Iaşi Entertainment

Entertainment in Iaşi

  1. A

    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.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Opera Română

    Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre and the Opera Românăare in the same impressive neo-baroque building. Alternative performances are held in the smaller studio hall (sală studio) upstairs, which has its entrance on Str Cuza Vodă. For advance bookings go to the Agenţia de Opera . Tickets cost from €1.50, with 50% student discounts.

    reviewed

  3. C

    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 €2 with 50% student discounts.

    reviewed

  4. D

    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.

    reviewed

  5. E

    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.

    reviewed

  6. F

    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.

    reviewed

  7. Viper Club

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

    reviewed

  8. G

    Cinema Victoria

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

    reviewed

  9. H

    City Café

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

    reviewed

  10. I

    Luceafărul Theatre

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

    reviewed

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  12. J

    French Cultural Centre

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

    reviewed

  13. K

    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 the Waves to Ray Charles and Fat Boy Slim.

    reviewed