Bucharest Drivers/Roads

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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Oprescu brings back much-missed Romanian pastime

by Craig Turp August 26, 2009 Bucharest

 Bucharest is famous for the fact that its merry citizens park their cars anywhere and everywhere they like; we even have photographic evidence. With that in mind, the city’s so far (a year and a bit after he was elected) distinctly unimpressive mayor Sorin Oprescu yesterday announced a new, no-nonsense approach to illegal parking: all [...]

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Little Emil and a little bit of motorway

by Craig Turp July 13, 2009 Bucharest

 Romanian newspapers are reporting this morning that Prime Minister Little Emil Boc yesterday promised to have a 30km stretch of the of the Bucharest – Ploiesti motorway finished by the end of this year. Truth is, in a rare moment of lucidity, Little Emil said no such thing. What he actually said was ‘we have [...]

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Government forgets what parks are for

by Craig Turp April 27, 2009 Bucharest

 Over the past week or two banners have gone up all over the city declaring Bucharest a greener and happier place. Capitala creste verde is the slogan, or such like. Romanian-speakers can read more about it here. So it’s all the more confusing that the city council last week decided to banish bikes and roller-skaters [...]

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A quick guide to Bucharest logic

by Craig Turp March 25, 2009 Bucharest

 Reprimanded someone yesterday evening for parking on the pavement, meaning that I had to take a detour around his car and on to a busy road. His reply? “Cand primaria imi da locul de parcare o sa parchez regulamentar. Pana atunci, parchez unde vreau.” (When the council gives me a parking place I’ll park legally. [...]

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Oprescu gives in

by Craig Turp March 17, 2009 Bucharest

 Alas we were too hasty in our celebrations. The Formula Z races will be going ahead in August.

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Bucharest 1964: A Thousand Thanks to Alex Galmeanu

by Craig Turp February 21, 2009 Bucharest

 Don’t know who Alex Galmeanu is, but he has a blog, and a site, which deserve your urgent attention. If I ever meet him I will shake his hand and buy him a drink: these photos of Bucharest in 1964 are (probably quite literally) priceless. I know not where he got them from (and unless [...]

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