba realitatea ca la nord de aceasta linie este Europa Centrala -- care, ca veni vorba, include si Republica Moldova, cu tot cu Transnistria, indiferent ce pretinde Rusia; / statul rus, si Vestul Ucrainei (de altfel orasul Odessa este un fel de punct de tranzitie intre Europa Centrala (si civilizatia occidentala in general) si Europa de Est.
PS. Tin sa-ti aduc la cunostinta ca Limba Romana s-a vorbit si in tot lantul Carpatic, pana in Cehia (deci da, si in Ucraina carpatica, Slovacia si Polonia). Si, ca in spatiul dintre Nistru si Bug, Romanii au fost cei mai numerosi (70% din sate erau Romanesti si restul tatarasti) pana la cucerirea sa de catre Imperiul Tarist care a inceput rusificarea. Moldovenii de altfel au detinut mult timp cetatea Vozia (numita de rusi Oceacov, si acum de ucrainieni Oceakiv; sau Oceac), iar Mihai Viteazu a cerut express (dupa castigarea Moldovei) sa i se recunoasca stapanirea Voziei/Oceacului. De altfel zona fusese dominata, dupa Greci, de Romani si Genovezi.
Hey, can you also make some video about Croatia? Like a comparison video about two countries.
Kod nas je Google Maps zadnji put došao 2011 ali ako ponovno dođe bilo bi zanimljivo vidjeti koliko smo daleko došli!
@@bosnia-number-one A je da, ali na nekim mjestima je novije.
@@Luka-ly9lj Google Maps je rekao da će u kolovozu i rujnu ove godine ponovno snimiti Hrvatsku
carpatian not balkan
As a Romanian I would like to see more development in other parts of Romania not just in Bucharest. There are counties that get worse and worse while Bucharest is getting all the money.
@@ytdanytevero Tot nu mi se pare corect ca Bucureștiul să primească atâția bani. Eu sunt pro pentru descentralizarea Romaniei.
If you look up at Eurostat, there is no county doing worse.
@@yesman1743 De orașele cluj, timisoara,iasi, brasov, oradea ai auzit?!?
@@hlevnoidumitru2419 Vrei sa spui ca o duc la fel de bine ca la Bucuresti? Poate Clujul si Brasovul o duc cu adevarat bine. Eu lucrez in Timisoara si nu sunt multumit de oras.
@@yesman1743 Vrei sa spui ca in Ungaria sau Polonia alte orase sunt mai bune ca capitala Varșovia și Budapesta?!!?
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I know this
Bucharest is a latin capital !! 😊
Democracy and capitalism are greatful
not in the Balkans
Nice, Hopefully they get rid of the ugly Soviet buildings too
They don't need to get rid of some of them. They need a lot of modernization and development to look pretty and function properly.
@@Ro_david02 they kindda look ugly…
@@Ro_david02 there’s alot of beautiful buildings in Bucharest, but yet here we go another ugly Soviet building beside it which ruins the view
I agree. The communist era is a stain on our history. We must remove these buildings, not just from Bucharest but from all Romanian cities.
You can’t get rid of them! They make more than 70% of buildings in Bucharest! They need to be modernized and painted like they did in Poland. More than that you can’t do anything. The damage was done.
Warsaw.
Until new ring road is completed, Bucharest will suffer from very poor road infrastructure and horrendous traffic (and some totally idiotic traffic rules which we'll need hours to analyze).
Central and near central locations remain better for living without the need to take your car (is a must if you can). A lot of areas in the periphery are built without having proper city plan and infrastructure. So you may see new block of apartments growing like tree leaves in the spring, but roads are very narrow, or non existent at all (so no asphalt, full with mud, dust and holes), sidewalks are inexistent, as well as recreation areas (parks, etc). You have this feeling that the constructors are trying to squeeze every single square mm for the blocks.
In comparison, Brasov has WAY better road infrastructure than Bucharest, although it is 7-8 times smaller in population.
I am from Brașov l love to know how this beautiful city been transformed
Nice
thanks. great video :). don't forget though that at the edge of the city some neighbourhoods of medium density residential are built extremely poorly and now more and more people live there because they're cheap. also the traffic is incredibly bad, possibly the worst in EU. Decent city. with lots of flaws
Yes, "extremely poorly" is a mild way to put it. Medium towards high density actually - Metalurgiei is becoming high density.
do this but with Greece please
2:45 is different area mate
take a closer look, the buildings in the background are the same
@@cata750 acum am inteles,a vrut sa arate Veranda Mall dar nu a întors imaginea pana la capăt și s-a văzut doar târgul de electrocasnice.
behind those fancy modern buildings there could be found homeless people all around every corner has at least 2 of them it looks like even google earth is a master at hiding those things
Yes, but in Russia? Bucharest changed enormously. Maybe you are confusing it with Athens or Madrid.
Homeless are everywhere, Frankfurt or Berlin have much more homeless than București
Homeless are an endangered species in Bucharest... 10years ago they were everywhere, nowadays you have to find hard to get one... same with stray dogs, thiefs and garbage.
@@Sabinathor garbage is everywhere, for the rest.i agree
You have never been to Romania obviously
this is probably the worst channel I ve seen on you tube
In Europe we rely on facts, not propaganda like in your Russia.
După ce o să construiți la ziduri,o să mâncați din ele.Si o sa va ținá şi de cald.
Look here, it seems like the Balkans are in Romania?! ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mun%C8%9Bii_Balcani
Suntem balcanici totusi 😀
@@ulfffff Deloc !
@@florintrandafir7573 Ia citește puțină istorie sa vezi ce înseamnă limba română cu dialectele ei ( machedoneasca) in Balcani.
@@ulfffff Cum sa fii balcanic daca nu esti ?! Noi suntem localizati in muntii Carpati,nu in Balcani ! Nu va mai luati dupa unu' si dupa altu' pt ca nu-i nici un motiv de mandrie sa spui ca esti balcanic ! In general ''balcanic'' este spus la modul peiorativ ! Cat despre limba romana,cu atat mai mult fiind o limba latina,n-are nici o legatura cu limbile din zona balcanica !
@@florintrandafir7573 de machedoneste ai auzit?