BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

© Roosh V

Romania has a very Latinized feel, with tanned people and dark hair. It had a similar vibe to
Colombia, though with less poverty and crime. Romanians are like Italians and Croatians in that
they enjoy socializing in cafes and going for promenades (even their language sounds Italian).
They are social, warm creatures who enjoy leisure and friendship. The country itself felt like a
poor version of Italy, and I don’t mean that as an insult. The women are hotter and the prices are
cheaper, so I’d easily pick Romania over Italy.

There is a very large population of gypsies, ancestral nomads from India. Their culture involves
begging and stealing instead of working, so they are universally looked down upon. People say
you shouldn’t joke about gypsies, but as long as you are insulting them, Romanians won’t mind.

GIRLS:

Most girls have an olive complexion. They are not pale like girls in Poland, Ukraine, or
Scandinavia. Their hair is mostly dark, so any blondes you see are likely to be fake (though there
are natural light brunettes). In Romania, guys give a 1 point bonus for blondes, meaning those
girls will generally feel more prized, though in my experience they were no easier or harder than
brunettes. The opposite occurs in Poland, where brunettes are more valued because there are too
many blondes.

Eye color is mostly hazelnut, and sometimes you can pick out individual green and brown hues.
Many have dark green eyes, along with the guys, which go very well with their dark complexion.

The girls are generally thin (thinner than Poland). It’s pretty hard to find a whale, though some
girls do have chunky thighs. Theirs butts are superb and their breasts are well-proportioned.
Their bodies are similar to Colombian women.

I’m sure you’re wondering what the catch is and here is it: Romanian girls have horrible teeth.
Not only are snaggleteeth common but even young girls have brown teeth as if they were 50-
year-old men. Times are changing and you do see teenage girls with braces, but if your target
range is around 24, be prepared for dental issues, not helped by a culture of chain smoking. If
you come to Romania, simply toss good teeth from your shopping list. You actually do get used
to it after a while.

When it comes to personality, you have to understand that a Romanian girl immensely cares
about what her friends think about her, especially if they are within sight. Social pressure is so
immense that a girl rather stop talking to her dream man that endure disapproving looks from her
girlfriends. This is why night approaches are going to be tough going, and the bigger the group
she’s in, the colder she will be. A mere sharp look from her friend will be all it takes for her to
stop talking to you. You’ll find a huge difference when approaching girls alone during the day
time (by my third month in Romania, I just went out for entertainment after already getting
numbers from day approaches).

You may get surprising doses of bitchiness, especially in Bucharest, due to an entrenched PUA
culture that is unique to Eastern Europe. I had a girl say “Is that a line?” and another say “Is that
your excuse to come talk to me?” Most girls don’t do this, however, so don’t let a bitch change
your entire game. Use basic lines without any long-winded scenarios or opinion openers.

The girls are way more affectionate than girls from other Eastern European countries, especially
Poland and Ukraine. I had a girl stroking my beard like it was fur just moments after kissing her.
They can get giggly and touch-feely after a short period of time.

GAME:

Girls who are 5s or below will be insanely easy. If you’re not a complete troll and are from
America, you can bang these girls without much work. In the conversations I got into with them,
they were asking me personal questions right off the bat. I can understand why many guys would
therefore say Romania is easy because your average girl there thinks a foreign man is a great
catch, but when you get into the 8 range, your foreigner status barely gets your foot in the door
and you'll need to bring in other game strategems. If Romania was the first foreign country I
stepped foot in at the age of 26, I have no doubt I’d have sex with dozens of mediocre Romanian
women, but now I’m 34 with high standards, so I had to work.

One interesting thing I noticed is that if a Romanian girl really likes you, regardless of her
attractiveness level, she will suggest a meetup and ask for your number. And when she does so,
she will be less likely to flake. Now I’d say this happened to me only in about 10% of my
number closes, but just knowing it can happen means that I always gave the girls an opportunity
to chase me instead of going for a rushed close that didn’t require her to display interest. Show a
lot of value, show you’re a great man, and let the girl be worried that she has to make a move lest
she lose you. The key is not to be in a rush.

Americans are quite high value in Romania. Locals look up to you, so don’t fuck up your game
by looking up to them. Be aloof and unimpressed, and let the girls do some of the work. If a girl
gives you attitude when you approach, even after speaking English, you should pass. The
English should open the door rather quickly, and if it doesn’t then you shouldn’t waste any time.

DAY GAME:
Don’t bother with groups. Because of the social pressure I mentioned, the girls will be cold
unless you have a wingman. Your targets should be girls walking alone.

Both indirect and direct game should work fine here. I stuck with indirect game, and then when I
was ready to get her number, I gave her a compliment about her “good energy” or “fluent
English.” As long as she didn’t freeze up after the compliment, I knew I was in.

The best time to go day hunting is around 4pm, when you find both school and career girls on the
street. After 7pm you start seeing more couples and families spending time together. I liked day
game because it was easy to get a lot of numbers, but it does take time to convert those to dates.
If you’re only in town for a weekend, you’ll probably run out of time.

Finding good day spots were tough. The city is loud, polluted, and people seemed to always be in
a rush. I tried the Unirea Shopping Center (Pasajul Unirii 1) but the layout was awkward and not
conducive to approaches. Old Town had quite a few women during the day but on weekends
they were usually in groups. I wish I had better advice for you on this front, but during the week
I was there I didn’t find a much better option than just randomly walking around the streets. You
can also try the University of Bucharest which is close to Old Town. Your opener can be asking
for the language faculty.

NIGHT GAME

The noise level of the clubs is pretty insane. I wear ear plugs but even they were weeping. I don't
know why it's so much louder here than other countries, but along with the social pressure
problem, a prevalence of mixed-set groups, sausage fest ratios, and a girl’s desire to dance all
night, the clubs can be quite challenging and tiring.

If you meet a girl in a club before 2am, try for a compliance test about 10 minutes in to see if you
should continue (e.g., ask her to come to the bar with you or to sit down for a few minutes). If
she declines, and she probably will because of her friends, then wrap up the conversation and go
for the number.

Don’t waste more than 30 minutes for a number. I found that it takes very little to get a number
that leads to a date. The worst you can do is focus on one girl the entire night and get
cockblocked. Instead, mine numbers and then text them all the next day. Yes, the next day. Girls
are distracted by too many options so I only wait one or two days before contacting them to
schedule a date. Always feel out her schedule when getting the number so you know when to
suggest a date. One thing I do if I meet a girl on Saturday night is suggest a Sunday night date
(Romanian girls are always free on Sunday night). Then I would text her around 3pm, a mere 14
hours after meeting her. I had great success with this.

I highly recommend sniping. Identify the girl you want and wait until she’s distracted from her
group. This is usually when she goes to the bathroom, but it can also be when her friends are
momentarily distracted. The goal is to hook her strongly in the first minute, long enough so that
she will decline the first cockblock attempt. A five minute conversation is enough to get her out
on a date. I literally stalked these girls from a distance and then went for the kill when I sensed a
favorable moment that gave me that noninterrupted minute. Most of my club game was waiting
around. If you take care to approach girls who are not in the middle of a nine-person epic dance
party, you should have good interactions.

My opening line in Romania was, “You look like you speak very very good English.” If she says
no then buzz off; it’s not worth it. If she says yes then remark how you innately knew she spoke
good English and that you also speak good English. Ask her how and where she learned it. If she
doesn’t ask where you’re from within a minute, buzz off. Once she asks you what you’re doing
in Romania, the game begins. Give her a tested backstory and proceed with the seduction.

Unlike most everywhere else, in Romania you’ll have better success in night game with late
approaches. Early approaching doesn’t pay off because her group is hyper alert and the alcohol
hasn’t yet given her some immunity from social judgement. On the other hand, the ratio gets
worse as the night goes on. I find that the sweet spot on weekend nights is around 2am. If you’re
having a rough night, wait until the club closes (around 5:30am) and look for any girl who isn’t
with a guy. If she’s still in the club at that time but isn’t with someone, there’s a reason for it.

You have to be perceptive when a Romanian girl wants you to get her number. If you’re talking
to her in a club and she says it was “nice” meeting you but has to go, your instinct will say she’s
blowing you off, but it actually means, “I’m going back to my friends now but you should get
my number.” If she just walks away without saying goodbye, or gives an abrupt “I’m going,”
then she doesn’t want you to get her number.

The game economy here is based more on phone number exchanges than kisses and one-night
stands, and the reason you shouldn’t be bothered by that is because you can smash on the first
date a girl you talked to in the club for only 5 minutes. The name of the game is therefore
isolation, because in front of her friends you aren’t going to accomplish much. On any night in
the club, get at least three numbers and hopefully you’ll have two of those come through.

My first two bangs in Romania came from night game, but outside on the street instead of in a
club. Both girls were walking alone. This reminded me of Estonia, where I’d pick up girls
outside the nightlife center instead of going inside a venue. You will find groups to be a painful
hindrance to your goal. Unless you are a dancer and enjoy super loud music and clouds of
cigarette smoke, I doubt you will enjoy the nightlife. The best thing you can do is focus on girls
who are in only twos or threes without any guys present.

You’ll see the guys perform aggressive Brazilian-style game on the dance floor where they grab
the girl and try to dance wildly, but this rarely works. As a foreigner you must fly under the radar
and keep it casual, getting numbers after displaying value.

Romanian guys are good looking but thin without muscles. They are charming and talkative, but
very emotional and tend to display jealous and impulsive behavior. They don't cockblock and
they don't seem violent.

DATING:

Get ready to go on a lot of dates. It’s somewhat similar to Ukrainian culture where one-night
stands are tough going.

If a Romanian girl shows up on a date, you have a very good chance at banging her. Take her to
venues where there will be no judgemental eyes and then venue change to your room. You will
have to be persistent in your suggestion to share another drink or listen to music at your
apartment (always have a bottle of wine ready to go). Understand that all the Romanian girls I
brought back had to be heavily convinced to come to my pad, but once there, I killed it. Get in
your head how you’re going to get her back before you even meet up with her. I wouldn’t spend
more than three hours in the date venue before suggesting her to come back.

Be careful with your date selection. If you take her to a frou-frou café, she may not want to order
alcohol. Shame her into ordering alcohol by asking if she’s 13. You can avoid this problem
entirely by taking her to a pub where ordering something like juice looks retarded.

You also don’t need to kiss her before inviting her back. Some guys say you shouldn’t, since she
will have plausible deniability, but if I’m in the bar and the girl is leaning over, waiting for me to
kiss her, I will do it.

The basic formula for getting laid in Romania is to harvest numbers and then go on dates starting
on Sunday. Spend 2-3 hours on that date then ask her to go for a walk that leads to your nearby
pad. Once inside your place, let her get comfortable for 15 minutes before starting the bang
process.

NIGHT VENUES:
Ratios aren't so great. You see 1.5-3 guys per girl. The good news is that the Romanian guys
have surprisingly bad game, in spite of their PUA studies, so you don’t have to attack quickly
like you would in Warsaw. Still, it’s not pleasing to go to a club with more guys than girls, even
if those guys are useless.

The main nightlife area is in Old Town, which has dozens of bars and clubs. You can walk
around there while asking girls for venue advice. Here are the spots I checked out…

True Social Club – Large venue with decent talent, but the girls are mostly focused around
watching the live cover bands.

Vault – Popular club with two floors. Girls are more receptive on weekdays than on the
weekend. Recommended.

Vintage – A Bucharest institution that should have a crowd every night of the week. A bit cheesy
and downtrodden, but the girls are receptive.

El Dictador – Pseudo-hipster spot that has a great vibe and music, though the ratio and talent can
be disappointing. One of the places where music wasn’t painfully loud.

Club A – Definite hipster spot with a side bar room that is easy to talk in. The dance floor is dark
and smelly. Girls will be receptive, but quality will be low.

Van Gogh - Hip date spot where you can sit close to a girl at a table. Not good for picking up.

Cafepedia - Good date venue with upstairs bar. A few blocks north of Old Town.

It's hard to recommend specific venues because there are so many. It will be a matter of walking
around and seeing which place has girls and the logistics you like based on bar layout and noise
level. I noticed an equilibrium effect where it was rare for one club to have an awesome ratio
while the one across the street had a bad one. The guys here are smart and quickly fill up a place
where there are a lot of girls, so that after midnight you don’t find advantages when it comes to
ratio alone.

The North side of the city has mega clubs like Fratelli, with hotter girls but tougher logistics and
bigger groups. For a flag, I think most guys will find Old Town to be easier, but the North side
clubs are worth a try.

La Mama is a good restaurant with traditional food and okay prices.

WHERE TO STAY:

The closer to Old Town, the better. Here’s a map that shows the location of Vintage, which is in
the middle of Old Town: http://goo.gl/maps/6uSnX. Now simply go on Airbnb.com or
Booking.com and get an apartment as close as possible to this location, and you’ll be all set. You
can set dates in Old Town then walk back to your apartment to seal the deal.

THE BOTTOM LINE:

I thought the talent in Bucharest was very high, and the girls were quite open to English
speakers, but I didn’t care for the nightlife. It was too loud and the ratios weren’t good enough
for me. As long as you follow my advice and mine for numbers, while setting dates starting on
Sunday, I don’t see why you can’t get a bang or two from a week stay. Most Romanian girls will
fuck on the first date. Isolation is the name of the game.

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