Speaking of Romania, everyone will think of "vampires" for the first time.
Because the well-known modern films related to Romania, including "Van Helsing" and "Four Hundred Years of Horror", are all magical films with vampire themes.
And older people may think of romania's classic old movies "Revenge", "The Last Bullet", "The Mysterious Yellow Rose".
Web image: Fan Helsing movie poster
People who have never been to Romania may feel strange to the country.
From a travel point of view alone, Bucharest, the capital of Romania, at first glance, is actually nothing special, but if you understand it in depth, at least four points will shock your jaw wave after wave!
Bucharest, the capital of Romania
Also from a travel point of view, Romania is actually a seriously underrated country, and it has a very rich tourism resource!
Let's start with a brief trip to Romania.
Bucharest
Original photo: Bucharest
Anyone who has seen Twilight or Four Hundred Years of Horror knows that Romania is home to vampires.
That's right, Gary Oldman, Keanu Levis and the incomparably beautiful Winona Red starred in the movie "Four Hundred Years of Thrills", and the story was carried at Brown Castle, also known as Dracula Castle, 30km away from Brasov, Romania.
Web image: Group photo of the director and cast members
Many tourists even refer to it directly as "Vampire Castle" – because at the end of the 19th century, the Irish writer Stoke wrote a very famous novel, Dracula, which is set in this castle, and the protagonist is none other than count Dracula, the vampire.
This novel has been adapted to the screen many times, among which "Four Hundred Years of Thrilling Love" is more faithful to the original work.
It is precisely because this story is so deeply rooted in people's hearts that people have defined this castle as a vampire castle.
Original photo: I took it, and its name is more like Brown Castle
Net image: Some people will deliberately shoot it on the smell of "vampire castle"
Those interested in vampires throughout Europe know that romania also has a Sighişoara, which is the birthplace of Vlad Tepes, the famous Count Dracula, and is therefore known as the "home of vampires".
Vlad Tepesh is the prototype for Dora chula in the novel Dora Chula the Vampire.
Original photo: Entrance to the old town of Sighişoara
Original photo: Sighişoara
The house is the birthplace and former residence of Tepesz, just on the side of the Old Town Square, a must-have destination for tourists to punch in, and now it is a restaurant.
Original photo: This is the building
Although there are some vampire-themed elements in the restaurant, the theme is not deliberately rendered, so it is not gloomy. The most satisfying thing about vampires in the restaurant is the text on the napkins.
Original photo: Napkins in a restaurant
In fact, Sighişoara is a fortress city built by the Saxons, and its old town is centered on a bell tower built in the 14th century, which retains a strong medieval flavor.
The clock tower is now a history museum – the old chiming bell inside the clock tower still works today.
Original photo: At the hour, a moving doll will appear on the left side
Sighişoara is not just a vampire gimmick, in fact, it looks unexpectedly good!
The whole old town is very quiet, pleasant in scale and bright in color.
It is a well-deserved World Heritage Site.
Original photo: Tones of Sighişoara
Tones of Sighişoara
Do you think that a trip to Romania is a complete account of just two vampire-related destinations?
No! As I said earlier, Romania is a grossly underrated destination from a travel perspective.
There are also five monasteries in the mountains of northern Romania, a gem of the Middle Ages.
Original photo: Five monasteries in Suceava
Located in Suceava, Romania, this place is rarely visited by tourists because it is less known and more difficult to reach – it is already very close to the border between Romania and Ukraine.
But this group of buildings is not only beautiful, but also has a high status on the european religious map; for many experienced backpackers, it is a stop in the best of Romania.
Unfortunately, these medieval frescoes are facing the fate of slowly peeling off and annihilating.
Original photo: Religious frescoes on the walls of the monastery
Romania is a country with a dense concentration of castles and a high reputation for castles, such as the castle enthusiasts must not fail to see - Paisler Castle.
Once the summer residence of King Carroll, Peles Castle is considered one of the most beautiful castles in the world.
The interior of the castle is magnificent and elegantly furnished, with weapons halls, council halls, offices, concert halls, banquet halls, small theaters, bedrooms, living rooms...
Pysler Castle in Romania
In the jungle of romania's Anina Mountains, there is a group of waterfalls called Bigal Falls.
It is not the largest waterfall in the world, or the widest, or the waterfall with the largest drop, but it is "the gentlest waterfall in the world"; it is also one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world.
Romanian Internet celebrity's Bigal Waterfall
Also, the seaside church in Constanza, Romania, is very beautiful!
Constanza is Romania's commercial port on the west coast of the Black Sea, less than 200 nautical miles from Istanbul in Turkey.
Seaside church in Constanza
Romania's Beltan and Sibiu, two old towns not far apart, are stunningly beautiful.
The church of Beltan is interesting, it is a kind of fortress church - both a church and a fortress castle for defense. It is located on the top of a hill and is surrounded by three consecutive lines of defense, which are then reinforced by tall buildings and forts.
Sibiu
Defensive church in Bertan
Beltan
Let's focus on four things about Bucharest, the capital of Romania.
First, in Bucharest, visitors usually visit the capital's "People's Palace"—something that at first glance may seem nothing special, but it is the world's second-largest civilian building after the Pentagon, ordered by Ceausescu, with 3,200 rooms.
People's Palace in Bucharest
The appearance of the building is actually more general, but if you walk in, you will feel extreme luxury.
Interested friends can check the fact that Cyosscu was so happy, promoted the cult of personality, and the tragic fate of him and his wife.
Lavish renovation of the interior of the People's Palace in Bucharest
Online image: Ceausescu and his wife are interrogated
Second, when it comes to Bucharest, it is necessary to add a Michael Jackson!
You read that right – it's Michael Jackson, the superstar who created MTV.
In 1992, Michael Jackson's concert in Bucharest, romania, known as one of the most successful concerts in the world at the time, was not one.
Of course, this is just a memory.
Poster of MJ
Third, there is a fountain in Bucharest, the most complex and largest fountain in the world; this is not what I said, but it was selected into the Guinness Book of World Records!
Now, it is not only a popular leisure place for Bucharesters, but also a place where tourists are bound to punch in.
Fountains in Bucharest
Fourth, bucharest has an urban underground slum, which is also the most incredible.
There are many beggars and tramps in Bucharest, but you can't see many during the day.
Why?
Because most of these beggars and tramps have gone underground!
If you are interested and bold enough, you can check out Bucharest's famous "underground wandering community", this so-called "underground kingdom" is very famous in Europe, in fact, it is a large, invisible slum, and this slum is under the city, almost all of the city's sewer space.
The people who survive in this underground kingdom are said to have been abandoned by society, with neither jobs nor any sources of income. If broken down, their composition is complex – it could be bankrupt or orphaned; it could be idle slackers, or it could be frustrated people who were deprived of their benefits after Romania changed...
In this underground kingdom, there are all kinds of elements such as rivers and lakes, underworld, poverty, crime, prostitution, drug addiction, etc.; the Romanian authorities have also thought about cleaning up and rectifying, on the one hand, it takes a lot of money to settle these people, and on the other hand, they feel that they are all nestled underground, at least to make room for the city above the ground in Bucharest, and the appearance of the city looks more comfortable...
Most of the people who live in it don't show up much during the day, and only occasionally come out at night to do what must be done.
The way of life of the people of the entire underground kingdom of the sewers is the feeling of decay and desperate waiting for death.
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Of course, I have met other beggars in the streets, subway stations, and train stations of Bucharest, who seem to be of a different faction—preferring to beg in the sun than to burrow out of manhole covers into the underground kingdom of sewers.
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