Bucharest offers many options for children who need extracurricular activities, from sports, dance, theatre and music to robotics, foreign languages, painting, chess, creative workshops or holiday programmes. For parents, the challenge is not the lack of options, but choosing an activity that suits the child’s age, the family schedule, the budget a...
An important event in Bucharest can mean many things: a wedding, a baptism, a corporate party, a gala, a photo shoot, a concert, a prom, an anniversary or a meeting where you want to look polished without running across the city at the last minute. The capital has many salons, makeup studios, nail bars and beauty clinics, but this variety can also...
For many people temporarily living in Bucharest, temporary residence registration is one of those formalities that becomes important only when a specific need appears: enrolling a child in school or kindergarten, dealing with local institutions, accessing certain public services, proving that you live at an address in the capital or updating admini...
A dry, leaning tree or one with broken branches can become a serious problem in a crowded city such as Bucharest. In apartment building courtyards, along streets, in parks or near playgrounds, trees in poor condition can affect the safety of pedestrians, cars and buildings. At the same time, cutting or trimming trees cannot be done in any way peopl...
Losing your passport in a foreign city is one of the most stressful situations for any tourist. In Bucharest, the issue can be resolved, but it is important to know the correct order of steps: check whether the document can be recovered, notify the authorities when necessary, contact your country’s embassy or consulate and do not try to go to the a...
A pothole on the pavement, a dangerous-looking tree, an abandoned car, uncollected rubbish, a damaged playground or construction work blocking access to a public area are problems many Bucharest residents encounter often. However, people do not always know exactly where to report them: to the district city hall, Bucharest City Hall, the Local Polic...
Bucharest can be a spectacular city for tourists, but it can also become tiring if you try to explore it by car, taxi or ridesharing at the wrong hours. Distances do not always look big on the map, but traffic can turn a short ride into a long pause, especially in the morning, around lunchtime in busy areas or in the late afternoon, when the city s...
Life in an apartment building almost inevitably comes with questions about maintenance fees, funds, repairs, debts, contracts and decisions made on behalf of all owners. In Bucharest, where many residential buildings have dozens or even hundreds of apartments, the relationship between owners, the building administrator, the president of the owners’...
For an expat who has recently moved to Bucharest, choosing a family doctor may seem like a minor bureaucratic detail until a medical problem appears, a referral is needed, a compensated prescription is required, or proof of access to the public healthcare system becomes necessary. In Romania, the family doctor is the first point of contact with the...
Bucharest knows how to celebrate. And on Children's Day, it does so in style — with dozens of events spread across every corner of the city, most of them free, for all ages and all tastes.This year, June 1st falls on a Monday, a public holiday that extends the Pentecost weekend. Three days in a row, the capital transforms into a city for children.O...