Capital living in Bucharest, Romania
Locals will know about these (but then again we more or less count as locals these days and we never knew they existed), foreigners may not: Romanian webcams, hundreds of them.
Hosted by the website of newspaper Jurnalul National, you will find not just Bucharest webcams, but also live live streams from around the country, including [...]
Make a list of good public services in Bucharest.
Finished?
Thought so.
There are not that many public services in Bucharest which approach anything that could even be said to resemble ‘good.’ But there are a few…
Rubbish collection is one, at least in our sector (Sector 3). We get our rubbish collected twice a week, on Wednesdays and [...]
In the current issue of Bucharest In Your Pocket we publish a feature on Bucharest’s earthquake of 1977, which took place 33 years ago today.
Below is a short film (in Romanian) about the quake: the first 30 seconds or so is a recording of the earthquake made by Radio Romania, which was recording a [...]
Phone rings.
Bucharest Life answers.
Familia Turp?
Da.
De la P*****s Bank sunt. In legatura cu vecinul vostru de la 89.
The lovely lady from P*****s Bank then told me that she wanted some help trying to contact one of our neighbours, let’s call him Ion Ionescu, from apartment 89, who they simply can’t get hold of.
Would we mind going [...]
From the government that brought you a compulsory profit tax on losses, and a tax on fast food comes another wonderful initiative designed to see thousands more Romanian companies close: all Romanian companies (no matter their size) must hire not one, but two full time accountants.
Yes, you read that correctly.
More than 40 MPs, including big [...]