[9] Following the fall of Vicina, Brăila developed as the main harbour of Wallachia,[9] gaining the town status around 1400.

[10] In 1396, Johann Schiltberger writes that Brăila was the place where ships docked, bringing "goods from heathen lands".

[10] Foreign merchants bringing goods were forced to unload their merchandise in Brăila, as it can be understood from a 1445 account of Walerand de Wavrin.

[10] A 1520 Ottoman account tells about the arrival of 70-80 ships in Brăila, bringing goods from Asia Minor and Crimea.

One document from 1500 talks about Mihoci Latinețul, a Ragusan who had lived in Brăila for five years and was a member of the community.

During World War II, Brăila was captured on 28 August 1944 by Soviet troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive.

[18] Accessible to small and medium-sized oceangoing ships, Brăila has large grain-handling and warehousing facilities.

Brăila has the following districts: Centru (Center), Viziru (1, 2, 3), Călărași 4, Ansamblul Buzăului, Radu Negru, Obor, Hipodrom, Lacu Dulce, Dorobanți, 1 Mai, Comorofca, Calea Galați, Gării, Apollo, Siret, Pisc, Brăilița, Vidin-Progresul, Islaz, and Chercea.

Another important site is the Public Garden, a park situated above the bank of the Danube with a view over the river and the Măcin Mountains.

Early in 2006 the municipality received European Union funds to renovate the old center of the city, aiming to transform Brăila into a major tourist attraction of Muntenia.

[19] The park is home to the Natural Science permanent exhibition of Brăila Museum, hosting several dioramas that depict the flora and fauna of the region.

Brăila features one of the oldest electrical tram lines in Romania, inaugurated at the end of the 19th century and still in use.

In fact, a group of Romanian researchers have already published the book Galați – Brăila.