How to Address a Letter or Package to Romania

Sending a letter or a parcel to Romania is straightforward once you know the local address format. The order is usually: recipient name, street and number, building details, postal code and locality, county, Romania.

The address format

A typical Romanian address looks like this:

Ion Popescu
Strada Ciurea nr. 12, bl. A2, sc. 1, ap. 5
021926 București, Sector 2
România

For a city outside Bucharest, the last two lines are the locality and the county:

Maria Ionescu
Strada Memorandumului nr. 10, ap. 3
400114 Cluj-Napoca
Județul Cluj
România

What the abbreviations mean

Romanian addresses use a few common abbreviations. They are useful when you copy an address from a local form:

Romanian	English
Strada (Str.)	Street
Nr.	Number
Bl. / Bloc	Building / block
Sc. / Scară	Staircase / entrance
Et. / Etaj	Floor
Ap. / Apartament	Apartment
Județ	County
Sector	Sector (Bucharest only)

Bucharest is different

Bucharest does not use a county in the address line. Instead, it uses sectors (sectoare), numbered 1 to 6. Always include the sector when you ship to Bucharest:

Strada Ciurea nr. 12
021926 București, Sector 2
România

The sector is part of the address, not just an administrative detail. A missing sector is one of the most common reasons for a delayed delivery in Bucharest.

Letters vs. parcels

For a letter, the address above is enough. For a parcel, add:

• the recipient phone number in international format (+40 ...);
• the postal code — couriers use it to route the parcel;
• any building or staircase details that help the courier find the door.

For international shipments, write ROMÂNIA (or ROMANIA) on the last line. Diacritics are not required on the envelope; plain Latin letters are fine.

Tips for online stores

If you sell to Romania, a checkout form should ask for:

1. full name;
2. street and number;
3. building, staircase and apartment (optional but useful);
4. city or sector;
5. county (not for Bucharest);
6. postal code;
7. phone number.

Validating the six-digit postal code at checkout is the simplest way to catch typos before the order is shipped. Our postal code API can do this automatically.

Common mistakes

• Putting the postal code before the street — the Romanian Post usually expects the street first.
• Forgetting the sector in Bucharest.
• Writing a ZIP code instead of a six-digit Romanian postal code.
• Using the county name for Bucharest instead of the sector.
• Omitting the phone number for courier deliveries.

If you are unsure about the code, search the address on our English homepage or read how Romanian postal codes work.