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Legends Near Bucharest: The Witches' Pond, the History of the “Cursed” Place Preferred by Young People Passionate About Mystical Rituals

Just a few kilometers from the bustle of the Capital there is a place that, for decades, has stirred the curiosity of those passionate about mysteries, legends, and unexplained phenomena. Hidden in the middle of the Boldu-Crețeasca Forest, in northern Bucharest, the Witches' Pond is one of the best-known places charged with popular mythology in Rom...

How to Save Money on Shopping in Bucharest Without Giving Up Quality

Bucharest is a city where you can find almost anything, from premium products and imported delicacies to traditional markets and neighborhood stores with very good prices. However, the cost of living has increased considerably in recent years, and expenses for food, household products, and family items can put pressure on any budget. The good news...

The story of “Bucharest around 1900” in color: who took the city’s first color photographs

In most cases, Bucharest around 1900 reaches us dressed in sepia. It has horses, carriages, stiff-brimmed hats, serious mustaches, and ladies with salon-ready gazes, all caught in a world that seems to have lived exclusively in shades of tea left forgotten on the table. Color, however, appears more rarely. A façade takes on a creamy hue, a garden c...

Devil's Quarter, Flood Street and the Alley of the Swimming Teacher. Bucharest's Vanished Street Names Tell More About the City Than Any Tourist Guide

Bucharest had, throughout its history, a remarkable habit: naming its streets exactly after what they looked like or what happened on them. No euphemisms, no diplomatic urban planning, no nomenclature committees weighing up sensitivities. If houses burned down on an alley, it was called The Fire. If it smelled bad, it was named accordingly. If thie...

How to Get from Bucharest to Romania's Most Beautiful Destinations by Train. Timeline, Prices and What to Avoid

Train travel is gaining ground again among Romanians, especially on short and medium routes where road traffic has become a weekly ordeal. The new 2025–2026 Train Timetable, which came into force in December 2025, brought a 10% ticket price increase, but also some genuine time improvements on certain routes, new Alstom Coradia units on the main lin...

12 interesting things you may not have known about Cișmigiu Park

You pass by its wrought-iron fence every day, perhaps even cutting through its alleys on your way to university or the office, yet you probably ignore the fact that beneath your feet lies the former “lake of Dura the Merchant.” In the 18th century, the place where today you try to dodge pigeons was an unhealthy swamp, a malaria hotbed that Buchares...

How Bucharest Streets Got Official Names and Why They Lost Them So Often

You walk through Piața Victoriei and stop at the corner where Calea Victoriei makes its solemn entrance into history. You take out your phone, check the map, get your bearings. Everything seems natural. But have you ever wondered how you would have done this in the 19th century, when streets had no names, only nicknames given by locals? “The lane b...

Famous houses in Bucharest: Cazzavillan Palace, the architectural jewel with Venetian ornaments in the heart of the Capital

Bucharest hides numerous spectacular buildings, many of them forgotten by time and almost invisible to those hurrying through the city streets. Beyond the crowded boulevards and modern buildings, the Capital still preserves fragments of its former elegance, from the period when it was nicknamed “Little Paris.” Some of these constructions continue t...

A “walk” into the past: The theaters and performances that defined Belle Époque Bucharest

Belle Époque Bucharest remains one of the most fascinating periods in the history of the Capital. Between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the First World War, the city underwent a profound transformation, both from an architectural and cultural point of view. The large boulevards, elegant buildings, cafés frequented by intellectual...

Doctor Gheorghe Polizu, author of the first medical textbooks in Romania, has a street bearing his name in Bucharest

The history of Romanian medicine preserves the names of personalities who decisively contributed to the modernization of the medical system and to the development of university education. Among these remarkable figures is also Doctor Gheorghe Polizu, one of the most important physicians of the 19th century, university professor, author of medical t...