Articles (1840)

George Emil Palade, the brilliant Moldavian whom Bucharest adopted, became the first Romanian to win the Nobel Prize

The history of Romanian science includes a few names that have gone beyond the country’s borders and have permanently entered the universal heritage of knowledge. Among them, George Emil Palade occupies a special place. Born in Moldavia, intellectually formed in Bucharest and consecrated in the United States, he became, in 1974, the first Romanian...

Valentine’s Day 2026 in Bucharest: Concerts, Performances and Exhibitions on February 14

Bucharest marks Valentine’s Day with a wide range of cultural and entertainment events scheduled around February 14, 2026. From live concerts and themed performances to art exhibitions and dance shows, the city offers options for couples as well as for those looking for alternatives to the traditional romantic dinner.Concerts and Live MusicAmong th...

Basements, strobes, and cultural Revolutions: the clubs that defined Bucharest

You push open a heavy, padded door in a building that looks ordinary at first glance. Down in the basement or up a narrow staircase, behind a discreet sign, another world unfolds. Strobe lights. Speakers that thump straight into your sternum. A DJ perched on an improvised platform. A crowd that doesn’t come just to dance, but to belong.Over the pas...

16 Famous Dishes from Old Bucharest, Now Forgotten

You sit down at a table in some obscure restaurant, tucked away in the heart of the city, maybe on a cobbled street that promises a detour into Little Paris, and you open the menu. The paper is thick, the fonts are calligraphic, and your expectations rise in direct proportion to the prices. You flip the first page and find burgers. The second offer...

Great Romanian Dynasties: Four Centuries of Ghica, a Line of Rulers, Princes, and Accomplished Diplomats

The Ghica family represents one of the most influential dynasties in Romanian history, with a tradition spanning more than four centuries. From modest beginnings, the Ghicas came to shape the history of Moldavia and Wallachia, lead the political and diplomatic destinies of the principalities, and engage in the country’s cultural and social developm...

Stories of Bucharest: Calypso Botez, the voice of feminism in interwar Romania. She campaigned for Romanian women to vote and study

In the history of Romania, the struggle for women’s rights and gender equality was marked by remarkable personalities, and Calypso Botez remains one of the most influential figures of the feminist movement in our country. Activist, teacher, and journalist, Botez dedicated her entire life to promoting women’s rights in education, politics, and work,...

Gheorghe Țițeica, the greatest mathematician in the history of Romania, has a street named after him in Bucharest

In the cultural and scientific landscape of Romania, few names have the resonance and prestige of Gheorghe Țițeica. Considered by numerous specialists to be the greatest Romanian mathematician of all time, Țițeica was a personality who went beyond the academic boundaries of his era and established the Romanian school of mathematics on the internati...

Zizi Lambrino, the first love of King Carol II. For her, he gave up the throne of Romania twice, shot himself in the leg and threatened to take his own life

The history of Romania’s Royal House is marked by controversial loves, dramatic decisions, and scandals that went far beyond the boundaries of private life. None of these stories, however, was as passionate, as disturbing, and as full of political consequences as the relationship between Prince Carol, the future King Carol II, and Zizi Lambrino, hi...

The house with armor, the history of one of the most unusual homes in Bucharest and the knight who watches over the city from above

On Episcopul Radu Street, at number 29, in an area of Bucharest that still preserves the bohemian air of the interwar period, stands one of the most surprising houses in the city. It does not impress through monumental dimensions or opulence, but through a detail that defies the conventions of residential architecture: a knight made of iron, almost...

Top 3 common myths about life in Bucharest that don’t hold up

Bucharest is a city that gets talked about far more than it gets understood. From a distance, it seems easy to compress it into a handful of loud labels, repeated confidently by people who have only brushed past it or know it mainly through headlines and second-hand stories. Up close, those myths begin to peel away from the pavement, and what’s lef...