A few weeks stand between an eighth-grader and one of the most consequential decisions they have ever made. Not because it is complicated in theory, but because behind it lie years of work, family expectations and, above all, a vision of the future that is only just beginning to take shape. The high... Read more
For nearly three centuries, Calea Victoriei has carried the kind of reputation every other Bucharest street secretly envies: the address where the city came to be seen, where governments were quietly assembled over coffee, and where, depending on who you ask, modern Bucharest itself first took shape... Read more
Summer break lasts three months. Parental leave covers two weeks. For working parents in Bucharest, the summer kindergarten program remains one of the few genuinely accessible solutions.Summer is coming — and with it, the question thousands of Bucharest parents ask every year: what do we do with the... Read more
All six district city halls in Bucharest have announced major investments in green spaces over the past few years. Some construction sites are already 70% complete. Others exist, quite literally, only on paper — or worse, stuck in a legal dispute that's dragged on for years. We checked official stat... Read more
Of the open-air pools that once lined the shores of Lake Tei, almost nothing remains standing today — only ruins overrun by vegetation, in a place where, a generation or two ago, thousands of Bucharest residents spent every summer Sunday. One of several pools that operated along the lake's shore — s... Read more
If you stop in Constitution Square and try to fit the Palace of Parliament into a single photograph, you quickly run into a problem: the building doesn't fit. It's too wide, too tall, too deep for any ordinary lens. Tour guides leading visitors through the interior usually recite an impressive set o... Read more
If you walk past the entrance to Cișmigiu Park from Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta today, you'll find an old wooden box with its shutters down and faded advertisements peeling off the sides. People walk past it without a second glance. Few know it's the oldest newspaper kiosk in Bucharest, and that the... Read more
On June 11, 1948, Romania woke up to a different economy. The nationalization law passed through the Grand National Assembly in a matter of hours — the draft had been presented to the government that morning and voted through unanimously by midday — and by evening, factories, banks, and transport co... Read more
The 2026 summer season has only just begun, but Bucharest's aquatic leisure offer is already worth mapping out. From year-round thermal complexes to urban beaches and full-scale water parks, the capital and its metropolitan area have several solid options for the days when the temperature makes stay... Read more
Bucharest is, without question, Romania's largest university hub. Alongside long-established public institutions, the capital is also home to a significant number of private universities that have steadily earned a more serious place in Romanian higher education over the past decade. If you're weigh... Read more