FCSB away

[Bucharest Help]

 

Hello Aberdonians - as a fellow Scot, living in Bucharest. I’d like to share what information I can - which I hope may be of use, and indeed make for a smooth and enjoyable trip!

If anyone has any questions, about anything related to the City, FCSB, transport, nightlife, do’s and dont’s etc - please feel free to ask.

Airport Arrival/Transport in City:

There are 2 main options. Cheapest -Train directly outside arrival terminal to Gara De Nord (main train station in the city - and metro is linked from their too) Train is not as frequent (every 40 mins) but only 20 mins to Gara De Nord station and around 6 Ron (like £1.50)

Taxi - as soon as you exit the arrivals doors from getting luggage - on the left are ticket machines to get a Taxi number (all machines in English) and then you wait outside the terminal doors (a matter of yards away) and wait for your taxi number to arrive (registration of car is printed on your ticket) These are the AUTHORISED taxi companies and all on a meter (roughly 50/60 Ron (£10/15 to city centre) - DO NOT pay anything more than roughly that - if they ask for a lot more - make a fuss! But less likely if you take a registered taxi!

UBER/BOLT - possible, but not allowed to pick up outside terminal - so need to walk to pick up area outside of airport.

METRO SYSTEM:

It’s a good one! Cheap, reliable and frequent. Best way for getting around the city as traffic is busy in the daytime.

Tickets can be bought in all stations and as it’s so cheap - good option is to buy a ‘multi trip’ ticket for around (20 Ron) £5 and gets you 10 trips. 

NEAREST METRO Stations to Ground (walking distance)

Piata Iancului 

Piata Muncii 

Accommodation

Booking.com/Air BnB etc all available. 

In my eyes - two options (City Centre) nearest to Old Town - most expensive. Change metro line from Blue to Yellow 

Or slightly out of main centre but on best link to Ground via metro or taxi, plus near main Train Station (sector 1) - Options directly out of station are Ibis Gara De Nord and Hello Hotel (both main chains and you know what you’re going to get) - simple stuff!  Metro to the ground from this area is around 10 mins) (on yellow line)

Old Town or (Lipscani) Romanian name for area - is the busiest and most lively - but comes with highest prices and scammers etc! Good honest bar which is British owned is called Mojo - sport on TV, karaoke etc.

https://mojomusic.ro/

Option nearest the Train Station is arguably one of the best traditional Pubs in Bucharest - Dubliner Irish Pub. It’s the closest you’ll get to back home, quite a large ex-pat community of Scots too! A few Aberdonian’s working in the oil industry here. Multiple TV screens for sport - bespoke darts room (9 boards) great Irish Breakfast and pub food (cottage pie) Guinness, Kilkenny, Peroni, Ursus and Kozel on draught and then all the other usual spirits, shots etc. 

https://dubliner.ro/menu/

Piata Victoriei and Gara De Nord nearest metro stations to Dubliner Irish Pub and 10 mins to ground.

There’s a lot more could add - but this is for starters - please feel free to ask anything you want! 
 

Enjoy your trip and hopefully you’ll be going into it with a nice first leg lead!

 

 

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[BigAl]

Welcome to the board mate.

I'd love to be heading across for the game but will have to content myself with the home leg as will be on holiday on the 28th.

Really useful post and thanks for taking the time out to do so.

Assuming you'll be supporting us over the two legs 

[Bucharest Help]

2 hours ago, BigAl said:

Welcome to the board mate.

I'd love to be heading across for the game but will have to content myself with the home leg as will be on holiday on the 28th.

Really useful post and thanks for taking the time out to do so.

Assuming you'll be supporting us over the two legs 

For sure!!!

FCSB are a good team in Europe, but have been a touch lacklustre this season.

if you get a lead in the first leg, you’ve a really good chance of going through. I’ll be cheering you on, that’s for sure! 

[manc_don]

Top advice! I’m sure there’ll be a few who read the board that’ll be going.

[Panda]

Thanks @Bucharest Help - I'm not going but have passed on to a few friends who are.

 

As an aside, they're playing Rapid Bucharest tonight for anyone wishing to spy a look at them. They lost the other Bucharest derby a few weeks ago, with a certain Danny Armstrong banging in a hat-trick.

[Panda]

7 hours ago, Panda said:

As an aside, they're playing Rapid Bucharest tonight for anyone wishing to spy a look at them. 

Watched the last 15 minutes, where they blew a two-goal lead, and Rapid missed a 95th minute sitter to win it.

I've no idea how good they were for the first 75 minutes and if they were worthy of their 2-0 lead, but they were terrible from what I saw, against an average looking Rapid team. Their right back Ngezana is apparently rated at $6m and won the best South African player in Europe award, but he was hopeless (again, I only watched 15 minutes).

That's just one league win all season (from six games), bumped out of the Champions League by Shkendija, and it's 16 goals conceded in 13 games - 9 of those goals have been in Europe against opposition from Moldova, Macedonia and Kosovo.

Very beatable I'd say, especially at home. Give them hell Aberdeen.

(See if the below video works of the equaliser)

 

 

 

[Panda]

*in fact, apologies, my maths is rubbish.

I make it 20 goals conceded in 13 games, not 16.

 

[BigAl]

10 hours ago, Panda said:

*in fact, apologies, my maths is rubbish.

I make it 20 goals conceded in 13 games, not 16.

 

Arithmetic surely 

[dons8321]

Tickets on sale from Friday 10am - you need to provide passport/travel arrangements and tickets will be emailed to you.

[BigAl]

15 minutes ago, dons8321 said:

Tickets on sale from Friday 10am - you need to provide passport/travel arrangements and tickets will be emailed to you.

Retro price of £8 per ticket 

Must be at least thirty years since I got a ticket for that price 

[manc_don]

12 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Retro price of £8 per ticket 

Must be at least thirty years since I got a ticket for that price 

You wish

[dons8321]

12 hours ago, BigAl said:

Retro price of £8 per ticket 

Must be at least thirty years since I got a ticket for that price 

"Fuck me and I thought I was old" to quote no-one in particular 

[Greg1983]

Hi folks

For anyone heading out to Bucharest, Mojo music are welcoming all dons fans.

Located in the centre of the old town, good selection of beers etc, £2.50 a pint.

The owner is a good lad and is looking to put on some dons related entertainment 

Open from noon on Thursday

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Mk7nn2rFw/?mibextid=wwXIfr
 

[manc_don]

47 minutes ago, Greg1983 said:

Hi folks

For anyone heading out to Bucharest, Mojo music are welcoming all dons fans.

Located in the centre of the old town, good selection of beers etc, £2.50 a pint.

The owner is a good lad and is looking to put on some dons related entertainment 

Open from noon on Thursday

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Mk7nn2rFw/?mibextid=wwXIfr
 

Have added it onto the Twitter page too.

[Panda]

FCSB tonight lost 2-0 at home.

Have failed to win five of their last eight home games, have conceded at least two goals in seven of their last 10 games, and have only one clean sheet in 15 games this season.

 

Edited Sunday at 21:22 by Panda

[tom_widdows]

To paraphrase Tam Cowan

'If ever a team needs a result....'

[Jute]

Any news on if the National Broadcaster is picking this up?

[Reekie_Red]

Given that 10 of the first 12 articles on their Scottish Football homepage are focussed on either Old Firm or Scotland national team like, I'd say no 

[RicoS321]

4 hours ago, Jute said:

Any news on if the National Broadcaster is picking this up?

Would be unusual for them to send a team to an away leg for a diddy team. 

[Panda]

23 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Would be unusual for them to send a team to an away leg for a diddy team. 

The Rapid Vienna v Dundee United away leg was on the BBC.

[Jute]

Looks like it is on BBC. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006zrbv/broadcasts/upcoming

 

[RicoS321]

1 hour ago, Panda said:

The Rapid Vienna v Dundee United away leg was on the BBC.

Yes it was. A welcome change from recent years. To be honest, it's great to see them utilise the BBC Scotland channel for these things. Hopefully you'll be providing the commentary for the FCSB game. Just to keep costs down. 

[Panda]

1 hour ago, Jute said:

Looks like it is on BBC. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006zrbv/broadcasts/upcoming

 

Yeah was biting my tongue earlier as it's only just been confirmed.

38 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Hopefully you'll be providing the commentary for the FCSB game. Just to keep costs down. 

I did football commentary once. Was actually the 2010 Scottish Cup final when Dundee United beat Ross County.

I've never been asked to do it again. Turning up hungover without notes and "I'll just wing it" in hindsight maybe wasn't the best idea.

[RicoS321]

13 minutes ago, Panda said:

Yeah was biting my tongue earlier as it's only just been confirmed.

I did football commentary once. Was actually the 2010 Scottish Cup final when Dundee United beat Ross County.

I've never been asked to do it again. Turning up hungover without notes and "I'll just wing it" in hindsight maybe wasn't the best idea.

It's fine, nobody watched that one anyway.

[tom_widdows]

Im assuming failing to respond accordingly to 'well this insnt the final everybody wanted eh panda?' and 'what do you think Neil Lennon would do if he was here?' killed off any future prospects