Romania
Crișana
Bihor County

Oradea

Oradea is one the few undiscovered gems of 's tourism. Despite being one of the largest and most important cities in , and having a high degree of administrative, economic and commercial importance, it is often overlooked by tourists in favor of other Transylvanian cities such as Brasov, , Sighisoara or .
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  • Type: City with 196,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Bihor County, Transylvania, in western Romania
  • Also known as: “Grosswardein”, “Groysvardein”, “Magnovaradinum”, “Nagy-Varad”, “Nagy-Várad”, “Nagyvárad”, “Oradea-Mare”, “Varat”, “Vel’ký Varadín”, “Veliki Varadin”, and “Velky Varadin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roman-Catholic Basilica and Baroque Palace.

Church
Photo: Rabanus Flavus, CC0.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary also called the Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption, is the cathedral church of the Latin Diocese of Oradea Mare. It is located at 2 Șirul Canonicilor Street, Oradea, Romania.

Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of Oradea, also known as the Roman Catholic Episcopal Palace of Oradea, of the city of Oradea in , , is a building that dates to the Baroque times.

Museum
Photo: ArnoldPlaton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Velența and Nufărul.

Suburb
is a quarter, or district, in eastern Oradea, . The quarter is crossed by the E60 European Road, and has retained many of its old buildings, escaping the massive Communist urbanisation programme.

Suburb
is a large "satellite" quarter on the eastern outskirts of Oradea, , . Like all other "quarters" of Oradea, does not have an official boundary, nor does it have a local government.

Oradea

Latitude
47.0608° or 47° 3′ 39″ north
Longitude
21.927° or 21° 55′ 37″ east
Population
196,000
Elevation
126 metres (413 feet)
IATA airport code
OMR
United Nations Location Code
RO OMR
Open location code
8GV33W6G+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2691094601
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
671768
Wiki­data ID
Q93358
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Oradea” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Oradea”
  • Afrikaans: “Grosswardein”
  • Afrikaans: “Großwardein”
  • Afrikaans: “Nagyvárad”
  • Afrikaans: “Oradea”
  • Albanian: “Oradea”
  • Arabic: “أوراديا”
  • Arabic: “اوراديا”
  • Armenian: “Օրադյա”
  • Asturian: “Oradea”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oradea”
  • Basque: “Oradea”
  • Belarusian: “Арадзя”
  • Bengali: “ওঁরেডিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Oradea”
  • Breton: “Oradea”
  • Bulgarian: “Орадея”
  • Bulgarian: “Орадя”
  • Catalan: “Grosswardein”
  • Catalan: “Großwardein”
  • Catalan: “Nagyvarad”
  • Catalan: “Nagyvárad”
  • Catalan: “Oradea Mare”
  • Catalan: “Oradea”
  • Cebuano: “Municipiul Oradea”
  • Cebuano: “Oradea (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Chechen: “Варад”
  • Chinese: “奥拉迪亚”
  • Chinese: “奧拉迪亞”
  • Croatian: “Oradea”
  • Croatian: “Veliki Varadin” (historical)
  • Czech: “Nagyvárad”
  • Czech: “Oradea”
  • Czech: “Varadinum”
  • Czech: “Velký Varadín” (historical)
  • Czech: “Velký Varaždín”
  • Danish: “Oradea”
  • Dutch: “Grosswardein”
  • Dutch: “Großwardein”
  • Dutch: “Nagyvarad”
  • Dutch: “Nagyvárad”
  • Dutch: “Oradea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوراديا”
  • Esperanto: “Grosswardein”
  • Esperanto: “Magnovaradinum”
  • Esperanto: “Nadjvarado”
  • Esperanto: “Nagy-Várad”
  • Esperanto: “Nagyvárad”
  • Esperanto: “Oradea Mare”
  • Esperanto: “Oradea”
  • Esperanto: “Oradeo”
  • Esperanto: “Várad”
  • Esperanto: “Varadinum”
  • Esperanto: “Veľký Varadín”
  • Estonian: “Nagyvárad”
  • Estonian: “Oradea”
  • Finnish: “Nagyvárad”
  • Finnish: “Oradea”
  • French: “Grosswardein”
  • French: “Nagyvárad”
  • French: “Oradea Mare”
  • French: “Oradea”
  • Georgian: “ორადია”
  • German: “Gross Wardein”
  • German: “Grosswardein”
  • German: “Großwardein”
  • German: “Nagyvárad”
  • German: “Oradea”
  • German: “Velky Varadin”
  • German: “Veľký Varadín”
  • Greek: “Οράντεα”
  • Gujarati: “ઓરાડે”
  • Hebrew: “אוראדאה”
  • Hebrew: “אוראדאע”
  • Hebrew: “אוראדיאה”
  • Hebrew: “אוראדיה”
  • Hebrew: “אוֹרַאדְיָה”
  • Hebrew: “אורדאה”
  • Hebrew: “אורדיאה מארה”
  • Hebrew: “אורדיאה”
  • Hebrew: “אורדיה”
  • Hebrew: “גראסווארדיין”
  • Hebrew: “גראסיוארדיין”
  • Hebrew: “גרוו’ד”
  • Hebrew: “גרויסוורדיין”
  • Hebrew: “גרוסוורדיין”
  • Hebrew: “גרוסוורדין”
  • Hebrew: “גרוסורדין”
  • Hebrew: “נאג’וואראד”
  • Hebrew: “נג’ורד”
  • Hebrew: “נוג’ורוד”
  • Hindi: “राडिया”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy-Várad”
  • Hungarian: “Nagyvarad”
  • Hungarian: “Nagyvárad”
  • Hungarian: “Varad”
  • Hungarian: “Várad”
  • Indonesian: “Grosswardein”
  • Indonesian: “Nagyvarad”
  • Indonesian: “Nagyvárad”
  • Indonesian: “Oradea”
  • Interlingue: “Oradea”
  • Irish: “Oradea”
  • Italian: “Gran Varadino”
  • Italian: “Granvaradino”
  • Italian: “Grosswardein”
  • Italian: “Nagyvárad”
  • Italian: “Oradea Mare”
  • Italian: “Oradea”
  • Japanese: “オラデア”
  • Japanese: “グロースヴァルダイン”
  • Japanese: “ナジヴァーラド”
  • Kannada: “ಒರೇಡಿಯಾ”
  • Korean: “그로스바르다인”
  • Korean: “너지바러드”
  • Korean: “오라데아”
  • Latin: “Varadinum”
  • Latvian: “Magnovaradinum”
  • Latvian: “Nagvarada”
  • Latvian: “Naģvārada”
  • Latvian: “Oradea”
  • Latvian: “Oradia”
  • Latvian: “Oradja”
  • Latvian: “Varadija” (historical)
  • Limburgan: “Oradea”
  • Lithuanian: “Oradia”
  • Lithuanian: “Oradija”
  • Lojban: “Oradea”
  • Lojban: “oradeas”
  • Lojban: “Oradeas”
  • Lojban: “Tcadrvaradinumu”
  • Lojban: “Varadinum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Oradea”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Oradea”
  • Macedonian: “Орадеја”
  • Malay: “Oradea”
  • Maltese: “Oradea”
  • Marathi: “ऑराडे”
  • Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350): “Wardein”
  • Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500): “Wardein”
  • Minangkabau: “Oradea”
  • Moksha: “Орадя”
  • Mongolian: “Орадя хот”
  • Mongolian: “Орадя”
  • Neapolitan: “Varat”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oradea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nagyvárad”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oradea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grosswardein”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Großwardein”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nagyvarad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nagyvárad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oradea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Varad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Várad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Varat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “גרויסווארדיין”
  • Norwegian: “Oradea”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oradea”
  • Old Hungarian: “Várad”
  • Ossetian: “Орадя”
  • Pecheneg: “Varat”
  • Persian: “اورادآ”
  • Persian: “اورادئا”
  • Persian: “اورادا”
  • Polish: “Oradea”
  • Polish: “Wielki Waradyn”
  • Polish: “Wielki Warydyn”
  • Portuguese: “Grosswardein”
  • Portuguese: “Großwardein”
  • Portuguese: “Nagyvarad”
  • Portuguese: “Nagyvárad”
  • Portuguese: “Oradea”
  • Portuguese: “Varadinum”
  • Romanian: “Grosswardein”
  • Romanian: “Großwardein”
  • Romanian: “Magnovaradinum”
  • Romanian: “Nagyvarad”
  • Romanian: “Nagyvárad”
  • Romanian: “Oradea Mare”
  • Romanian: “Oradea-Mare” (historical)
  • Romanian: “Oradea”
  • Romanian: “Oradia” (historical)
  • Russian: “Великий Варадин”
  • Russian: “Гроссвардейн”
  • Russian: “Надьварад”
  • Russian: “Орадеа-Маре”
  • Russian: “Орадеа”
  • Russian: “Орадя”
  • Rusyn: “Орадя”
  • Sardinian: “Oradea”
  • Scots: “Oradea”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Oradea”
  • Serbian: “Grosswardein”
  • Serbian: “Großwardein”
  • Serbian: “Magnovaradinum”
  • Serbian: “Nagyvarad”
  • Serbian: “Nagyvárad”
  • Serbian: “Oradea”
  • Serbian: “Veliki Varadin”
  • Serbian: “Варадин”
  • Serbian: “Велики Варадин”
  • Serbian: “Нађварад”
  • Serbian: “Орадеа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oradea”
  • Sicilian: “Oradea”
  • Silesian: “Oradea”
  • Sinhala: “ඔරාඩියා”
  • Sinhala: “ඔරාදියා”
  • Slovak: “Oradea”
  • Slovak: “Velky Varadin”
  • Slovak: “Veľký Varadín” (historical)
  • Slovenian: “Großwardein”
  • Slovenian: “Nagyvárad”
  • Slovenian: “Oradea”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki Varadin”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اورادئا”
  • Spanish: “Gran Varadino”
  • Spanish: “Grosswardein”
  • Spanish: “Nagyvárad”
  • Spanish: “Oradea”
  • Spanish: “Varadino”
  • Swedish: “Grosswardein”
  • Swedish: “Großwardein”
  • Swedish: “Nagyvarad”
  • Swedish: “Nagyvárad”
  • Swedish: “Oradea Mare”
  • Swedish: “Oradea”
  • Swedish: “Varad”
  • Swedish: “Várad”
  • Swiss German: “Oradea”
  • Tagalog: “Oradea”
  • Tajik: “Oradja”
  • Tajik: “Орадя”
  • Tamil: “ஒராடெயா”
  • Tamil: “ஒராதேயா”
  • Tatar: “Oradä”
  • Tatar: “Орадя”
  • Telugu: “ఓరాడియా”
  • Thai: “ออราเดอา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Oradea”
  • Turkish: “Oradea”
  • Turkish: “Varad”
  • Turkish: “Varat”
  • Ukrainian: “Орадя”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oradea”
  • Urdu: “اورادیا”
  • Venetian: “Oradea”
  • Vietnamese: “Oradea”
  • Vlax Romani: “Oradea”
  • Volapük: “Oradea”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Oradea”
  • Welsh: “Oradea”
  • Western Frisian: “Oradea”
  • Western Panjabi: “اورادیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥拉迪亚”
  • Yiddish: “Groysvardein”
  • Yiddish: “Groysvardeyn”
  • Yiddish: “Nagyvarad”
  • Yiddish: “גרויס-ווארדיין”
  • Yiddish: “גרויסווארדיין”
  • Yue Chinese: “奧拉迪亞”
  • “Oradea”
  • “Орадя”

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