Welcome to Timisoara
Lying on the Hungarian and Serbian borders, Timişoara is the gateway to the West and has a long history of cosmopolitan multiculturalism. It is most famous today as the birthplace of the 1989 Romanian revolution that ended the Ceauşescu dictatorship.
Facts
| Population | 450,000 |
| Currency | Romanian Leu, 1 leu = 100 bani |
| Opening hours | Monday – Friday 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. Saturday 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. |
| Newspapers | Renasterea Banateana Agenda What? When? Where? Timişoara (English/Romanian language) |
| Emergency numbers | 112 |
| Tourist information | Timisoara Tourist Information Centre Address: Str Proclamatia de la Timişoara 5 Tel: +40 256 437 973 Opening hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Closed Sun. |
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