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Iași
City and county seat of Iași County, Romania

Iași

Iași, also sometimes referred to historically as Jassy, is the third most-populous city in Romania and the seat of Iași County.

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Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, then of the United Principalities from 1859 to 1862, and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918.

Get in

Getting to Iași

  1. 01
    Iași Railway Station

    One of the landmarks of town, also known as the "Palace of Railway Station", will welcome you to Iaşi when arriving by train.

  2. 02
    Iași Socola Railway Station

    The connections to Iaşi from Bucharest, the national capital, and with other counties in Romania are good and reliable.

  3. 03
    West Bus Station
  4. 04
    Vama Veche Bus Station
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Palace of Culture

    Piata Stefan cel Mare si Sfant nr.1, contact@palatulculturii.ro.

  2. 02
    Casa Dosoftei

    Next to the Palace of Culture is a little stone house named after the scholar and metropolite ("archbishop") of Moldavia Dosoftei (1624-1693).

  3. 03
    Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre

    With an exceptional interior designed by one of the most popular architects from Vienna at the beginning of the 19th century.

  4. 04
    Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia
  5. 05
    Art Museum
  6. 06
    History Museum of Moldavia

    7 "Ștefan Procopiu" Museum of Science and Technology (Muzeul Științei și Tehnicii "Ștefan Procopiu").

Do

Things to do

Football: Politehnica Iași were relegated in 2025 and play soccer in Liga 2, the second tier. Their Emil Alexandrescu Stadium (capacity 11,400) is 3 km north of town centre, on the tram route. Releu (an ancient sea bed) – It refers to a large antenna in general, but in Iaşi there is a particular one which you will be directed to if you ask locals.

Eat

Where to eat

Pizza Pazzo, Bd. Tudor Vladimirescu. Nice atmosphere and Italian cuisine in the student district of Tudor Vladimirescu. Reservation might be necessary as the place is vivid and full of customers almost every evening. Occasionally you might get lucky to try their lasagna, although a parmigiana plate is also a good choice beside pizza. Serve with draught beer and be there with friends. Phenicia, Str. Sulfinei, nr. 13.

How locals move

Getting around Iași the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • M 28 M 28
  • 14B 14B: Blocuri Ciurea => Piciorul Lupului · RATP ( Regia Autonoma de Transport Public Iasi)
  • 14B 14B: Piciorul Lupului => Blocuri Ciurea · RATP ( Regia Autonoma de Transport Public Iasi)
  • M 14
  • M 42
  • M 18 M 18 · Unistil
  • M 20 M 20

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Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.