🌍 The scene in Bucharest
Bucharest draws international tech workers and expats looking for career growth and a lower cost of living. Floreasca attracts young professionals around its tech companies and coworking spaces, while Old Town draws people looking for lively nightlife.
🤝 How people usually meet
For making friends in Bucharest, try expat groups on Meetup or Facebook, or join a language exchange such as Level Up, where locals and newcomers mix. These are useful introductions, but chat can stay surface-level: a mixer has no built-in path to deeper connection, and close friendships take repeated contact.
💬 Where real conversation happens
For a more intentional alternative, try playing Makuma: connection games built around guided conversations and questions that actually go somewhere. These conversation games work for introverts too, offering an alternative to dating apps with the focus on getting to know someone.
🌍 In English, and made for newcomers
Makuma Connection Games are played in English and made to be foreigner friendly. You don't need a word of the local language, and no perfect English either. Internationals and locals play together, so it's a perfect way to make friends when you've just arrived in Bucharest. Nothing to prepare, and a question starts every conversation. Come on your own or bring a friend.
Makuma Connection Games
Authentic relating in Bucharest
Makuma Connection Games are a cosy, playful way to meet new people using carefully crafted questions that lead somewhere real. No awkward mingling — just warm, meaningful conversation with a diverse mix of friendly people who showed up for the same reason. You choose who to continue talking to and for how long.