Residence
The GOV.UK guide to living in Romania (opens in a new window) covers moving to, living or retiring in Romania, with visas, working, healthcare and driving, and was last updated on 11 December 2025. Check your own circumstances there.
Movers for Romania: the paperwork common to every move, what is known about Bucharest, and where each Romanian town of twenty thousand or more is named.
International Movers to and from Romania
Your enquiry goes to a partner removal company, which carries out the move. No Romanian council page naming a house move has been found, so this page separates what is sourced from what is not yet confirmed.
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The paperwork
What needs settling before a van heads for Romania?
Four notes apply in any town: where to check residence, customs relief for belongings, the road charge for a vehicle, and the gaps in our reading. Anything an official page left unreadable is marked not yet confirmed.
Customs relief for belongings
Whether Romania lets belongings from outside the EU in free of duty, and on what conditions, is not yet confirmed. The customs authority’s site (customs.ro) refused our request with an access error on 4 November 2026, and the tax agency’s pages were also unreadable, so no condition, time limit or form is printed here. Ask your removal company to confirm the position with Romanian customs before you book.
The road charge (rovinieta)
A reseller’s page, not the road authority’s, says “De la 1 octombrie 2026 se aplică noul cadru pentru Rovinietă”, and that it covers goods vehicles “cu MTMA mai mică sau egală cu 3,5 tone”; heavier goods vehicles “iar peste 3,5 tone se aplică TollRo”. It names “Ordinul MTI nr. 888/2026” for the price levels. The road authority’s own sites could not be read, so this is not yet confirmed and no price is printed. See the reseller’s explanation (opens in a new window).
What we did not read
Car registration, bringing a pet and the full residence procedure were outside this reading, so those rules are not yet confirmed; the removal company can advise. On the British side, the papers are listed in the UK customs documentation checklist.
These notes are the same wherever in Romania you land. Dates against each step are in the international moving checklist.
Bucharest
What is known about moving in Bucharest?
No council page that names a house move or a moving-day permit was found for Bucharest, so no fee or lead time is given. One road rule is only a proposal.
The national news agency Agerpres reported on 2 October 2026 that the Bucharest City Hall proposes to restrict polluting vehicles in stages, starting in the centre: “The measure would be introduced in stages from Nov. 1, 2027, targeting older vehicles from non-Euro to Euro 5 emission standards.” It adds: “Under the proposal, starting Nov. 1, 2027, non-Euro vehicles would be barred from the central area of Bucharest.” This is a proposal, not a rule in force. Whether it would reach a removal van, and any permit or fee, is not yet confirmed. See the Agerpres report (opens in a new window).
Bucharest has 1,716,961 residents in the 2021 census, the largest place in the country by a wide margin. What a crew needs on the day, such as a parking or occupation permit for the street, is therefore not yet confirmed; ask the removal company to check with the city hall that covers your address before booking.
Other places
Where is my town named?
All 94 places of 20,000 or more at the 2021 census are named here with their population, grouped by region: 78 municipalities, 11 towns and 5 communes. None has its own page.
A municipality’s figure includes its villages: the same table gives Alba Iulia municipality 64,227 residents, of which the town itself has 55,009. Figures are the National Institute of Statistics’ resident population on 1 December 2021 (census results (opens in a new window), table 1.22); no later estimate was read. Regions follow the eight development regions in this list of development regions (opens in a new window).
Bucharest and Ilfov
The region names eight places: Bucharest (1,716,961), Popești Leordeni (53,434), Voluntari (47,366), Chiajna (43,588), Bragadiru (40,080), Pantelimon (32,873), Otopeni (21,750) and Buftea (20,586).
Nord-Vest (north-west)
The region names twelve places: Cluj-Napoca (286,598), Oradea (183,105), Baia Mare (108,759), Satu Mare (91,520), Bistrița (78,877), Florești (52,735), Zalău (52,359), Turda (43,319), Sighetu Marmației (32,793), Dej (31,475), Borșa (27,711) and Câmpia Turzii (20,590).
Centru (centre)
The region names eighteen places: Brașov (237,589), Sibiu (134,309), Târgu Mureș (116,033), Alba Iulia (64,227), Sfântu Gheorghe (50,080), Mediaș (39,505), Miercurea Ciuc (34,484), Odorheiu Secuiesc (31,335), Săcele (30,920), Reghin (29,742), Sebeș (26,490), Făgăraș (26,284), Sighișoara (23,927), Cisnădie (22,277), Zărnești (21,624), Aiud (21,307), Târnăveni (20,604) and Codlea (20,534).
Nord-Est (north-east)
The region names fifteen places: Iași (271,692), Bacău (136,087), Botoșani (90,010), Suceava (84,322), Piatra-Neamț (79,679), Vaslui (63,035), Bârlad (52,475), Roman (48,644), Onești (34,005), Pașcani (30,766), Miroslava (28,534), Huși (25,045), Rădăuți (24,292), Fălticeni (23,902) and Dorohoi (22,893).
Sud-Est (south-east)
The region names eleven places: Constanța (263,688), Galați (217,851), Brăila (154,686), Buzău (103,481), Focșani (66,648), Tulcea (65,624), Medgidia (34,612), Năvodari (34,398), Tecuci (32,801), Mangalia (31,950) and Râmnicu Sărat (29,774).
Sud-Muntenia (south)
The region names fourteen places: Ploiești (180,540), Pitești (141,275), Târgoviște (66,965), Călărași (58,211), Giurgiu (54,551), Slobozia (41,550), Alexandria (40,390), Mioveni (29,317), Câmpina (28,993), Câmpulung (27,574), Fetești (27,465), Curtea De Argeș (25,977), Oltenița (22,624) and Roșiori De Vede (22,294).
Sud-Vest Oltenia (south-west)
The region names six places: Craiova (234,140), Râmnicu Vâlcea (93,151), Drobeta-Turnu Severin (79,865), Târgu Jiu (73,545), Slatina (63,487) and Caracal (27,403).
Vest (west)
The region names ten places: Timișoara (250,849), Arad (145,078), Reșița (58,393), Deva (53,113), Hunedoara (50,457), Lugoj (35,450), Petroșani (31,044), Giroc (22,270), Caransebeș (21,714) and Dumbrăvița (20,014).
Only about fourteen of these places were searched for a moving rule, and none had a council page that names a house move; the rest were not looked up. If your town is not on the list, write it in your enquiry.
Facts checked: 4 November 2026. Rules change, so reread the sources before paying any deposit.
Related guides
Guides that apply to every Romanian move
Romania has this one page. These shared guides cover the steps that do not change from country to country.
Questions
Quick answers before you move to Romania
Does any Romanian council name a house move?
None that we found, though only about fourteen cities were searched.
The council pages we read cover residents’ parking, scaffolding and general use of public land, not moving, so no fee or lead time is given.
Can belongings from outside the EU enter Romania free of duty?
Not yet confirmed: the Romanian customs site refused our request on 4 November 2026.
Ask your removal company to confirm the conditions with Romanian customs before you book.
Do I need the rovinieta road charge for a van?
A reseller’s page says it applies to goods vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes, with heavier ones under TollRo.
The road authority’s own sites could not be read, so this is not yet confirmed and no price is printed.
Is there a low-emission zone in Bucharest?
Only a proposal: Agerpres reported on 2 October 2026 that the city hall proposes stages starting on 1 November 2027.
It is not a rule in force, and its effect on a removal van is not yet confirmed.
Which page covers my town?
This one: all 94 places of 20,000 or more are named in the regional list.
Write your town in the enquiry if it is not there.
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