Bucharest Transportation Tips by Vanity666

Train from hell

If you go to Bucharest from Belgrade, or the same way back, in winter be prepared for terrible train with no heating (until you reach Timisoara and they put stronger Romanian locomotive, after which you finally get some heat, but can't reduce it so you will find yourself sitting in a t-shirt), you sit on the left side of the seat and the right side goes up, dirty windows SEALED WITH BROWN DUCK TAPE!!!! so the wind doesn't blow through them. You can't open the windows, of course. The toilets are disgusting, water is all around, sometimes frozen on the floor so can be very slippery, some doors of the wagons can't be closed so they are TIED WITH A CHAIN to the hand-hold.

Also, when you finally get some heat, you can't sleep because policemen come in and tell you not to sleep because of thieves. Great.

And for this route you need a reservation. Or you don't. When I asked the conductor if I need the reservation, he told me: "Yes, and no. If you didn't have one, I could have written you one now. Or not. Depends how I feel at the moment."

I can't imagine how does it feel to go with this train in summer. Eeew.

I could write about this train from hell forever, but don't want to ruin your joy before you experience this.

Photos tell 1000 words.

Mode: TO

Type: Train

Metro Metro (Subway) Review

Metro connects most of Bucharest main attractions so it is really easy to reach them.

Mode: AROUND

Type: Subway/Metro