Articles (1840)

The Temporary Residence Registration in Bucharest in 2026: When You Need It and How to Arrange It Quickly

In a dynamic city like Bucharest, mobility is part of everyday life. Students, employees from other counties, people on extended assignments, or families temporarily living in the Capital often face an essential question: is the temporary residence registration necessary? Although it may seem like a bureaucratic formality, this mention regarding re...

The Stars of Interwar Bucharest: Prince Ion Filotti Cantacuzino, the Doctor Passionate About Films and Oppressed by the Communists

In the gallery of personalities who shone in interwar Bucharest, the name of Prince Ion Șerban Filotti Cantacuzino holds a special place. A descendant of an aristocratic family with resonance in the history of Romania, the son of a great actress and the grandson of a world-renowned scholar, he managed to carve out his own path, combining medical sc...

The first ATP world No. 1 was a Bucharester. The great Ilie Năstase wrote history in Romanian tennis

In the history of Romanian sport there are a few names that went beyond performance and became symbols. One of them is, without doubt, Ilie Năstase, the first world leader in the ATP rankings and the first Romanian to win a Grand Slam singles title. Born in Bucharest, at a time when Romanian tennis had little international visibility, Năstase rose...

Saint Andrew the Apostle Church, the holy place of worship in the Drumul Taberei neighborhood. The history of a monument

In the heart of the Drumul Taberei neighborhood, hidden among the apartment blocks built during the communist period, on Aleea Parva, rises the imposing Saint Andrew the Apostle Church. For many of the residents of the area, this place of worship is not only a space intended for prayer, but a true landmark of identity and spirituality. Its story is...

8 People who shaped Bucharest – between construction and destruction

Bucharest was not built in a single era, nor shaped by a single vision. It is the result of political, urban, and cultural decisions that overlapped, contradicted one another, and at times destroyed each other. Some gave the city coherence and direction. Others started over from scratch, without asking what would be left behind.The result is a city...

Great Romanian dynasties: The rebirth of the Știrbei family, the White Prince, the right hand of King Ferdinand and the princess of Romanian aviation

The history of the great boyar families in Wallachia is, often, a history of survival through adaptation. The Știrbei family is no exception. At the turn between the 18th and 19th centuries, when the old Oltenian lineage seemed destined to disappear, an inspired adoption was to change the course of destiny. From this rebirth arose figures who decis...

Stories of Bucharest: Ion Heliade Rădulescu printed the first Romanian newspaper, „Curierul românesc”, in the Capital, in 1829

On April 8, 1829, in Bucharest, the first issue of the newspaper „Curierul românesc” saw the light of print, a publication that was to decisively mark the beginnings of the press in the Romanian language. Its initiator, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, one of the major figures of Romanian culture in the 19th century, assumed a difficult mission: that of brin...

Clubbing After 40: The Generation That Never Left the Dance Floor

In a club in Bucharest, on a Saturday night, the dance floor is breathing — alive. The dancing is authentic. A simple, unfiltered joy shared with the music. Bodies move freely, with an ease that comes from within, far from any sense of performance.It takes only a few minutes to notice the detail that changes everything. On the floor are people over...

10 Native Bucharest Footballers Who Thrilled the Stands and Became Legends

If you take a map of Bucharest and lay it over the history of Romanian football, you notice a strange coincidence. The capital’s scorching asphalt, the dusty lots between apartment blocks, and that specific “it’ll do somehow” attitude produced a distinct species of footballer. We’re talking about the player with dazzling technique, charming arrogan...

“Cold Drunkennesses” and the Forbidden Pleasures in Interwar Bucharest: Morphine, Cocaine and Ether Were the Stars of the Parties

In the years between the two world wars, Bucharest was living through one of the most spectacular transformations in its history. The capital of Greater Romania had become a city of contrasts: elegant boulevards, cafés frequented by artists and politicians, influential cultural magazines, lavish balls and an intense nightlife. Little Paris had earn...