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Bucharest's architecture gene, Bucharest

Entering Bucharest along walnut-lined Șoseaua Kiseleff, the city first charms us with its grandness. Șoseaua Kiseleff is one of the most prominent...

K+K Hotel Elisabeta, Bucharest

A strategically perfect location: not far from the National Theatre and Piata University, nor from the historical Lipscani neighbourhood...

The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest

MNAC, or the National Museum of Contemporary Art, is housed in one wing - a glass one - of the grotesque epitome of what was Ceauşescu's...

Theodor Pallady Museum, Bucharest

The museum for the Romanian painter, Theodor Pallady (1871-1956), is housed in the oldest building in Bucharest - it was built in 1750...

George Enescu Museum, Bucharest

The ornate Cantacuzino Palace - which now houses the museum dedicated to the renown Romanian composer and violinist, George Enescu...

The National Art Museum, Bucharest

Romania's National Art Museum is located in what was once the royal palace, which itself was built over ten years (1927-1937) and designed...

Energiea, Bucharest

Energiea is a café/bar located in a former printing press. The interior still contains relics from the building's former life: old printing presses...

Madame Pogany, Bucharest

Madame Pogany is a restaurant that you should definitely visit if you want to experience the current rage of the architecture- and design scene...

Iconic Food Wine & Design, Bucharest

Housed in one of the discreetly elegant villas of Bucharest's Dorobanţi quarter, Iconic Food Wine & Design is an all-in-one combination...

Loft, Bucharest

The restaurant/bar/club, Loft, is one of Bucharest's most extravagant urban lifestyle projects of the last few years. A couple of years ago...

Entrance, Bucharest

Entrance is both a design- and fashion destination. Opened in 2009, it isBucharest's first concept store and as of yet, it has been...

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest

MNAC or the National Museum of Contemporary Art is housed in one wing - a glass one - of the grotesque epitome of Ceauşescu's oversized ego, the Palace of...

Festival 39, Bucharest

Go there for a cup of coffee, and you will soon realise that you actually envy Bucharest for its knack for creating a seemingly authentic environment that will make...

Casa Doina, Bucharest

One of the oldest and most famous Bucharest restaurants is located in the northern part of the city, in Şoseaua Kiseleff, the Bucharest version of Champs-Élysées...

Rembrandt Hotel, Bucharest

Grand Hotel Continental, Bucharest

The Grand Hotel Continental continues the legendary hotel tradition that began at the start of the 19th century - to service the needs of the bourgeoisie...

Zambaccian Museum, Bucharest

This art museum is in what was once the private residence of the Romanian businessman and art collector, Krikor Zambaccian...

Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest

Housed in a red-brick building built in the neo-Romanian style in 1912, The Museum of the Romanian Peasant is one of the most beautiful...

Theodor Aman Museum, Bucharest

The house of Romanian painter Theodor Aman (1831-1891) was the first private residence in Bucharest to be transformed into a museum...

Origo, Bucharest

The one-year-old pocket-sized café is home to one of Bucharest's best baristas, and its main interior design feature is an installation above the bar made...

Tears and Saints, Bucharest

It is impossible to step over the threshold of Lacrimi şi Sfinţi (Tears and Saints) and not smile. The restaurant's interior design is a shining example...

Café Verona, Bucharest

Café Verona is located in the same building as a bookshop that has achieved virtually iconic status in the eyes of Bucharest's intelligentsia...

The Artist, Bucharest

When Dutch chef Paul Oppenkamp arrived in Bucharest a couple of years ago, he loved it so much that he decided to move here...

Worth knowing, Bucharest

Bucharest is at once surprising and confusing. It's a city which, at first sight, appears to be an incomprehensible jumble of old and new...

Essence, Bucharest

A city-surprise, a city-mystery, a contemporary European metropolis with a throbbing pulse that, in spite of the...

Vinexpert, Bucharest

This is one of the best wine shops in Bucharest, located in a late 1900s shopping passage that is actually worth visiting in itself - a string of closely spaced...

Caru' Cu Bere, Bucharest

This is the perfect spot for lunch or dinner if you have spent hours roaming Lipscani, the old district of the city, and now feel like savouring the Bucharest of the...