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Timișoara

Timișoara is a university city and industrial centre in western Romania, with a multicultural heritage due to its location in the Banat region and a history of ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity. Nicknamed "Little Vienna" or the "City of Flowers", it is known for its sizable historical urban core with wide-ranging architectural styles. Wikivoyage

Population 250,849 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Romania

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Romania
Tourist office · 680 m Timișoara Information Center

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Piața Iosefin

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: 07:00–19:00
    2. Tuesday: 07:00–19:00
    3. Wednesday: 07:00–19:00
    4. Thursday: 07:00–19:00
    5. Friday: 07:00–19:00
    6. Saturday: 07:00–14:00
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    07:00–19:00
    Tuesday
    07:00–19:00
    Wednesday
    07:00–19:00
    Thursday
    07:00–19:00
    Friday
    07:00–19:00
    Saturday
    07:00–14:00
    2.4 km from the centre

  • Piața Volantă Stadion

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: 05:00–18:00
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 05:00–18:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    05:00–18:00

    2.4 km from the centre

  • Piața Mehala 2

    Opening hours

    Dec-Mar: Mo-Sa 05:00-18:00; Apr-Nov: Mo-Sa 04:00-20:00; Apr-Nov: Su 07:00-14:00

    2.9 km from the centre

  • Piața de Gros

    1. Monday: 04:00–15:00
    2. Tuesday: 04:00–15:00
    3. Wednesday: 04:00–15:00
    4. Thursday: 04:00–15:00
    5. Friday: 04:00–15:00
    6. Saturday: 04:00–15:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    04:00–15:00

    3.0 km from the centre

  • Piața Timișoara 700

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    620 m from the centre

  • Piața Dacia

    No hours mapped

    1.0 km from the centre

  • Piața Badea Cârțan

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

  • Piața Verde

    No hours mapped

    1.8 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 63 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Timișoara Est 1.4 km, Timișoara Nord 2.0 km, Ronaț Triaj Cabina 1 4.5 km, Timișoara Sud 5.3 km, Ronaț Triaj h 5.4 km, Timișoara Vest 5.9 km, Giroc 5.9 km

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