Mr. Giant Reacts Discover Romania: Europe's Most Mysterious Country? 43 Fascinating Facts 

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I'm English but moved to live in Romania 7 years ago. Not one single regret. Beautiful country and great hospitable people and a rich history. I'm here for the rest of my life. Multă sănătate!

A few corrections: "Martisor" day is not May 1st, it is March 1 and symbolizes the first day of spring. The food specialty " drob de miel" is not a national dish but is one of the main staples at Easter time. A national dish would include "sarmale cu mamaliga" sau "ciorba de perisoare". If you plan to visit Romania, do not use the spelling and pronunciation used in the video to greet locals or ask for directions. That is a very poor Google translation. Instead, ask first in plain English and then listen to their response in Romanian. A more efficient way to learn the basics.

I am Gipsy born in Romania . I escaped Romania with my brother in march 1981 crossing on car tubes the Danube river to Yugoslavia im very happy in Australia I have four brothers and two sisters in Romania I never been back but I cry many times for my country I miss Romania very much my parents died I never had a chance to go back at list at their funeral. I hope one day to go back to live there visit all those beautiful places that I didn’t even new most of them that existed . I’m shame of myself that I found out true a colour brother from USA . I love Australia very much , and also I love Romania also . God Bless Australia and Romania. and all countries in the world. I want to go back to eat sarmale, Mici cu mustar and ciorba de Burta see you there my brother we will eat it together. Rev. Petru C.❤😢👍🏼🙏🏽

I'm from Romania, it's a very, very beautiful country, it's a shame that we have a leadership and corruption beyond limits

My husband is a Romanian.. We took our kids to Transylvania for Halloween last week. They had a blast. Not to forget the mouth watering Romanian foods specially the desserts ❤️

Sint mindrä de tara mea ROMANIA 👍❤❤

Mr. Geant MULTUMIRI 🤝SI🤗 PENTRU FILM 👍 🌲🐺❤️‍🔥🦅🌲 ROMANIE ,ESTE TARA MEA SI A STRABUNILOR MEI 🌿

It's also a mystery how our tax money disappear and the state never seems to have money for public services or good roads

Just two things from a Romanian citizen: 1. While those superstitions, traditions and mystical beliefs do exist indeed they are far less important today, far less people practice them or even know about them than - say - a century ago. Mostly in remote rural areas. It's a bit annoying to me that many of the youtube videos that present this country focus so much on these magical elements of the local folklore, people who watch them might get the completely wrong idea that a typical Romanian is permanently preoccupied with these, or that if they ever visit this country they will witness those things. In fact there's little chance of any tourist ever seeing one of these ancient traditions, and even if they do get to see them, chances are, the village people are putting up a staged show for them and if the tourists weren't there, they would not bother with all that to be honest. 2. The pronunciation of every Romanian word in the video is badly butchered, don't try to imitate that :) If the words weren't also written on the screen I wouldn't even know what he was trying to say, it's so bad.

I am Romanian, born and lived there for 19 yrs before I left the country. Some of the facts mentioned in this video, I didn't know myself, either. All the traditions and celebrations and stuff, I only know a few of them. I learned a great deal about my country from youtube channels visitors. I do love my country and would like to go back and visit some day. Romania is indeed very nice country and has a rich historic past. Food and culture and hospitality is good as well. I hope every tourist visitor has a good experience visiting there. God bless Romania.

Thank you for taking an interest in our country and culture ❤

Romania is very rich in resources, of all kinds. It is very similar to an African country that owns diamond mines and yet its citizens are kept in poverty.

To me the best Romanian food, which I can't get anymore, was smoked pork muscle that's been preserved in pork lard. My grandma used to make it. She'd take a couple of pieces out, fry them and serve them to me with mamaliga and a nice simple veggie sauce we call tocanita de ceapa si ardei (just a bit of freshly picked onion, bellpeppers, tomatoes and parsley). I've never had better tasting pork

Thank you for talking about my country. Unfortunately we're badly seen in Europe and stereotyped. I hope in the future it will be more popular and for once I wish people wouldn't ask me if Russian is my language, since I'm from Romania 😂😂. Cheers ❤

I am a Romanian, one of our tradition food is "Sarmale"

Thanks for promoting Romania sir!!! Much appreciated 🙏

It was almost complete, but you didn't mentioned the Moldavien Monasteries. About the red thread around the wrist is true, funny in the same time... Thank you for your film...

I think the video is a minimal summary of what Romania is, but for a possible tourist , I think it is enough to convince him to choose a vacation in Romania.... We have been here for over 2000 years , many have tried to conquer us and have succeeded at some point and yet we exist as a nation .... that says a lot about this people ... Thank you for promoting Romania as you know best .I can only say that ... Romania I love you !!!❤❤❤

You made a point about "battle for the control of the country" so nobody can immagine how rich this country is, is like a blessed land like a fountain of richness being stolen from sice I can remember but still have resources to give a reason to battel for. Congrats Mr. Giant !!

Yes yes yes. Romania very in tune with land and nature and spirit. Most of us are outdoorsy and love trying others food! Garlic a fav here, can't wait to one day visit my family there again🥹 We left in early 90s and relocated to Detroit Michigan.❤

You pinpointed the struggles of romania perfectly, as the border of europe there was never but now a time without war. Romania has 2 friends, the serbs and the black sea, all the other tried to invade.

Don’t go without a garland of garlic … keep the Draculas away 😂

Excelent . I"m from Bucharest and I was happy to see you, coment about Romania. I hope, one day, visit this country. Find out more, for example : Bucegi mountens and what find NASA sattelites about Buceg Have a nice life!

Romania is a beautiful country, our traditional food is not only drop, there are also sarmales, small ones, belly soup or Radautean soup and many other delicacies, in our country life is more traditional, as well as the kitchen, Romanian women are the two generation and few of the younger ones still keep the tradition of cooking at home, visit Romania, it's a beautiful country, it's worth seeing!.

Greetings from Romania, Mr. Giant. I'm living in Cluj, only one mile from that strange forest 'Baciu'. My wife saw 30 years ago, standing at the window, a UFO upon Baciu Forest. It stood few minutes moving slow around and it flied away, fast, in the sky.

Here's some equally and even more interesting facts about Romania: * Transylvania comes from the latin words, "Trans-silva" meaning, "trans-forest" or "cross-forest". * To answer one of your questions, during medieval times Romania (particularly Wallachia, Transylvania and part of Moldavia) was far more important as a barrier between the ottoman controlled eastern lands and Europe. For that reason no fewer than 2 Romanians are credited with saving Europe and one of them the whole world. One of them, many of you already know. Vladislava Basarab. Aka Vlad the Impaler. The other one is a much more interesting figure imo name Janos Hunyadi or Iancu de Hunedoara in Romanian. He was also the father of king Matthias Corvin. * Although the D-Day of the middle ages was fought in present day Serbia, not Romania, the defense was led by a Romanian. That again was Janos Hunyadi. It was the 1456 battle of Nandorfehervar. You may have never heard of it but you've probably heard of things relating to it. San Juan Capistrano was one of the leaders of the defense and the Victory was counted as a miracle in his canonization. The ringing of church bells at noon is a consequence of this battle. And despite being largely forgotten, it is believed that this battle decided the fate of the world. Also, it bears striking resemblance to the battle of Middle Earth in the lord of the rings and may have played an inspirational role. * There's a castle in Romania called Turnu Rosu which means "red tower". It has that name because; duting medieval times, it's defenders mixed the blood of fallen Ottoman troops into the mortar when they did repairs to the walls as a warning to leave them alone. The blood coloring in the mortar is visible to this day. Web search the name and you'll probably find pictures of it. * Sighisoara is considered the most well preserved medieval town in Europe. * Bran castle is located in Brasov (medieval Chronstadt or Cronstad) which was Transylvanian territory. Vlad the impaler never ruled Transylvania. He ruled Wallachia. So; despite all the Dracula's castle nonsense, there's very little to suggest Vlad the Impaler ever set foot in the castle and he almost certainly never controlled it. Other than MAYBE a brief detainment siege during his attack on Timpa hill. * Speaking of Dracula. Dracula is made up of "dracul" meaning dragon (draco in latin) symbolically while an "a" or "ya" at the end of the name means, "Jr". So Dracula means, "Dragon Jr." or "son of the dragon". So technically, Jason Scott Lee can be called Dracula. 😁

1th of March! is the "Mărțișor" (not May as you mentioned)! ”Călușarii” are not at all ”a secret society”, they are a group of friesds that respect a tradition for New Year. And, actually, in Romania is a blasfemy if you do not recieved ”Călușari” if they are arround, but actually people beleave that if you receive their dance on New Year Eve , you are blessed! And sorry, the guy who made that video, did not care at all about the ”fonetics”! Sounds absolutly horible in Romanian language

Also, you should visit Targu Jiu if you come here. The city hosts a famous group of urban sculptures made by Constantin Brancusi, who was born here. He is known as The Father Of Modern Sculpture and his artwork in Targu Jiu is ment to honor the Romanians who gave their lives for the country in World War 1. As for food, aside from drob and sarmale, I also recommend you try cozonac, a delicious Romanian desert, and our famous street food mici.

Bran castle is branded as "Dracula's castle" for tourists. The actual castle of Vlad Tepes, after which the fictional character was created, is Cetatea Poienari, situated on the southern end of the Transfagarasan.

Thank God for the internet 'cause with it Romanian people and culture can be discovered worldwide! Our unique belives need to be kept also by younger generations for the years to come! The world is full of mysteries that need to be preserved, our land is blessed with plenty of these and all together enriches our culture and communities.

Romanians: more than 90% own a private property - NO RENT, NO BANKS.

Thank you for your interest, Sir!

Send you love from Romania❤❤❤❤ Serbia very good food ,amazing ppl, beautiful country❤. Send love from Romania to Serbia ❤ If you come to România try cabage rolls with polenta( sarmale cu mămăligă) & mici ( small ones with mustard & bread) ❤Mărțișor is on 1 of March ,not May and in 8 March we celebrate mother Day.

One of the underrated countries in Europe. Unique Latin influences/cultures only seen in Moldavia as well in this region.

There's some mistakes, like confusing 1 of May (Labour Day) with 1 of March, which is Mărțișor. There's also some bad prononciation on places and usual phrases. Sarmale is also a traditional food , in vine leaves or in fermented cabbage. Almost every family has it's own recipe. And the ear tingling it's not the most accurate word, it's whizzing or ringing in the ear. Tingling or itching of the nose is also a thing, and it means you're either get scolded or beaten.

Thank you for promoting my beautiful country Romania! The food is amazing, amazing sites , beautiful places, traditions are most amazing heritage that we are proud of. Food: sarmale, drob, ciulama de pui, mici, ciorba radauteana, ciorba de burta, mamaliga cu branza, langos, papanasi and many more. Amazing video!! The only negative thing i will say, it is the robot voice who pronounce some words rong. I thing it is because of some words. Thank you for presenting our Country with all her beauty!! Multumim!!!💙💛❤

hahahaha ok, about not returning home in case you forgot something, quite the opposite! We go back a million times. It's like we all have OCD or something, because we keep going back just to double check that the stove is turned off, that all the taps in the house are turned off, that we closed all the windows, unplugged things in case it thunders and so on

oh man, you have so many to try: Mici, Sarmale, Papanasi, Bulz, just from the top of my head

Super cool !!! I am so happy that more foreigners are discovering my country and culture.

That's my country, with good and bad things 😊..a beautiful country with lot's of history and good food 😁..the only problem it ppl who lead it 😎.. thank you sir for the video..👍

So chill, curious and wise. I love your channel, you have that combination of a childlike eagerness to explore and learn with a hard earned wisdom of a grandfather. And I agree.... We are all the same, people that have the same needs, fears, desires and weaknesses. And flaws, unfortunately. Noroc (=cheers)!

I am a Romanian. I think I speak for the majority of romanians when I say that drob is the best thing ever, you should definitely try making it!

Thx for your friendly reaction from România

Throughout history, many peoples, starting with the Romans, then the Huns, the Turks, the Austro-Hungarians, the Germans and the Russians, have disputed the right to rob Romania's riches.

Romanian traditions are unique in the world.😊

Hi 👋, if you plan to visit Romania, you should turn on the carnivore side, because all our dishes have meat in them. Also, it’s still kinda difficult to eat vegan food everywhere, but in villages you can get fresh vegetables, which are simply amazing. Cheers and thank you for your interest in our country!

If you come to Romania, it will be a great holiday. I guarantee you. As it is very safe, plan to travel a lot, move from region to region, see natural places, historical and modern. There's something for every tourist, no matter his or her taste

Hello !You should come to Romania! It's beautiful!✌️

We are so rich but yet so poor, all of our riches are sold by politicians to foreign countries and our country take about 2% out of those sales, the rest go to our politicians.....Yes you are so right, when they find things they come and buy it by force....

Interesting clip, but what i liked the most was your open minded response to all the traditions and quirky superstitions thousands of years old ❤

Thanks for promoting our country ❤

About the merry cemetery : one of the most famous inscriptions on the cross of the tomb Under this big heavy rock Lays my poor mother in law One more day if she would live I would lay and she would read

Do you know where half the iron for the Eiffel Tower came from? From Reșița, Romania!🇷🇴 (I’m a Romanian myself so I’m very proud of my country)

Romania is my country ❤

I am from România & my husband is african. Adorable mix child, powerfull and verry inteligent little girl 3years old. God bless you sir!

I can't give you 1000 LIKE's ! ...I would ...Thank you for this video !

Thank you for reacting to our country facts. About the battles you are right. Across the history manny armies tried to claim out country making thier own. For the strategic position and the reaches. Our ancestors fought bravely every time driving the invaders out. Even when they were outnumbered. This hasn't change today and manny try to claim parts of our country even today. Unlike then there is no one to fight now. But it still is a beautiful country and open to all tourists. We also have one of the oldes records of our ancestors being here like thousands of years back.

you can also find that kind of crooked forest in Poland, the forests were planted many years ago by carpenters building stylish furniture to construct curved pieces from a single piece of wood

Thank you for showing to the world my beautiful country!Maybe one day you come visit and see all these places!

Thank you for the insight of this part of Europe called Romaia! Wish you a warm welcome to our land! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I'll make it simple.... Go to Piatra Neamt and Mountain Ceahlau...and to Black Sea...Vama Veche...and in Bucegi mountains

Calusarii dance is the dance from which provine, Scotland traditional dance and pipes instrument as well from Roumania country 😍😍😍😍

Take care ... România is a nice country, and nice people.. we love only tourist...so take care...😉

It's actually number one in Europe as internet speed, and second in the world after South Koreea. BTW Bran Castle is the same with Dracula Castle from your video. Thanks for sharing these facts about Romania, awesome work !

Mr Giant...you are a GREAT man ...! Really ONE!!!🎩🎩🎩

Thank you for making a reaction video about Romania ! ❤❤❤

I was born in România, and it is a very beautiful county !

Sadly, lots of companies taking natural resources from Romania nowadays aren't even from Romania, but working through political leverage to take gold, wood and others outside of the country.

HELLO MY FRIEND , thank you for this beautiful video !!! From Romania with love ❤️ !!!

im so proud of my country and i see that you like the way it is so thanks that you see his majesty

Yes it’s true! Thank you!

East Europe is magical!

Also, a very good place to visit is the Salt mine from Turda..the largest salt mine in Europe of this kind..also, Deveselu rochet shield... is a very beautiful country, with lots of traditions and good food.. ❤

Thx for the video!

@MrGiant, I am from Romania🇷🇴, you made my day! May God bless you! You a very wonderful person.🤗😇

That Drob is Good , with raw onnions on the side and some tomatoes... it's like a cold aperitive... it's not a full meal... but it's good, really good.

I taught us Irish were superstitious, no Romania is by far.

nice to see your video,I m from Romania but I moved to Sri Lanka because I prefer hot weather.But in has some special energetic places that really changed me after visiting them❤

One of the best things is that the country is really into many many ideas from most countries

Thank you for your video and your reaction! Greetings from Romania. The video you watched Mr. Giant is more about folklore and superstitions. Common people in my country are not that kind, we are modern and well adapted mind free people.

❤❤❤❤Multumim ! Foarte frumos video 🪷❤️🌹

Love the video, thank you Mr. Giant. ............. However, that "Discover Romania: Europe's Most Mysterious Country? 43 Fascinating Facts" it is so funny , I think the script was stolen from my classmate Viorel. He wrote something like that when we were in the 3rd grade in elementary school, so funny :) ... He also wrote that "the kangaroos are extinct in America because the buffalos eat all the grass" ;)

you know that Count Dracula is actually a Romanian king who was called Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracul because during the confrontations with the Ottoman Empire he impaled around 20,000 Ottoman soldiers and traitors. I mean, a giant spear was inserted up his ass and out through his mouth. When the sultan saw a field full of so many men who were pierced with spears, he gave up the fight and returned to Turkey. This is where the legend of Dracula comes from

Sunflowers are also a huge part of Romania's exports .the seeds are loaded onto ships on their black sea ports.

About the drob do you like the Scottish Haggis? Think ten times better all that flavours mixed together . You need to try it😉

Hey MR. Giant, you spoke well about the fight for the minerals. Our government sold all the mineral extraction to foreign states, like Austria, Germany, USA, Canada, and the list is long. Thats why they let us join UE and Nato in the first place, nothing comes for free... And another factor is the greed for money of our governors. It's sad but it's the truth :( Good luck and take care!

As a person born and raised in Romania it's fascinating and humbling to see people be interested in our culture, food and scenery. As for food I would recommend, definitely "drob de miel" as they said in the video. It's just amazing 😻. And also "sarmale" which is basically a mix of usually ground pork meat with rice seasoned with condiments, wrapped up in cabbage/lettuce leaves and then boiled. Mmm. The outcome is definitely to die for. From what I heard it wasn't INVENTED in Romania but we're pretty much known for it being one of our staple foods nowadays. 6:33 - Pretty sure they meant 1st of March not May...

That's true what u said about the mineral riches that we have and the fights that we had with Roman Empire and Ottoman Empire but not only for this and also for it's strategycal possitioning with Danube guardiang Souther part of Romania and Carpathians Mountains the other.

Give it a try,it worths it!Very good food,they work clean,don't be affraid to eat...

As a Romanian, I find it extremely fun that the narrator's pronunciation got some English words wrong and how every other Romanian names were so far off from how they should sound that even I wouldn't recognize them if heard! Buna pronounced "boonheaj" mean nothing lol... it sounds more like "boonah" and it's a short for Buna Ziua which means good day. just funny facts :)

Hi from Romania. The egs started as red - Christ blood - we have many many churches - it is a orthodox country like greece.

Stimă și respect for you Mr. Giant ❤❤❤mult succes în ce faci ❤❤❤

Exactly, you've noticed right. The country is too rich, it's been a target all over in the last 2500 years.

About the hoia baciu forest, those crocked trees are not from there, those are from the crocked forest in Poland... they are most likely man made, as is possible to grow trees in different shapes.

Romanians eat a lot of meat. Different pork dishes are associated with Christmas. Lamb dishes are associated with Easter. Drob is a meatloaf-y thing with a specific texture given by the organs used in making it. It can be nice, it can also get dry (given the fact that baked liver or kidneys can get dry). Lamb hasn't yet the strong flavour of mutton (but has a specific flavour) so that is a plus. I am surprised that, of all the dishes, this is the one that made the list.

Romanians have a lot of traditions, and, are happy to teach foreigners about them, many romanians knowing to speak english ! ... 😊👍 Many romanians are very welcoming in regards of foreigners ! ... 🙂 Many romanians know their history, and, Romania's history is very rich in events ! ... 🙂

Ther is a lot more,about invencions,sculpture,music,histori,etc.All interesting,and a lot more things unknown,hiden.😎

Romania, one of best place to live that s for sure.We need to evolve in some aspects, but foundation it s there so we can build on top of it.

i guess another said it but the "Martisor" starts on 1st of March, an i fokin luv it :D