Romania: the basics
Romanian girls: The average Romanian girl is petite to medium-height and slim (very few fatties here). Dark looks and brown hair dominate in Bucharest and the south, with the girls becoming fairer the closer you get to Hungary and Ukraine. They don't initally come across as being super-friendly but once you get into a conversation with them many of them are really sweet and noticeably more feminine than western girls.
The guys: Romanian women are significanly better-looking than Romanian men, although the guys here are better looking than in Poland (and, from what I've heard, Ukraine and Russia). You see many guys dating up although most guys with the 9s and 10s are at least decent-looking, stylish and have an air of confidence. Despite the macho Eastern European stereotype, Romanian guys are generally pretty passive and non-agressive. They don't tend to approach much and many people go out as couples or in mixed groups.
Drinking culture: Romanians aren't big drinkers and some girls have only a couple of drinks all night. Having said that, a couple of drinks is better than nothing.
One night stands vs. dating: The ONS is definitely possible here but there isn't a big ONS culture the way Roosh describes in Poland. There have been a couple of times I thought I was getting some the same night only to be met with major resistence or logistical nightmares. Unless you get lucky or your game is very sharp, expect a couple of meetings before a bang.
Patriotism, or lack thereof: Most Romanian girls I meet have a mixed attitude towards their country. They are quick to slag it off but when you speak positively about it their faces light up. Telling girls you like Bucharest/Romania in a not overly obvious "I'm-only-saying-this-to-fuck-you" kind of way has yielded positive results for me.
Flakiness: I've had a reasonably high proportion of flakes here but that may be due to mistakes, e.g. I spent too long being happy to settle for a number/Facebook and have only recently rectified this. Hopefully this will bear positive fruits.
Language barrier: Almost everyone under 35 speaks decent English and Romanian isn't a difficult language to learn if you speak any other Latin-based language.
Exotic appeal: I'd guess if you were tall and blonde you might get more attention than someone like me who actually looks pretty Romanian (short, brown hair and eyes, swarthy). I've seen very few Asian or black guys here and of those I have seen, the quality of girls they were with varied hugely, so don't necessarily expect something purely because of your nationality/ethnicity.
Attitude towards Westerners: Compared to places like Prague and Tallinn where being foreign (particularly British, German or Italian) might have negative connotations, girls here react at worst indifferently and at best positively to western guys, although as I mentioned above don't expect this alone to do the job. Bucharest isn't a touristy city and isn't likely to become one any time soon, and as long as the likes of Cluj and Sibiu stay off the stag party route, Romania will avoid the fate of those places for at least a few years to come.
Romanian girls: The average Romanian girl is petite to medium-height and slim (very few fatties here). Dark looks and brown hair dominate in Bucharest and the south, with the girls becoming fairer the closer you get to Hungary and Ukraine. They don't initally come across as being super-friendly but once you get into a conversation with them many of them are really sweet and noticeably more feminine than western girls.
The guys: Romanian women are significanly better-looking than Romanian men, although the guys here are better looking than in Poland (and, from what I've heard, Ukraine and Russia). You see many guys dating up although most guys with the 9s and 10s are at least decent-looking, stylish and have an air of confidence. Despite the macho Eastern European stereotype, Romanian guys are generally pretty passive and non-agressive. They don't tend to approach much and many people go out as couples or in mixed groups.
Drinking culture: Romanians aren't big drinkers and some girls have only a couple of drinks all night. Having said that, a couple of drinks is better than nothing.
One night stands vs. dating: The ONS is definitely possible here but there isn't a big ONS culture the way Roosh describes in Poland. There have been a couple of times I thought I was getting some the same night only to be met with major resistence or logistical nightmares. Unless you get lucky or your game is very sharp, expect a couple of meetings before a bang.
Patriotism, or lack thereof: Most Romanian girls I meet have a mixed attitude towards their country. They are quick to slag it off but when you speak positively about it their faces light up. Telling girls you like Bucharest/Romania in a not overly obvious "I'm-only-saying-this-to-fuck-you" kind of way has yielded positive results for me.
Flakiness: I've had a reasonably high proportion of flakes here but that may be due to mistakes, e.g. I spent too long being happy to settle for a number/Facebook and have only recently rectified this. Hopefully this will bear positive fruits.
Language barrier: Almost everyone under 35 speaks decent English and Romanian isn't a difficult language to learn if you speak any other Latin-based language.
Exotic appeal: I'd guess if you were tall and blonde you might get more attention than someone like me who actually looks pretty Romanian (short, brown hair and eyes, swarthy). I've seen very few Asian or black guys here and of those I have seen, the quality of girls they were with varied hugely, so don't necessarily expect something purely because of your nationality/ethnicity.
Attitude towards Westerners: Compared to places like Prague and Tallinn where being foreign (particularly British, German or Italian) might have negative connotations, girls here react at worst indifferently and at best positively to western guys, although as I mentioned above don't expect this alone to do the job. Bucharest isn't a touristy city and isn't likely to become one any time soon, and as long as the likes of Cluj and Sibiu stay off the stag party route, Romania will avoid the fate of those places for at least a few years to come.