How Much Can 100 Romanian Lei ($22.90) Buy in Bucharest?
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- 100 Romanian Lei is equal to about 20 US Dollars. In this video, we see how much 100 lei can buy each of us in a day in Bucharest, Romania!
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00:00 Introduction
00:43 Covrigi
02:22 Bucharest Metro
03:18 M60 Cafe
04:20 Parcul Regele
05:01 Arcul de Triumf
06:53 Old Town at Night
09:07 100 Lei Challenge Recap
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As a Romanian, "Another day another Lei" caught me off 💀💀
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"Another day another lei" basicaly how much i earn 💀
Si pe mine lol :)
watafak omori reference???
As a human, I exist.
The only problem come when you're a Romanian citizen and you don't earn 100 or 200 lei/day of work. The prices in Romania seems low just compared with other currencies. But, as a born and rase Bucharest citizen, I really miss Bucharest sometimes.
We really enjoyed our time in Bucharest! Such a unique city!
100 lei per day is a medium salary in Romania
@@danielvizante9678 70 per day is the minimum, 150 per day is the average
@@danielvizante9678 a work day, not each day of the month, big difference. Comes to around 65 lei a day, without paying the bills and in case you don’t live with your parents most likely rent which along with bills, there goes your sallary. And people wonder why staying in rent is such a big deal in Romania, you’re better off staying on mortgage, it’s cheaper, makes a beggars sallary a living one
Yea but at the same time most people don’t go to eat out every day.
For us, the ones in Bucharest, 100 lei is not too much money, but hearing that you said it's a fun and affordable city fills my heart with love for my city and my country
We really appreciate you watching and we are so happy you enjoyed it! We loved Bucharest, and had a wonderful time in your country! ❤️🇷🇴
its so awesome to see that people from all over the world actually love my country, it feels nice, welcome
Thank you for being so welcoming! We enjoyed our time in Romania and hope to come back one day! ❤️🇷🇴
✌😁🇷🇴🤜🤛🇱🇷
As a romanian, I can confirm the city is very affordable, but only if you have an EU Grade salary. People earn between $350 and $1000 per month after taxes and stuff. About 10% earn more than that. So you can see why the prices are cheap.
There are very cheap alternatives to what you've got. For example, 100 lei can be equal to 1 week of great and consistent homecooked meals.
Also, at the metro station, most likely you walked past a Fornetti. They sell a 250 ml of coffee with optional milk for about 3 lei.
The city center restaurants is more expensive than other restaurants. For example, you get a huge meal with french fries, grilled chicken breast and salad for 30 lei from Socului Kebap.
The true problem here isn't the cost of food or the cost of bills, but the cost of rent and mortgages.
I always recommend freelancers and people that don't rely on living in a particular city to move to Bucharest. For example, I earn $2000. I love a very luxurious life, just because everything is cheap.
That’s really interesting! We definitely found our accommodations to be affordable. It’s wild to think that we could’ve been even more frugal if we seeked out the deals! We understand more now about the average Romanian wage relative to lei, and it makes sense why the conversion is so extreme. We really enjoyed Bucharest and would love to return!
@@MaxandSidney One thing which is less popular in America but much more popular in Europe generally, is home cooked food. In America, people (especially the younger people) are used to just go out and buy stuff to eat or just order. In Romania, although this trend is becoming more and more popular as well in big cities, people are used to home cook a lot. That makes a great difference in how much you spend on food - and I'm sure it would make a difference in other parts of the world like the US as well. If you buy your groceries and cook yourself you end up spending much less than what you would if you just eat out at a restaurant or if you buy fast food.
Por que você recomenda que morem em Bucurest? Eu pensei que Bucurest fosse um pouco mais caro que nas outras cidades.
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Sorry picked the wrong coment
Atleast you have fun😁 next time try Oradea
im from romania and actully, we think our things are very pricey. one euro is 4.83 lei at this moment
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5:53 I was born and live in Bucharest and yes, having many parks I think is Bucharest's best aspect. You should have come in late spring or summer, when the parks are really green and lush with vegetation! Early March is still winter for us.
We definitely want to come back and see Bucharest and the rest of Romania in the summer!
Just booked our flights and found this video really informative. Good luck with your channel, really like your style, showing the city not doing selfies. Subscribed!
Thank you for checking out the video and our channel! We appreciate the sub, and hope you have a wonderful time in Romania! We definitely did 😁
Welcome in Romania, i live here and i just love to see the Mountains, is so chill and i love that.
Thank you! We really enjoyed your country, so beautiful and so much to do!
Well,I'm glad to see people enjoying walks in my hometown!I really liked the way you introduced the whole city!
So glad you liked it! We really enjoyed our time in your city, and can’t wait to return! We definitely want to visit in the summer or fall next time!
Ei vor sa vina la noi la București. Eu nu știu cum drq sa fac sa plec mai repede
It's so cool to see how other people can enjoy the things that are simple for us, Romanians! I subbed for this exact video.
Thank you for the sub, we’re so glad you enjoyed the video! You should definitely check out our other Romania videos as well! 😄🇷🇴
Romania in general is quite cool in special for tourism which to be honest I think it's the main key of the country since we have plenty of nice places that allow most of the tourists to enjoy them like countrysides, stories. 22.90$ doesn't seem much in dollars but for the Romanian currency, 100 Lei can do you a nice job for the day, in special if you choose other cities as well that are smaller. Bucharest is such a great place but it's a bit more expensive than the usual city - it and Cluj being the most expensive. You might enjoy the landscape "Bridge of God" is something really cool, Sphinx on Bucegi and the mountains in general are amazing, it make you feel like you are in nature.
Thanks for the suggestions! We only got to Bucharest and Brasov, but would love to come back and see more of the countryside and get up to Cluj as well! Romania is a great country, we really enjoyed it!
Bald and bankrupt won't agree with you and me neither romania it's better but still has a long way to go... 😖
@@peterpanini96 And it's actually going the opposite direction. Not to mention, nowadays, you enter a shop and 100 Lei fly out of your pocket faster than you breathe. Prices for general items are Switzerland-level, if not more. Services may be cheaper, but those aren't as cheap as they used to be either. And like, you need to eat a sandwich everyday, while you go out every once in a while, if you afford that. Gone are the days you could eat lunch for 20 Lei or less. The differences between the working class and privileged state employees which earn piles of cash, holiday tickets and do mostly nothing all day long is enormous.
Could I ask you about craiova.
I will study in the UMFCV and I want to know how much does it cost to live there food, studio apartment, bills etc...
Awesome video guys! Local guy here and I really enjoy how you spent the day and how you went explored. Bucharest is a really nice town and I encourage everybody who comes to visit to go and "get lost" in it :D
Thanks for watching, glad to hear we did okay from a local! We loved Bucharest, definitely agree it is a great place to wander!
oh really!? don't tell tourists to go and get lost in the city. they'll take your word literally and might end up in Ferentari. and that's not gonna be pretty
Come back and visit each season of the year. You will discover a new city each time. Bucharest is a paradox city, Old-new , same-different and love-hate it.... Finally , you'll cannot live elsewhere even if you'll want to runaway ... This feeling I got only in Paris and Istanbul.
It was a very unique place, we are glad we visited!
When I clicked on the video I thought you guys were Romanian . I'm very happy to see people from other countries visiting Romania because it's fun meeting other people except for Romanians . Hope you guys like it here and warm welcomes.💞💞💞
Thank you so much for the warm welcome! We really enjoyed Romania, and we are hoping to return in the next few years!
Australian dollars are plastic too. Australian invented plastic money...you can wash them and still look the same. Unfortunately they are still lose value same as any paper money
Its nice to see people actually enjoy the country i live in. Many romanians get excited when someone from a different country talks about Romania, they like being noticed
We really enjoyed Romania! We definitely want to come back to explore the other parts of the country!
Your channel is way better than I thought before watching the video. You actually deserve more subscribers than you actually have. Thank you for visiting Romania!
Thank you very much, we are hoping to keep growing! Thanks for watching, we will be back in Romania again someday 🇷🇴👍
Being a possible future Romanian citizen coming all the way from America. This video really makes me find the best in the world and i cant say thank you enough for the way you show the area greatly. I cant wait to see it all for my self.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video, we appreciate you watching! Best of luck with your pursuits in Romania! 🇷🇴👍
Today I was a litle sad because I looked at the news (bad ones) about infrastructure in Bucharest then I looked at this witch made my day better.
Very glad to hear the video made your day better! We haven’t heard the news, but hoping it’s not too bad! Really enjoyed Bucharest and the awesome public transportation!
I went to Romania Bucharest last month and have decided to move there the people have a lot of respect and are well educated and prices are still cheap for food house e.g.
We lived in Bucharest for a month and really enjoyed our time there! We wish you the best of luck with your move! 👍🇷🇴
Te salut din Romania🇹🇩/Hello from Romania 🇹🇩
Thank you so much for checking out the video! We really enjoyed our time in Romania 🇷🇴👍
Another interesting video. Good job guys. Keep it up.
Thanks so much for watching! So pleased to hear you are enjoying the videos!
Lovely video of my beautiful city, I'm glad you enjoyed your staying!
Thank you for checking out our channel, we are so glad you liked the video! We really enjoyed Bucharest and can’t wait to come back one day!
Yeah look very good town and thanks for your share of this video to the world i like your sharing... 💚👍🎉❤️ Good day!!
Thanks for checking out the channel! So glad you enjoyed! 👍
thank you very much for the visit guys :) but I must insist you come and visit us again in the summer, it's a lot greener and it makes the city look a bit nicer...or at least the parks
Thank you for watching the video, glad you enjoyed it! It definitely sounds like Romania is a completely different experience in the Summer, we’ll have to come back again! 👍🇷🇴
Thanks for showing us around. $22.90 should be easy for anyone almost anywhere...at least in the USA.
Thanks for checking out the video! $22.90 didn't get us very far in London, but other places in Europe were much more affordable 😁
Everytime I see vlogs about Bucharest or Romania I get homesick 🥰
We really enjoyed our time in Romania!
Why you get homesick ?
Thank you for making an effort and coming to Romania
We are so glad we visited! Thank you for watching the video 😃
This was lovely to watch!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed this video! Omgish i want to visit so bad ❤️ thanks for sharing
Absolutely! So happy to hear you enjoyed it! We definitely recommend a visit, it is a very unique city and we were impressed!
Please come bk to Romania & do more videos. I really enjoy yall’s style & vibe. I look forward to seeing more of yall’s videos & i also enjoy the chemistry between you two ❤️ My two new favorite travel vloggers. Gad to have found you two b4 you blow up 😅😂. Sending MUCH love & positive vibes your way🥰❤️🙏🏾✨
Nice vlog ! Romania is glad to great u :) hope you will come back in other cities like : Cluj , Brasov , Oradea . Very beautiful :)
Thank you for the kind words! We enjoyed your country so much and felt very welcome! Can’t wait to come back, there’s so much more to see!
Good job. Very beautiful,clean and cheap city. Cheers
Thanks for watching! That's the perfect way of putting it, it's a perfect place to go on a budget. Very enjoyable!
when you go to Paris to the Eiffel tower look for the markings on the steel beams Grivița that means the steel beams are made in Romania in the Grivița region,the same markings you can find on the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Wow, really? Didn’t know that, we’ll be sure to look for it!
That's a Romanian urban myth tho.
Thank you for making a cool vlog from the city where l was born. I subscribed. New friends from Las Vegas
Awesome!! Thank you for the sub, so glad you enjoyed the video!
I spent 100 Lei on a haircut in Bucharest in June (the cut was actually 57 Lei and I left the rest as tip) still cheaper than Florida.
Haha wow, that definitely puts everything in perspective!
Either Cincinati is really expensive or Bucharest is dirt cheap. Here in London I can spend about 15 pounds which is about 20 dollars and buy quite a few stuff too. I guess it depends how you spend it, coffee is abou 5 pounds but that leaves me with about 15 pounds to travel from one side of the city to the other and also buy all sorts of street foods as well. It really depends what you spend money on. Street food is generally cheap pretty much anywhere. I doubt that 100 lei would have lasted more than lunch if you went to a restaurant in the city center.
Next time we are in London, we have to seek out more of the deals, we found it to be quite expensive! But I’m sure locals know how to beat the high prices!
Would eating in a restaurant in center of London cost much more ?? , i guess is all due to accesibility, an restaurant in middle of the city will always cost more and be more valuable as space and position. There's also what you eat, and having a better cooking chief costs, so there is the more you want high standard food the price of what you commend would be higher.
@@MaxandSidney 100% true. Totally overpriced and overrated as usual with the Western Europe countries.
I am actually Romanain and it is cheap since neither do you get payed that much or buy stuff that cost allot. For example you can go work at an office and earn like 500 lei which as you can tell it is not allot so that is how money works.
@@teo09920 I don't know what office you work at but they are ripping you off bud
Hey man I am happy to see you visit my country! Hope you had a great time! Also I am not sure if you tried it yet, but the yogurt strudel from Luca is 100 times better than the sour cherries one haha.
Thank you for watching, so glad you liked it! We really enjoyed our visit to Romania! We missed the yogurt strudel, we’ll have to try it next time! 😅
a man of yogurt strudel, i see, nice.
Thanks for this vidéos ❤️
Of course! Thank you for checking out our channel, I hope you enjoyed! 👍
hello, well-made vid exploring bucharest city, the vibe is there, legit. I was born in bucharest and I've spent my childhood in the areas shown on the video, the city has so many secrets as much of it was built on command by the former pre-'90s leader, like the metro train for example. the city is a mix of brutal linearity layout and the pre-communist old organic layout. considering prices, let's not oversee the fact that you've spent 100 taxed ron, because here we have that centralized 'free' healthcare universal, where we pay half on so yeah, the context it's really important. you've spent like 40 ron at a restaurant that can be easily checked on their website, the price for your only plate easily exceeds 100 ron without the drink and tip, but you did a nice little inclusion for them in your video so maths check out; but we don't do bargain like turks, we don't get daily discounts at restaurants, and neither any of the people who will decide to visit and don't own a youtube channel, 100 ron is a large dominos with a pie and soda. I've visited other eu cities, and capitals, prices are painfully equivalent, gas has same price as in any other expensive eu state, more than enough I even had it for cheaper in other places as such as even romanians have their holidays in other countries where it's more affordable. that being said, it's a enjoyable city, with very low crime rate but we expect some import of criminality after other countries become less desirable, at least law enforcement is fairly competent. at this moment if in sweden one person gets shot every day, in romania a few civilians get shot a year. the criminality is not oriented on person but on money, fraud, scam, theft etc. crimes take place in poor rural areas, in families etc, so there's no chance you get stabbed while wandering the city, there are no real dangerous neighbourhoods, anyone can walk at any time anywhere, english language available most of the time even tho romanian is a phonetical language from latin family similar to italian, spanish, portuguese and fReNch. if anyone plans to visit, financially you need far more unless you wanna live the homeless experience.
Thanks for watching the video! We definitely spent more on most days, but we thought this would be a fun challenge to try! Many people saying that we could probably do 50 lei outside of Bucharest
@@MaxandSidney hello, since it's a travelling vlog, ppl would maybe research your work in order to visit bucharest, thing is they need alot more and only a fraction of the cost is described. if people want to challenge themselves in conjunction with a visit to bucharest, 5 usd is enough for water and corvrigi, but that's a low quality experience. since -affordable- was somehow the order here, I must say, prices are the same as in france, italy and germany. to be fair, prices are an exclusive criteria for most people on anything, including vacantions.
Very good, I'm so interested in Romania that your video naturally bubbled up in the CZcams recommendations. Myself, I don't like the touristy area in the old town and spend time in other parts of Bucharest when I'm there. In any case, your video made me want to be back there.
The thing you called Crepe is actually called Clatita, hence the name of the shop you got it from.
Now... you mentioned the lack of metro systems in Louisville or Cincinnati. I had to grin at your pronunciation of Louisville, since it shows you're not from that city... ;-) In any case, most of the USA doesn't understand the value of mass transit, nor the value of tight compact urban areas, so of course neither of those two cities have a metro system. But, Chicago/NYC/etc do have good metro systems.
Hey, David! Thanks for watching and for the comment! We’ve never heard of a clatita, totally thought that was a crepe! Either way, very tasty!
Not from Lou-ah-vulle 😆 I’ve enjoyed my time there a few times though! NYC and Chicago systems are pretty good, but I still think most European ones are better, at least cleaner!
We really enjoyed Romania! Definitely can see why you have such an interest in it! 👍🇷🇴
@@MaxandSidney, clatita is Romanian for crepe (which was borrowed from French). Same thing. The shop mistakenly advertised them as pancakes, which, ofc, they are not. Romanians don`t really do the American style pancakes (some hotels may be serving them as breakfast), but the crepes are ubiquitous.
@@vald9698 It's not just the shop who mistakenly translated clătite as pancakes. That's the internet translation as well. I used to believe that American pancakes are a different type of clătite. Well, they're both made in a pan, so there is that.
In germany equivalent to 100 Romanian Lei you can eat only 1 Meal in a restaurant, 2 meals in McDonalds, 3 Kebabs or 5 Sandwiches compared to Romania where you can eat until you are full and aswell explore a bit, go with the Train / Metro etc
We definitely noticed a big difference between prices in Germany and Romania!
Thank you for this! Also try Brasov, Sibiu, Sighisoara.
Absolutely, thanks for watching the video! We will definitely check those out next time, we would love to return to Romania in the future!
@1:45 the statue in the background is The Capitoline Wolf breast feeding the twins Romulus and Remus who founded Rome, according to the legend of the founding of Rome. Rome, Romania.
So interesting!!
Ay thx for making a vid in romania :D
Absolutely! We really enjoyed Romania, definitely check out our other Romania videos if you are interested!
Very useful video. Got any cheap hotel recommendations in central Bucharest? Will be visa running there next month.
We stayed in an AirBnB in Old Town, it was very affordable! I think the hotels are relatively cheap too 👍
This makes my more proud of my country and my city
So happy to hear that! We really enjoyed visiting! 👍🇷🇴
What is the least expensive country you have ever visited?
Great video thank you so
Absolutely! Thanks for checking out the video!
I really enjoyed your video. Very good joob! Unfortunately, as a bucharest Citizen, i can't say you can afford spend everyday those 100lei because that would be 1/27 or 1/30 of average salary per month. There is rent, utilities, home food, mobility spendings so on....
Thank you for watching! We are glad you enjoyed it! We learned more about the average wages related to lei in Romania after filming. We didn’t realize they were more relative to the unit of currency, we just thought the circulation was higher. Makes sense that 100 lei in a day would be a lot
@@MaxandSidney Very interesting "experiment" anyway. Hope you'll visit Romania again in the hot seasons. When everything is flowered and green
@@sorinaslime3808 we would love to visit again, the summer sounds beautiful!
Liquids?? Thats was a funny one 😂😂 not beverages, or drinks..but liquids 🤣🤣 epic!!
Hahaha 😂😂😂
The crepe stall is actually a clatite stall. Clatite is basically the traditional Romanian version of crepes that are slightly thicker than crepes
Oh really? They did seem a little different than crepes but we weren’t sure! They were really good!!
I lived there for a month last year it was the best time of my life. Enjoy an Ursus for me please. the metro station your in was close to my house it was very clean as was most of the city, thing are with in walking distance and the people are so nice.
We lived there for about a month as well. We definitely agree with you, such a fantastic place to spend time! We miss Ursus already 😅
Heyy
I don't know if someone already told but the metrou ride, 2 times, used to cost only 3 lei (half of the price now)
I'm glad you came here, in Romania. :))
Wow, really?? That was a deal! That’s a shame it increased. We really enjoyed Romania, hoping to come back someday! 👍🇷🇴
Actually, replying to my fellow Romanian here, the subway tickets costed 2.5/entry. So 2 entries costed 5 lei. They increased the price per entry to 3 lei last year, at the end of august - by then, the 2.5 lei tax remained like that for, idk, maybe over 10 years.
On the other hand, before september 2021, the on the ground public transportation tax was indeed 1.3 lei/ride. But once you got off that ride and if you decided to switch the tram/bus, you had to pay again. Now, it's also 3 lei/ride, but the ticket is available for 90 minutes, no matter what you take or change. This, without mentioning the monthly subscriptions to transportation you can buy and you come off cheaper. It all depends on how often you use them.
But glad you liked our city, Max! 😊
The only time when Bucharest shines is in late spring. The parks are a wonder in Bucharest, especially in spring.
We definitely want to go back when and see what it’s like when the weather is warmer! We really enjoyed the parks, so beautiful!
i live in romania in bucharest!!!! how lucky i found this video
We are so glad you found it too!
He survived without getting ripped off.
HE IS THE CHOSEN ONE!
It was hard to avoid, but we did it! 😅
Leu also means Lion in Romanian, so instead of calling em "lei" in english, we can actiually call em "lions" 😂 nah jk Romanian people will get confused then 🤣
We had no idea that’s what leu/lei means! I suppose we could just say “Romanian lions” 😆
That's coz leu currency name comes from leuwendaler (same as dollar). But we only left the leuwen part which means Lyon.
They are also called RON
I dont I am Romania
i live right next to bucharesti and the fact that i saw this video makes me think wow i never saw theese places :) well there where you ate the mici because i nevere saw that place those i saw evrything alse
Thanks so much for checking out the video! We thought Bucharest was a really fun city!
1:43 i tripped on the stairs behind you lol
They looked slippery when it rained!! 😆
Alupigus
If you get the chance to visit Romania again, try going up north, to Maramures; it's like traveling to Tolkien's Shire - even prince Charles has a traditional house over here. It's really a beautiful region. We'll be more than happy to invite you to stay at our house during your trip. Keep in touch!
That’s a very generous offer, thank you so much! We will definitely stay in touch, we are hoping to return to Romania sometime in the next few years! Thanks for checking out our channel 😊
@@MaxandSidney Great! And thank you for your content! :)
try it in Constanta (mamaia), Romania, in the summer season probably 100 lei will be enough for half a day, but it's super nice, try it and you won't regret it!
We’ll definitely add it to the list for next time! Thanks for the suggestion! We really enjoyed Romania and are hoping to go back one day
In Mamaia with 100 lei you can just pay your parking for 24h. 🤣 but guys anyway cool video!
În mamaia un șezlong care îl umprumuți costa o grămadă deci nu recomand acolo
Another fun thing to do is go to Herăstrău park where I saw you went in this video and rent a bicycle to ride around the lake
We loved that park! It would be perfect for a bicycle ride!
This video give's me 2015 vibes and and i like it
So glad you enjoyed the video! We appreciate you checking out our channel!
I highly recommend any of the "5 to go francise" points for cheap, yet good coffee.
Good to know! We will add it to the list for next time 👍
Thank for visiting our brother land Romania😎 y’all shall visit Moldova and see how is it there😌trust me it worth it
Thank you for watching, we're so glad you liked it! We really enjoyed Romania, and I am sure we would love Moldova also! We will definitely try to get there someday!
@@MaxandSidney I will wait 😃
As a romanian, this country doesn't have the best citizens but its still a great country
We really enjoyed our visit and would love to come back someday! 🇷🇴👍
Minimum wage in Romania 2022
1524 RON (Lei) = 312,89$ after tax.
That means around 11$ a day.
Imagine that some people also pay rent and bills. 🤦🏼♂️
We have had a lot of comments pointing this out. We realize now 100 lei would be a lot to spend for many Romanians
@@MaxandSidney Depends on the city and the job, the avg. in Jun 2022 in Bucharest was arround 3967LEI = ~820$ after tax.
Big like !!!
So glad you liked it! We appreciate you checking out our channel! Plenty more content on the way 😃👍
The Romanian Lei is named like that because it's neighbour country, Moldova, (ussually refered as Romania's sister) uses Moldavian Lei.
Interesting! We didn’t know Molvoda’s currency is also called lei!
For us, romanians, the prices are still high, because the average monthly income for a romanian citizen is 500-600$, not 4-5k $ as an average american xD
We didn’t realize that at the time, it will be interesting to see if Romania ever adopts the euro, and how that would effect wages and prices.
@@MaxandSidney I don't think that we are going to adopt euro soon. It will be too difficult plus I love our lei. Lei define us as Romanians. I want to see our national celebrities,if I can say it like that, on our money. I am proud of Romanian history and when you look at our money you can see the people that made history in Romania, writers, politicians and inventors. If you change the tipe of money that doesn't mean that Romanians will have more money. All I want is to prezervate Romanias national identity and our money are part of that identity.
@@MaxandSidney we wanted to adopt euro but because our country is mostly poor that would distroy our economy and our balance ,that s the trouth ,and an avarage salary in romania is 3000 lei (600 euro ) but with those prices is very hard for us romanians
It s kinda hard for us because the salaries are not growing and the prices are growing so fast, plus the rents are in euro so that affects us (let s say you make 4000 lei which are about 800€ and the rents are 500€ so you remain with 300€ to pay for food ,medicals ,energy )you can t say that remains something from that salary
@@andreirobert6599 tre sa fii tare pe felie ca sa iei 4000 de lei salar in Romania , cu tot cu facultate :))
In my city, for 100 lei you can get much more things, for example a Covrig with sesame seeds on top for 1 Leu, or a big shawarma for 12-15 lei. But compared to our minimum wage of 1.500 lei without taxes, some things are very expensive.
Wow, those are low prices! What city is it?
1500 lei is the minimum net salary, meaning after taxes...
@@MaxandSidney Hello, it's Petrosani and Petrila :D
@@eueueutututu1 Still, it's low.
@@albertcristian4540 Low or high, at least it's not fake info
Great video! When did you go and how was the weather? I'm going next month!
We went in February, and we were shocked that the weather was actually great! Consistently sunny and 50’s Fahrenheit (10-15 Celsius)! We may have just gotten lucky though, as it snowed the day we left 😅 next month should be beautiful!
As a romanian im happy to see this :)
Btw its București :)
We're so glad you enjoyed the video as much as we enjoyed visiting your country! 👍🏻🇷🇴 next time, we will say București 😉
@@MaxandSidney Yay 😃
I always recommend Romania to people from western Europe because their income is way higher than ours and they feel very rich, and it's a beautiful country.
For romanian people 100 lei is not that much when most people earn 1500-2000 lei per month. 😔
We did learn more about the wages relative to lei. We did enjoy visiting Romania though! Very beautiful country with lots to do!
The metro is cheaper and much much cleaner than London, Brussels, Barcelona and other big cities I've visited and worked in before.
Completely agree! Much more affordable and definitely cleaner than London!
The Strudel is amazing, ngl.
We loved it and couldn’t believe it was only 3 lei!
Show the parks during summertime, the view will be insane. xD
We are definitely planning to come back in the warmer months at some point in the future! We’re excited to see how different it will be!
Affordable of course! How about the cost of sports activities and going to the gym after this heavy meal ?
Those costs are pretty affordable as well! And much needed after a week of Romanian meals! 😂
România este cea mai bună ţară!
Romania is the best country!
We really enjoyed visiting! Thanks for watching! 🇷🇴👍
You made me hungry. What's that, District# 42? Will definitely visit.
Yes, Distrikt 42! Awesome food, great service. Definitely recommend!
Come back in the summer time. 😀
We definitely want to come back in the warmer months 😄👍
the prices are amazing for people outside of romania, couze if you think about romanian minimal wage is around 300$ so at least for us the prices are higher if we compare it with the wage
That makes more sense, we didn’t realize the average wages in lei when we filmed. We now understand 100 lei would be a lot to spend in a day
@@MaxandSidney For comparison, if I where to spend 100 lei of my salary everyday, it would be gone in 21 days (without paying bills, rent, etc.). And I don't even earn minimum wage.
You should visit Brașov next up!
We actually did stop in Brașov briefly during our day in Transylvania! We didn't get enough time though, we definitely want to return!
Here is the link to that video if you are interested:
czcams.com/video/EibMrgH4iZI/video.html
Life in Romania is better than you would think from the statistics. This is because 96.4% of Romanians are homeowners and do not pay rent. We are on the 1st place in Europe in terms of percentage.
Really? That’s a really interesting statistic! Didn’t know about that at all
@@MaxandSidney Yes, It's a paradox to fight stats with another stat. :) I took the percentage from the statistics of the European Union. On Wikipedia it differs very little: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate
It must be nice when you have someone to travel with. I came here and most people didn't even want to talk. Nice place though 👌
It is always nice 😊 Bucharest had a lot to see, but we definitely didn’t meet many people
I enjoyed the video but the music was like listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks on a bad Acid trip.
Haha, that’s hilarious! I’ll never hear the song the same way again 😂
Sunt din România (I'm from Romania)
We really enjoyed our time in your country! 👍🇷🇴
I'm in this video at 2:53 lol
The guy with the green sweater
Wow!! Seriously? What a crazy coincidence, I can’t believe that!
I am glad that you folks enjoyed my home.
We really did! We hope to come back one day 🇷🇴👍
@@MaxandSidney If you come back you can visit more of the mountains, there is plenty of things to see there. In my opinion it's better than the city.
Back before the prices grew it was Even more affordable also Im romanian
Thanks for watching the video! Sounds like prices are rising quickly in Romania 🙁
Cluj, Sighișoara, Timișoara, oradea, Iași
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In Romania the minimum pension is 1000lei = $229 per month, the average pension is 1500lei ... and net minimum wage per month is 1524lei = $345 (40 hours / week - hard work).... so, for Romanians, Bucharest is an expensive city...
Ahh okay, got it
Except only lazy not so smart people work for minimum wage. I am making 2.000 euros and very easily I might say.
Lei or RON , for people over mid 20's and in their 30's we call it lei and I generally use the old system saying 100 RON => 1 million lei whenever I use money
It took us a while to adjust to things priced in lei ! 😆
Actually it was ROL and RON .
ROL and RON are not currencies. Lei is the curency .
Is like saying GBP or USD is a currency. GBP is not the currency, pound is.😀👍 Same with USD. It's the dollar that's the currency.
@@pifandrei5743 Unde traiesti prietene? RON se foloseste
@@nervgear2254 a zis un tantalau , cand s-au schimbat banii, si asa a ramas. 🤣 RON e o abreviere. RO de la romania si N de la lei NOI.
GBP = great Britain pound.
USD de la united states dollar .
Sunt abrevieri , nu curency. 🤣 Unde traiesti tu ?
@@pifandrei5743 Asa se numeste oficial moneda noastra prietene, habar nu ai !
Woah!i live there :)
We loved visiting your city!! 🇷🇴👍
now after the oil price increased, everything is 15% more expensive so you need 115 lei(~24$) to buy all those
Really crazy how quickly the prices have gone up
yep. i live in romania and as a gamer its really tough to get the "new games", so i usually stick with g2a to get them cheaper, or play games i already have
Makes sense!
The problem is the minimum wage in romania is 1800 lei. The rent alone is between 1000-2000 lei. 1500 if you want something decent + utilities around 200 lei and basics stuff such as TV and Internet for another 100 lei. Also, nowadays, everything is way more expensive. Food, drinks, ciggs, clothes, uber.
For example the average romanian spends today at least 50-60 lei on food, 6-12 lei for public transportation. So yes, if you visit Romania is very cheap. If you try and live here, is very hard to have a decent life with the wages romania has according to the prices.
That makes sense, we didn’t realize that!
Why do you mention the minimum wage and not the average one? Not everybody works for minimum wage, I mean I don't know anyone who works for minimum wage.
@@RaduRadonys oh, sweet lil child. I worked on 1500 lei/month. I know a lot of people that did as well for years on end. Especially if you work in a supermarket or something, very rarely you'll earn above minimum wage. I still work in retail today (because I'm still in college) and my workplace now is the first I've encountered in retail where you earn around 2500-2800 lei for full time. The majority of retail places don't offer above 2000 lei/month.
Leu mean LION !!! We love Euro too!!!! Every money good!!! Welcome to Romania!!!
Thank you! We have really enjoyed Romania! 🇷🇴
💥 View BUCHAREST NIGHTLIFE: czcams.com/video/08UpUq5qMGo/video.html
Awesome nightlife in Bucharest!