Film and TV locations in Romania
70 places to shoot in Romania: 13 industrial and derelict locations, 11 offices, schools and public buildings, 10 transport and infrastructure locations and 36 more. 33 have a photo and 3 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What Romania pays back
Romania runs the State aid scheme for audiovisual production (30% cash rebate), worth 30% as a cash rebate. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison, and find a studio, service company or post house in the 11 companies we list in Romania.
Regions
- Bucharest 30
- Cluj County 6
- Constanta County 5
- Sibiu County 3
- Ilfov 3
- Prahova County 3
- Caras-Severin County 3
And single locations in 12 more regions, all of them in the list below.
Industrial and derelict locations in Romania 13
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. All 13 on their own page.
Constanta Shipyard
Industrial & derelict
Shipyard inside the port with dry docks, gantry cranes, fabrication halls and outfitting quays, used for hull building and ship repair.
Seen in: The Brothers Bloom, What Happened to Monday
Neptun Baths, Baile Herculane
Industrial & derelict
Derelict nineteenth century thermal bath house on the Cerna river, with decayed halls, iron and glass roofing and an ongoing rescue project run by a volunteer association.
Praid Salt Mine
Industrial & derelict
Salt mine in Szekely Land reached by bus through a gallery to a chamber about 120 m down, with rough salt walls, mine plant and a large open underground space.
Slanic Prahova Salt Mine (Unirea Mine)
Industrial & derelict
Disused salt mine with fourteen trapezoidal chambers, machine cut walls, ceilings about 55 m high and a constant temperature, reached by lift from the surface plant.
Turda Salt Mine
Industrial & derelict
Former salt mine open to visitors, with bell shaped chambers, preserved timber winding gear, a mine shaft lift and an underground lake about 100 m below ground.
Damen Shipyards Galati
Industrial & derelict
River shipyard on the Danube with covered building halls, slipways, heavy cranes and outfitting quays, one of the largest yards in the country.
Hala Laminor, Bucharest
Industrial & derelict
Rolling mill hall of the former Malaxa works in east Bucharest, a steel framed industrial space of about 68,000 sq m kept for cultural and event use.
Halele Carol and Nod Makerspace, Bucharest
Industrial & derelict
Former Hesper factory halls beside the Dambovita, now workshops and studios with brick walls, steel trusses, gantry beams and tall windows, rented out for shoots and events.
Liberty Galati steelworks
Industrial & derelict
Integrated steel plant on the Danube with blast furnaces, coke batteries, rolling mills, rail sidings and its own river port, the largest industrial site in eastern Romania.
National Oil Museum, Ploiesti
Industrial & derelict
Museum of the Romanian oil industry with derricks, pumps, drilling rigs and refinery equipment in the yard, in a city ringed by working refineries.
Oil Terminal Constanta
Industrial & derelict
Oil storage and handling terminal in the port with tank farms, pipe racks, pump houses and loading jetties spread over several platforms.
Resita Steam Locomotive Museum and works quarter
Industrial & derelict
Open air line of locomotives built in Resita, set in the old ironworks quarter with furnace buildings, works housing and rail infrastructure around it.
Rosia Montana mining landscape
Industrial & derelict
Mining village with Roman galleries, nineteenth century stamp mills, tailings ponds and empty company houses, added to the UNESCO list in 2021.
Offices, schools and public buildings in Romania 11
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. All 11 on their own page.
CEC Palace
Office, school & public building
Savings bank headquarters of 1900 on Calea Victoriei, with a glass dome over the banking hall, marble counters, stucco ceilings and a columned entrance.
Cluj-Napoca City Hall
Office, school & public building
City hall of 1898 near the centre of Cluj, with a clock tower, council chamber, ceremonial rooms, marble stair and long office corridors.
Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History
Office, school & public building
Natural history museum of 1908 on the Kiseleff boulevard, with dark exhibition rooms, dioramas, a whale skeleton and a modern reworked display route.
House of the Free Press
Office, school & public building
Stalinist tower of 1956 built as the state printing house, with a symmetrical wing plan, marble lobbies, offices and former printing halls, set in a wide square.
Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Office, school & public building
Neo Romanian brick building of 1912 holding rural collections, with timber galleries, a reassembled wooden church and workshop rooms inside the museum.
National Museum of Romanian History
Office, school & public building
Former central post office of 1900 on Calea Victoriei, with a colonnaded front, marble halls and vaulted galleries, now the national history museum.
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Office, school & public building
Main university building of 1902 in central Cluj with an aula magna, wide corridors, lecture halls and a courtyard, plus faculties spread across the city.
Carol I Central University Library, Bucharest
Office, school & public building
Library facing the former royal palace, with a domed rotunda reading room, galleried stacks, study halls and a modern extension added in 2001.
National Bank of Romania Palace
Office, school & public building
Central bank headquarters of 1890 in the old town, with a marble banking hall, council room, vaults and a later wing facing Lipscani street.
Politehnica University of Bucharest
Office, school & public building
Large campus in west Bucharest with concrete faculty blocks of the 1960s, lecture theatres, laboratories, long corridors and open plazas between buildings.
Seen in: Wednesday, Pulse
University of Bucharest, main building
Office, school & public building
Nineteenth century university palace on University Square, with a columned front, an aula, lecture rooms, stone staircases and an inner courtyard.
Transport and infrastructure in Romania 10
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot. All 10 on their own page.
Bucharest North Railway Station (Gara de Nord)
Transport & infrastructure
Main passenger station of Romania: iron trainshed over long platforms, ticket halls, underpasses and a 1960s concourse, in daily use for national and international trains.
Transfagarasan mountain road (DN7C)
Transport & infrastructure
High mountain road with hairpin bends, viaducts, a summit tunnel and a glacial lake at about 2,000 m, managed by the national roads company and closed by snow in winter.
Seen in: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Vaser Valley Forestry Railway (Mocanita)
Transport & infrastructure
Narrow gauge steam railway climbing a forested valley from Viseu de Sus, with wooden carriages, water stops, timber halts and a working locomotive shed and yard.
Anghel Saligny Bridge, Cernavoda
Transport & infrastructure
Steel lattice railway bridge of 1895 over the Danube, with stone portals and guardian statues, standing next to the newer crossing on the Bucharest to Constanta line.
Cluj-Napoca Avram Iancu International Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Regional airport east of Cluj with departure and arrival terminals, check in desks, glazed piers, apron and runway views, the busiest airport outside Bucharest.
Militari Tram Depot, Bucharest
Transport & infrastructure
Working tram depot on the western edge of Bucharest with inspection pits, yard tracks, overhead wires and rolling stock from several decades side by side.
Oravita to Anina mountain railway
Transport & infrastructure
Mountain railway of 1863 through fourteen tunnels and ten viaducts in the Banat hills, with small stone stations and a terminus in the former mining town of Anina.
Port of Constanta
Transport & infrastructure
Largest Black Sea port, with container and grain terminals, silos, quays, breakwaters and a small older basin next to the historic peninsula.
Sulina Old Lighthouse and Danube mouth
Transport & infrastructure
Nineteenth century lighthouse and European Danube Commission buildings at the river mouth, with the shipping canal, quays, an abandoned dock and a wide sand spit nearby.
Timisoara Traian Vuia International Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Airport in western Romania combining 1960s terminal architecture with newer halls, a cargo apron and open runway approaches over flat farmland.
Theatres, arenas and venues in Romania 8
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them. All 8 on their own page.
Bucharest National Opera
Theatre, arena & venue
Opera house of 1953 near the Dambovita with a horseshoe auditorium of about 950 seats, orchestra pit, rehearsal rooms and marble foyers.
Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
Theatre, arena & venue
Theatre building of 1910 shared with the Hungarian opera, with a horseshoe auditorium, painted ceiling, boxes and a smaller studio stage.
I.L. Caragiale National Theatre, Bucharest
Theatre, arena & venue
State theatre in the city centre, rebuilt in the 1970s and reclad in 2014, with six stages, workshops, wide foyers and a roof terrace.
Metropolitan Circus, Bucharest
Theatre, arena & venue
Circus building of 1961 with a ribbed dome over a ring and about 2,000 seats, plus training rooms, backstage areas and a park setting.
Romanian Athenaeum
Theatre, arena & venue
Concert hall of 1888 with a circular domed auditorium, a painted frieze, marble foyer and columned portico, home of the George Enescu Philharmonic.
National Theatre and Opera, Timisoara
Theatre, arena & venue
Palace of Culture on Victory Square holding the national theatre and the opera, with an auditorium of 1928 behind a neo Byzantine facade.
Romexpo, Bucharest
Theatre, arena & venue
Exhibition centre with a domed central pavilion of the 1960s, flanking halls, open aprons and large parking areas, used for fairs and big events.
Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre, Iasi
Theatre, arena & venue
Theatre of 1896 by Fellner and Helmer in central Iasi, with a gilded auditorium, painted curtain, chandelier, boxes and a marble stair.
Hospitals, prisons and institutions in Romania 5
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly. Hospitals, prisons and institutions across Europe.
Sighet Memorial, former prison
Hospital, prison & institution
Former political prison turned museum, with two levels of cells, iron doors, tiled corridors and an inner courtyard kept close to their 1950s condition.
Coltea Hospital, Bucharest
Hospital, prison & institution
Historic city hospital rebuilt in 1888 behind a neo Romanian facade, with wards, operating theatres, an inner court and a church in the grounds.
Palace of Justice, Bucharest
Hospital, prison & institution
Courthouse of the 1890s on the Dambovita with a stone facade, a grand stair hall, panelled courtrooms and long corridors, seat of the Bucharest Court of Appeal.
Pitesti Prison Memorial
Hospital, prison & institution
Surviving wing of the prison used for the re education experiment of the early 1950s, with bare cells, barred windows and a documentary display.
Ramnicu Sarat Prison
Hospital, prison & institution
Disused prison of silence with a central hall, single cells on two levels, iron walkways and bare plaster, held as a memorial site by the IICCMER institute.
Bars, restaurants and shops in Romania 4
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. Bars, restaurants and shops across Europe.
Caru' cu Bere
Bar, restaurant & shop
Beer hall of 1899 in the old town with carved wood, stained glass, painted vaults, mosaic floors and a gallery, still working as a restaurant.
Manuc's Inn
Bar, restaurant & shop
Early nineteenth century inn around a wooden galleried courtyard in the old town, with cellars, a restaurant, event rooms and guest rooms above.
Unirea Shopping Center
Bar, restaurant & shop
Department store of 1976 at Unirii square, with escalator wells, wide sales floors, service corridors and a roof level over the boulevard.
Casa Capsa
Bar, restaurant & shop
Cafe, confectionery, restaurant and small hotel founded in 1852 on Calea Victoriei, with mirrored salons, a pastry counter and period furniture.
Houses and apartments in Romania 4
Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. Houses and apartments across Europe.
Primaverii Palace, Ceausescu Mansion
House & apartment
Villa of the Ceausescu family in the diplomatic quarter, with mosaics, panelled rooms, an indoor pool, a winter garden and 1970s furniture left in place.
Filipescu-Cesianu House
House & apartment
Restored boyar house on Calea Victoriei with period rooms, parquet floors, a garden and a permanent display on Bucharest social history.
Monteoru House, Writers' Union
House & apartment
Late nineteenth century mansion on Calea Victoriei with painted ceilings, salons, a grand stair and a courtyard, used by the Writers' Union.
Seen in: Wednesday
Vila Golescu, Campulung
House & apartment
Family villa and park above Campulung restored by the Pro Patrimonio foundation, with wooden verandas, plain period interiors and an orchard.
Film studios and backlots in Romania 3
Sound stages, backlots, water tanks and virtual production volumes you can hire, with the crew base and power that go with them. Film studios and backlots across Europe.
Bucharest Film Studios (Buftea)
Studio & backlot
Studio complex north west of Bucharest with 19 sound stages, four indoor water tanks, a large backlot for standing sets, costume and prop stores and construction workshops.
Seen in: Wednesday
19 sound stages, four indoor water tanks for underwater work, construction and props departments, over 30,000 costumes, armoury, picture vehicles,...
Castel Film Studios
Studio & backlot
Studio at Izvorani with ten sound stages, an underwater tank stage, a 25 hectare backlot carrying western, urban and gothic standing sets, plus forest and lake frontage.
Ten sound stages from about 216 to 3,344 sq m, underwater tank stage with viewing windows, one floatable stage, 25 ha backlot, 44 dressing rooms,...
CREIC Film Studio, Cluj-Napoca
Studio & backlot
Soundproofed stage of about 630 sq m inside the Cluj regional centre for creative industries, with screening room, production offices and technical rooms in the same building.
Stage of about 630 sq m with internal access, screening room of about 143 sq m, production offices, technical rooms and a meeting room
Hotels and interiors in Romania 3
Hotels, spas and their lobbies, ballrooms, bars and corridors, including closed or seasonal properties that can take over a whole unit. Hotels and interiors across Europe.
Constanta Casino
Hotel & interiors
Art nouveau casino on the Black Sea promenade, restored and reopened in 2024, with a ballroom, stained glass, curved terraces and sea views.
Grand Hotel Continental, Bucharest
Hotel & interiors
Hotel of 1886 on Calea Victoriei with a restored belle epoque facade, salons, a stair hall and rooms looking onto the boulevard.
Therme Bucuresti
Hotel & interiors
Thermal spa under large glass domes north of Bucharest, with palm planting, pools, slides, saunas and lounge areas, open all year.
Historic towns and streets in Romania 3
Old towns, squares and streets that can double for a period without dressing out a modern skyline. Historic towns and streets across Europe.
Large Square (Piata Mare), Sibiu
Historic town & street
Wide baroque square in the upper town, framed by the Brukenthal palace, the council tower, arcaded houses and cobbles, with lanes and stairs leading off it.
Sighisoara Citadel
Historic town & street
Inhabited medieval citadel on a hill, with cobbled lanes, guild towers, a clock tower, covered stair and burgher houses, on the UNESCO list.
Union Square, Oradea
Historic town & street
Riverside square lined with restored art nouveau and eclectic buildings, including the Black Eagle Palace and its glazed arcade.
Castles and estates in Romania 2
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. Castles and estates across Europe.
Cantacuzino Castle, Busteni
Castle & estate
Neo Romanian mansion of 1911 on a mountain slope, with arcaded terraces, a heraldic hall, cellars, caves and a park facing the Bucegi ridge.
Seen in: Wednesday
Corvin Castle, Hunedoara
Castle & estate
Gothic castle of the fifteenth century with a bridge over a ravine, knights hall, chapel, towers and a deep well court, next to a former steel town.
Seen in: The Nun, BloodRayne, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Villages and countryside in Romania 1
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base. Villages and countryside across Europe.
ASTRA Open Air Museum, Sibiu
Village & countryside
Open air museum with over 400 relocated rural buildings, watermills, workshops and farmsteads set among 96 hectares of forest, meadows and a lake.
Palaces and landmarks in Romania 1
Palaces, state rooms and recognisable landmarks, the places an establishing shot is built around. Palaces and landmarks across Europe.
Palace of the Parliament
Palace & landmark
Government palace of the 1980s with marble halls, ceremonial staircases, ballrooms, long corridors and deep basements, facing a wide boulevard.
Seen in: The Nun, Amen.
Mountains and wilderness in Romania 1
Mountains, moors, volcanic ground, glaciers and empty terrain, where access and weather decide the schedule. Mountains and wilderness across Europe.
Retezat National Park
Mountains & wilderness
Mountain park with glacial lakes, granite ridges above 2,000 m, beech and spruce forest, alpine pasture and marked routes from the valleys below.
Forests and lakes in Romania 1
Woodland, forests, lakes and rivers, with the access tracks and permits that shooting in them needs. Forests and lakes across Europe.
Vacaresti Nature Park, Bucharest
Forest & lake
Wetland inside Bucharest in the basin of an unfinished 1980s reservoir, with reed beds, ponds, willow scrub and the city skyline above the dikes.