Baia Mare is mine - your city guide

Baia Mare is mine
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DISCLAIMER
This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and
the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be
made of the information contained therein.
This brochure has been elaborated during the project “Baia Mare is
Mine” (2020-3-RO01-ESC11-095009), funded by the European Union
through the Romanian National Agency, in the context of the European
Solidarity Corps, volunteering action.
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GUIDE PREPARED BY
Cristian BADEA
Ana KURASHVILI
Carla ONEA
Alexandra PEITEL
Adrian SĂVOIU
Dan SILVĂȘAN-PAȘCA
Georgiana ȘTEFĂNESCU
HISTORICAL PHOTOS
Maramureș County Museum of
History and Archaeology
PROJECT
Baia Mare is Mine
2020-3-RO01-ESC11-095009
PUBLISHING DATE
December 2022
Mind that the guide was written in
2022 and information within may
change in time (schedules of
museums, restaurants, etc.)
PHOTOS AND DESIGN
Yellow Shirts volunteers
Canva.com; business' websites.
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BAIA MARE
Location
Legends
History
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PLACES TO SEE
Touristic points
Museums & Historical places
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FOOD & DRINKS
Traditional specialties
Places to try
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NATURE
View points - city routes
Parks
Mountain routes
Equestrian centres around Baia Mare
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SHOPPING
Specific shops
Local markets
Non-stop shops
Supermarkets & Hypermarkets
Malls
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CINEMA & THEATRE
Cinema & Theatre
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EDUCATION
Libraries
Bookshops&Stationary products
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TRANSPORTATION
Taxi
City - Metropolitan buses
Trains
Intercity buses
Airport
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ENTERTAINMENT & NIGHT LIFE
Entertainment
Clubs
Dance schools
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HEALTH
Pharmacies
Veterinary points
Hospitals
Dentists
Rehabilitation centres
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SPORT
Fitness centres
Sport fields to rent
Open-air sport areas
Swimming pools
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TRADITIONS
Souvenirs & Gifts
Festivals & Annual events
Important holidays
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LANGUAGE
Alphabet & Reading
Introduction phrases & Words
Food & Kitchen
Directions & The city
Numbers & Timing
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FAQ
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Mutuus amor civium optimum est civitatis firmamentum.
The love between the citizens is the greatest (supreme) strength of the city.

FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
The used currency is lei (singular leu), while the coins are bani (singular
ban).
There are many places across the city where you can exchange your
money; Euro, US Dollars or British Pounds can be found everywhere; yet
other currencies can be also found at exchange offices or banks.
Most of the exchange office do not have commission and have a better
rate then the banks.
Banks and ATMs are available in all places of the city and allow
withdrawing lei at a rate given by your bank; there is the chance of having
a commission imposed by your bank; only few have the possibility to issue
euro (check specifically the ATMs).
You can pay directly by card in almost every shop or restaurant,
regardless the currency you have your card in.
The phone lines are connected to your operator in your country; it will
only work on your SIM if you have the roaming activated and various
options that go with it for working in roaming.
Alcohol prices are almost the same everywhere, but cheaper than a lot of
EU countries.
You can find free WI-Fi at every café in the Old Centre, and pretty frequent
around the entire city.
There is quite common the young people to speak English and even find
menus in restaurants in English.
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BAIA MARE
63 km to Satu Mare (border with Hungary);
65 km to Sighetu Marmației (border with Ukraine);
150 km to Cluj Napoca;
200 km to Oradea;
390 km to Budapest (Hungary);
600 km to Bucharest.
Baia Mare is located in the county of Maramureș, in the northern part of
Romania, and has an average population of about 135.000 inhabitants.
The distances to the main cities in the areas are:
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Iași
Sibiu
Alba Iulia

A traveller when passing through the area, notices the women that are
working in the crystal clear water of the river. Following them closely, he
sees that in fact they are gathering the sand from the river’s runway with
a strain and bring to surface small stones that were shining in the sun
beams. He was later to understand that these in fact were separating
pieces of gold from the river’s sand. Being impressed by the ardour the
ladies were working with, but mostly by the activity done by them, at his
return home he starts telling to anyone who would like to listen about
this story, taking further and further the fame of the city of Rivulus
Dominarum, which is translated as the River of the Ladies.
The first documentary mentioning of Baia Mare city dates back to 1329.
Centuries have passed since then and along with there have been
written numerous history pages that stay today as a proof of the rich
past of our city.
Under the city's motto, Baia Mare continues its trip along the centuries.
Situated on the middle course of the Săsar River, at an average altitude of
228 m, the city known in the past under the name of Rivulus Dominarum
makes its way today as well through the history.
Three legends mention the origin of the Latin name of the city, Rivulus
Dominarum:
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Another legend mentions that meanwhile the men were gone in the mines, the
city was led by the women. As in the 13th Century the Tatars started the
invasions in this area from the will to steal the gold and silver wealth from the
city, the women set free the dammed waters of the rivers drowning thus the
attackers and saving the city.
A last legend presents a totally different approach. In the medieval time, the
queens would often receive from their spouses as presents vast territories that
were including as well cities. It may be said this was the case as well of Rivulus
Dominarum fortress, the first ladies being offered as a gift the gold and silver
mines of the medieval town.
At the end of the 16th Century the town receives the name of Nagybánya. Taking into
consideration the Hungarian domination here ever since the beginning of the first
millennium and the intensively developed industry around mining, it is easy to
understand the association of the two words forming the city’s name: nagy – big and
bánya – mine.
The term of “bánya” adapted to the Romanian language becomes baie, with the
meaning of a mine. Being an important mining centre, it was imposed the awarding
of the title of “big”. Thus, the nowadays name of the city defines the big mine, as in
the main mine of the area.

the geographical structure of the area includes portions of plains, valleys,
hills and mountains, as well as the richness of the soil and the subsoil
provide favorable conditions for the development of human settlements
since ancient times; the first traces that prove the existence of human
activity on this territory date back to the Paleolithic or the Stone Age
(circa 600,000-10,000 BC);
the Bronze Age (1,700-700 BC) preserves evidence especially related to
domestic and defense activities; due to having in the area rich resources
of copper ores, but also significant amounts of gold and silver deposits,
their intensive exploitation began already in this period;
from the Iron Age (700 BC-106 AD), numerous deposits of gold
ornaments are discovered throughout the Maramureș county, which
reinforce the statement that the gold and silver mines in this area were
intensively exploited even before the Roman conquest of Dacia;
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due to the wealth of the underground in the area, different peoples are eager to
conquer and rule the city, so the campaigns of conquest led by various foreign
peoples begin; with the penetration of the Hungarians into the region and the
conquest of the city (probably at the beginning of the 1st Millennium), the city
began to develop more and more, especially by bringing "guests" (German
settlers), craftsmen skilled in the art of mining;
in addition to crafts, mining and agricultural activities, the city benefits from
numerous exchanges due to its geographical position on a commercial road that
led to Poland through Sighetu Marmației, a road also travelled by Greek and
Armenian merchants or those coming from other parts;
the first documentary mentioning of the city dates from May 29, 1329; it is issued
by the chancellery of King Charles Robert and mentions the city for the first time
under the name of Rivulus Dominarum;
crafts develop step by step according to other activities of the city and with the
technological evolution; craftsmen are organized in guilds and have privileges;

although it is under the leadership of the various powers of the time throughout
history (Hungarians, Hapsburg, the Principality of Transylvania, etc.), the city
receives and preserves various privileges and freedoms given the fact that it is a
true source for the treasury of its rulers; among them are listed the freedom to
choose its mayor, jurors and parish priests, to judge within the city, the assurance
of individual liberties, the freedom of customs, the right to have a fair per year for
15 continuous days, of the free sale of wine or to fortify itself with walls against
the onslaught of enemies;
from all the privileges granted to the city, it appears that from the middle of the
14th Century until the end of the 19th, the city is structured and well organized,
with freedoms specific to a free royal city, which also benefits from a high level of
autonomy; the city receives in 1484 the right to judge on its own, including the
right to give the death punishment, a right otherwise rarely seen in this period;
proof of the importance of the city and its economic power is also recognized by
the existence of a mint from the first half of the 14th century; the mint has a net
income in 1463 of 20,000 florins annually, compared to those of Buda (8,000) or
Sibiu (6,000); another important privilege offered by its existence is the right of
the city to mint its own currency;
in the middle of the 15th Century, the city experienced an economic, social and
cultural flourishing due to its entry under the influence of Iancu de Hunedoara;
he orders the construction of an edifice for his wife, Elisabeta, as well as the bell
tower (today known as the Stephan Tower) finalised by his son, King Matthias
Corvinus; he allows the city to levy customs on carts entering the city's weekly
fair, with the right to use this revenue for paving and cleaning the streets;
in 1469 the city receives the right to surround itself with a wall; thus the old
defense system, consisting of earthen waves and palanquins (reinforcements
made of horizontally placed tree trunks) is replaced by a wall belt built by the
locals, of stone and brick, interrupted in places by strong towers (bastions); the
Butchers’ Bastion, the only tower in this system that still exists today, was built
around the 1500s;
access to the city is achieved through several entrance gates, the most important
being the southern one, The Hungarian Gate, located near the Butchers’ Bastion,
respectively the northern one, The Bridge Gate, located at the end of today's
Podul Viilor street;

the period of the 15th-16th Centuries is a turbulent one for the city, when it often
passes from one leadership to another or is attacked by various peoples such as
Hungarians, Poles, Ottomans, Tatars or Hapsburgs; at the end of the 16th
Century, the city finally becomes the property of the Transylvanian princes, a
period in which it found more peace and peaceful development;
although the city is often annexed and divided between the great powers, all
rulers respect the rights of the city throughout its existence, even granting them
new ones or renewing the existing ones;
the establishment of the first school, Schola Rivulina, takes place in 1547 against
the background of the outbreak of the Reformation, and it has been operating for
more than two centuries;
in 1635, merchants from Vienna, Tarnovo, Sofia, Brussa, Chernivtsi, etc. come to
the famous town fair;
in 1641, a pipe for drinking water was built in the city, made of hornbeam wood,
which in some places was connected with other pipes made of iron, copper,
ceramics and even glass;
in the 17th century it seems the city no longer fits within its 15th-Century walls,
extending beyond them over the 5 km that represented the city boundary;
in 1660, the city pays the Ottoman army the sum of 10,000 thalers in order not to
be devastated; the amount is collected through taxes from the inhabitants, but
also through loans that drowns the city's income for several decades;
repayments from the loans taken are also made in 1737;

during the religious Reform fights between the Catholics (represented by the
Jesuit order) and the Reformed, the city walls are torn down in 1673;
at the end of the 17th Century, due to the re-establishment of Hapsburg power
and living conditions much worse than before, the rebellion of the masses is
imminent and grows daily; the presence of the outlaws thus begins to be
signalled; the actions led by Grigore Pintea, known as Pintea the Brave, take a
large scale at the end of the 17th Century due to the exploitation, injustices and
iniquities committed on the population by the Austrians and the feudal lords;
in the middle of a stormy attack executed by Pintea and his gang on the city, he is
fatally shot, falling in front of the South Gate, at the entrance to the city; the
attack was meant to liberate the people from the current rule and mainly from
the big exploitative feudal lords;
a census of taxation from the end of the 18th Century gives us an overview of the
city, recording the existence of 3,580 inhabitants and 705 houses reaching 9,089
inhabitants at the end of the 19th Century; under the communist administration
regime with an economic policy based on industrialization, in which mining and
metallurgy are predominant, the number of inhabitants of the city increases
exponentially from almost 14,000 in the 1930s to almost 90,000 in 1974;
the end of the 19th Century brings with it new elements of identity for the city,
which begins to assert itself as a European artistic center, developed on the
foundations of an institutionalized educational structure, namely the Simon
Hollósy Private School of Painting (1896-1901), functional still today;
the city's first museum opens its doors on June 19, 1904, its collections mainly
consisting of donations from doctors, bankers, merchants or other wealthier
people of the time.

PLACES TO SEE
We will start with a tour through the main places which can be visited
at a quick glance, from the outside. We invite you however to check
after the Museums sections for the visiting schedule of some of them.
Centrul Vechi – Piața Libertății / The Old Centre – Freedom Square
The buildings of this square are from the 15th to 19th Century, getting
shaped in the late Gothic period. The edifices nowadays are the proof of
architectural styles such as Gothic, Baroque or Neo-Classic, and despite their
era and style difference they blend smoothly in the viewpoint.
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The 18th Century's Black Eagle Inn (Vasile Lucaciu with 1 Mai streets);
the house from 2 Piața Libertății as one of the few that keeps at its best the
German architectural characteristics of the old town;
The Cloister of the Minorite Monastery from 6 Piața Libertății dating from
1734, used to house in the beginning of the 20th Century the Baia Mare Town
Museum in one of its wings;
Minerul Complex from 7 Piața Libertății, with its latest shape dating from 1905
(the previous building of 1874 burnt to the ground);
The Lendvay House from 15 Piața Libertății (having been the house where the
great actor Lendvay Márton was born) initially from the 16th Century and with
further additions until the 18th Century;
The Iancu de Hunedoara / Elisabeth House from 18 Piața Libertății, from the
15th Century, built at the order of Iancu de Hunedoara for his wife Elisabeth on
the foundations of previous buildings; it is easily recognise by the arches
suspended over the old street that once connected with the state mint.
Important buildings are:
Of course others are worth looking at as each has particular elements that tell their
stories centuries after being built.

Turnul Sfântul Ștefan – Piața Cetății / Saint Stephen Tower – the Citadel Square
The tower was once attached to the huge Saint Stephen Church, a church with two
equal naves, with a row of pillars arranged along the longitudinal axis. After the third
big fire that hit Saint Stephen complex, the church is being abandoned and later
completely destroyed.
The 14th-Century tower however now stands alone guarding over from the Citadel
Square, being the symbol of the city for centuries. If you get here during the working
hours, you can be a lucky viewer over the city splendid panorama offered by the
tower.
In the same square, there used to be 2 more churches – Saint Catherine and Saint
Martin – which were destroyed in the 18th Century. However, the plaza offers a view
over their ruins and, in exchange, you can visit the Saint Trinity Church that was
built here in 1718. It kept lots of it initial decorations inside and is a perfect example
of the Hungarian Catholic practices in town. Its 2 towers that guard the entrance host
sculptures in a natural size. The church also is the house of an amazing organ with 3
keyboards, 40 registers and 2,470 tubes, built in 1939, being one of the biggest in the
country.
In the same plaza, there is also the Saint Nicholas Church, built in 1926. It is the first
Orthodox church of Baia Mare resulted by transforming the sports hall of the former
Roman Catholic Gymnasium through building a bell tower to it.

Nature at its finest in Baia Mare

Bastionul Măcelarilor / The Butchers’ Bastion
The only remaining tower from 15th Century defence system, The Butchers’ Bastion
was built in a circular shape from a mixture of volcanic rocks, of a rather modest
height. It was used also for storing the ammunition used to defend the city and so, it
got its nickname as the Ammunition Bastion. The tower and its beautiful garden are
open for visit so check the Museums section for its details.
Sinagoga / The Synagogue
The Jewish community was once quite numerous inside the city and had various
buildings around. Today we have standing only the synagogue built in 1885 in a
Transylvanian Neo-Baroque style. It can be found on 3 Someșului Street, yet it is
closed due to the very small number of practitioner.
Biserica Sfântul Anton / Saint Anton Church
The oldest church of Baia Mare dates from 1402 and can be found in 8 Piața Păcii. It
functioned under the name of Saint Nicholas in the beginning, among the hospital
with the same name that was rather a charity institution, more than a health one.
Once taken by the Jesuit Order, it is renamed as Saint Anton.

Oficiul Salinar / The Saline Office
Its building started in 1748 with the basement and the ground floor. It was used for
the offices of the Saline Direction as well as for storing salt, yet it also got to be used
as a bank and even as living spaces. It used to be known as well under the name of
Casa Dragoș (Dragoș House) due to its owner, named Teofil Dragoș. In the 19th
Century it gets its superior floor and amazing ornamented terracotta fireplaces.
The building hosts nowadays the Art Museum so check the specific section for its
schedule.
Biserica Reformată / The Reformed Church
Situated on 10 Podul Viilor Street, the church is quite a symbol of Baia Mare through
its red roofed tower. Built in 1792, it is a massive stone church and the most valuable
Neo-Classic monument of the city. The Reformed population was the one who mainly
contributed financially to erecting the building while some donations were received
also from around the country. It has as well an organ, a very high valuable
instrument from 1828.

Monetăria / The Mint
The building of the city mint started in 1734, on the left bank of the Săsar River. Built
in a Baroque style, it hosted the place where the gold and silver were transformed
through various processes into coins for its rulers.
The complex building can be visited today as it hosts the Maramureș County
Museum of History and Archaeology.
Monumentul Ostașului Român / the Monument of the Romanian Soldier
The monument has a deep commemorative character and has been erected in the
memory of the Romanian heroes who fell in the field of battle in the WWII. It was
assembled in 1959 and besides its important role in the history of the city, it is as well
a very common meeting place for the locals.
The statue can be found in the Park of Câmpul Tineretului (Youth Park) and is an
open air, with no entrance fee monument.

Piața Cetății (Citadel Square)
Tower’s visiting hours: Monday – Friday 10:00-17:00; Saturday –
Sunday 11:00-17:00
www.facebook.com/TurnulSfStefanBaiaMare
8 1 Mai Street
Monday closed; Tuesday – Sunday 10:00-17:00
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Turnul Sfântul Ștefan / Saint Stephen Tower
Used before mainly as a supervision tower against invasions and fires, as
well as a bell tower, today stands as the symbol of the city.
Muzeul Județean de Artă «Centrul Artistic Baia Mare» / «Baia Mare
Artistic Centre» County Art Museum
The museum hosts mainly works of the Artistic Centre of Baia Mare starting
with its funding in 1896 to present, thus being unique at the national level.
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8 Traian Boulevard
www.muzeuminbm.ro
16 George Coșbuc Street
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Muzeul Județean de Mineralogie „Victor Gorduza” / “Victor Gorduza” Mine
Flower County Museum
Having unique samples of ore, rocks, minerals and fossils from the region and
nearby Neogene volcanic areas, the museum hosts an important part of the
underground history and heritage of the city and area.
Muzeul de Științe Astronomice Baia Mare / Astronomy Science Museum
The first public planetarium of Romania, one-of-a-kind in the area, hosts
presentations of the sky and its treasures, a panel exhibition of the Solar System, a
virtual trip through the traditional Romanian constellations, projections of thematic
documentary movies, astronomic observations, science workshops for children, and
much more.

1-3 Monetăriei Street
www.muzeubaiamare.ro
1 Piața Izvoare
Monday – Friday 8:00-16:00; Saturday – Sunday closed
www.muzeubaiamare.ro
Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Arheologie / History and Archaeology County
Museum
The museum presents the lived history and archaeologic discoveries in the area
dating even from the superior Paleolithic, as of 40,000-10,000 BC. Among the
permanent exhibitions you can see information regarding the stone fortress of
Chioar, the late Bronze era in the Lăpuș area, as well as about mining and the
civilization connected to it, in Maramureș.
Bastionul Măcelarilor / The Butchers’ Bastion
The today's Butchers’ Bastion is a place meant to promote the handcrafters and the
local traditions, as well as it represents a workshop-presentation-exhibition space
where the museum or other interested parts can expose or hold activities here. The
garden is a classroom itself for those interested in botanical and insects topics.

1 Dealul Florilor Street
Monday closed; winter schedule: Tuesday – Sunday 9:00-16:00; summer
schedule Tuesday – Sunday 10:00-18:00
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Monday closed; winter schedule: Tuesday – Sunday 9:00-16:00; summer
schedule Tuesday – Sunday 10:00-18:00
www.etnografie-maramureș.ro
Muzeul Județean de Etnografie și Artă Populară / Ethnography and Folk Art
County Museum
Hosted in the building of the previous Summer Theatre, it has a permanent
exhibition based on the wood tradition, folk costumes, accessories, indoor textiles
and traditions connected to the birth, marriage and death as celebrated in the area
of Maramureș.
Muzeul Satului / Village Museum
The open air museum hosts folk architectural monuments representing the 4
ethnographic areas of Maramureș (Chioar, Historical Maramureș, Lăpuș and Codru),
imitating a typical village of this area with houses and accessible indoors viewing, and
connected annexes like barns, animal coops and kennels, a church, an oil press, an
wine press and a threshing machine.

21 Victoriei Street
Hollósy Gallery: Monday – Tuesday closed; Wednesday – Friday 10:00-18:00;
Saturday – Sunday 12:00-20:00
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Colonia Pictorilor / Painters’ Colony
The Painters’ Colony has 5 old buildings for exhibitional spaces and creative
workshops for painting, sculpting, decorative arts and design, and a contemporary
building representing the documentation and visual communication point.

17 Piața Libertății
Monday closed; Tuesday – Saturday 14:00-18:00; Sunday 12:00-16:00
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6 București Boulevard
Schedule depends on the exhibitions they host
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Atelierul Memorial Gheza Vida / Memorial Workshop of Gheza Vida
The exhibition centre hosts wood works of the local famous sculptor Gheza Vida,
which talks about Maramureș as his dear land and inspirational source for his work.
Galeria de Artă UAP Baia Mare / Baia Mare UAP Art Gallery
The Baia Mare branch of the Plastic Artists Union hosts temporary personal, thematic
and group exhibitions of its artists.

zacuscă: a paste of pepper and tomatoes (basic) or with flavour of
eggplant, beans or mushrooms;
salată de vinete: a paste of baked eggplants, mixed with oil and onion or
garlic;
pastă de pește: paste of fish mixed with butter;
ciuperci la cuptor: baked mushrooms, generally with cheese on top;
ouă umplute: devil eggs, with pate (liver paste);
platou țărănesc: used as a starter or as a whole meal, it can contain
vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, onions, chili pepper, etc),
a variety of cheese (telemea – a white cheese, caș – congealed milk,
cașcaval – yellow cheese, urdă – soft cheese, etc.), meat and cold cuts
(sausages, slănină – block of pork fat, jumări – fried pork fat, ham,
cartaboș – sausage with meat with rice, tobă – jelly with meat and garlic,
șnițel – fried breadcrumbed meat, etc.).
The pork meat and products are one of the most common foods in the
area of Maramureș, and derives of it can be used in any type of meal.
Tip for the vegans (mostly) and vegetarians: generally the food here consists
somehow meat or dairy products, however asking a meal in its de post (for
fasting) version will not include any animal product at all.
The following list is of course a small part of the culinary fest you can enjoy
here:
Starters
FOOD & DRINKS
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ciorbă: sour soup, based on vegetables and meat;
ciorbă de perișoare: vegetable soup with meatballs;
supă de pui: the typical chicken soup with dumplings or noodles;
supă de fasole în pâine: beans soup in bread, usually with smoked bacon, served
with telemea, onions or chili pepper.
mici: minced meat mixed with herbs, grilled; served with mustard and bread;
sarmale: minced meat, usually pork, with rice, wrapped in either pickled cabbage
or vine leaves; there is also the vegetarian option with mushrooms and rice, or
mushrooms and păsat (a type of polenta);
gulaș: a Hungarian stew or soup of beef meat and vegetables, usually spicy;
tochitură: mixture of pork, beef and chicken meat in a vegetable sauce (tomato,
pepper, onion), with spicy sausages; this dish can be made also on fire in a
cauldron, and while adding potatoes in it is known as tocăniță la ceaun;
Soups
Main dishes

papricaș: another Hungarian dish cooked with lots of paprika, onion and
tomatoes, sour cream, onion, and meat or mushrooms;
cașcaval pane: fried crumbedbread cheese;
drob: baked loaf of organs, generally lamb (for Easter) or chicken, with herbs;
fasole bătută: mashed beans with oil and garlic, usually sided by grilled
sausages;
salată orientală: salad with boiled potatoes mixed with boiled egg, onion, olives,
optional with pickled vegetables (pepper or cucumber);
varză a la Cluj: baked sour cabbage with minced meat and rice;
mămăligă: polenta, a dish made of corn flour, seen pretty much as the main
replacement of bread; its servings are various such as side dishes for sarmale,
tochitură, papricaș, etc., or in the oven in layers of cheese, mushrooms and meat,
or with milk, or with grilled/fried sausages, with yogurt or sour cream, etc.

murături: pickled vegetables such as asortată (mixed), castraveți murați
(cucumber), gogonele (green, yet not ripe tomatoes), gogoșari (peppers);
salată dobrogeană: tomatoes, green onion, telemea, herbs, olives.
plăcintă: a pastry filled in most commonly with cheese, potatoes, cabbage or the
sweet version with apples or sweet cheese; feel free to check Ana’s review over
some plăcintă places of Baia Mare (www.slideshare.net/YellowShirts/placinta-
handbook-guide-for-the-best-of-the-best);
clătite: pancakes, filled in with jam (typically) or chocolate, or various other
combinations as you may like;
papanași: fried cheese dough with blueberry jam (typically) or chocolate cream
and sour cream on top; the boiled version of it it’s rather a homemade recipe, but
it worth the try;
covrigi: baked dough similar to pretzels; normally with salt, sesame or poppy
seeds, but also in other options with sausages, chocolate or sour cherry jam;
cozanac: a baked sweet bread, filled in traditionally with nuts, raisins, poppy
seeds or Turkish delight;
Salads
Desserts and sweets

gogoși: doughnuts filled in in with jam or chocolate, with powdered sugar on top;
gomboți: potato dumplings filled in with fruits, typically plums;
langoș: very similar to plăcintă, a Hungarian bread dough fried or baked, filled in
with salty flavours;
kürtős kalács: a Szekely (Hungarian) dessert based of a spiral shaped baked
dough with sweet flavours such as nuts, cinnamon and sugar, or other more
modern ones as coconut, candy sprinkles or fruits;
amandină: brownie sponge base with a chocolate topping and rum flavour;
compot: boiled fruits with water and sugar; the syrup can be served as a drink;
salam de biscuiți: named as biscuit salami due to its shape, it’s made of biscuits
with a paste of cocoa and raisins;
miere: not a proper dessert, yet the honey is extremely good and has a variety of
flavours.
țuică, horincă or pălincă: traditional spirit drink of plums, apples or pears
(traditionally) or any other fruit, with a strength between 40 and 70 degrees;
afinată, zmeurată, murată, vișinată, etc: a fermented alcoholic liquor made of
fruits (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, sour cherries, etc.); generally some
fruits are also kept inside and later used in desserts;
socată: mulberry drink with lemon, typical for summer;
suc de mere: one of the most popular drinks is the natural apple juice;
must: grape juice, before fermenting into wine, typical for autumn.
Drinks
Although these are all foods that we all eat quite frequently, not all of them can be
found in restaurants. Get some Romanian friends and taste the real deal!

La Șuetă, Pizza Albina, Rivulus Café, Gala Il Padrino, Pizza Gemelli,
Budapesta, Grill Kaufland;
Mesopotamia, Mado, Salad Box, KFC, Starbucks, Donuterie, Kartoffel,
Momenti;
Rocca, Log Out, Podul Viilor 9, Pălincie, Millennium, The Oak, Barbarossa,
La Moustache, La Tour, The Buffet, Sahara Pub, La Greenys, Foc de paie,
Liberty XI, Lumiere, La Fontana;
Il Padrino, La Creperie, Le Bistrot, Imbiss, ‘Neața Bistro, Buonissimo,
Flavours, Supreme Burger, Porto, L’Ancora, Istanbul Fast Food;
Dabo Doner, Fast Food Speedy, Bizo, Rustic, ROX Specialty Coffee, Glory
Days, Karaffe, Flavours;
Casa Crișan, Cinquecento, Philia Oazis, Tom&Jerry, Rapido;
La Cucina, Casa Albă, Office Pub, BRO Restaurant;
Pizza Plus, Pizzeria Zippi, Mon Ami;
Smart Food, Bucătarul meu, Casa Băimăreană.
We’ll divide our recommendations based on areas:
Vivo Mall – RFN
Old Centre
Școlii Street
Mara Park – center
Regina Maria Park
Library – University
Train station - Republicii
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Covrigi – Gigi, Petru, Cuptorul de Aur, Covrigul Cercetaș, Bizo;
Coffee - Kavos, Narcoffee Roasters, Mazo, Casa Dobro, Pressco, 5 to go;
Quick bites – Fornetti, La Casa, Bizo, Sandwich House, Reverie;
Kebab, doner and fast food: Dabo Doner, Speedy, Evolution, Lezzet,
Mado, Istanbul, Bonito;
Pizza: Peperosso, The Oak, La Șuetă, Rapido, Porto, Log Out, Gran Gala,
Liberty XI, Gemelli, Flavours, Albina, Il Padrino, La Cucina, La Fontana,
Buonissimo, Barbarossa, L’Ancora, L’Ulivo, Le Bistrot, Pizza Plus, Office
Pub, Primavera, Zippi, Lumiere, La Nostra, Evolution, Corleone, Foc de
paie, Bucătarul meu, Dolce Vita, Plus, Grande Napoli, Colosseo;
Pasta: Gran Gala, Il Padrino, Le Bistrot, L’Ulivo;
Burgers: Supreme, Gallo Bistro, The Oak, Log Out;
Vegan: La Greenys, Re-Fresh Juice;
Plăcintă: Casa Codrenească, Han Bastion, La Bunica;
Ice cream & pastry shops: Icecream Terasă Parc, Millennium Chocolat,
Cofetăria Mai Dulce, Revoir, ChocolArt Cake Factory, Lapte și miere, Roua,
Bety, Cuore – Inimă de Copil, Buonissimo, Prăjituri de Casă Sava,
Prăjiturile Fredy, Bizo, Mama’s Cake, La Creperie;
Papanași: Glory Days, Budapesta, BRO restaurant, La Pălincie, Mon Ami,
Clubul Campionilor, Han Bastion, Barbarossa.
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Istanbul: shaorma;
La Creperie: sweet or salty pancakes, crispy chicken;
La Cucina: pizza, shrimps, lava cake are the best, but everything else is
good as well;
Log Out: burgers and pretty much anything in the menu;
The Oak, Gran Gala: pizza;
Supreme Burger: burgers;
Glory Days, Smart Food, Barbarossa, Log Out – pork ribs;
La Pălincie: brie in oven with chicken, beef cheeks, rabbit, the mushroom
sauce, and pretty much anything in the menu;
Noodle Pack: Chinese food;
Buonissimo, Fredy: cakes;
Bizo: crispy chicken, Alaska sandwich or anything else with agape (spicy
sauce);
The Buffet, Le Bistro, Dolce Vita, Budapest, The Office, Scottish, Smart
Food, Glory Days: everything in the menu.
Must try by locals' recommendations:
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ROX Specialty Coffee – breakfast, lunch, drinks: a great place to grab a
drink. They have an amazing selection of specialty coffees and even if you
are not sure what you want to get, the baristas are super friendly and
helpful and will make sure that you choose a coffee type that you like.
And if you don’t enjoy coffee that much, ROX has an amazing selection of
non-coffee drinks, such as Matcha Latte, Matcha Tonic, Rooibos Latte,
tea, hot chocolate, energy shots and fresh juices. They also have a small
selection of pastries and baked goods.
Supreme Burger – lunch, dinner: a small burger joint. They have a wide
selection of burgers, including vegan and vegetarian options. They also
have combo-menus which include burger, drink of choice and French
fries. By the way, their French fries are very, very good, crispy on the
outside and somewhat fluffy on the inside. Except for burgers they also
serve hot wings, crispy strips, loaded French fries and onion rings.
Ana's recommendations as a foreigner
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Glory Days – breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks: another very famous and loved
place near Mara Park. During any time of the day, you will be able to find
something here, whether it’s something small for breakfast, pizza, pasta or
burger for lunch and dinner, or some drinks (both alcoholic and alcohol free)
during the evening.
Karaffe – breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks: a great place for breakfast, brunch,
small lunch or dinner. They also have an amazing selection of drinks, such as
Vegan Matcha Lattes, Butterfly Pea Latte, Beetroot Cacao Latte or Turmeric Latte.
They also serve great deserts and have great tea selection. However, in case you
would prefer to grab a meal here, they have a very good selection of different
pastas, risotto, sandwiches and burgers.
Prăjituri Fredy – cakes: a very beloved place where you can find a variety of
cakes and desserts. They have both traditional and some modern baked goods as
well. The inside area is very small, so it’s better to take the cakes to go.
Han Bastion – lunch, dinner: a very famous local spot, which is why it’s always
better to reserve it in advance, as it’s usually quite packed, especially during the
dinner time or during the weekends. One of the dishes they are famous for is
plăcintă and they serve both savory and sweet options, as well as a vegetarian
version. They also have amazing home-made lemonades.

Mănăstirea Sfânta Maria
29 Plaiului Street
The hike to here offers a view over the city, as well as a moment of peace
surrounded by flowers and nature, on top of the hill.
Piatra Virgină
Starting from nearby Valea Roșie-Construcției Streets next to the Queen
Mary Municipal Park, climb up the hill for another spectacular view over the
city from the North side.
Valea Roșie
Going up on Valea Roșie Street you will enjoy a forest hike-walk, silence,
tranquillity and the nature itself.
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Schitul „Schimbarea la Față a Domnului”
36-38 Sănătății Street
Likewise the hike to Mănăstirea Sfânta Maria, this side will offer you a view over the
city, this time closer to Vivo Mall area.
Baraj Firiza, Piatra Bulzului, Ștur Waterfall.
By taking the bus 18 and going to Firiza Lake, or even higher to Blidari, and start the
ascending to Piatra Bulzului, or even further to Ștur Waterfall.
Lacul Bodi
By taking bus 1 or 18 to Profi Ferneziu, you can start the ascending to Bodi Lake and
enjoy another hike through the nearby nature.
Stadium Belvedere
An easy and accessible viewpoint is the one of the parking space behind the Skate
Park/Stadium.

Main parks of Baia Mare:
Regina Maria Municipal Park
57 Valea Roșie Street
The park with a surface of over 11 hectares hosts centuries-old trees and
flowers, and forest small animals and insects. It has as well a playing ground
for children, a mini train working in the warm season, running track, a sport
area and the possibility to reach various routes up the hill.
Mara Park
7 Unirii Boulevard
A central park with a playground, fountains, green areas for some sport
activities and places to have a drink, it’s a perfect place to spend the time
here.
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Central Park
Serelor Street / Republicii Boulevard
Perhaps the newest park of Baia Mare, it offers a playground as well as an adapted
space for children with disabilities to play too, a maze, a gazebo and tables with
benches for board games, and the cactus collection of Gheza Vida.
Dacia Park
2A Culturii Street
Also known as the Writers’ Park, this is a great place to walk along the river and enjoy
various species of trees and their flowers in spring, shadow in summer, colourful
leaves painting in autumn, or the white fairy-tale alike winter.
Buclă Park
61 Victoriei Street
Found in the nearby area of the university, it is a great place to sit down, relax and be
in a oasis of silence surrounded by the living city.

Mountain routes starting from Baia Mare

Marking: blue band;
Time: 2,5 – 3 hours;
Difficulty level: average;
Season: all year long;
Equipment level: average.
Marking: yellow cross;
Time: 3 – 3,5 hours;
Marking: red triangle;
Time: 3 – 4 hours;
Marking: blue cross;
Baia Mare (Municipal Park Queen Mary) – Dealul Florilor – Piatra
Șoimului
Baia Mare (Municipal Park Queen Mary) – Dealul Florilor – Vârful
Pleștioara
Baia Mare (Municipal Park Queen Mary) – Str. Minerilor – Valea
Vicleanul Mare – Lacul Bodi – Piatra Șoimului
Baia Mare – Culmea Morgău – Șaua Trei – Stejari – Vârful Pleștioara
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Marking: blue triangle;
Marking: red cross;
Marking: red dot;
Time: 6,5 – 7,5 hours;
Time: 4 hours;
Marking: yellow dot;
Difficulty level: small;
Baia Mare – Piatra Virgină – Vârful Pleștioara
Baia Mare – Valea Usturoi – Vârful Pleștioara
Baia Sprie (Centre) – Lacul Albastru – Dealul Minei – Preluca – Șaua Iezuri
Baia Sprie (Flotație) – Lacul Bodi – Mogoșa – Complexul Turist Șuior – Poiana
Boului
Baia Sprie – Valea Borcutului – Șaua Poca – Chiuzbaia – Groape

Marking: yellow dot;
Difficulty level: small;
Marking: blue triangle;
Marking: blue dot;
Marking: blue dot;
Time: 2,5 hours;
Baraj Firiza – Canal de Apă – Valea Vicleanul Mare
Baraj Firiza – Valea Romană – Șaua Dia – Vârful Pleștioara
Baraj – Tăul Ticerii – Șaua Dia – Brigada Silvică Usturoi
Carieră Limpedea (Ferneziu) – Groapa Chiuzbăii – Platoul Ignișului – Canton
Silvic Izvoare
Groape – Borcutul Chiuzbăii – Vârful Igniș

30 Florilor Street, Săsar
Monday – Sunday 11:00-20:00
Phone: (+4) 0769 298 381
393 73 Street, Băița
Phone: (+4) 0723 240 407
379C, Satulung
Monday – Saturday 10:00-20:00; Sunday 14:00-20:00
Phone: (+4) 0756 897 761
109 Teleki Sándor Street, Coltău
Monday – Friday 16:00-21:00; Saturday – Sunday 9:00-21:00
Phone: (+4) 0740 030 068
Equestrian centres around Baia Mare:
Magic of Horses
The place offers riding courses and it is perhaps the closest to Baia Mare and
easier to access.
Hipopas Equestrian School
Situated at 15 km from Baia Mare, it offers initiating and advanced courses,
practice, leisure, mountain routes and hipotherapy sessions.
Western CM Satulung Equestrian Centre
Country club, western riding and not only, horse guesthouse, natural
horsemanship and trips with horses are among the activities this place
offers.
Horsilvania
This place offers courses for beginners and advanced riders, as well as
leisure trips in the nature of the area.
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Butcher shops and meat products
You may want to look for carmangerie, the most popular being Ferma
Zootehnică, Dalia, Ghitta, Cetina, Maracarn, Oncos (chicken).
Dairy products
Dairy products are sold as produse lactate and among the shops with quality
products are Multi Lact or Romfulda.
Vegetables and fruits
The places to sell fresh vegetables and fruits are called aprozar and among
the best ones you can check Fragus or Seli Fruct.
Bakeries
If you are looking for bakeries, you may check brutării such as Andana Pan,
Bizo, La casa, Brutăria Baia Sprie, Grup Cerneștean or Cuptorul Tradițional.
The fresh fish is not that common and it can be mainly found in big
hypermarkets as Auchan, Metro or Carrefour.
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The local sellers with fresh products can be found in:
Gării
4 Aleea Neptun
Izvoare
1 Piața Izvoare Street
Obor
Oborului Street
Bilașcu
15 Gherghe Bilașcu Street
Albina
1 Alexandru Odobescu Street
Friday’s market – Piața Revoluției
Every Friday, Piața Revoluției hosts an open market with traditional and
home made products
Markets on special occasions – Old Centre
The main squares often hosts markets on special occasions and holidays
such as the Chestnut Festival, Easter, Christmas, Street Food Festival or other
such events.
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92A Victoriei Street
7A Motorului Street
Cosmonauților Street
3 Piața Revoluției
6 Independeței Boulevard
20 Traian Boulevard
17 Griviței Street
12 Unirii Boulevard
12A Unirii Boulevard (from Munteniei Street)
12 Traian Boulevard
8 Traian Boulevard
Non-Stop shops:
Andana Pan
Profi Standard
Royal Shop
Non-Stop
Daytona
Dan’s Market
Panalma
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Supermarkets & Hypermarkets
The chains you can find around the city are Profi, Penny, Kaufland, Carrefour,
Lidl, Supeco, Unicarm, La Doi Pași, and a bit further away are Metro, Selgros
and Auchan.
Malls
VIVO! Baia Mare
73 Victoriei Street
vivo-shopping.com/ro/baia-mare
Baia Mare Shopping Park
21 Unirii Boulevard
www.facebook.com/ShoppingParkBaiaMare
Baia Mare Value Centre
www.baiamarevaluecentre.ro
Aushopping
aushopping.ro/aushopping-baia-mare
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CINEMA & THEATRE
73 Victoriei Street
www.cinemacity.ro/cinemas/baia-mare
Tickets schedule: Tuesday – Saturday 12:00-13:00; 18:00-19:00;
Sunday (before a performance) 18:00-19:00
Reservation schedule: Monday – Friday 11:00-16:00; Saturday 12:00-
13:00
teatrulbm.ro
8 Crișan Street
Phone: (+4) 0736 216 437
3 Dacia Street
Phone: (+4) 0730 270 926
CinemaCity
Found inside Vivo! Mall, Cinema City offers a variety of latest 2D and 3D
movies. The majority of movies are with original audio and subtitles in
Romanian, exception the animations which may be doubled in Romanian
(check before).
Teatrul Municipal / Municipal Theatre
Drama and Magazine
Puppets Theatre
The main theatre is the municipal one, which holds regular plays from
September to June, when the season closes with the annual International
Theatre Festival of Atelier. The theatre is divided into 2 sections, the one of
drama and magazine, respectively puppets.
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4 Independenței Boulevard, inside the Culture House
Tickets schedule: Monday – Friday 11:00-15:00
www.teatrulararat.ro
Ararat
The independent private theatre has every now and then shows, both at the Culture
House and at other locations such as in open air, at Village Museums or in various
cities of Maramureș.

EDUCATION
www.bibliotecamm.ro
4B Independenței Boulevard
Monday – Friday 08:00-20:00, Saturday 09:00-14:00
2 Nicolae Iorga Street
6 Gării Street
6 Traian Boulevard
1A Lacului Street
3 Săsar Street
8A Electrolizei Street
Biblioteca Județeană „Petre Dulfu” / “PetreDulfu County Library
The biggest public library of Baia Mare has branches all over the city and
offers services of books borrowing for adults and children, multiculturalia
(different languages other than English), ludoteca (educational space),
reading room, periodicals reading room, mediatheque, documentary fond of
Romanian Academy, special collections, Britannica and American Corner.
Main branch
Nicolae Iorga
Ion Șugariu
Traian
Firiza
Centrul de zi pentru vârstnici (Daily Centre for Seniors)
Centrul de zi Romanii (Daily Centre Romanii)
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www.librariacompas.ro
73 Victoriei Street (Vivo! Mall)
www.carturesti.ro
54 Victoriei Street
21 Unirii Boulevard - Baia Mare Shopping Park
A bookshop or librărie generally offers both a huge variety of books and
stationary products.
Compas
Republicii Boulevard corner with Traian Boulevard
72 Victoriei Street (Vivo! Mall)
53 București Boulevard (Value Centre)
Cărturești
Flying Impex – stationary, hobby products
Tedi – stationary, hobby products
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www.maralibris.ro
14 Unirii Boulevard
Monday – Friday 8:00-19:00; Saturday 9:00-14:00; Sunday closed
7 Progresului Street
5 Gheorghe Șincai Street
18 Republicii Boulevard
1A Iza Street
Maralibris bookshops
Nicolae Steinhardt
Mihai Eminescu
Cartea Românească
Ion Creangă
Petre Dulfu

Galant (+4) 942;
Usi (+4) 0726 949 949; (+4) 0262 949;
Stoenică (+4) 0262 229 334; (+4) 0262 953;
Mara (+4) 0262 212 121; (+4) 0262 954;
Taxiro (+4) 0262 944;
Moovit app, Google Maps
These can help you travel around the city or to/from with an ease.
Taxi
Bolt and Uber are currently present in Baia Mare, as well as the regular taxi
still functions. The prices are about the same (except for discounts period of
Bolt and Uber) and it barely happens to be tricked into a higher price, so it is
very safe to take it.
Taxis of Baia Mare are the big majority white, are marked as such and have
visible their price (same for all the companies). It is not common to pay by
card, yet only cash.
The regular taxi stations are spread all over the city and there are a variety of
companies that function (with no specific location for each company):
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Urbis company providing the city buses

1: Mina Săsar – VIVO – Meda – Semilună – Gară CFR – Pizza Plus – Canal 7
– Pietrosul – Piața Revoluției – Piața Izvoare (str. Cloșca) – Horea –
Pompieri – IMMUM – Electrosistem – Valea Cerbului – Fundația Somaschi
– Centru Ferneziu – Profi – Romplumb – Bifurcație Herja – Hija – Carieră –
Bufet Lunci – Bifurcație Baraj – IMMUM – Spital Boli Infecțioase –
Stadion – Energoterm – Buclă – Pietrosul – Canal 7 – Materna – Dalia –
Petrom – Semilună – Meda – Unic -Nucului – Mina Săsar.
3/11: URBIS – IMMUM – Phoenix – str. Luminișului – Piața Izvoare
(roundabout) – Piața Revoluției – str. Culturii – str. Iuliu Maniu – str. Victor
Babeș – Unic – str. Victoriei – Piața Revoluției – Piața Izvoare – str.
Luminișului – Phoenix – IMMUM – URBIS
4: Dispecerat Gară – Dorna – Semilună – Meda – Spital Județean –
Confstar – Pietrosul – Piața Revoluției – Piața Izvoare (str V. Alecsandri) –
Emil Racoviță – Cătălina – Kaufland 2 – Epsilon (str. Grănicerilor) – Center
(Grănicerilor) – Mărășești – Liana – Plugarilor – Piața Izvoare – Horea –
Spital Infecțioase – Piața Minelor – Stadion – Energoterm – Buclă –
Planetariu – Spital Județean – Meda – Semilună – Autogară – Motorului
5: Dispecerat URBIS – IMMUM – Spital Contagioase – Stadion –
Energoterm – Buclă – Albina – Unic – EP Săsar – Podgorii – Berărie –
Borcut – Frumușaua – Castel – Podgorii – Unic – Buclă – Piața Revoluției –
Piața Izvoare (str. Cloșca) – Horea – Pompieri – IMMUM – URBIS
6: Baia Mare – Bușag – Merisor – Bușag – Baia Mare
7: Dispecerat Autogară – Unic – Podgorii – Berărie – Aral – Tăuții
Măgherăuș – Băița – Aral – Berărie – Podgorii – Unic – Autogară
8: Dispecerat Gară – Dorna – Gară CFR – URSUS – Sanitas – Piața
Revoluției – Piața Izvoare (str. Cloșca) – Horea – Pompieri – IMMUM –
Flotația Baia Sprie – IMMUM – Spital Boli Infecțioase – Stadion –
Energoterm – Magazin Maramureș – URSUS – Gară CFR – Petrom –
Mărgeanului
The lines serving Baia Mare and surroundings are:
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9: Dispecerat Gară – Dorna – Autogară – Util (Bdul București) – Center – Pietrosul
– Piața Revolutiei – Piața Izvoare (str. Cloșca) – Horea – Spital Boli Infecțioase –
Mărului – str. Alba Iulia – Confexpop – Colonia Topitorilor – Confexpop – Splaiul
Republicii str. Minerilor – Stadion – Energoterm – Pietrosul – Căminul – Semilună
– Autogară – Motorului
10: Gară CFR – Pizza Plus – Canal 7 – Pietrosu – Vasile Lucaciu – Stadion (only
during school time)
12: AutogarăBaia Mare – Recea – Lăpușel – Recea – Autogară Baia Mare
13: Autogară Baia Mare – Nistru – Autogară Baia Mare
14: IMMUM – Satu Nou de Sus – IMMUM
18: IMMUM – Electrosistem – Valea Cerbului – Centru Ferneziu – ROMPLUMB –
EM Herja – Carieră – Bufet Lunci – Baraj – Borcut – Canton – Căprioara – Șc. Firiza
– Valea Neagră – Blidar I – Blidar II – Blidar III – Blidar II – Blidar I – Valea Neagră –
Șc. Firiza – Căprioara – Canton – Borcut – Baraj – Bufet Lunci – Carieră – EM Herja
– ROMPLUMB – Centru Ferneziu – Valea Cerbului – Electrosistem – IMMUM
21: Baia Sprie (Flotație/ Centru/ Spria) – Chiuzbaia – Baia Sprie (Flotație/
Centru/ Spria)
24: Autogară Baia Mare – Mocira – Autogară Baia Mare
27: Autogară Baia Mare – Mocira – Autogară Baia Mare
28: Autogară Baia Mare – Săsar – Autogară Baia Mare
29: Autogară Baia Mare – Bozânta Mare – Autogară Baia Mare
31: Parcare Valea Roșie – Valea Roșie nr. 84 – Restaurant Parc – Cofetărie – Piața
Libertății – Primărie – Vasile Lucaciu – Universitate – Spital Județean – Meda –
Semilună – Gară CFR – Semilună – Meda – Spital Județean – Universitate – Piața
Revolutiei – Piața Izvoare (str. Cloșca) – Stadion – Restaurant Parc – Valea Roșie
nr. 84 – Parcare Valea Roșie
40: URBIS – IMMUM – Phoenix – Piața Izvoare (V. Alecsandri) – E. Racoviță –
Pășunii – Epsilon – Kaufland II – Sala Sporturilor – URSUS – Gară CFR – Semilună –
Meda – Unic – Infinity – METRO – Infinity – Vivo – Meda – Semilună – Gară CFR –
URSUS – Sala Sporturilor – Kaufland II – Epsilon – Pășunii – Plugarilor – Piața
Izvoare (Eminescu) – Phoenix -IMMUM – URBIS

50 (trolleybus): URBIS – IMMUM – Ford – Phoenix – Stadion Phoenix –
C. D. Nenițescu – Piața Izvoare – Piața Revoluției – Pietrosul – Canal 7 –
Materna – Dalia (Gară) – Gară CFR – Pizza Plus – Canal 7 – Pietrosul –
Piața Revoluției -Turnul Măcelarilor – C. D. Nenițescu – Stadion Phoenix
– Phoenix – Ford – IMMUM – URBIS
54 (trolleybus): Auchan – Carrefour – Dorna – Gară CFR – Bd. Traian –
Pizza Plus – Bd. Republicii – Liceul Sportiv – Bd. Unirii – Kaufland 2 –
Grănicerilor – str. Mihai Eminescu – Piața Izvoare – str. Mihai Eminescu
– Grănicerilor – Kaufland 2 – Bd. Unirii – Liceul Sportiv – Bd. Republicii –
Materna – Bd. Traian – Dalia – Petrom – Dedeman – Auchan
Bucharest (Jibou, Dej, Cluj Napoca, Sighișoara, Brașov, Predeal, Azuga,
Bușteni, Sinaia, Ploiești);
Satu Mare, Jibou, Cluj Napoca, Valea lui Mihai;
Timișoara (Satu Mare, Oradea, Arad);
Mangalia (Miercurea Ciuc, Băile Tușnad, Sfântu Gheorghe, Brașov,
Constanța, Eforie Nord, Eforie Sud, Tuzla, Costinești, Neptun during the
summer season);
international to Vienna (Austria) via Debrecen, Hajdúszoboszló, Szolnok,
Budapest, Tatabánya, Györ (Hungary).
The schedules and more details can be taken from urbisbaiamare.ro
The main train routes that connect Baia Mare to:
Information regarding the trains’ schedule and purchase can be found on
www.cfrcalatori.ro/en.
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Cluj Napoca via Dej;
Bucharest via Dej, Cluj Napoca, Alba Iulia, Sibiu, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Pitești;
Timișoara via Satu Mare, Carei, Oradea, Arad;
Iași, Suceava, Botoșani;
Sighetu Marmației via Cavnic;
Vișeu de Sus, Borșa via Sighetu Marmației;
Other local towns and villages;
Budapest (Hungary) – city centre, airport.
The main city buses that connect Baia Mare to:
Information regarding the buses’ schedule and purchase/reservations can
be found on www.autogari.ro/?lang=en.
Make sure you contact the company to be sure about the schedule (days,
hours, places of departure) and even reserve whenever possible in
advance.
Airport - Aeroportul Internațional Maramureș
The airport is situated in Tăuții Măgherăuș (9 km away from Baia Mare) and
is only connected by taxi, Bolt or Uber (no public transportation directly
from the airport).
The main regular routes are to Bucharest (Tarom), however lately other
international routes are opening too (Paris – France, Milan – Italy, London –
UK). New companies and routes are expected to serve the airport.
During the summer time, there are also charters, mainly flying to Antalya
(Turkiye), Hurghada (Egypt) or Heraklion (Greece).
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3 Oituz Street
Monday – Saturday 13:00-00:00; Sunday 10:00-00:00
Phone: (+4) 0262 250 380
Monday closed; Tuesday – Thursday 17:00-00:30; Friday – Saturday 17:00-
01:00; Sunday 14:00-00:00
Phone: (+4) 0760 260 212
11 Unirii Boulevard
Phone: (+4) 0738 241 662
52 Independenței Boulevard
Open 24/7 based on reservations
Phone: (+4) 0744 369 596
Phone: (+4) 0771 036 476
MrBilliard – billiards, snooker, darts, table tennis
Octopus Bowling Café – billiard, snooker, bowling
Premium Billiard – Billiard, Snooker
Just Paintball
Just Escape
ENTERTAINMENT &
NIGHT LIFE
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25 Europa Street
Non-stop (based on reservations)
Phone: (+4) 0735 455 646
Dance clubs: Log Out (mainly rock, more frequented by young people
and 30's-40's), La Moustache (various music, more topically for youth
and students), Vintage Bar, Shadows Rock Bar (rock music), Mistique
(various music, bit more fancy and high-ended);
Hang out: Log Out, La Moustache, Colonello;
Water pipe: Scottish Pub, Pick-up Narghila. Mist Shisha Lounge,
Hookah, Narghila Underground, Shishara, Chill Out, Rivulus Café, La
Cimballi.
Phone: (+4) 0743 195 487
3 Petre Dulfu Street
Phone: (+4) 0758 271 372
Julqi Escape House
Clubs
Dance schools
Feel Groove Dance Studio
Galactic Dance Studios
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4 Independenței Boulevard
Phone: (+4) 0748 539 863
Phone: (+4) 0748 389 514
Phone: (+4) 0745 250 606
Rivulus Dance
Dance Light Art
Prodance2000

Phone: (+4) 0262 218 333
Phone: (+4) 0262 224 774
2 Păşunii Street
Phone: (+4) 0262 277 505
12 Unirii Boulevard
Phone: (+4) 0262 220 220
There are pharmacies pretty much everywhere around the city; here’s a
list with the ones open Non-Stop:
Cardio
Remedium
Someșana
Nordpharm
HEALTH
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29 Traian Boulevard
Phone: (+4) 0735 787 146
29 Traian Boulevard
Phone: (+4) 0721 230 796
46 Progresului Street
Phone: (+4) 0741 312 174
PetShop – veterinary pharmacy
Doggy Dog – veterinary doctor
Medic Veterinar Baia Mare, Urgențe
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Phone: (+4) 0262 205 100
34 Doctor Victor Babeș Street
Phone: (+4) 0262 276 897
72 Vasile Lucaciu Street
Phone: (+4) 0262 216 602
The public hospitals work 24/7:
Dr. "Constantin Opriş" County Hospital – is the most complex sanitary
unit, equipped with ER and various specialties, including dentistry.
Pulmonology Hospital "Dr. Nicolae Rusdea" – destined for pulmonlogue
diseases for both children and adults, palliative care and medical recovery
for respiratory diseases.
Infectious and Psychiatric Diseases Hospital – mainly infection diseases
treatments (HIV/AIDS, STDs, hepatitis, other infections), dermatovenerology
(skin diseases) as well as psychologic-psychiatric support.
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1/2 Iulie Maniu Street
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 09:00-13:00; Tuesday, Thursday 14:00-
18:00; Saturday – Sunday closed
Phone: (+4) 0741 264 998
2A Progresului Street
Monday – Friday 08:00-20:00
Phone: (+4) 0722 532 024
22 Unirii Boulevard
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 09:00-17:00; Tuesday, Thursday 12:00-
20:00; Saturday – Sunday closed
Phone: (+4) 0742 401 348
In case you need dentistry support:
Dr. Laura Rusu
iDentify
Dunca Dental Clinic
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1/1 Transilvaniei
Monday – Thursday 08:00-19:00; Friday 08:00-15:00; Saturday – Sunday
closed
Phone: (+4) 0757 051 170
32 Mărășești Street
Phone: (+4) 0746 630 545
48 George Coșbuc
Phone: (+4) 0262 206 179
Tutodent
Rehabilitation centres
Kineto Smart
Euromedica Hospital
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Open 24 hours
Phone: (+4) 0770 770 248
Monday – Friday open 24 hours; Saturday 09:00-21:00; Sunday 13:00-
21:00
Phone: (+4) 0744 453 697
Monday – Sunday open 24 hours
Phone: (+4) 0744 453 697
33 Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea Street
Phone: (+4) 0751 812 459
19 Decebal Boulevard
Phone: (+4) 0756 096 306
14A George Coșbuc Street
Phone: (+4) 0756 428 412
Fitness Revolution
TempleGym
17 Traian Boulevard
JUMP ONE STEP
CS Gold Star Gym
Ayo Gym
SPORTS
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7 Lăpușului Street
Phone: (+4) 0749 586 621
Vlad Țepeș (behind Kaufland)
Phone: (+4) 0745 835 860
3B 8 Martie Street
Phone: (+4) 0752 059 481
9 Nucului Street
Phone: (+4) 0723 196 269
162 Vasile Lucaciu Street
Phone: (+4) 0746 897 554
Phone: (+4) 0740 223 232
Xtrem Fitness Gym
Sport fields to rent
Tennis field
Urban Tenis Club
Tennis Land
Squash & Padbol Club
Football (Sport High School)

Phone: (+4) 0745 555 860
62A Victor Babeș Street
13 Transilvaniei Street
19 Moldovei Street
Dimitrie Cantemir and Ion Luca Caragiale Streets (behind the buildings)
Corner of Petru Maior and Gheorghe Bilașcu Streets
4 Ciprian Porumbescu
Aleea Rotundă
4 Ion Luca Caragiale
57 Valea Roșie (Inside the Municipal Park, close to Han Bastion)
Elit Sport
Școlii street (behind Anghel Saligny High School)
84 Victoriei (Avram Iancu School)
Centrul Universitar Nord
Open air sport areas
Athletic field
Skate Park
Synthetic Sport Field (basketball hoops, gates, table tennis)
Children & Fitness parks (machines)
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11 Unirii Boulevard
Monday 13:00-15:00; 18:00-20:30;
Tuesday – Friday 06:00-08:30; 13:00-15:00; 18:00-20:30;
Saturday 06:00-07:30; 14:00-16:00;
Sunday 09:00-11:00
Phone: (+4) 0262 226 869
11B Mărgeanului Street
Phone: (+4) 0724 288 633
Monday – Friday 09:00-21:00
Phone: (+4) 0262 222 405
136i Mihai Eminescu Street
Phone: (+4) 0362 807 814
40 3 Street, Tăuții Măgherăuș
Phone: (+4) 0731 005 723
50 112 Street, Bușag
Phone: (+4) 0729 088 558
Olympic Pool Gheorghe Demeca
Seneca Spa & Wellness
Eurohotel
Castel Transilvania
DruRelax
Peninsula

1 Podul Viilor Street
11 Traian Boulevard
10 Unirii Boulevard, 1st floor
Souvenirs Cadouri
Magazin de cadouri
Pastel
Maramureș Shopping Centre
N Art cadouri
Main souvenirs include traditional bags, cups, key rings, trinkets, clothes,
pottery, textiles. You can buy bookmarks or coasters with Romania's
traditional patterns. You can see a lot of Dracula souvenirs in every part of
Romania such as ash trays, cups, key rings are as well alternative gifts ideas.
Here you can also find the traditional drink pălincă in small gift bottles.
As a visitor to the town, you can go visit other towns of Maramureș region
from the nearby and you will have the chance to find many other souvenirs
there as well.
TRADITIONS
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City’s main celebration: Chestnut Festival (last weekend of
September);
Music: One Jazz Festival (October), North West Fest (September),
“Ion Petreuș” Folk Festival (June), Noaptea Menestrelilor (July);
Cultural: Zilele Maramureșului (May), Museums’ Night (May), Haida
hai în Maramu’ (June), Christmas in Maramureș (December);
Movie: TIFF Unlimited (September), Filmtettfeszt Hungarian Movie
Days (October);
Children: Fun Summer at Value Centre (August);
Food: Street Food Festival (June), Christmas Fair (December-January)ș
Sports: Baia Mare Snow Handball Challenge (snow handball,
January), Snow Rally (rally, February), Maramureș Rally (rally, April),
Baia Mare Beach Handball Challenge (beach handball, June-July),
Gutâi Trophy (rally, August), Crosul Castanelor (running, September)
Cupa Explorări (volleyball, September), Mogoșa Race (half marathon,
October), Cupa Minerul (futsal, December);
Miscellaneous: Maramureș Balloon Fiesta (October), TEDx
(September), Főtér Fesztivál (September), Street Delivery (June-July),
Skirt Bike (July).
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January, 1-2 – New Year;
January, 24 – Union Day of Wallachia with Moldova;
April-May – Orthodox Easter (Good Friday, Sunday and 2nd day of Easter
Monday);
May 1 – Labour Day;
June, 1 – Children’s Day;
May-June – Orthodox Pentecost Days (Sunday-Monday);
August, 15 – Assumption of Saint Mary;
November, 30 – Saint Andrew, the patron of Romania;
December 1 – National Day of Romania;
December, 25-26 – Christmas.
January, 6 – Jesus’ Baptism Day;
January, 7 – Saint John the Baptiser;
February, 24 – Dragobete (celebration of love);
March, 1 – Mărțișor (spring coming, protection symbol);
March, 1-9 – Babele (the first 9 days of spring);
March, 8 – Women’s Day;
March, 9 – Mucenicii (celebration of 40 martyrs of Sevastia);
April, 1 – Fool’s Day;
May, 2 – National Youth Day;
June, 24 – Ia Day (traditional blouse for females) / Sânziene Day (mythical
creatures that support the growth of crops and flowers);
August, 12 – International Youth Day;
September, 8 – Birth of Virgin Mary;
December, 6 – Saint Nicholas;
December, 20 – Ignat (the day when the pig is being cut and the meat
prepared for Christmas).
Official holidays – free days
Relevant celebrations
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LANGUAGE
The Romanian alphabet and reading rules
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â – same sound like î; different only in writing; to be used only inside the words;
î – same sound like â; different only in writing; to be used only at the beginning or
at the end of the words; if the word gets a suffix, the graphic î does not change;
ș – frequently used in common words;
ț – typical sound for the Slavic languages, but can be found also in German.
ce – when the 2 letters are written together, they are pronounced as „check”
(celălalt, cenușă);
ci – when the 2 letters are written together, they are pronounced as „chocolate”
(ciorbă, incident);
ge – when the 2 letters are written together, they are pronounced as „genetics”
(gem, gelatină);
gi – when the 2 letters are written together, they are pronounced as „orange”
(girafă, origine);
che – when the 3 letters are written together, they are pronounced as „Kent”
(cheie, încheiere);
chi – when the 3 letters are written together, they are pronounced as „keen”
(chitară, ochit);
ghe – when the 3 letters are written together, they are pronounced as „geyser”
(gheată, înghețată);
ghi – when the 3 letters are written together, they are pronounced as „guiness”
(unghie, ghiozdan).
ii (folii) and very rare iii (copiii);
ee (orhidee, alee, idee);
cc (succint, accident, accent) - the first one is a regular c (k), while the other
depends if the next letter is e or i (ch);
when adding 2 words together (posttraumatic, teleenciclopedie);
Specific letters
Groups of letters
It is possible that sometimes the letters to be doubled in the words, such as:

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when connecting 2 different types of words (pronouns and auxiliary
verbs): spune-mi;
when a letter from the second word drops: să-mi (să îmi).
The hyphen
Romanian uses the hyphen (-) to unite:
It has a rather grammatical and written usage and we ignore it in reading
or speaking.
Introduction phrases & words

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