Expat in Romania

Chinyere Onwubiko is 26 years old and she was born in a city in southeastern Nigeria. She is now in the 3rd year at the “Victor Babes” University...

When Per Markussen decided to come to Romania, his family and friends from Norway asked him what drew him to a country that Scandinavians knew so...

Paolo Profeti seems to have been predestined to live in Romania. At least this is what he thinks: “I don’t know if this has any...

Bashar Barbary was born in Iraq and is now studying political sciences at the Bucharest University. His coming to Romania was not strictly about...

It’s chess that brought Matthias Thesing from northern Germany to Romania. He is actually an international master of that sport of the brain....

Pursuing a study program in Romania is a good option for foreign students, whether they study the Romanian language or they opt for such widely...

In Romania when someone taps his or her index finger on the cheek repeatedly this means in non-verbal communication “shame on you”. When you go...

Fang Shuang arrived in Romania in 2005, at the age of 16. As a fresh arrival from the east of China, he enrolled in preparatory courses to learn...

Yveline Bonora came to Bucharest nearly 9 years ago. She followed her husband, Just, who had set up a restaurant here the year before. At first the...

Kasia Obielgo comes from Poland and as far as she can remember, history was her passion. Kasia thinks history defines us all, and fully accounts for...

Philippe is a chef. He comes from Lyon, which gastronome Curnonsky described in 1935 as “the world capital of gastronomy”. With its over one...