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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...

3 Bucharest neighbourhoods worth exploring on long summer evenings

After a day in which the pavement has absorbed the heat, Bucharest usually becomes pleasant again only towards evening. Traffic begins to ease, the shadows of the houses grow longer, and some neighbourhoods reveal details that are easy to miss during the rush of the day.For a summer walk, you do not necessarily need to choose a large park or a busy...

Great Romanian dynasties: the Rosetti family, from Byzantine boyars to the revolutionary who dethroned Cuza

Landowners and scholars, the boyars of the Rosetti family knew how to negotiate, and some of them reached the conclusion that, in certain situations, concessions are important. C.A. Rosetti, however, was throughout his life a rebellious man. He gathered the revolutionaries of 1848 in his home, dethroned Prince Cuza, although he had supported him ea...

The Best Walking Routes Through Bucharest. Where to Take a Walk in the Capital

Bucharest is a city that is best discovered on foot. Beyond the heavy traffic and the fast pace of everyday life, the Capital hides elegant boulevards, generous parks, historic neighborhoods, and streets with a special charm. Each area tells a story about the evolution of the city, about the architectural influences that shaped its identity, and ab...

The Museum of Senses in Bucharest, the joy of children: ticket prices, experiences and illusions

In recent years, Bucharest has become increasingly rich in spaces dedicated to educational entertainment, and one of the most popular places for families and children is the Museum of Senses. Located in one of the most frequently visited shopping centers in the capital, this museum offers visitors an experience different from any classic museum. He...

Interwar Bucharest through the eyes of famous writers: the city of literary dreams and disillusions

If you could wander through interwar Bucharest, you would discover a vibrant city, scented with the contradictory blend of elegance and decadence, of luxury and misery. It would be a city where rattling trams traverse boulevards illuminated by gas lanterns, and where, in the cafés of the city center, people argue passionately about literature, poli...

Is Bucharest worth visiting? What foreigners say about Romania’s capital

Bucharest is not a city that reveals its most beautiful side as soon as a visitor leaves the airport. The road from Otopeni Airport to the centre passes shopping areas, construction sites, billboards, new developments and apartment blocks built during the communist period. For someone who has just spent several days in Vienna, Prague or Budapest, t...

Who was the biologist Dimitrie Brândză, founder of the Bucharest Botanical Garden

On October 10, 1846, in the village of Bivol — known today as Viișoara, in the former Dorohoi County — Dimitrie Brândză was born, one of the three sons of the cupbearer Gheorghe and Ruxanda Brândză. Nothing at that time hinted that this child, raised in a quiet corner of Moldavia, would become one of the most important Romanian scientists of the 19...

Bucharest 2026: Where Teenagers Go When They Say "I'm Going Out With Friends"

If you have a teenager at home and you've ever asked "where are you going?", you've probably gotten something vague back — "out", "with friends", "around". It's because his world and yours occupy different geographies, even in the same city.Bucharest in 2026 is a city in rapid transformation — new neighborhoods, cultural spaces emerging in renovate...

10 stories from Bucharest you can tell children on a walk

Bucharest hides beneath its layers of concrete and heavy traffic a number of stories worth telling out loud, especially when you are walking through the city with children and they ask you why “that” building looks strange or what the deal is with the name of the street you are on. Because, yes, kids notice things we have learned to elegantly ignor...