The National Bank of Romania Museum operates inside the Old Palace of the NBR, at Strada Lipscani 25, in Sector 3. The building went up between 1884 and 1890, designed by French architects Cassien Bernard and Albert Galeron, with construction overseen by Romanians Grigore Cerchez and E. Băicoianu. Many consider it the most beautiful building in Buc...
The Villa. Event House occupies a listed historic building on Strada Negustori 16, in Bucharest's Armenian Quarter. The story of the place goes back well before its current purpose: in the first half of the 19th century, the land belonged to boyar Costache Păucescu, and the property still had the look of a traditional household, with a garden, cell...
The Anton Pann Memorial House sits on Strada Anton Pann no. 20, in Sector 3, in the Udriște area — the former Lucaci neighborhood, close to Calea Călărași today. It's part of the National Museum of Romanian Literature.
The building standing there now was built from the ground up, but it sits exactly where Anton Pann bought a house, along with the l...
Palatul Noblesse stands at Strada Sfinților no. 7, in Bucharest's historic center, close to Piața Rosetti and Calea Moșilor. The building went up in 1881, designed by architect Alexandru Săvulescu — his first commission after returning from architecture studies in Paris, and the first eclectic-style building in the old city center. The commission c...
A bed with thousands of nails you can lie on without a scratch, real lightning bolts from a Tesla Coil, a generator that makes your hair stand on end from static electricity — that's what you'll find at Casa Experimentelor, Romanian Science Center, at Calea Vitan no. 242, Sector 3, with the entrance through Splaiul Unirii. The place opened on Janua...
Bălăneanu Church — Iancu Nou stands at Șoseaua Mihai Bravu no. 117-119, Sector 2, near where it meets Șoseaua Iancului and Vatra Luminoasă street. The name comes from Stanciu Ioan Bălăneanu, a local merchant who donated the land the church was built on.
The story started with 218 parishioners of the old Iancu Church, people living "outside the Ianc...
Reptiland Bucharest opened in June 2023, at Bulevardul Expoziției no. 1C, across from the Romexpo parking lot, close to Piața Presei Libere. It's the largest live reptile exhibition in Romania and, according to the people who run it, the only concept of its kind in Southeastern Europe.
Across 1,000 square meters live more than 70 live reptiles, spa...
Velonova Mirage Museum is on Strada Constantin Mille no. 18, third floor, Sector 1, a short walk from University Square and Cișmigiu Park. It opened in spring 2024 — Romania's first 3D museum, backed by an initial investment of over €100,000.
The museum has 15 themed rooms with optical illusions and three-dimensional installations, built more for i...
In Comana, Giurgiu county, a short walk from the monastery founded by Vlad the Impaler in 1461, the craftspeople at the Paper Mill make paper, spin wool, and shape clay by hand, the way it was done centuries ago. The Paper Mill and the Crafts Village sit on Dealul Morii, on the bank of the Neajlov river, right at the edge of Comana Natural Park.
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For parents looking for a primary and middle school in Bucharest where the child stays at the center of the learning process, Ilios offers an alternative built on the natural rhythms of development. It's a state education institution, so it combines the national curriculum with Waldorf pedagogy, and schooling remains free.
Here, learning doesn't st...