In Bucharest, you can find a psychotherapist much the same way you can find a specialty coffee shop: open your phone, choose a neighborhood, and start comparing. Cognitive behavioral therapy, psychoanalysis, systemic therapy, integrative therapy, Adlerian therapy, Jungian therapy, couples therapy, therapy for burnout, trauma, anxiety, ADHD. Sometim...
Aurel Stroe was one of the most original and complex personalities in Romanian music during the second half of the 20th century. A composer, professor, musicologist, and author of profound reflections on the relationship between music, mathematics, philosophy, and culture, Stroe went far beyond the boundaries of a single discipline. His work was bu...
Few streets in Bucharest bear the memory, in their very name, of a military event that radically changed Romania’s history. Calea Plevnei is one of them. Today, the name of the street is associated with hospitals, historic buildings, neighborhoods, institutions, and the daily traffic of the capital, but behind these two words lies one of the most i...
A fair featuring craftspeople and traditional treats at the Village Museum, fantastical characters in IOR Park, screenings at Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest and the final performances of the National Theatre Festival: the weekend of 23–25 October 2026 offers plenty of reasons to head out into the city.The programme includes both free events and tic...
Bucharest could get at least 50 new bicycle racks, installed in areas where cyclists regularly report a lack of suitable parking facilities. The measure is part of the proposed “InfraVelo București” initiative, submitted to the General Council of Bucharest (CGMB), and aims to identify the everyday infrastructure problems faced by people travelling...
In old Bucharest, cinemas were not merely places where people went to watch a movie. For the neighborhoods where they operated, they were genuine landmarks, meeting places, and locations around which everyday life revolved. One such place stood on the old Calea Văcărești, near Sfânta Vineri Square and in an area that today preserves almost nothing...
Autumn is one of the easiest seasons to bring into your home when it comes to decorating. A few decorative pumpkins, artificial leaves, candles, garlands, figurines, or textiles in shades of orange, brown, and gold can quickly change the atmosphere of a room. As Halloween approaches, the décor can become even more spectacular, with ghosts, bats, sk...
Western Europeans have become increasingly interested in the Balkans. The typical traveller is between 30 and 50 years old, frequently flies with low-cost airlines, heads off on Thursday and returns on Sunday, appreciates good restaurants, and stoically puts up with the occasional unpredictable pavement as long as the city offers a good story in re...