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• 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....

• 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....

• The Smoking Issue

  
  In May, flying in the face of what the rest of the civilised world is up to, Romania actually softened its existing anti-smoking rules....

• 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....

• Bucharest Monopoly

  
  Monopoly is the legendary real-estate board game for two to eight players, in which the player’s goal is to remain financially solvent while forcing opponents into bankruptcy by buying and developing pieces of property....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• Great books about Romania in English

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

• All Aboard: The No. 32 Tram

  
  Starting in the south-western corner of Piata Unirii, Bucharest’s tram No. 32 runs to the very south of the city, to Depoul Alexandria....

• Bucharest's Protests

  
  Are we going to ignore the elephant in the room? No, we are not, for there is no getting away from the fact that these are troubled times for Romania and for Bucharest in particular....

• Another great book about Romania in English

  
  Along the Enchanted WayBy William BlackerApparently, in 1997, planes bound for Romania departed from ...

• Snagov, Caldarusani & Mogosoaia

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

• 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....