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BIAS 2026 at Băneasa: F-16s, Rafales, Turkish Stars and Frecce Tricolori Take to the Skies over Bucharest. Hour-by-Hour Schedule and How to Get There

Why You Should Attend the “Words, Coffee, Capșa and Caragiale” Event: An Evening in Caragiale’s Bucharest, with Black Coffee, Stories and Old-Fashioned Sweets

What would it be like to step into I.L. Caragiale’s Bucharest for a few hours, drink a cup of black coffee at Capșa and listen to stories about the world that gave birth to some of the best-known characters in Romanian literature? This is precisely the atmosphere that the “Words, Coffee, Capșa and Caragiale” event aims to bring back to life. It is...

The Code of Good Manners in Belle Epoque Bucharest: gentlemen entered the restaurant first, while ladies went out wearing hats and gloves

Imagine Calea Victoriei on an afternoon at the beginning of the 1900s. Carriages move among pedestrians, the shop windows of the great stores attract attention, while in front of cafés and confectioneries people dressed according to the latest fashions from Paris and Vienna meet. Gentlemen wear impeccable suits, hats and walking sticks, while ladie...

What to do in Bucharest on the weekend of 11–13 September: fairs and events offer a chance to unwind after the first week of school

The first week of school ends with a busy weekend in Bucharest. The National Arena becomes the centre of pop culture, music leaves the concert halls and takes over the streets of Floreasca, while Calea Victoriei hosts a market dedicated to local products and responsible consumption.Families with young children have a festival designed especially fo...

Bucharest's Sector 4: 7 Things Most People Don't Know

A few kilometers from Piața Unirii, under the apartment blocks of Berceni and Olteniței, sit an abandoned railway station, a ruined power plant, and a nature reserve with otters and wild swans. Sector 4 isn't just heavy traffic on Șoseaua Olteniței or the endless construction site at Unirii. It has a railway, industrial, and natural history that mo...

Unusual Sports You Can Try in Bucharest

If you're an amateur athlete, your relationship with Bucharest is probably fairly predictable. You run through Herăstrău, cycle wherever you're allowed to, lift weights in a gym with mirrors large enough for a small Viennese palace, and, when spring arrives, rediscover tennis. Beyond this familiar repertoire, however, there is a much more curious s...

“The Man of Steel” Armand Călinescu, the Legionnaires’ Fiercest Enemy, Has a Street Named After Him in Bucharest

Armand Călinescu was one of the most powerful and controversial political figures of interwar Romania. Nicknamed “the man of steel” because of the determination with which he acted against the political opponents of the state, he remained in history above all as one of the most determined adversaries of the Legionary Movement. His political rise co...

Mircea Eliade’s Bucharest: Mântuleasa District, the Cultural Mosaic, the Manta Family, and the Birthplace of the Famous Writer

Few places in Bucharest have managed to gather, within such a limited space, so many layers of history, legend, and literature as the old Mântuleasa district. Today, the neighborhood situated between the city’s former commercial arteries still preserves fragments of the charm of Bucharest in days gone by. Old houses, courtyards hidden behind massiv...

Bouldering in a Former Factory, Basketball at the Bottom of a Lake: Four Slightly Unusual Places to Do Sport in Bucharest

In a former stocking factory on 11 Iunie Street, people climb walls instead of walking through a bar's front door. A few kilometers away, on the site of an abandoned sports base in Aviației, kids chase a ball across FIFA-standard artificial turf. And once a year, in Sector 6, an entire lake gets drained to make room for five basketball courts.Fabri...

10 Urban Experiences in Bucharest You Should Try at Least Once

Bucharest is surprisingly difficult to get to know from behind the wheel of a car, and surprisingly easy when you actually give it some time. The city works through contrasts placed side by side with an almost comical naturalness: just a few stops apart, you can find a wetland inhabited by otters and herons, a market where the smoke from grilled mi...