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After two members of the Bored Panda team traveled to Romania on vacation, they were absolutely inspired by this country. This often-overlooked tourist destination is a hidden gem filled with beautiful forests, regal castles and epic mountains.
Owing to its rich medieval history, Romania is positively saturated with beautiful castles in various states of repair. The country also has a huge amount of undisturbed forest (and the largest population of brown bears in Europe), making it a great destination for nature lovers. With the Carpathian mountains running through the center of the country, the combination makes for some unforgettably memorable views.
If you're from Romania or if you've been there on vacation, we'd love to see your favorite sights! And don't forget to vote for your favorite photos on this list.
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#1
Bigar Waterfall
AnastasiaMason 11 years ago
I think you Romanian people should give the exact location so that we know where to go!
DianaBesnea 11 years ago
you can find it in Caras-Severin county,near Bozovici or Anina city :)
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TeklaParajdi 11 years ago
The problem with Romania is that we have all these beautiful places but we don't have a great working tourism system
ChristianCummins 11 years ago
Here is a 23rd reason - cycling in Transylvania A journey of hope and discovery on enchanted paths! http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1746477/
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#2
Romanian Tunnel Of Love
AlexandruMahu 11 years ago
I took this photo in Romania, not in Ukraine. You can see more here http://www.alexandrumahu.com/All/Going-West
MariaŞuhan 11 years ago
this is the story of this tunnel. just use google translate http://florinavramescu.blogspot.ro/2013/09/tunelul-mai-explicit.html
SmithMarius 10 years ago
tunelul e pe fosta linie ferata Caransebes- Bautar, in apropierea comunei Glimboca
Marian-GabrielFlocan 11 years ago
:)) There's one in Ukraine and there's one in Romania...is that so hard to get?
#3
The Moss Swamp
IoanaDanaNitescu 11 years ago
Cheile Nerei-Lacul Ochiul Beiului, Cascadele Beușnița și La Văioaga
#4
Bucegi Mountains
#5
Bucegi Mountains
#6
The Transfagarasan, Transylvania
BarbaraDelahunty 11 years ago
The BBC programme Top Gear did a segment on this once, they called it one of the best driving experiences in Europe.
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLAtcrB0GZg - THE BEST, not "one of the best" ! :)
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KayWhealonSmith 11 years ago
WOW!! I can't even IMAGINE driving on a road like that!! And can you imagine the construction when they were building it???
PaulaBecerra 11 years ago
Very strange. It is like a Lego game on top of the Earth just for a while....
#7
Autumn Morning Fog In The Village Biertan
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
Yes, and it is a church, not a castle. Romania has approx. 300 fortified churches and citadels.
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EusebiuCozmîncă 11 years ago
There's a festival each year in Biertan. Fool Moon Festival for horror movie fans
#8
Ceahlau
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
Much more accesible: Romania's highest mountain peak is Moldoveanu (8,347 ft = 2,544 m)
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#9
Maramures
Final score:
198points
AdrianPopan 11 years ago
This image belongs to me, I am the author and owner of all copyrights. Please indicate it as such or remove it at once.
Michel Guntern 9 years ago
Posting other people's images without their permission is not acceptable!
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AdrianPopan 11 years ago
I AM THE AUTHOR OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH AND THE OWNER OF ALL COPYRIGHTS, SHAME ON YOU FOR STEALING IT WITHOUT MENTIONING THE OWNER OR THE SOURCE!
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
Cred ca Andreea Oana nu mai are unde sa scrie mesajul despre autor, dar toata lumea poate vedea comentariul dumneavoastra. Iar imaginea este foarte reusita - felicitarile mele, domnule Popan!
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Bran (dracula) Castle
Michel Guntern 9 years ago
I've been to this castle, but it didn't look as good as it does here.
MariaAlban 10 years ago
The mountains are not so close. It's a beautiful picture, but does not reflect the truth ;)
TomKirkemo 10 years ago
It tepends on how much yuo zoom in. The greater the zoom, the more compressed the image looks. :)
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FlorinDaniel 11 years ago
fake! http://wide-wallpapers.net/bran-castle-known-as-draculas-castle-romania-wide-wallpaper/
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
And Transylvanian region IS part of Romania. I am from Romania, too! :)
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Sunflower Fields
Mughirah Muin 7 years ago
Hello. I know its stupid questin, but is it a sunrise or sunset ? I need the answer.
Gabriel Marian 11 years ago
no, precisely !, I watched carefully the other images with detachment and a "stranger's eye", and each of them is rather unique, except that
AncaNienna 11 years ago
What a pointless comment. Almost all these photos could be in any other countries with similar climate or geography. But they're not... :)
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#12
Corvin Castle
#13
Rodnei Mountains, Romania
FlorinUlar 10 years ago
I grew up in these mountains. These flowers (Rhododendron) have a wonderful flavor, my mother used them to make a delicious syrup or jelly.
#14
Peles Castle
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
Voted on TripAdvisor as #1 tourist attraction in Romania. The interior is amazing, too!
#15
Decebal
CristiBunta 10 years ago
Malus Dacus a fost numele primit de Mihai Viteazul, nu de Decebal
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Retezat National Park, Carpathians
DanielaRotaru 10 years ago
sorry, but Bucura lake is just close to the National Park Retezat...
#17
Rodnei
#18
Apuseni Mountains
#19
Spring Afternoon In The Hills Of Holbav Village
Christian Cummins 11 years ago
Try out the experience of farming in Romania: http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1746078/
#20
Brasov
MaureenDaniels 11 years ago
Starting at the top of this picture you could not guess that it will end in traffic! I loved being able to view it this way.
EmanuelHritcu 11 years ago
Now this is my photoshopped town where I was made!!! And it's the BEST !
BarbaraDelahunty 11 years ago
Brasov's gothic Black Church: it used to have dozens of hand-made carpets displayed on the walls inside. Beautiful picture.
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
It still has them. The greatest collection of oriental carpets: Anatolian carpets donated, from the 15th to 17th centuries, by Transylvanian Saxon merchants.
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ShirleneMoreira 11 years ago
I have visited Romenia, I don't regret it but I think these pictures are duper duper over photoshoped, it's just not accurate are all.
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
Not at all, this is the real light in late summer. :) You have to come again to visit and you'll see!
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Sighişoara
Final score:
126points
RalucaMunteanu 10 years ago
Fotografiile sunt superbe, dar ai uitat de litoral (partea salbatica) si delta ;)
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
This is real Sighisoara! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpn2zLediB8
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Mountain Road
AdrianTanasa 11 years ago
Thank you for adding these beautifull pictures. I sometimes forget why I still live here :)
BogdanaDobre 11 years ago
some contrast, and saturation corrections, but that is all. for example, transfagarasan looks way much better in reality :)
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Rodica Ion 8 years ago
Thank you for these wonderful pictures and I hope you understand why we love this country!
Cristi Cristian 7 years ago
Transalpina and Transfăgărășan are 2 different roads. You should know it as a romanian
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DanMirescu 11 years ago
It looks a lot like Transalpina to me. Which is not quite finished. But the road is still very good.
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#24
Sunrise At Magura
Final score:
66points
AdrianPopan 11 years ago
This image belongs to me, I am the author and owner of all copyrights. Please indicate it as such or remove it at once.
#26
Balea Lake
GuineaGeorgeta 11 years ago
I've seen it, it's not modified..This is our country, our nature..i love it.
Gábor Fábián 8 years ago
Sadly the lake and it's surrounding is full of trash. Most people apparently don't like it.
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The Merry Cemetery, Maramures
Final score:
56points
#29
Cave Scarisoara
AndreiFărcaș 11 years ago
The most impressive fact, not revealed by this picture, is that there is a glacier inside the cave! :D
#30
Mine Salt In Turda
Final score:
42points
AndreiFărcaș 11 years ago
And the main hall with the additional annexes is even more impressive, this is just the entrance ;)
#31
Black Sea
Final score:
41points
AlexandraIonescu 10 years ago
Not anymore - when have you been there last time? I was a few days in Mamaia.
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Morning In Rural Romania
AlexandraTeodorescu 11 years ago
https://500px.com/photo/80852007/tranquility-by-catalin-caciuc Copyright of Catalin Caciuc...
#33
Cazinoul Din Constanta
Final score:
37points
#34
Bran Monastrery In Brasov County
Final score:
36points
#36
Sarmizegetusa Regia
Final score:
34points
Ana-MariaStoica 11 years ago
it's Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulpia_Traiana_Sarmizegetusa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmizegetusa_Regia
CristiBunta 10 years ago
A common mistake, Sarmizegetisa Regia was the capital of the Dacians, where this photo is from Ulpia Traina Sarmizegetusa (a fortress build by the romans to solidify there rule over thouse lands).
#37
View From Cetatea Poenari
Final score:
33points
AndreiFărcaș 11 years ago
And the Poienari fortress itself is really nice to visit! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poenari_Castle
#38
Sibiu
Final score:
31points
AndreiFărcaș 11 years ago
A view from the Bridge of Lies (the legends says that whoever tells a lie there the bridge will collapse with them) :D
#39
Romanian Sphinx
Final score:
31points
BarbaraDelahunty 11 years ago
Bucegi Sphinx, which looms above the Prahova valley between Busteni and Azuga
#40
Two Worlds - Sf. Ana Lake
Final score:
29points
Andrei Fărcaș 11 years ago
This is in the Szekler Land and it has its own legend, you should ask the locals! ;)
#43
Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania
Final score:
25points
#44
A Part Of Wedding Celebration In Sat Sugatag In Region Of Maramures.
Final score:
24points
#45
Borsa, Maramures
Final score:
21points
Mermaid Channel -Entertainment Fun 7 years ago
May I take pride in asking which camera was used for all these splendid pictures?
#46
Shepherd At Sunset (miorita) - By The Mud Volcanoes (vulcanii Nroiosi) - By Tudor Jelescu
Final score:
20points
#51
Iasi,romania
Final score:
18points
#52
Peles Castle-sinaia
Final score:
18points
#55
Iași City
Final score:
18points
#64
Caraiman Cross, Bucegi Mountains
Final score:
14points
Andrei Fărcaș 11 years ago
It's full of light bulbs and a generator inside its base, so every night it is lighten up, so you can see it from miles away!
#71
Hunedoara Castle Interior
Final score:
11points
#72
Hidden Waterfall In Jiu Valley
Final score:
11points
#77
Cluj-napoca, The Heart Of Transylvania
Final score:
10points
#79
Tmf Sesia Valley / Geamana / Alba
Final score:
10points
AndreiFărcaș 11 years ago
A lake with toxic residual water from a goldmine exploitation. The village was evacuated in the 70's, but the houses are below the "water"..
#80
Gura Portiței
Final score:
10points
Transport Gura Portiței 5 years ago
I was there with boys at https://transport-gura-portitei.com Is a interesting place.
#82
Transilvania
Final score:
10points
#85
Beusnita Waterfall
Final score:
10points
#86
Hiking Towards Rooster's Crest (creasta Cocoșului), Gutin Mountains, Maramureș
Final score:
9points
#87
Tureni, Cluj County, Romania
Final score:
9points
Tiby Manaszes (Submission author) 11 years ago
This is in Tureni, a little village near Turda. I think it looks better than the one in Turda, a must visit place for everybody.
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#94
Cismigiu Park (bucharest)
Final score:
8points
#97
Babele, Bucegi Mountains
Final score:
8points
AlexCiopata 10 years ago
Nope! This is the sphinx! The "Babele" stones are just outside the chalet. And, Yes I know they are in the same area Don't get it wrong :)
#110
Kissing Gate &table Of Silence-tirgu Jiu
Final score:
7points
#115
Onesti City
Final score:
6points
#117
Slanic Salt Mine
Final score:
6points
kangaroo1939 10 years ago
They are not many countries in the world as beautiful as Romania. It is a gifted land.
#118
Valea Spumoasă,munții Bucegi (the Foamy Valley, Bucegi Mountains)
Final score:
6points
#124
Predeal, Brasov County
Final score:
5points
#127
Eforie Nord Beach (autumn) - Black Sea
Final score:
5points
#129
Spring Therapy In Soimari, Prahova County, Romania, By Andrei Baciu
Final score:
5points
#144
Strong Like The Mountains And Gentle Like The Flowers.
Final score:
4points
#146
Retezat Mountains, 2000m Above Sea Level. View Of Bucura Lake After Rain In The Afternoon.
Final score:
4points
#147
Portile Inchise (the Closen Gates), Retezat Mountains
Final score:
4points
#149
Nagyvárad (oradea)
Final score:
4points
#150
Bánffy Castle Is Located In Bonțida, Cluj County, Transylvania.
Final score:
4points
#158
Red Lake - Transilvania Near Gyergyószentmiklós Harghita County Romania
Final score:
3points
#165
Romuli, Bistrița-năsăud, Maramureș
Final score:
2points
Jochen Smet (Submission author) 11 years ago
Oops, though it's near to the border with Maramureș it's still Bistrița-Năsăud... Can't seem to work on the title...
#172
Over Rasnov
Final score:
2points
PaulaT (Submission author) 11 years ago
I was there too :) It's a beautiful place. Unfortunately at that time, the photos I took weren't so great. Thanks for your comment :D
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#178
A Good Place To Ski And Quite Close To City Sibiu, Păltiniş
Final score:
2points
#184
The 'heart Of Jesus' Look-out, Farkaslaka (lupeni), Harghita County, Transylvania.
Final score:
2points
#185
Lake Chamois (2230 M) Is One Of The Glacial Lakes In The Fogaras Mountains, Romania
Final score:
2points
#210
Pestera Village In Romania - Autumn And Winter Battle For Supremacy.
Final score:
1point
#215
Black Church - Brasov
Final score:
1point
Mihaela Irimia 5 years ago
It took centuries for the construction that started in 1383 to be finally completed, the violent attacks of the Ottoman and Tatar armies destroying or at least delaying substantially the process. In the end, the church was finalized in 1477, but at a smaller scale given the scarce resources and the constant threat of a new attack against Brasov. Still, the worst came in 1689 when historical Brasov was destroyed by a devastating fire. Only the walls, the font and the treasury from the vestry survived from the edifice that is known as the Black Church ever since. The monument was rebuilt in the 18th century, but its restoration continued up to recent years.
#223
Union Square, Timisoara
Final score:
0points
Andrei Fărcaș 11 years ago
ohoooo this was taken a looong time ago, during the modernization works there. Now the square looks different!
Tifan Timea (Submission author) 11 years ago
middle of September, so not that long ago
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#225
" The Dandelion " From Galati , Roumania- Artesian Well !
Final score:
0points
#226
Cascada Beusnita
Final score:
0points
#228
The Roman-catholic Parish Church Of Cluj/klausenburg/kolozsvar - The Heart Of Transylvania
Final score:
0points
#229
The Entrance In The Catholic Medieval Parish Church Of Cluj
Final score:
0points
#230
Cluj-napoca, The Heart Of Transylvania, The Treasure-city
Final score:
0points
#239
Baile Hargita: Summer, Autumn, Winter And Spring A Great Place If You Love Walking In Nature
Final score:
0points
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BiancaOșvat 11 years ago
I`m from Romania and these amazing pictures reopened my eyes! Thank you:)!
AncaN 11 years ago
This is the real image of Romania. We are not a country of gypsies, but one of wonders.
endotear 11 years ago
The wrong perception of others is based on either ignorance or bad personal experience. It says nothing about romanians.
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AinoVarila 11 years ago
These photos gave me a new view to Romania - much better than I used to have. They made me want to travel to this beautiful country.
MariusOctavianStaiculescu 11 years ago
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NajibDajani 11 years ago
When I was a child, we used to spend our summers in Romania; a village called Snagov. It was beautiful. I feel like going back now. Wow.
SaraCove 11 years ago
As a Dracula fan I've always wanted to go. Now I know I have to it's stunning
CristinaBusuioc 11 years ago
You have to visit Sighisoara summer time - maybe around the Medieval Festival too :)
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MarilynO'Connor 11 years ago
My husband & I traveled to this beautiful country for a few days, but stayed a week! Loved our stay in Poem Boem, a villa in Transylvania
BiancaOșvat 11 years ago
I`m from Romania and these amazing pictures reopened my eyes! Thank you:)!
AncaN 11 years ago
This is the real image of Romania. We are not a country of gypsies, but one of wonders.
endotear 11 years ago
The wrong perception of others is based on either ignorance or bad personal experience. It says nothing about romanians.
Load More Replies... AinoVarila 11 years ago
These photos gave me a new view to Romania - much better than I used to have. They made me want to travel to this beautiful country.
MariusOctavianStaiculescu 11 years ago
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Load More Replies... NajibDajani 11 years ago
When I was a child, we used to spend our summers in Romania; a village called Snagov. It was beautiful. I feel like going back now. Wow.
SaraCove 11 years ago
As a Dracula fan I've always wanted to go. Now I know I have to it's stunning
CristinaBusuioc 11 years ago
You have to visit Sighisoara summer time - maybe around the Medieval Festival too :)
Load More Replies... MarilynO'Connor 11 years ago
My husband & I traveled to this beautiful country for a few days, but stayed a week! Loved our stay in Poem Boem, a villa in Transylvania
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