Crime in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

We were a group of 4 - Me from the Netherlands, my gf is from Sweden, and 2 friends from Greece.

We had a general felling of extreme disappointment regarding almost everything about Cluj-Napoca. The problem as I see it, is the almost aggressive marketing campaign that the majority of Romanians put forward about this specifically city. Either the general standards for a decent city in Romania is extremely low, or Romanians suffer from what seems to be an inferiority complex fueled by how the West presents itself aka lots of marketing but its actually pretty crap, such as London, Paris, Barcelona.

In other words, as I do not want to discuss too much about the people we met in Cluj-Napoca..., the infrastructure is garbage including public transport, car rental, traffic; rents are disgusting both in hygiene, prices, and service itself; general attitude of store clerks was abysmal, English certainly not being present at all in some cases; prices in restaurants and bars are sometimes competing if not equal to those in the West.

I could go to great length to also express my opinions on why in Good God's Name we had to always hear Transylvania instead of Romania, but it will certainly say a lot more about me rather than the quality of people who continued to confuse us. There were certain aspects in the comments down below which should've been kept to a minimum but tbh I understand them completely .

as I went to the festival this summer, I was astonished of how bad and unorganized Romania is. not to mention the fact that Cluj itself felt like it was totally unprepared for it. I must admit the show itself was fine, but anything else was deplorable to say the least. similar to the last comment, half of the people did seem intentionally rude and mean, with the other half (mostly the younger part) totally awkward considering their continuously obnoxious attempts to "look good", if I may, in front of foreigners. I hate using this word, but their were extremely "cringe"! also, I understand that if you have a high influx of people, you are allowed to raise the price. but the quality and service was extremely(!) bad. gypsies did not make anything better. I will not go into other more specific details, but the borderline is that if you want to visit Cluj, take precautions as Romania made little progress ever since the fall of the communism.

this was a personal experience, written after several days from the events. take it with a grain of salt.

I love Cluj. It is safe and fun. There is a momentum built in Cluj now is a great time to live in Cluj today. Cluj is on the top of the wave.

Living here at the moment. All I can say is this:

Crime is mainly focused around the train station area because you get a lot of gypsies loitering about. Petty theft is the worst time of crime happening there.

Taxi drivers are usually honest and won't fleece you. Public transport is a good alternative too.

Don't worry about car theft or break-ins. The city is littered with cameras and police is doing a pretty good job maintaining the peace an quiet.

The Roma might try to imoress you with stories about them just getting out of prison. Ignore them. Enjoy the good life this city has to offer and mind your own business.

You REALLY need to be looking for trouble to get into trouble around here.