Hi all

I'm planning a 3/5days trip to tiraspol and maybe another city in the country (with the bus from Chisinau)

I am a remote worker and I will need my phone for continuing working while I'm visiting the country, so I'm wondering were and how to get a SIM card that work while I'm there

I real different comments on this subreddit, someone says that a Moldavian SIM card is fine and someonelse says is not, so who is right? How can I solve this?

Thanks to all the answers

My brother has just moved to Iași, Romania, with his Romanian wife, and they've invited me to stay with them for a few weeks. While there, I planned to go to Transnistria, a place I've always wanted to see, and it's pretty close, so I feel like this is my chance.

Unfortunately, both my brother and sister-in-law think it's a very bad idea and do not want to join me. They think it's too dangerous because of the war in Ukraine... so I'm going to be on my own. They are worried for me and advise against me going, they say war may happen. My mother doesn't want me to go either after my brother called her...

I read that FCDO advises against it as well, but when I scroll around on the internet, people seem to think it's very safe. So I'm not sure what to believe. Should I listen to my brother and sister-in-law and not go or is it safe enough? I'm a female, in my late 20s. I've travelled to many places in the world alone, so I'm usually not scared but my sister-in-law's reaction (she looked at me as if she though I was crazy) when I mentioned I wanted to go to Transnistria has made me hesitatant.

EDIT:

Thank you all for your replies! You all have definitely convinced me to go!

Generally curious, not here to feed into the Moldovan/Romanian debate but how come people who identify either side would prefer to remain in the PMR than rejoin Moldova? Thanks :)

Being a digital nomad I'm considering renting a flat in PMR to live in part-time, as I enjoy the atmosphere in the country/region.

My questions are:

1. I understand PMR only lets me stay for up to 45 days at a time unless getting a temporary residence permit (which I CBA and don't think I'd qualify for anyway). Meanwhile Moldova gives me 90 days per 180-day period - I also have to consider Moldovan law to avoid a fine/re-entry ban when flying out. Thus I intend to spend 45 days in PMR, 45 days outside PMR & Moldova, 45 days inside, 45 days outside and so on (with possible variation of course). Are PMR authorities OK with this?
2. If during my time in PMR I decide to do a day trip to Chisinau, do I have to turn in the migration card on exit and re-register on re-entry, or do I get to keep it if I tell the officer I live in PMR part-time and am returning the same day? For a while PMR border officers stopped collecting migration cards on exit, but they're now doing so again.
3. What are some websites with a large selection of rental flats in PMR?
4. Can rent be paid from a non-PMR bank account? If not, will banks open a bank account for a foreigner repeatedly "visiting" on 45-day migration cards and not having a temporary residence permit?

It probably depends on where you are, I’m just seeing that statistically the place is half Ukrainian according to some old census and wondering what percentage speaks the language. Could I get around on Ukrainian only?

Also just out of curiosity is the Russian spoken in pridnestrovia the same as Moscow? Or is it a dialect like the Russian spoken in western Ukraine where people from Russia would know you are from pridnestrovia.

Thanks

I have only spent about 24 hours in total in Pridnestrovie, but as far as I can tell Russian culture is dominant. That said, do they have much of a culture scene of their own to speak of? Any bands or singers worth mentioning? Any movies made in Pridnestrovie?

It is said that there is a significant amount of russian soldiers in Transnistria. With a lot of "unfriendly" states around, how are they supplied or changed for new ones? Sounds for me like they are stuck in Transnistria. Well, that is probably not the worst place to be as a russian soldier ...

Hi everybody, I’ll be visiting Chisinău and Tiraspol for a few nights next month so I’ve bought an eSIM for Moldova as it is a country that is not covered by my phone plan. I’ve read on this sub that Moldovan phone signal is pretty scarce in Tiraspol but does anybody have any experience of using an eSIM there? Is it likely to work or not work and does anybody know of any alternative that is more likely to work?

Thanks in advance.

I will be visiting Tiraspol this week and was planning to visit local bars. Are there any recomentations? Also, is it still safe to visit Tiraspol between two election cycles in Moldova?

As propaply most people on this sub, I plan to visit too and have some questions left. Hope you guys can help me!

1. Are there any sweets/snacks to bring home that are actually produced in Transnistria/Pridnestrovie?

2. Is the 2019 issued 1 Ruble portriat format banknote common to get or even in regular circulation?

3. How is the situation about tipping in restaurants/cafe? Not something like in America, but I'm used to round up the amount and the waitress can keep the rest.

4. Anything special going on on "October Revolution Day" November 7th?

I collect medals, mostly Russian/soviet and then i do research to track the original owners and their story.
I now obtained one from Transnistria. Not much info i find on internet only on back is number 003 and that it's called Transnistria, the State combat award, the Cross of Special Forces “Nobody but us”, the cross of General Alexander Lebed. Only 250 are issued.
Does anyone have more info about this medal? Or is it possible to find to who and why it was awarded like Soviet medals?

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I am driving around the southern part of the country and plan on road tripping the entire place. So far this is the wildest place I’ve ever been. I’m staying in some village right now and it’s mostly super old people. Never been to a place that feels like it’s dying like this. There are also a ton of Soviet style apartments up on a nearby hill. Most people in the village seem to have an apartment in addition to their house in the village. Apparently the mayor will give you one for free if you move here. But yeah it seems like the residents grew up here in peak ussr when it was a happening place, there’s probably 1k apartments and like 200 people here all old.

Anyways my questions are :

1. Does anyone actually identify as pridnestrovian? I’ve asked about 10 people and they’ve all told me either Ukrainian, Russian, or a mix (I’m basically on border to Ukraine though). Nobody has said “pridnestrovian”.

2. Do young people just leave? Where do they go? Do any decide to stay and make a life in the PMR?

3. I haven’t met any English speakers yet so all google translate as I don’t speak Russian. Are there any communities in Tiraspol that do speak?

4. Do you think there’s anywhere on earth where Slavic/european ethnicity people live like this still? I’ve travelled in Ukraine pretty extensively and never seen anything like this. People working for $150-300/month.

5. Any recommendations of places to go see? I’m driving so I can go anywhere

6. Where are all the rich people coming from. You see some crazy nice houses in Tiraspol that would cost millions even here with brand new Porsche and women wearing designer that look like they just got off private jet from Moscow. What brings people like that here?

7. Why haven’t people converted their cars to burn lng (natural gas). Seems like the stuff is basically free here but gas is more or less same price as Moldova. If I lived here I would convert my car to burn the free lng

Man what a trip this place is. I can’t imagine anywhere on earth being as different from the US as this place. I’m so curious what’s actually going on here.

Hi, I study on The Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts, and I'm planning on going to the PMR to help a friend shoot a documentary there in august next year.

I would like to know how are Serbian people recieved there and are we welcome at all?

Second thing i wanted to ask is what is the best way to travel there from Belgrade? I've concluded myself that it's best to either go by plane to Chisinau and then go by bus, or go by car all the way. Is it better to have a car to get around the country more easily? How is the public transport in the PMR?

Any other tips that you can give about visiting the PMR are also very, very welcome.

Also, if you live there, and are interested in helping us record the documentary, we would love to get in touch with someone young from your country who can show us around.

Thank you all in advance!

The term “Transnistria” has now been banned officially according to the PMR https://en.vspmr.org/news/supreme-council/zapret-naimenovaniya-transnistriya-.html. How will this affect this subreddit?

So our class might go to transnistria, but my dad says it's not safe there (noi poate o sa ne ducem la cetatea tighina)

I'm renting a car in Chisinau. I would like to drive it into the PMR so that I can see more of the countryside and travel around a bit.

Are they going to jam me up at the border?

I've asked a couple of rental car companies and they've kind of ignored the question. Maybe it's don't ask don't tell? One did tell me "no", but how would they even know? As far as Moldova is concerned it's not even a separate country?

Basically I'm wondering how much border control there is. Realistically are they going to check the cars papers and look for some special permission to cross the border with the vehicle or anything of that nature that I should sort out before hand. Or do you drive straight through.

Can i travel there with my car? Is there special border check or just routine border check? It is a car with Bulgarian licence plates. Do i need any special documents? My insurance is valid in moldova and UA, does it also count for transnistria?

I apologise if this comes across as a stupid question from someone living outside of Transnistria but i’ve always wanted to go to this beautiful country however I was in Ukraine about a month ago and have the stamp in my British Passport. Will it be an issue if I want to enter Transnistria in the coming months? Thank you 🙏

I’m wondering about the typical salaries in Tiraspol, like the minimum wage, doctors wage and univeristy professor wages. I’d appreciate if someone fro there can respond. Any links to official sites or news pieces would be much better 🙏🫶👋✊😇

Hi all. Is there something similar like Google Street View to virtually walk trough the streets of Transnistria?

Does anyone know how to get to the Luna Park, or the old soviet School or other abandoned buildings in Tiraspol?

I would be really happy about it :))

I will be in Chisinau for work, with very limited free time. I have always wanted to see Tiraspol, even if it is for a few hours.

Is it realistic to go from Chisinau to Tiraspol early in the morning, stay in Tiraspol for a few hours, and then be back in Chisinau at around 2pm, using public transportation?

I understand this is a stretch but I have very limited time and I'd love to see Tiraspol.

Hello,

I have a friend with Russian passport who wants to visit Tiraspol for few days, they currently live outside of Russia, is there any problem that they might face from moldovian side ?

Would EU sim card work in Tiraspol? And how to get internet connection while there ?

Thanks

Update: My friend went, and they questioned him on the passport control for like 90minutes, but eventually, they let him in. On the way back, no one asked anything.

The President of Pridnestrovie.

The President of Pridnestrovie Vadim Krasnoselsky will soon come out with a legislative initiative in Parliament to equate insulting Pridnestrovians by using the word "Transnistria" to the rehabilitation of Nazism. Under this criminal article, the offender faces up to 5 years in prison. I wonder what the admin of this community will say about this?