Children in Bucharest

McDonalds Romania: Not the root of all evil

by Craig Turp November 7, 2011 Bucharest

 Fewer global brands get a worse rap these days than McDonalds, considered by many (often ignorant) critics to be the epitome of corporate greed and to represent the worst of consumer society. The truth is much different. Indeed, we think that if all corporations were run on the same lines and in the same way [...]

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The Romanian National Technical Museum: Home of the Jetpack

by Craig Turp October 25, 2011 Bucharest

 If, like us, you have always wanted to see a real life Auto-Gamma Scintillation Spectometre, then the Dimitrie Leonida Romanian National Technical Museum in Parcul Carol is the place for you. The National Technical Museum is situated in the last remaining pavilion built for the Great Romanian Exposition of 1906, organised at the behest of [...]

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Romania is such a wealthy country that…

by Craig Turp August 15, 2011 Bucharest

 And to think that many foreigners have the idea that Romania is poverty-stricken place. Oh no, Romania is such a wealthy country that in Bucharest’s Parcul Tineretului they can afford to spend money on what we can only describe as ‘auxiliary outdoor air-conditioning.’ As for the ongoing playground wars we wrote about a few weeks [...]

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Bucharest In Your Pocket 71

by Craig Turp June 3, 2011 Bucharest

 Here is the rather splendid cover (even if we do say so ourselves)… This issue we have features on Bucharest’s Parks & Gardens, the Romanian version of Monopoly, Calea Victoriei and the usual 14-page bumper Old Town/Lipscani section. You can download a PDF version of the guide here. You can view it on Scribd in [...]

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Bucharest’s parks: My playground’s bigger than yours

by Craig Turp May 24, 2011 Bucharest

 Judging by the enormous adventure playground which recently went up in Bucharest’s Tineretului Park (about 100 meters from another enormous adventure playground, which went up last year), we can only assume that the various administrative bodies who look after the city and its parks are having a serious ‘whose got the biggest’ contest. Luckily, it [...]

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Oraselul Copiilor

by Craig Turp April 20, 2011 Bucharest

 There are few places in Bucharest where the old, communist Romania meets the brash young start-up that is the market in such a haphazard yet ultimately enjoyable way as Oraselul Copiilor (Kids’ Town), a rather old-fashioned funfair at the bottom of Parcul Tineretului. – The first thing that grabs you about the funfair is how [...]

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Puppets at Clubul Taranului

by Craig Turp November 18, 2010 Bucharest

  Completely run out of ideas of things to do with the kids at the weekend? Puppets to the rescue. The Clubul Taranului (find it behind the Muzeul Taranului) has puppet shows every Saturday morning at 10:30am and 12:00pm. Though all the performances are in Romanian, they are more visual than anything, and we are [...]

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