Bucharest

Bucharest (Romanian: București) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as the country's most significant industrial and commercial center. Bucharest is one of the major cities in Southeastern Europe, with a population of over 2.1 million people in the urban area.

Bucharest is the main point of entry into Romania. Bucharest is a thriving city, with several major building programs transforming the city's old face. Bucharest, once known as "Little Paris," has evolved dramatically in recent years, and it is now a fascinating blend of old and modern that bears little resemblance to its previous popularity. In Bucharest, it's normal to see a 300-year-old church next to a steel-and-glass structure, all of which are next to a communist-style palace. Bucharest has cultivated a chic, fashionable, and urban sensibility that many have come to expect from a European capital. Bucharest has benefited from an economic boom, as well as EU grants, which have helped redevelop areas of the region, including the revitalized old town. Many who are familiar with Bucharest but have not been in a long time will be shocked by the improvements that are taking place. The spectacular Basarab overpass, Europe's longest cable bridge, is the largest completed undertaking.

Bucharest, like the rest of Romania, experiences temperate-continental weather with hot summers and cool winters. This area of Romania experiences all four seasons, but spring is brief and always occurs in April. In the summer, the average high daily temperature is around 29°C, while in the winter, it is around 2°C. Summers can be exceptionally hot and dry (30°C) and winters can be extremely cold (-20°C), while temperatures below -12°C are extremely uncommon. The months of April through June, September through October, and early December are ideal for a tour.

The official language is Romanian, a Romance language that appears to be the nearest living relative to Ancient Latin but includes about 20% loan words from Slavic languages. Most educated people born after 1970 will be able to speak English fairly well and will most likely be fluent in one or two second Romance languages; most educated people born before 1970 will be able to speak French, Spanish, or Italian reasonably well. The Roma (Gypsies) speak Romany as well as Romanian and, on occasion, English. Aside from that, there would be a smattering of other languages, such as Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Hungarian, and German, as in any big region.

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Written on 08/22/2017 - 01:24 by Shawn Blake

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Old Bucharest Center

Club & Bars

The competition is serious in the Old Center of Bucharest due to the large concentration of cafes, clubs and restaurants, this makes everyone involved to bid in offers, to stay at the clients' disposal and to be just a smile to capture the goodwill of tourists . Among the strong points are the...

#good quality music, #restaurants

Manuc Inn

Food & Restaurants

Manuc Inn is one of the most important tourist attractions in Bucharest, a historical monument, a leisure place in the restaurants, cafes and shops that it houses today. Through the efforts of his heirs, in the next years, Manuc's Inn will retrieve the role that it has had since its founding...

#leisure place, #cafes, #shops

Tribute Club

Club & Bars

It is on Victoria Street, in a gang near the Green Hours. The place is well-arranged, spacious, with 2 bars and a stage where artists or bands sustain live concerts. Tribute is the club where you go if you want to go out in a club where you feel good, have fun and where the label is not everything...

#bar, #artists #bands, #live concerts