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• 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....

• 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....

• A Bucharest Easter

  
  Easter in Romania is a big deal. Seriously big. Make sure you are well prepared to run the gamut of traditions old and new, endless plates of food and religious posturing with our off-beat but essential look at Easter in Romania....

• The Bucharest Metro

  
  It’s not the biggest underground railway system in the world, it isn’t the prettiest, and it certainly isn’t the most efficient....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• Another great book about Romania in English

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

• 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....

• 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....