Oradea is one of the MOST beautiful cities in Romania (2023 🇷🇴)

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Oradea is on of the MOST beautiful cities in Romania! We arrive in our last city of our almost 3 month journey through the stunning country of Romania. Oradea dates back to the 12th century and is known for its baroque and art nouveau architecture; remnants of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was also the GPS of the Middle Ages, the first “0” meridian of mankind! On first impression, we notice an abundance of construction throughout the city. Despite that, we couldn’t believe how beautiful the city was! Oradea is home to the most palaces in Romania and over 100 churches of different denominations, even hosting the only active Jewish community in Romania and the largest Baptist church in Europe. We visit the “Moon Church” with its unique mechanism built in 1793 that rotates around every 28 days through the phases of the moon, the beautiful Greek Catholic Church and Saint Ladislaus I Church.
We visit the Black Eagle and Moskovits Palaces, cross the Crisul Repede River, and tour the phenomenal Oradea City Hall, an impressive example of Renaissance architecture. Oradea is also known for its expansive thermal baths to the south of the city, so of course we take a soak at the Apollo Felix Thermal Baths.
We always enjoy trying the local food and this time not only did the Dock Cafe impress us with it’s tasty food and views but we had an AMAZING burger at the American Burger Cafe!
We stroll down the impressive Strada Republicii pedestrian street and visit the Baroque Palace and its partner Roman Catholic Cathedral. We finish off our short week seeing the Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra and HOW impressive it was! We will forever remember our time in the gorgeous city of Oradea, Romania. Now it’s off to Hungary, our tenth country.
We hope to see you back next week for our first week in Budapest, Hungary. Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video please LIKE, comment, and SUBSCRIBE for more of our travel adventures!
-- Rory, April and the Big Dood
Episode 025 | Oradea, Romania | Filmed September 2023
#romania #travelvlog #oradea
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:02 Lunch at Gusto Pizza
1:58 Palace of Greek Catholic Bishopric
2:39 St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Cathedral
3:10 Piața Unirii
3:15 The Black Eagle Palace
3:51 The Moon Church
4:27 American Burger Cafe
5:23 Chantia Pastries
5:42 Oradea City Hall
6:29 Dorbob Bakery
7:03 Teatrul Regina Maria
7:21 Strada Republicii
8:00 Moskovits Palace
8:50 Euphoria Biergarten
9:37 Apollo Felix Thermal Baths
10:44 Episcopal Palace & Roman Catholic Cathedral
13:03 Garden of Eden
13:45 Dock Bistro & Bar
14:22 Oradea Symphonic Orchestra
14:47 Nights in Oradea
14:20 Ollie gets a new lovey
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@ciprianpandelezuppy 6 ай бұрын

Superbă Oradea!

@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

We loved Oradea

@cheeseflavoredsoda3262 9 ай бұрын

OMG, this is so awesome! I can't wait to visit Timisoara and Oradea next year! Have fun guys!

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

It’s definitely not to be missed! It is such a great city!

@aureliab7584 8 ай бұрын

Vraiment Oradea est une tres belle ville de Roumanie . J aime bien Oradea ! Merci pour cette presentation ! Amitie

@thegreatescapers 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! It was one of our favorite cities for sure ❤️

@tortellinifettuccine 9 ай бұрын

My gosh! Why does this city look like the perfect wedding background!? Haha I know that sounds shallow but I swear, every street reeked with elegance! Ps. You guys have better camera quality than 90% of KZfaq, and a bunch of them are straight millionaires! You guys rock 😆

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

Aww Thank you so much! That’s very kind ❤ yes Oradea is the perfect wedding venue and we saw several brides while we were there ❤❤❤❤

@draculakickyourass 9 ай бұрын

Most of the people have no clue about a camera settings,(most of them use it on factory setting)so it is not about the camera price,but about the person handling the camera. PS: A smart guy ruined my sister's wedding film,because he found out the ,,webcam ext mic'' mode doesn't fill the memory storage fast,so the genius recorded the whole wedding in 320X480 resolution,without sound....

@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

That’s terrible! I’m learning! It’s been a fun hobby to remember our travels ❤️

@feliciarotaru7009 9 ай бұрын

Very beautiful Oradea.

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

It was magical 🇷🇴❤️

@velomaniaromania 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for passing by 😊 Oradea is the town were I was born ❤ Thanks for talking so nice about my city and happy to see here people from US :) Have a good travel always - cheers

@thegreatescapers 7 ай бұрын

So nice of you! thank you for watching ❤️

@iulian19691969 Ай бұрын

Doamne, frumoasă mai este tara mea! Este o GROZAVIE!

@thegreatescapers Ай бұрын

It really is stunning! ❤

@bondasdaniel 5 ай бұрын

I live in Oradea, You did a great job compiling the most attractive objectives from the city. Safe travel and come back anytime!

@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! We really loved Oradea and Romania in general! Thanks for watching ❤️

@Just1kOoL 9 ай бұрын

Hope you guys have a good time and enjoy Oradea and Romania so far! :)

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

We really did!!! What a beautiful country! We loved everything about it! What a gem 🇷🇴❤️

@BogdanPatrut 9 ай бұрын

I strongly recommend you Iași (Iasi), too.

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

We will have to visit next time we are in Romania!

@sweetycamy 2 ай бұрын

Lovely city, I like that you can walk around without the fear of being hit by cars! They have been updating the city for a long time already, it seems to be always in construction. Mostly resurfacing and finishing other urban renewal projects :)

@thegreatescapers 2 ай бұрын

They are definitely doing a lot of improvement of the city infrastructure, it was one of our favorite places. It will be even better when they are finished with all of their projects. Thanks for watching :-)

@alexakay4648 9 ай бұрын

You guys are awesome! Thanks for being so awesome!If you stay a few more days you can climb the Town Hall tower and see the building inside, which is amazing, but you can see the panorama of the whole city of Oradea from the top of the tower.🥰🤗🌺

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

A very kind staff member who worked there showed us around the city hall. It was beautiful but we unfortunately ran out of time to go climb the tower as much as we wanted to. A week in Oradea was not enough time. ❤❤

@alexakay4648 9 ай бұрын

@@thegreatescapers Yep! Tell me about that!🌹🍀

@ciprianpandelezuppy 6 ай бұрын

Excelent!

@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@samlytair5168 9 ай бұрын

In Romania go to Oradea - Parcul Magnoliei - Clink coffee bar , you can get really good food in there and i highly suggest you go there once... Honestly belive it's one great area and you two will have a good time there! Food suggestion : Crispy Wrap with "Cartofi pai" ! ( don't forget a good drink ) ;)

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the suggestions!

@sntns 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for visiting Oradea, we hope you enjoyed your time here. ( Currently, the city is undergoing renovations, and in about 1 to 2 years, it will certainly be even more welcoming. )

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

We LOVED our time there and it’s great to see so much renovation happening! Thank you!!!

@ciprianmoldovanu6264 9 ай бұрын

Another beautiful video presenting beautiful Oradea! Your dog is well behaved, very nice of you to take him with you to explore 😃👍

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! He’s our fur baby!

@Vasile10012 9 ай бұрын

👍

@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

Oradea was one of our favorite cities!

@geaninatudose4063 9 ай бұрын

Amazing video and a beautiful place! I hope you enjoyed our country and what it has to offer. I will be looking forward to your videos!

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

We really lived seeing Romania! So beautiful, such good people and good food! 🥰😍

@ottogaher2805 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video guys! Glad to see you enjoyed your stay in the city I came from to my new home in the USA I love soo much,but used to go back to visit almost every year while my parents were alive.My uncle was priest at the Cathedral,and I was playing tennis on the red clay courts right next to the church in the park if you noticed!?Our house was 5 min.walk from the church.Thanks again!Otto

@thegreatescapers 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! We really loved our time there and miss it. That’s really neat to have filmed somewhere you were fond of while growing up. We love hearing from our friends in Romania ❤️

@klassyride Ай бұрын

The church with the moon, in Romanian language is called "Biserica cu Luna " is an Orthodox church

@anawag 9 ай бұрын

Cetatea Medievală Oradea sa o vizitati😊

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

We really wanted to but had too short of a visit. Next time! Thank you for watching 🥰

@klassyride Ай бұрын

very nice video and presentation ❤

@thegreatescapers Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@zlatam2113 5 ай бұрын

Very beautiful ❤

@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! Oradea is stunning ❤️❤️

@leonleo3564 9 ай бұрын

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@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching ! 🥰

@kypsunrider5983 9 ай бұрын

Amazing editing skills..good job I enjoyed it!

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍🏼👍🏼

@marcillemillet 6 ай бұрын

I have really enjoyed y'alls videos. We will be moving to Oradea this summer. Did y'all have a pet sitter for Ollie that you could recommend? We are moving with our two King Charles Cavialier Spaniels.

@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

We loved Oradea! Fortunately Ollie does really great staying home at the AirBNB as we travel when we need him to, so we did not ever use a pet sitter. I’m sure you could find one there though! Enjoy Romania, of the 12 countries we visited it was definitely one of our favorites!

@symo9097 9 ай бұрын

We were in Oradea in June

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

It’s so pretty :-) hope you thought so too! Great end to an awesome trek through Romania!

@symo9097 9 ай бұрын

@@thegreatescapers I am originally from there but been living in Florida since 1985

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

Oh nice! Say hello to the sunshine state for us 😍

@PassiveProfits 9 ай бұрын

are the churches open all the time? btw thank you for the video you guys did a amazing job!

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! We found a couple of them open during the day but a couple closed the whole time we were there. Google was not very accurate with hours either 🤷🏽‍♀️

@PassiveProfits 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, im a fan of you guys! @@thegreatescapers

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

@PassiveProfits thank you so much ❤️ we’re having a good time!!!

@travel_with_renix6956 5 ай бұрын

Is Romania safe for tourists?❤

@thegreatescapers 5 ай бұрын

Yes completely!! We never had an issue! It was one of our favorite countries ❤️ definitely one not to be missed for rumors

@vladdascau5270 5 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure Romania is waaaay safer than London, Paris and other big european cities....

@vasarelly37 8 күн бұрын

Yes it is very safe, the thief's are operating abroad, mostly in the capital city's all over Europe.

@vasarelly37 8 күн бұрын

Yeah, Várad = Nagyvárad(translated by romanians in Oradea) is a beautiful Hungarian city in Transsylvania.

@raduromanesti6408 8 ай бұрын

5:11 Did you know Hamburgers come from Germany? from Hamburg

@thegreatescapers 8 ай бұрын

I didn’t know that! 👍🏼Thank you for watching!!!

@doinaalexandru981 9 ай бұрын

I like you, I love you! I don't know why!

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️

@RaduRadonys 8 ай бұрын

Nice vlog and editing skills guys :) however, "everybody talks about how much they love America and want to go to America over here in Europe" :)) well I must disagree ... not many Europeans even like America (not the American people per se, but the society), to put it that way.. so maybe visiting as a tourist, as the US has a beautiful nature, but Europe still attracts more tourists than the US (about 60% of global tourists come to Europe).

@thegreatescapers 8 ай бұрын

We understand and agree! But you’d be surprised how many people we talk to here that always say how much they want to go to America… We always try to make people understand it’s not what you see in “the movies” as they’ll tell us 🫣

@andreinecula6707 6 ай бұрын

@@thegreatescapers They, just as me, want to go and visit the States, not live there !! And yes, u kinda don like most of the americans, they are loud, noisy and really dont care about the people around them and respecting the country they are in(When they visit). I said "most" of the americans, because ive seen a lot of vlogs lately from american people in Europe who start to take an interest in the history of the places, to not take stereotypes as a fact and start to wonder in eastern europe discovering beautiful places and changing mentality about the balcan area.

@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr 9 ай бұрын

That s not our flag!😂 Edit: Damn Oradea is rly the most beautiful city in Romania, ty for reminding me of how beautiful my country is, our politicians made me sometimes to hate it😅

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

I’m sorry i fixed it! I’m old and can’t see good 🤣😂😂

@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr 9 ай бұрын

@@thegreatescapersNo problem, you are amazing guys❤

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

That’s understandable… politicians 😖

@falxus9962 9 ай бұрын

Hi guys!I wonder your Dog is Romanian sheapheards ?! Very cute!

@thegreatescapers 9 ай бұрын

@falxus9962 he is a Golden doodle (golden retriever/poodle mix) 🐾❤️🥰

@kevhynaleks2631 8 ай бұрын

Everything is nice there is Hungarian. Hard to see the statue of Ady (great hungarian poet)on the street, and the golden headstatue of King Saint László in the Episcopal Palace. All these things was stolen from Hungary. But nothing is eternal, once all of these will return to their rightfull owners, to Hungary!

@thegreatescapers 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, check out our Budapest series 👍🏻

@threesixnine369six 7 ай бұрын

You’re right, Oradea was Hungarian for nearly 1000 years, and before that, very few Dacians or Romans lived in the area, the city basically didn’t exist. It only became part of Romania in 1918 and became predominantly Romanian only in the late 60s early 70s after Ceausescu’s industrialisation and urbanisation. Sadly for the entire city, the Hungarian population has been in decline and I think it already dropped to under 25%. I don’t see Oradea returning to Hungary any time soon. It would take something miraculous to happen. Like Hungary becoming the next Switzerland or something😅

@kevhynaleks2631 7 ай бұрын

@@threesixnine369six Who thought in 1878, that 40 years later a fully hungarian city became part of a surreally extended Wallachia? All the hungarians would laugh on you if you telling them. So just take care, history working on mysterious way. And nobody can predicting the future...

@cypresstwist 7 ай бұрын

@@threesixnine369six This is false. The Salca archeological site (the current Lotus Supermarket's location) in Oradea is the largest archaeological site ever discovered in Crișana. It's almost 7000 years old, dating back to 4800 BC, and it proves Oradea has been inhabited since then. There are news articles covering this and the city museum has thousands of artifacts on display; from ceramc pots, to tools, to decorative artifacts. So much for "very few inhabited the area".

@alinacusmir 7 ай бұрын

Pe vremea Imperiului Austro-Ungar a fost cucerita și Transilvania. Romanii erau a acolo de pe vreme lui Burebista. Nu aveți decât sa începeți un război cum a început și criminalul de Putin, prietenul vostru. Atât l-a dus capul. Austro-Ungar