Go, but pay attention.
Romania is a level 1 risk across US, UK, and Canadian advisories, though the local sketch score climbed to 83 today. Watch for the global measles notice while you navigate the increased street-level tension.
Governments, one trip
What they're telling their own citizens about Romania
The real score
The breakdown
See it from your perspective
Go, but pay attention.
The general Sketch Score, unweighted for any specific traveler.
Don't fall for it
Scams to know
Taxi price manipulation
Drivers sometimes overcharge tourists who are unfamiliar with local rates. Always read and remember the price per kilometer displayed on the outside of the vehicle before entering.
General confidence tricks
Confidence tricks and pickpocketing occur in crowded areas like train stations, markets, and public transport. Keep valuables in inner pockets and monitor your handbag at all times.
Staying healthy
What to watch out for, health-wise
Active notices
- • Global Measles
Vaccines
Recommended:
From people who've been there
Local know-how
Staying safe
- •Romania is a very safe country, where random attacks are almost non-existent.
- •Although racial prejudice exists in Romania, especially toward those who look like Roma (“gypsies”), hate crimes are rare.
- •Emergency phone numbers: Romania uses the pan-European standard number 112 for all emergency calls since 2004.
- •Petty crime: Romania is quite safe, with very little violent crime.
- •Animals: Romania has a very large population of wild animals, including one of the largest populations of wild bears in Europe.
Staying healthy
- •Tap water is generally potable, but most people choose to drink bottled water instead.
- •Health care: Conditions in Romanian hospitals may vary from the very clean and sparkling, with all the latest technological utilities, to the downright drab, dark and cold.
- •Your travel health insurance might prove to be insufficient if the medical condition is severe.
- •Citizens of the European Union are covered by Romania's National Healthcare System as long as they carry an E111 European Health Insurance Card, obtainable from their own national healthcare authority and valid for all EU countries.
- •Dental procedures in Romania, especially those in private clinics, are of an excellent quality.
Adapted from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA — edited by travelers, not us.
Pack this, know this
The little things that trip people up
Plug & voltage
C / F · 230V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 112 / ambulance: 112 / fire: 112
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7 Romania cities on SKETCH.WORLD
Real, resident-submitted Numbeo crime data at the city level — the same national picture above, with crime swapped for what people who actually live there report.
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- us-state — observed 2026-07-12
- uk-fcdo — observed 2026-07-12
- ca-gac — observed 2026-07-12
- worldbank-political — observed 2026-07-12
- worldbank-policeTrust — observed 2026-07-12
- cdc-health — observed 2026-07-12
- wikivoyage — observed 2026-07-12
- reddit — observed 2026-07-12
- unodc — observed 2026-07-12
- acled-hdx — observed 2026-07-12
- lgbtq-legal-wikipedia — observed 2026-07-12