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• Rediscover Bucharest: Calea Victoriei

  
  No street in Bucharest has a history to match that of Calea Victoriei, the city’s most famous thoroughfare which runs - much as it has for more than three centuries - from Piata Victoriei in the north of the city all the way down to Piata Natiunilor Unite and the Dambovita river....

• Bucharest Metro Challenge

  
  While it may not be everyone’s idea of a great day out (and indeed may strike many as being a frankly bizarre thing to do), for a small number of people with an endless fascination for underground railways the first port of call in any new city is often the metro....

• No Such Thing as Bad Press

  
  In 2000 the marketing director of a very well known telecoms company (it was the green one, back then) told us in no uncertain terms that he would never, ever advertise in Bucharest In Your Pocket because ‘our vision of Bucharest does not match yours....

• The Bucharest Earthquake of 1977

  At 21:22, on the evening of March 4, 1977, Bucharest was hit by an earthquake measuring a whopping 7....

• Bucharest In Your Pocket: 10 Years Old

  
  Bucharest In Your Pocket is 10! “When we researched the first issue of Bucharest In Your Pocket we had a feeling that the city was too big to be put in a pocket....

• Snagov, Caldarusani & Mogosoaia

  When it comes to day trips out of the capital, Bucharest offers up a pretty woeful selection of sights....

• Carol I: Romania's First King

  
  Few visitors to Bucharest will leave without seeing the enormous horseback statue of Carol I - the first king of modern Romania - which appeared in front of the University Library in Piata Revolutiei at the end of 2010....

• Where to find us

  Seen the website, downloaded the PDF guide, now you need the real thing: Bucharest In Your Pocket. On ...

• Great books about Romania in English

  No. 1: Romania: Borderland of EuropeBy Lucian BoiaOr, Everything You Thought You Knew About Romania Is Wrong....

• December 1: Marea Unire

  
  December 1, Marea Unire (The Great Union) is currently Romania’s National Holiday. It is celebrated in Bucharest with a somewhat Cold War-style military parade through the capital that starts up at Casa Scanteii around 11:00 and usually ends in front of or around the Arc de Triumf....

• Stray Dogs in Bucharest

  
  Bucharest was once again in the news for all the wrong reasons at the end of January 2011 after a woman was mauled to death by stray dogs in the south of the Romanian capital....

• Children's Bucharest

  Bucharest is not the greatest city in the world to visit with children. The major problem is that the vast majority of the city’s museums – with a couple of honourable and notable exceptions - are dull, offer no interactivity and little to captivate little minds....

• Sunday Brunch in Bucharest

  Sunday Brunch is an integral part of living in Bucharest, and a genuine expat institution. All of the major hotels have their own brunch, and have clients who have been loyal to them for years....