Bucharest, June 9, 2026 — Romania's capital ranks 248th out of 251 cities analyzed in the Happy City Index 2026, one of the most comprehensive international studies on urban quality of life. The result places Bucharest among the lowest-scoring cities in the world, just above the bottom three positio... Read more
Lacul Morii is Bucharest's largest lake — 246 hectares of water, 7 kilometres long, built in 1986 as a reservoir to protect the city from flooding. Ceaușescu ordered the construction of the Ciurel Dam, 400 homes disappeared underwater, a church was demolished, a cemetery paved over with concrete. To... Read more
Summer doesn’t mean a slowdown in Bucharest’s job market. On the contrary, June through August are some of the busiest months for recruitment across many sectors. If you’re job hunting or considering a change, here’s where the real opportunities are right now:1. Retail, HoReCa, and Tourism — mass hi... Read more
On June 3rd, the National Library of Romania becomes, for one day, the largest educational fair in Bucharest. The City Hall, in partnership with the School Inspectorate, has brought together under the same roof 93 high schools and 12 universities, and students can find out directly from representati... Read more
For decades, the trash chute was an unavoidable fixture in Bucharest apartment buildings. That narrow, dimly lit space, with its persistent smell and overflowing bin, started as a stopgap solution and became, through sheer habit, an accepted norm. Now, a new City Hall document charts, for the first... Read more
There is one day that, in the memory of those who grew up in Bucharest during the 1970s and 1980s, carries a special flavor. It was their day. June 1st arrived with a certain electricity in the air, with something unspoken yet deeply felt — that today, as a child, you mattered a little more than usu... Read more
Summer in Bucharest began with the scent of linden trees warmed by the sun and windows thrown wide open toward the street below. The city slowly slipped into a different rhythm sometime after mid-June, and the evenings seemed longer than at any other time of year. Inside apartment blocks, thin curta... Read more
Bucharest knows how to celebrate. And on Children's Day, it does so in style — with dozens of events spread across every corner of the city, most of them free, for all ages and all tastes.This year, June 1st falls on a Monday, a public holiday that extends the Pentecost weekend. Three days in a row,... Read more
In recent years, social and economic factors have influenced many couples' decisions about becoming parents, with the age of conception rising steadily.Data from 2025 at Embryos, one of Romania's largest fertility clinics, shows that the average age of women undergoing in vitro fertilization has ris... Read more
Bucharest residents will soon be able to fly directly to the Middle East and the Caucasus. Dan Air will launch flights from Henri Coandă International Airport to Amman, Yerevan and Tbilisi this summer, with tickets already available for purchase.When do the flights start and how often do they runThe... Read more