Iaşi Entertainment

  1. Agenţia de Opera

    For advance bookings to the Opera Română go to the Agenţia de Opera. Tickets from around €2.50 , with 50% student discounts.

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  2. Blackout

    This basement bar-cum-discotheque has the ventilation of a bank vault, but it flouts cookie-cutter Euro-Pop for refreshingly varied music sets that bounce from Madonna and Katrina and Waves to Ray Charles and FatBoy Slim.

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  3. Cinema Victoria

    See your favourite Hollywood schlockbuster, with Romanian subtitles, in this massive, stark theatre with a megaphone-quality sound system.

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  4. City Café

    A distinctly more adult crowd frequents this high-tech, blue-lit, ultracool bar to imbibe its many cocktails.

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  5. French Cultural Centre

    Holds film screenings, theatre workshops or concerts and has a mediathèque.

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  7. Luceafărul Theatre

    Behind Hotel Moldova, this theatre puts on very interesting pieces geared to children and young people.

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  8. Opera Română

    Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre and the Opera Română are in the same impressive neobaroque building. Alternative performances are held in the smaller studio hall ( sală studio ) upstairs, which has its entrance on Str Cuza Vodă.

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  9. Philharmonic

    When the much-revered Iaşi State Philharmonic Orchestra is in town its concerts are massively popular; it performs 200 concerts per season, across Romania and abroad. Concerts of some kind are usually held on Friday nights. Tickets start at around €2 with 50% student discounts.

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  10. Quinta Café

    High ceilings, cushy sofas, antique furniture and wood panelling give this lounge bar a familiar feel; in fact, this is a restored grand house. The weekday subdued music and lighting gives way to pounding bass and darkness on weekends.

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  11. Terasa Corso

    The concept of a bar is stretched in this huge, amphitheatre-shaped pub with a well-tended garden in the middle. Its spaciousness is great for large groups. Free wi-fi.

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  13. Theatre

    Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre and the Opera Română are in the same impressive neobaroque building. Alternative performances are held in the smaller studio hall ( sală studio ) upstairs, which has its entrance on Str Cuza Vodă.

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  14. Viper Club

    This rainy-day entertainment emporium features bowling alleys, billiards and video games. Come night-time it turns into a house-music haven.

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