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.
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 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.
"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.
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
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
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.
@@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!
@@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
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!
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!
@@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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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 !
