Badly Parked Cars

Bucharest’s rich can drive cars, the poor can take the bus

by Craig Turp April 2, 2011 Bucharest

 No, that’s not our opinion, instead it’s what we understood from reading this article (part of a series called Five Things Bucharest Should Be Ashamed Of) – written by a chap called Ciprian Ciucu – currently being published over at Contributors, a site dedicated to what can often be decent, well thought through opinion pieces. [...]

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Badly parked cars No. 4,376

by Craig Turp March 11, 2011 Bucharest

  Photographed in Bucharest early this morning. We assume the car (it is the silver one which is parked) had been here – in the middle of the road – overnight.

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Romanian police in ‘doing their job’ shock

by Craig Turp June 23, 2010 Bucharest

 Incredible but true. This weekend we saw at least two Romanian policemen doing some real policing, enforcing the laws of land. These shocking events took place outside the Bucuresti Mall, where, as anyone who has driven past will know, taxi drivers routinely make a habit of parking by the traffic lights right outside, forcing two-lane [...]

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Insert your own title, words like nesimtit may be used

by Craig Turp June 3, 2010 Bucharest

 Piata Unirii.

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More Badly Parked Cars

by Craig Turp November 12, 2009 Bucharest

 Thanks for these go to a reader, who calls himself simply Mame.

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Badly Parked Cars: Why?

by Craig Turp October 25, 2009 Bucharest

 This one was submitted by a reader, Nicholas Wright, along with the accompanying text: This one begs the question: Why? You could have parked properly? But hey, this is Bucharest. There’s a photo on Wikipedia of Casa Scanteii in 1971 – one car out front – much better! But seriously, why are people driving here? [...]

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