Living in Regie, Bucharest
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The largest student complex in the country: thousands of beds in a few hectares, with everything that follows.
Regie, or Complexul Studențesc Regie, is the largest complex of university residences in Romania: dozens of buildings, thousands of beds, concentrated in a compact area next to the Politehnica campus, between Grozăvești and the Dâmbovița. It is not a residential neighbourhood in the ordinary sense, it is a student town inside the city, with its own rhythm and its own unwritten rules.
Who lives here
Students, almost exclusively. Those who have not been given a place in the halls rent in the buildings immediately around, and that is why the room market here is lively and seasonal. There are international students too, in growing numbers, and a small share of young workers who stay on after graduating because the rent is low and the location is convenient.
What it is like by day
By day the area is a continuous coming and going between the halls and the faculties: people with backpacks, bicycles, queues at the kiosks. There are sports pitches, open spaces between the buildings and a quantity of small businesses that grew up to serve students, from copy shops to barbers to mini-markets. There is greenery, but it is leftover greenery rather than tended parks.
What it is like in the evening
In the evening Regie is known across Bucharest for its informal nightlife: cheap bars, terraces full until late, music, parties. This is where you go out if you are twenty and short of money. The other side of it is that the noise is constant during term time and is not limited to weekends. Anyone who needs regular sleep should know that before signing.
Getting around
The campus and the faculties are within walking distance. The metro is close, with Grozăvești on the M1 and Politehnica on the M3, and from there the centre is a few minutes away. Trams and buses run along the roads that bound the area. Bikes and scooters are heavily used here, more than in the rest of the city.
Eating and shopping
Everything is calibrated for a student budget: shaorma places, pizza by the slice, fast food, canteens, mini-markets open late. For a proper shop you go out to the supermarkets on the main roads. This is probably the part of Bucharest where eating out costs the least.
When NOT to choose it
If you are not a student, this is in all likelihood not your area. The evening noise is structural, the buildings are old and not always well kept, and privacy is scarce. It is perfect for anyone studying at the Politehnica who wants to be inside campus life; to be avoided by anyone who works early or is looking for a grown-up, quiet environment.