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Timișoara
Timisoara is European Culture
In 2023, Timișoara holds the title of European Capital of Culture, alongside Veszprem Hungary) and Elefsina (Greece).
The first city with electric street
lighting in continental Europe.
The first city free of
communism in Romania.
A history of rich diversity
A rich experience,always!
Rain or shine, in Timișoara you have over 900 reasons to go out for a walk. This is the number of heritage buildings in the city, Timișoara having the largest area of historical monuments in Romania. Each with its own story. Each with its own place. Waiting to be discovered.
Highlights in Timișoara
Unirii Square
The city's most effervescent spot, with a host of inviting terraces and brightly coloured, carefully restored facades.
Festivals
Themed festivals with large-scale and long-running international performing arts events.
Victoriei Square
The newest square in the Cetate district is today the centre of the city.
Timișoara 2023
Timisoara 2023 is a great opportunity to better understand the spirit of the city.
Events
Guided walking tour
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10:30 AM
Piața Victoriei, Tourist Office
Join this shared tour that will take you through the fascinating history of the city across centuries, from the medieval period to the Anti-Communist Revolution of 1989. You will discover intriguing facts about the city during the Hungarian Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and the Habsburg Empire. You will visit the main attractions in the central area: Libertatii Square, Unirii Square, Victoria Square, Theresia Bastion, as well as Baroque, eclectic, and Art Nouveau-style buildings. All of this in a chronological tour lasting 2 hours.
Symphonic Concert
02 MAY 2024, 19:00
A few days before the Orthodox celebrate Easter, the program of the event introduces music lovers to the spirit of the Easter holidays through the oratorio „Jesus on the Mount of Olives”, the only oratorio composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The work highlights the human side of Jesus more than the divine, and was created at a time when Beethoven was beginning to lose his hearing; it is a symbol of man’s creative force despite the trials to which he is subjected.
Maestro: Radu Popa
Piano: Daniel Ciobanu
CCE 2023 - October
The cultural programme includes over 1,000 cultural events and 300 days of non-stop exhibitions of modern and contempoarary art.
All cultural information is just a click away: www.timisoara2023.eu
In the news
Timișoara, one of the best places in the wold to retire
(thetravel.com, Feb 2024)
Famed for its Wiener Secession, Baroque, Art Nouveau, historicism, and neoclassicism buildings, Timișoara is a gem in Romania with diverse architecture that earned the city's nickname, "Little Vienna."
Timișoara, in top 5 Europe's safest cities
(express.co.uk, Mar 2023)
Known as the ‘City of Flowers’, Timișoara has plenty of green space and many historical monuments.
The Romanian city’s Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral is renowned for its mosaic roof tiles and icon gallery.
Timişoara oder: "Wiens kleine Schwester"
(Die Presse, 20 FEB 2023)
Es tut sich mehr als je zuvor im westrumänischen Timişoara, „Wiens kleiner Schwester“ – Impressionen aus einer Europäischen...
It Might Be Time to Consider Timisoara
(The New York Times, 27 OCT 2023)
Families stroll and savor gelato cones as bike couriers whiz by. Pensioners relax on benches near manicured flower beds while earbud-wearing ...
A year-long celebration of culture
(Time Magazine, 16 MAR 2023)
Romania’s fourth largest city and capital of the Banat historical province is shining its light in 2023—quite literally—as it picks up the baton...
Does being European City of Culture matter?
(The Times, 18 APR 2023)
Apart from the boost to tourism, what has the European accolade ever done for places such as Timisoara and Kaunas? Quite a lot, it turns out...
Secreta y bella Timisoara, descifrando la capital cultural europea 2023
(El País, 11 NOV 2023)
Primera ciudad de Rumania en abrir una cervecera y en quedar libre del comunismo, y primera de la ...
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What visitors say
Leicester, UK
Great place with some lovely listed building. Want to move here one day. Everyone is so relaxed. Great place for all sorts of things. Nice well priced restaurants. A feeling like in Italy without the silly prices and snobby people.
This is very nice place with beautiful buildings. I was sceptic about this Romanian town, but, gladly I am amazed. Very clean and warm place. Must see
Arad, Romania
I know how the area showed 30 years ago when the communist regime almost destroyed it. Now it's a delight to see such a wide, beautifully landscaped and exclusive pedestrian access space. The buildings that bordering the market are absolutely superb, recently renovated. In my opinion - the main area worth visiting in Timisoara.
Lisbon, Portugal
This is one of the most majestic squares I’ve ever seen. Sometimes, squares of big dimensions have difficulty in keeping harmony but in here it is not the case; contributing to this sense of harmony, the noble and majestic buildings all around the square. Enjoy!
Leicester, UK
Great place with some lovely listed building. Want to move here one day. Everyone is so relaxed. Great place for all sorts of things. Nice well priced restaurants. A feeling like in Italy without the silly prices and snobby people.
This is very nice place with beautiful buildings. I was sceptic about this Romanian town, but, gladly I am amazed. Very clean and warm place. Must see
Arad, Romania
I know how the area showed 30 years ago when the communist regime almost destroyed it. Now it's a delight to see such a wide, beautifully landscaped and exclusive pedestrian access space. The buildings that bordering the market are absolutely superb, recently renovated. In my opinion - the main area worth visiting in Timisoara.
Lisbon, Portugal
This is one of the most majestic squares I’ve ever seen. Sometimes, squares of big dimensions have difficulty in keeping harmony but in here it is not the case; contributing to this sense of harmony, the noble and majestic buildings all around the square. Enjoy!