32 Of The World’s Cheapest Cities To Live In

Bucharest, Romania

From peasant crafts to an energetic nightlife, Bucharest offers its residents the best of old and new. Romania’s commerce center is one of the cheapest big cities to live in, with an overall cost of living that’s 66 percent cheaper than life in the Big Apple. Bucharest, in southern Romania, is the country's capital and commercial center. Its iconic landmark is the massive, communist-era Palatul Parlamentului government building, which has 1,100 rooms. Nearby, the historic Lipscani district is home to an energetic nightlife scene as well as tiny Eastern Orthodox Stavropoleos Church and 15th-century Curtea Veche Palace, where Prince Vlad III (“The Impaler”) once ruled.