When summer arrives in Bucharest, the city shifts into a different gear. Terraces push their chairs outside, the air smells of linden blossoms and warm asphalt, and after six in the evening people start drifting toward any corner that offers shade and a cold drink. Bucharest in summer can be overwh... Read more
Passengers using the rail link between Gara de Nord and Henri Coandă International Airport should account for temporary changes to the train schedule. CFR Călători has announced the suspension of several services due to railway infrastructure works carried out by CNCF CFR SA.The measure is in effect... Read more
A headache at midnight, a child with a fever at 3 a.m., a forgotten prescription — there are moments when you need a pharmacy open and have no time to search. This list centralises the 24/7 pharmacies in Bucharest, organised by district, with addresses verified from primary sources wherever possible... Read more
Eastern Europe dominates the latest tourist cost report published this week by the UK's Post Office Travel Money. Eight of the top ten places in the ranking go to cities in the eastern part of the continent, with Bucharest coming in second place, just behind leader Sarajevo.What the report measuresT... Read more
The East European Music Conference (EEMC) returns to Bucharest between May 20 and 24. Over the course of five days, across multiple venues in the city center, EEMC brings together artists, festival directors, venue managers, safety experts, booking agents, promoters, policymakers, technicians, resea... Read more
Romania, European leader in cats and dogs. What life with furry companions looks like in the capitalIf you have the impression that Bucharest has become a city increasingly full of dogs on leashes, cats at windows, and aquariums in living rooms, you are not wrong. The capital has a fondness for comp... Read more
Bucharest at the beginning of the twentieth century smelled of wet mud, horse manure, and chimney smoke. On the cobblestone pavement of Calea Victoriei, among Viennese carriages with colored lanterns and horse-drawn cabs, an automobile bearing a taxi sign appeared for the first time in 1911. It was... Read more
If you're in the city center and suddenly need a bathroom, you already know how it goes: you look around, find nothing obvious, and end up walking into the nearest Starbucks. That's not bad luck — Bucharest has 424 public toilets for over two million residents, which works out to roughly one per 5,0... Read more
Bucharest is not just a city you live in or rush through. It's a city with layers — stories buried under asphalt and leaves, buildings that witnessed kings and revolutions, parks that grew out of swamps. The problem is that we, as adults, know this only vaguely, and our children don't know it at all... Read more
There is a paradox at the heart of Bucharest that few people dare to say out loud: Romania's capital holds Guinness-certified world records, leads European rankings, and generates statistics that leave visitors speechless — only some of those statistics are flattering, while others ought to keep the... Read more