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Bucharest in 2025: a retrospective of projects launched and completed, and the visible changes across the city

How does Bucharest close out 2025? In a familiar state: a city under construction. It was not a year of grand openings or spectacular transformations, but rather a year defined by difficult interventions, unavoidable construction sites, and projects that finally moved from promises to execution. From the consolidation of the Unirii Planșeu—one of t...

What the weather is like in Bucharest after Christmas. Will it keep snowing?

Christmas brought snow to Bucharest this year, and for a few days the city finally looked the way many people expect it to look in winter. Parks filled up, children played outside, and the atmosphere felt unmistakably seasonal. After that brief winter moment, the obvious question followed: does the snow continue, or was it just a short episode?Weat...

What you can do in Bucharest at Christmas and New Year’s Eve

The winter holiday season turns Bucharest into a city filled with lights, events, and leisure options for both residents and tourists. From Christmas markets and strolls among festive decorations to cultural performances, family-friendly activities, and New Year’s Eve parties, the capital offers a wide range of options for every taste. Whether you...

What you need to know if you are a property owner renting out a home in Bucharest in 2026: rules, taxes, and obligations

Renting out a home in Bucharest remains an important source of income for many property owners, but 2026 comes with a clear set of tax rules that must be understood in order to avoid problems with the authorities. While the taxation of long-term rentals does not undergo major changes compared to previous years, significant adjustments apply to shor...

What Bucharest looks like for those who don’t go anywhere for Christmas

Every year, in the days leading up to Christmas, Bucharest begins to empty out gradually. Not abruptly, not in any dramatic way, but little by little, almost imperceptibly: an office that closes earlier than usual, a neighbour who disappears for a few days, a traffic lane that—unexpectedly—is no longer blocked. For those who stay in the city, the c...

How the Bucharest metro operates on Christmas and New Year’s Eve

Metrorex has announced the operating schedule of the Bucharest metro for the winter holiday period, which includes Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and the first days of the new year. According to the company, trains will run on all metro lines, including during the night of New Year’s Eve, with intervals adjusted to the specifics of each day.Christmas a...

The grand Alhambra. The history of the first summer theater in interwar Bucharest

At the beginning of the 20th century, Bucharest was living through one of the most intense periods of urban and cultural development. The city was shaping its identity as the “Little Paris,” and entertainment, art, and social life were becoming essential components of everyday existence. In this favorable context, the year 1916 marked a landmark mo...

The stars of interwar Bucharest: Silly Vasiliu, the Alhambra star whom her parents wanted to force into marriage at 14

Interwar Bucharest was a city of contrasts, elegance, and artistic effervescence, a true magnet for the talents of the time. In this vibrant cultural context, Silly Vasiliu established herself as one of the brightest stars of revue theatre and Romanian light music. A diva of the Romanian stage in a golden ageA theatre and film actress, singer, and...

Mite Kremnitz, the woman Mihai Eminescu is said to have loved more than Veronica Micle

The life of Mihai Eminescu was, beyond the brilliance of his literary work, a succession of inner turmoil, intense loves, and profound suffering. The national poet of the Romanians was not only a genial spirit, but also a vulnerable man, deeply marked by the emotional relationships that crossed his existence. Although literary history has almost ex...

How Santa Claus was transformed into Father Frost in communist Romania

Christmas represents one of the deepest and most meaningful holidays in Romanian culture, a blend of faith, tradition, family, and identity. During the communist regime, however, this celebration was subjected to a forced process of reinterpretation, as the authorities attempted to eliminate its religious dimension and adapt it to the official ideo...