Articles (1839)

Business visa for Bucharest. What foreigners coming for conferences, fairs or business meetings need to know

Bucharest is not only a city-break destination, but also a city where more and more foreigners arrive for conferences, fairs, corporate meetings, negotiations, networking events or short-term commercial projects. For citizens of the European Union, things are simple: they can enter Romania based on the right to free movement. For citizens from outs...

School After School for Adults: The Guide to Bucharest Workshops and Spaces Where You Can Learn a Creative Craft or Hobby from Scratch

Education does not end with a bachelor's degree, and Bucharesters are rediscovering the pleasure of learning beyond the rigid desks of traditional schools. In a city constantly on the move, free time has become a valuable resource that more and more people choose to invest in personal development. Whether it is the desire for a career change or the...

The legend of 5 Silfidelor Street. The steps of Saint Ilie-Gorgani, the dressmaker Lisette and Bucharest’s miraculous noon

5 Silfidelor Street is one of those places in Bucharest that seem, at first glance, too discreet for a legend. It is located close to Cișmigiu, in a central area where many people pass without looking up towards the steps of Saint Ilie-Gorgani Church. And yet, right here, on this old rise of land, between the real city and the imagined city, one of...

The oldest shops in Bucharest that still operate today. From economy to tradition and history

Bucharest has radically changed the way it shops over the past 100 years. From the elegant shops on Calea Victoriei and the interwar department stores, the city moved through the centralised commerce of the communist period, then through the explosion of malls, supermarkets, online shops and large international chains.Even so, a few commercial land...

Cinema Under the Stars and Theater in Hidden Courtyards: The Guide to Alternative Open-Air Performance Spaces in Bucharest

Bucharest no longer closes its curtains as evening falls and hot summer days take over. When the interiors of traditional halls become too suffocating, the art of performance moves its stages under the open sky. Young crowds and couples looking for an alternative to sterile mall screens are rediscovering the charm of hidden courtyards, park amphith...

Bucharest, Facing Rains That Arrive Faster and Harder

The past few summers have made one thing clear: European cities need to learn how to handle huge volumes of water in increasingly short periods of time. Extreme weather events are no longer the exception — they're the trend, and Bucharest is no different from the rest of Europe's major capitals. It faces the same pressures and needs the same kinds...

Thriller and noir Bucharest. 5 contemporary books that turn the capital into a maze of mysteries and crimes

Bucharest has many literary faces. It can be a nostalgic city, a city of lost loves, a city of communist memory or a city of cafés and old houses. But there is also a darker Bucharest, tense and almost cinematic, which works perfectly in mystery, thriller and noir literature.Communist apartment blocks, crowded squares, passages, dark alleyways, per...

Diplomatic Bucharest on foot. The route of historic embassies on Kiseleff, Dorobanți and the Amzei area

Bucharest has many possible maps: the city of cafés, the city of old houses, the city of parks, the city of museums or the city of wide boulevards. But there is also a diplomatic Bucharest, more discreet, visible on elegant streets, in historic buildings, in interwar villas or in modern headquarters protected by fences, flags and careful security.F...

Padel is taking over Bucharest. The urban sport that turned the court into a place for socialising

Bucharest has a new urban sport that is growing quietly, but visibly: padel. It is not tennis, it is not squash, but it borrows something from both and adds a component that makes it very suitable for city life: socialising. It is usually played in doubles, on a court smaller than a tennis court, enclosed by glass walls and metal fencing, and the b...

Bucharest Decides to Clean Up Graffiti in Protected Areas. It Doesn't Say What Happens to Murals

The General Council voted on Tuesday, June 30, to approve a programme to remove graffiti and illegal posters from Bucharest's protected zones. The vote was nearly unanimous — 43 in favour, none against, two abstentions — a sign that, administratively, the issue is no longer up for debate. The harder question sits on the other side of that vote, whe...