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La Fabrica

Oldest public garden in Bucharest

Parcul Cişmigiu

Open-air folk museum

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Acuarela

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Macca-Villacrosse Passage

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The Villacrosse passage is the best place in town to smoke water pipe with a variety of different flavors in one of the Egyptian themed cafes or to enjoy a cup of Turkish coffee. Some small boutiques stand side by side with some old-fashioned stores and jewelry shops and are a reminder of the initial commercial character of this place. Read more ›

Spectacular glass-covered passage

Macca-Villacrosse Passage

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La Fabrica

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Fabrica Club is one of the few alternative places in Bucharest, situated within the precincts of an old abandoned factory. Visitors will find themselves spoilt for choice when it comes to dining, entertainment and shopping. Parents can take along their kids and they can choose between a very nice playground and a climbing wall for kids. Read more ›

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Parcul Cişmigiu

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The perfect place to relax at any time of the day: quiet alleys, benches, open-air cafés, a great playground for children. Boats and paddle boats are available for rent in the summer, so you can also take a romantic ride on the lake. Read more ›

Oldest public garden in Bucharest

Parcul Cişmigiu

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Get to know the best Romanian wines and Bucharest Old Town with a local as your guide! This private tour combines tastings of the best local wines with the main highlights of the Old Town.

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Muzeul Satului

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Muzeul Satului (“Village Museum”) was founded in the 1930s and includes authentic peasant houses and farms, churches and ethnographic collections from all over Romania, to illustrate architectural and regional diversity. Most of the houses and churches are open to the public. Read more ›

Open-air folk museum

Muzeul Satului

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Acuarela

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Many consider Acuarela to be an alternative place. It offers a good selection of teas, beers and wines in atmospheric surroundings. The building’s attic is decorated like a cosy home with familiar objects, while the open terrace has umbrellas as its roof, and doors as its tables. The best part is that it’s set in a green, leafy garden. Read more ›

Where new art & good vibes meet

Acuarela

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Energiea

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Hosted in a former printing house with industrial-style interior design, Energiea is one of the best places in town for cultural happenings and various events, workshops or exhibitions. Or you can simply enjoy a fizzy drink and a chat with your friends on the terrace or listen to various artists and performers on stage. Read more ›

Urban PUB and inspiring HUB for foodies

Energiea

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Museum of the Romanian Peasant

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It shows the life of the Romanian peasant, it describes in detail how peasants used to work, live, dress. The museum provides a very good picture of their customs, traditions and lifestyle. From Spring to Autumn they hold different open air exhibitions with hand made products, traditional food and music. Artisans from all over Romania take part. Read more ›

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The Alternative Tour of Bucharest

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On this tour, the first of its kind in Bucharest, we won’t talk about the tourist attractions. Instead, we’ll take you on a journey about the present and about the people: street art, graffiti, unconventional art spaces, hidden gems, and much more…

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3 h

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Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală „Grigore Antipa”

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Tourists shouldn't miss Antipa museum when in Bucharest - especially your kids will love it! They will be delighted to recognize so many species of mammals, birds and reptiles showcased in their natural habitat. Read more ›

One of the best museums in Bucharest

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The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC)

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The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) was open in 2001, activating Wing E4 of Parliament Palace since 2004, and in time it has become one of the most important contemporary art museums in Eastern Europe. It hosts very interesting temporary exhibitions on architecture, photography, sculpture and audio visual exhibitions. Read more ›

For all fans of contemporary art

The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC)

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Hanul lui Manuc

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During your visit to the old town, be sure not to miss Hanul lui Manuc! Tourists and locals simply love it, because of its welcoming and unique appearance and because it provides refreshing shade in the torrid summer heat. After significant repair and renovation works they recently opened a Romanian and a Lebanese restaurant. Read more ›

One of the last caravanserais in Europe

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Stavropoleos Monastery

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Stavropoleos monastery, founded in 1724 by the Greek monk Ioanikie Stratonikeas, is a masterpiece of Brancovan architectural style and a little oasis of tranquility in the heart of the old town. It's also one of the oldest and most beautiful churches in Bucharest, due to the rich stone-carved decorations and frescoes painted on the walls. Read more ›

Beautiful Brancovan style church

Stavropoleos Monastery

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The Transfăgărășan is the second-highest road in Romania, reaching over 2000 metres, crossing the amazing Carpathian Mountains, and offering spectacular views over its entire length. The Top Gear team even named it the best road in the world!

Transfăgărășan Day Trip from Bucharest: the Best Road in the World!

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10 h

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National Art Museum (Royal Palace)

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Romania's leading art museum was founded in 1948 to house the former Royal Collection, which included Romanian and European art dating from the 15th to the 20th century. Located in the neoclassical former Royal Palace, set amid a wealth of historic buildings the museum currently exhibits over 100,000 works divided into two major sections. Read more ›

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ARCUB

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Located in a splendid Art Deco building, Arcub is a cultural radar keeping the local public abreast with art exhibitions, creative workshops, concerts, theatre and dance performances. Arcub promotes emerging or established Romanian artists and the cultural identity of Bucharest. Read more ›

Bucharest Culture House

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National History Museum

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This magnificent building originally existed as the Central Post Office. It's a landmark from the era when Bucharest was referred to as “Little Paris”. These days it’s home to a vast collection of items from prehistoric to modern times, including a replica of Trajan’s Column. Read more ›

More than 2000 years of history

National History Museum

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Hanul cu Tei

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The old inn built in 1833 is still standing and has found itself a new life as home for art galleries, painting paraphernalia and fashion designer shops. A great brewery and a fancy restaurant complete the image. The inner stone-paved court becomes a lively crowded terrace in the summer, with excellent food and atmosphere. Read more ›

Old inn converted into restaurants&shops

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Pub Crawl by Bucharest 2Night

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Responsible for the most pub crawls in town, Bucharest 2Night is providing weekly organized pub crawls in Bucharest for travelers who want to have fun! In addition to that, it's a great opportunity to meet new people, party in great bars and learn many things about the city!

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Green Hours Jazz Club, Bar and Theater

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If you're into jazz music make sure not to miss the blues and jazz rhythms at Green Hours - one of the „oldest” jazz clubs and independent theaters in Bucharest. Green Hours has been the memorable host for jazz, blues, electric and alternative music nights since 1994. Read more ›

One of the oldest jazz clubs in town

Green Hours Jazz Club, Bar and Theater

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Fire Club

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Fire Club is one of the oldest clubs in the Old City and a pioneer of Bucharest’s rock scene. It was founded at the beginning of the 2000s to support new local alternative and rock bands. Almost all popular local bands started out performing in front of Fire Club’s audience. Nowadays the club exists as a pub as well as a concert venue. Read more ›

Local rock music venue

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Muzeul de Artă "Frederic Storck și Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck"

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This museum served both as living quarters and workshop for the Storck family – a family of artists of German descent, who greatly influenced the early period of modern Romanian sculpture. The house boasts very nice marble statues, tiled stoves and Dutch windows and has a very nice garden. Read more ›

Less touristic yet remarkable museum

Muzeul de Artă "Frederic Storck și Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck"

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Parliament Palace

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Built by Communist Party leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, the colossal Parliament Palace (formerly known as the People's Palace) is the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon. In order to make room for the Palace of the Parliament, Ceausescu demolished vast portions of the historic and central Bucharest. Read more ›

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First of all, locals love Vatra because of the food. They really respect the traditional recipes, so the food here is well cooked and very tasty. Secondly, it's a quiet place, nicely decorated, away from the city noise... It just feels cozy. Read more ›

Private Day Trip from Bucharest to Transylvania: with Peles Castle, Bran Castle and Black Church in Brasov

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Spend a day enjoying Romanian medieval legends and royal stories on an enchanting private trip to the Peleș and Bran Castles.

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Restaurant Vatra

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Botanic Garden

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The Botanic Garden is more than 150 years old and has a special place in the hearts of Bucharest people. Children enjoy watching the fish, turtles and ducklings in the small ponds. Students explore the glasshouses with exotic plants. Lovers seek the hidden spots behind the old trees. Seniors enjoy a walk on the peaceful alleys. Read more ›

A cosy green place

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Biserica Rusa - Saint Nicholas Church

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Built at the end of the XIXth century, Saint Nicholas Church was originally meant for the Russian community living in Bucharest. It was funded by the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II and designed by a V. A. Preobrazhensky. It currently serves as a chapel for the University of Bucharest, being also known as the Students’ Church. Read more ›

Russian Art Nouveau

Biserica Rusa - Saint Nicholas Church

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Garajul Ciclop

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Garajul Ciclop was originally build to serve as a garage in the roaring 1920's, when many well-to-do people started buying new cars in Bucharest. Being nowadays in a poor state of disrepair, it serves as an inspiring canvas and art gallery for street and graffiti artists. Read more ›

Graffiti art gallery-temporarily closed

Garajul Ciclop

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Follow a spectacular off-road trail in the Romanian Carpathians on an exhilarating 4x4 adventure tour! Discover amazing landscapes, see crystal-clear lakes and visit picturesque villages in the heart of the mountains.

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Insula lacul morii

I don't love it, but it's interesting. Monumental in design, the island was left unfinished when the revolution came in 1989. It was supposed to be one of Bucharest's main recreational sites. Now, the walk there is quite pleasant with the lake on one side and the many-coloured yet bleak blocks of flats on the other side. Read more ›

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Creepy communist island

Insula lacul morii

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Ping Pong Shop

Ping Pong started as on online shop selling mainly Mid-20th century European and Romanian design pieces, occasionally hosting pop-up shops at various locations. Since 2013, they have a showroom open for private viewings only. Ping Pong is the place for people hunting for rare finds, vintage home decor, collectibles and design furniture. Read more ›

For Mid-century Modern lovers

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Muzeul Colecţiilor de Artă

Established in the 1980s from donations of private collectors, the Museum of Art Collections presents an exquisite selection of paintings, sculptures, furniture and decorative objects. The most celebrated Romanian painters are well represented, but you can also admire Western and Oriental pieces of art. Read more ›

Eclectic selection of fine art

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George Enescu National Museum (Cantacuzino Palace)

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George Enescu is the internationally acclaimed Romanian composer, celebrated by an international music festival held in Bucharest every second year. The museum is housed by one of Bucharest’s flamboyant palaces, commissioned in the early 1900s in French Neo-Baroque and Neo-Rococo style by the wealthy statesman Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino. Read more ›

Music at the Palace

George Enescu National Museum (Cantacuzino Palace)

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Step off the beaten path and discover Bucharest’s most charming neighbourhood. On this private tour of hidden Bucharest, we’ll explore urban art, see cultural venues and outdoor cafés, admire historical architecture, and wander through lively public gardens. Enjoy the best the city has to offer!

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2.5 h

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Muzeul de arta veche apuseana Dumitru Furnica Minovici

This amazing red brick, Tudor style house holds the small yet stunning art collection of Dumitru Furnica Minovici, who made his fortune in the oil business in the 1930s. Visitors will be delighted to find inside some fine collections of Dutch furniture, stained glass windows, a complete library and Italian paintings from the 16th/17th centuries. Read more ›

Minovici Museum of Ancient Western Art

Muzeul de arta veche apuseana Dumitru Furnica Minovici

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Luigi Cazzavillan Park

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A hidden gem of Bucharest

Luigi Cazzavillan Park

I love this park because of its beauty and location close to one of the most touristic parks of parks of Bucharest, Cismigiu but at the same time so unknown to almost all the people visiting the city. Built in 1905 to honour the memory of Cazzavillan, the founder of the Romanian New York Times called "Universul". Read more ›

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Volum4

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Alternative place that helps free yourself from your burdens and boredom by encapsulating good music, drinks, nice terrace & nice folks to create your own perceived world. All covered in nice drawings and graffiti, good music in the background and affordable prices. Read more ›

Hidden cozy terrace

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Romanian Atheneum

It is one of those sites which can describe a century of cultural, social, industrial and political history. It gives you an outline of Romania's cultural life in the late 19th century, as well as its forefathers and role models. Read more ›

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Most beautiful concert hall

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Taste the best wines in Romania in the cellars where they’re made, admire vast vineyards, and learn about traditional winemaking processes on a wonderful day trip to the Prahova wine region.

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Biserica lui Bucur

Legend has it that Bucharest’s very first church was built here by the shepherd Bucur himself. You guessed it, Bucur was the founder of Bucharest and the first man to settle here. Even though the current church is much younger, it's thought that a wooden church linked to the city’s foundation once existed in the same spot. Read more ›

The site of Bucharest's oldest church

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La Scena

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La Scena is one of the best places in town for offstage theatrical performances, stand-up comedy shows and concerts. You may as well enjoy a drink and some reasonably priced culinary tidbits on the shady terrace in summer, along with the actors performing on stage in the evening. Read more ›

Theater, club and restaurant

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Sighet Memorial Exhibition

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Although Bucharest was under communist rule for more than 40 years, it still doesn’t have a proper museum of communism. This exhibition focuses on crimes committed by communists in Romania and tells the stories of thousands of intellectuals, peasants, soldiers and priests who were imprisoned or killed during those dark times. Read more ›

Memory as a form of justice

Sighet Memorial Exhibition

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Muzeul Zambaccian

This museum is a must see for all art lovers, who may admire one of the most comprehensive and valuable art collections in Romania. Krikor Zambaccian (1889-1962) - the founding father of the museum - was an art collector, a good friend of many Romanian painters and artists of his time and a true patron of arts. Read more ›

Amazing collection of paintings

Muzeul Zambaccian

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Discover the remnants of the communist era in Romania’s capital city, Bucharest, on a fascinating full-day tour. Explore the most famous buildings of the communist period and find how people lived under the dictatorship.

Communist Bucharest Day Tour

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Muzeul Theodor Aman

Housed in a beautiful villa with neo-classical Italian statues on the street facade, this small museum, which also served as the painter's workshop, exhibits many paintings, collectibles and furniture created by Theodor Aman himself. Read more ›

Oldest art museum in Bucharest

Muzeul Theodor Aman

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Zambaccian Art Museum

The museum hosts a most wonderful collection of paintings and sculptures. Really there is nothing unspectacular there. It's like a very carefully arranged bouquet in a very warm environment. Also, it has an interactive brochure that will help you engage with what you see and give you useful information as well. Ask for the English version. Read more ›

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Engage with modern Romanian art!

Zambaccian Art Museum

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La Bibliotheque

Located in a marvelous Neo Romanian villa in the upscale neighbourhood of Dorobanți, La Bibliothèque is the perfect blend of beauty services, love for literature and impeccable interior design. This place offers a meticulously curated selection of books and periodically organizes cultural events. Read more ›

Beauty Center & Books

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Schitul Darvari

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Built in 1834 by a wealthy family (Darvari), the church was initially a small house of prayer later transformed into a nuns’ convent and subsequently into a monks’ monastery. Closed under the communist rule, it was reopened in 1996. Read more ›

Beautiful orthodox monastery

Schitul Darvari

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The Red City: A Walking Tour of Communist Bucharest

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Communism was here for more than 40 years, so it’s no wonder that Bucharest is full of “souvenirs” from this not-so-long-ago period. Join us for a 2.5-hour walking tour and learn how communism shaped Romanian society and Bucharest, and get a realistic insight into life under communist rule.

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Ion Voicu (Ioanid) Park

This stylish park is located in a very quiet neighborhood and surrounded by beautiful old villas, only ten minutes’ walk from Piaţa Romană. It was created in 1870 from a former drained swamp by the land owner George Ioanid, a wealthy bookseller and publisher. The name “Ion Voicu” was given after a renowned violin player who lived in a house nearby. Read more ›

English garden in the middle of the city

Ion Voicu (Ioanid) Park

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Sala Rapsodia

The “Passe-Partout” theatre company was established in 1999 by Dan Puric, one of Romania’s most beloved stage actors. He is also a great pantomime actor and tap dancer. The young actors he trained as part of this project are wonderfully talented and resourceful and perform in shows written by themselves. Read more ›

Theatre company Passe-Partout

Sala Rapsodia

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Muzeul Theodor Pallady - casa Melik

The oldest private lodging in Bucharest now hosts the small museum Theodor Pallady and the collection of paintings originally belonging to Serafina and Gheorghe Răut. The museum features paintings and drawings of this well-known Romanian painter (a good friend of Henry Matisse), and other French and Dutch paintings, sculptures and art objects. Read more ›

Oldest house in Bucharest

Muzeul Theodor Pallady - casa Melik

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Bucharest History & Art Museum

If you are an art lover you should not miss this place. They have a permanent collection exhibiting historical artifacts and they always have a temporary exhibition bringing new items. Read more ›

Bucharest History & Art Museum

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The stunning Ciucaş Mountains are just a 3-hour drive from Bucharest and the perfect choice for a full-day trek. Amazing landscapes? Fresh air? Good company? They’re all here!

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Urban Collectors

Library promoting graffiti and street art with over 150 publications on: street art & graffiti, graphics, illustration, community art, urban art, participative art. It's a place known just by the locals and the graffiti and street art lovers, cozy atmosphere. A good place to research the alternative scene. Read more ›

Graffiti and street art library

Urban Collectors

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Fourwood Laundry

I found this laundromat through a recommendation of my hotel in Bucharest and I was very happy that there is a clean and easy to get to laundromat in Bucharest. Locals uses the laundromat for big loads of clothes or things they cannot wash at home. They offer wash and dry service and the staff is very friendly! Read more ›

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Laundromat like in San Francisco

Fourwood Laundry

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Jewish Museum

Locals don't really know much about the Jewish community that once lived in Bucharest. Most Jews fled or were forced to leave during WWII. Just a couple of the original streets and only three synagogues remain in this beautiful and dynamic neighbourhood. Nowadays the United Holy Temple synagogue houses the Jewish Museum. Read more ›

The heart of the former Jewish community

Jewish Museum

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“Sfântul Spiridon cel Nou” Cathedral

After being destroyed by successive earthquakes and fires, the old church commissioned by the Prince of Wallachia Scarlat Ghica in 1767 was rebuilt in Gothic Revival style by Catalan architect Xavier Villacrosse in 1852-1858. It was then one of the tallest buildings, and it still is the largest Orthodox church in Bucharest. Read more ›

The largest Orthodox church in the city

“Sfântul Spiridon cel Nou” Cathedral

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Baraka

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Located in Herăstrău - the largest park in the city – away from the hustle and bustle of the city center, Baraka terrace has all it takes to wind you down after a busy day or to prolong that holiday feeling: comfortable armchairs and swing chairs, relaxed atmosphere, the shade of old trees in hot summer days and refreshing drinks in the open air. Read more ›

Uptown Bar & Lounge in the Park

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Muzeul Hărţilor şi Cărţii Vechi

The National Museum of Maps and Old Books, hosted in a beautiful villa from the 1930s, is allegedly the largest cartography museum in Europe. It was founded in 2003 by a private collector who donated over 800 historical maps (the oldest is from 1525), books, paintings, globes, and its collection was later enriched by other donators. Read more ›

Museum of Old Maps and Books

Muzeul Hărţilor şi Cărţii Vechi

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Vasile Grigore Museum

Vasile Grigore (1935-2012) was a painter and enthusiastic art collector. He founded the museum in 2004, when he donated his large private art collection and apartment. Extending on two floors in a stylish Art Deco building, it is easily accessible from Bucharest’s main boulevard, Gheorghe Magheru. Read more ›

Rich art collection

Vasile Grigore Museum

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