Timisoara

This is a town where a smell of "langosi, pleskavita and saorma" is provoking your stomach in every corner all the day.

There are minorieties of Serbians, Germans, Hungarians, but I also meet Slovakians (home sweet home) and Czechs, Bulgarians. Of course as this is university city, there are also Erazmus students from all the world. And more and more couchsurfers I also am meeting almost every day.

It was told to me, that this is the only town in Europe, where 3 national theatres are settled in (Romanian, German and Hungarian).

Anyway my most favourite is Aualeau Teatru with amazing dramaturgy and scenography made in so creative way that I am still impressed after 3 months after my first visit. This alternative theatre group is located in small pub Scart Loc lejer with crazy paintings on the walls. And your drink will be served by actors!

Pubs, pubs, pubs. Of course trends of globalisation are obvious also here (Scottish and Irish pubs). Except mentioned Scart there are places with nostalgic atmosphere like Pappillon Cafe or though-provoking local hiden in old appartments like Cuib or Aethernativ Cafe.

Another one trend of globalisation: you can get beers at least from all the "European Beer Kingdoms" like Belgium, Czech, Germany, Netherlands, etc.

Timisoara has representative places as Piata Uniri and Piata Opera, where all the turists have to take a photo, but it also has places hiden for one/two days turists. I love Piata Aurora, flee-market in perifery of town, where you can find almost everything and more that you could imagine.

This is also town where everybody will warn you against "manele" music, but actually it is really hard to find a place with it and there are also pubs where you can listen good music or choose stg according to your taste from jukebox.

Freakish contrasts you can mainly notice during hanging around Timisoara streets in centre but also in periferies. Beautiful historical buildings (I recognised baroque and neoclassical style) as well as weird „montrums“ from communistic times are built next to the empty ruins and modern bussines and shopping centres. There is still several family houses in Banat architectonical style. It associate me sewing patterns made by my Grannie.

To make it more colourfull there are really nice street works (not only graffities) decorating bridges and facades of buildings from any time.

To take any tram (old German types) is good idea to experience town in short cut.