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Essential Bucharest

All of those sights listed below should be top of the list for any visitor in Bucharest. If time is short then the Palatul Parlamentului and Peasant Museum are the real absolute musts.

You should also make sure that you allow enough time for a good walk around Old Town. See our Lipscani/Old Town Bucharest feature for more information on the Old Town area. 

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Bucharest | Sightseeing | Essential Bucharest

Arcul de Triumf
Arcul de Triumf
Bucharest's Arc de triumf was raised in 1922 to commemorate Romania's Great War dead. The original Arc was made of wood, replaced by the present, Petru Antonescu designed concrete structure only in 1935. [...]



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Piata Arcul de Triumf

Communist Iconography Museum
Communist Iconography Museum
Our favourite part of the Peasant Museum; a small but stunning cellar room featuring a collection of communist-era busts, paintings and nostalgic memorabilia. [...]



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Inside the Peasant Museum

George Enescu Museum
George Enescu Museum
Mistakenly believed to be the great Romanian composer George Enescu's former home, this outstanding Secession house was in fact built for landowner George Cantacuzino in 1905, and many older Bucharest residents still refer to it as the Cantacuzino Palace. [...]



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Calea Victoriei 141

Open 10:00-17:00,
Mon Closed.
National Art Museum
National Art Museum
The country's largest, and most impressive art collection is housed inside the splendid former Royal Palace, first built in 1812 as a private home by the wealthy trader Dinicu Golescu. [...]



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Calea Victoriei 49-53

Palatul Parlamentului
Palatul Parlamentului
What is unquestionably Romania’s most famous building, Palatul Parlamentului (known universally as Casa Poporului) was built during the darkest days of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime. [...]



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Calea 13 Septembrie 1, intrarea A3

Open 10:00 - 15:45
Peasant Museum
Peasant Museum
In most people's opinion, the Peasant Museum is the best museum in Bucharest, and one of the best in the country. Housed in a wonderful [...]



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Şos. Kiseleff 3

Open 10:00-18:00,
Mon Closed.
Village Museum
Village Museum
Outstanding. Founded by Royal Decree in 1936, and covering some 15 hectares on the shores of Lake Herăstrău, Muzeul Satului is one of the greatest outdoor museums in the Balkans. [...]



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Sos. Kiseleff 28-30

Open 09:00-17:00,
Mon Closed.