One thing to ask about if you are staying a while
There is a lignite power station 10 km north-west of the city at Işalnița. On a westerly the plume runs east-south-east across the eastern side of Craiova, and downwind you can smell it — it has been noticed out east of the city and at the railway station. For a few nights it is a curiosity. For a month in a flat it is worth asking the landlord, and worth knowing which way you are from the stacks before you sign.
Where the smell comes from, with the map