A large park about to get much smaller. The mayor of this sector, Cristian Piedone Popescu (a man who lost his driving license after having been found to have bought it from corrupt police officers) recently handed a large chunk of the park to real estate developers.
As it is, Tineretului is a rather rundown park one stop south of the city centre on the metro. At the entrance there are a few rides for kids, trampolines and dodgems, while further into the park is the
Sala Polivalenta – a popular venue for concerts and big indoor sporting events. Between the two are vast areas of rough grass, playgrounds, an artificial lake on the shore of which is a great terrace,
Cafeneaua Actorilor de Vara, which serves some of the best mici in the city.
Up by Sala Polivalenta you will also find the entrance to
Oraselul Copiilor, a very old fashioned children’s funfair, complete with the most decrepit and life-threatening roller coaster known to man. Of all Bucharest’s parks, taken at face value Tineretului probably has the most to offer kids, but note that stray dogs (by and large absent in other parks) are a big problem here.
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