Bucharest

I lived here 3 months during summer and it was amazing. The weather is beautiful, 2 hours away from the beach, the internet is fast, the coffee shops are chic, nightlife very alive and the prices are good. Go here during summer because there are more events, activities to do than the winter when it's cold and snowy.

I visited Bucharest for one week in early September, in between Varna in Bulgaria and Warszawa, and I like these more. Not to dismiss Bucharest which is nice, impressive, and safe. I was happy to be there, the internet is amazing ( I got >200 Mbps of free wifi in a public park) etc., but I probably won't be back any time soon.

So underrated.
It's a beautiful city, lots of parks and the lake in Herastrau is very nice. Constanta/Mamaia (beach area) are a 2 hour drive away and Busteni, which is in the mountains is also within reasonable distance.
People are usually quite friendly but theres the odd rude taxi driver, especially if you speak 0 Romanian. The food wasn't that great in my opinion, lots of meats and potatoes, but some like it. i'd recommend chimney cakes (kurtoskalacs) and Covrigi (Romanian soft pretzels).

Hidden gem in Eastern Europe - loads of awesome co-working spaces and co-living places popping up all over the place. Plenty of awesome nightlife, cheap, loads of beautiful parks and only 2 hours to the mountains or 3 hours to the sea.

Honestly underated, the city is extremely clean apart from graffities, old town is a lot of fun and the architecture is beautiful, looks very french like paris, could still be improved in the next few years though!

Here is my summary of Bucharest:
+ very nice and growing hipster/alt/techno scene
+/- the city looks like crap, lot of graffiti, demolished buildings, communistic buildings etc., but i kinda like this vibe
+ prices are great
+ young people in hipster clubs/cafes are very open and speak good english
+ super cheap UBER
- romanian food = bullshit
- airport = bullshit
- old town / touristic center kinda bullshit, overpriced, crap
- taxi and public transport is crap I heard, but you never use it cuz UBER
- people are not nice to each other, not helping, kinda rude, etc. (except young people)

Very cheap and Romanian people are rather friendly and open to foreigners. City itself is a disaster, rundown infrastructure, lots of pollution and little to do outside of oldtown.

Bucharest is cheap and a heaven for expats . It outranks kiev or chisinau and even budapest.

Bucharest is cheap, but that's about the only attraction for the roaming wanderer. The city is extremely dirty, smoggy, and chaotic. The internet is amazingly fast, but it's one of the last cities in Europe to visit. I have lived here for over a year, spent a long time trying to find some quality about it, but the culture is very unfriendly and it's not easy to develop friendships. I really recommend going north or west for some better quality for a foreigner: Chisinau, St Petersburg, Budapest, all are better choices.