Children in Bucharest

Bucharest with kids. It’s a circus

by Craig Turp May 10, 2010 Bucharest

 Yesterday, Sunday, was one of those nightmare scenarios for parents in Bucharest. Having identified in our post of Friday the lack of things for kids to do in Bucharest, even the all-purpose parks were off limits yesterday due to the torrential rain. Fortunately, number one son remembered that he had seen an advert for a [...]

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Bucharest’s parks; Bucharest with kids

by Craig Turp May 7, 2010 Bucharest

 Last summer we posted a rather detailed description of Bucharest’s best parks. To all intents and purposes, what we wrote then remains valid today: the best parks in the city are not the much celebrated Herastrau or Cismigiu, but instead the less celebrated (and less central) Tineretului and Titan. Most visitors never get so far [...]

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Belciugatele and other days out

by Craig Turp September 1, 2009 Bucharest

 Each month (when writing the Bucharest section of a popular in-flight magazine) we have the unenviable task of coming up with a suggestion for a day trip from the capital, ideally doable on public transport. It’s not easy. Once you’ve burned through your staples: Sinaia, Curtea de Arges, Targoviste, Snagov, Mogosoaia… you start to struggle. [...]

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Bucharest now has two great parks, neither of which is Herastrau

by Craig Turp August 10, 2009 Bucharest

 If you follow us on Twitter, or ever browse an issue of Bucharest In Your Pocket, then you would have noticed that we have more than a passing interest in the state of Bucharest’s parks. Not merely because we want to bring people the most up-to-date info, but also because, as parents, a large slice [...]

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Bucharest has many faults, but nobody should pretend that violent crime is one of them

by Craig Turp February 23, 2009 Bucharest

 What Danny Dyer would no doubt call a right proper naughty tear up went down at the Bucharest shopping centre Plaza Romania on Saturday evening, when a group of shaven monkeys with muscles, known comically in the Romanian press as the Preda Clan (try saying it without bursting out laughing) decided to get right proper [...]

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Romania takes a small step towards evolving into a modern society

by Craig Turp February 12, 2009 Romania

 Common sense prevails. Evenimentul Zilei splashes this morning with news that Romanian schools will once again be teaching kids about evolution. Three years ago the country’s education ministry took a giant leap back into the Middle Ages and removed all mention of Darwin from school books. Since then children have been taught (often by men [...]

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Bucharest Solutions

by Craig Turp October 31, 2008 Bucharest

 A few ideas kicked around by a less than select group of brains over dinner recently. As it’s nearly election time, here are our policies for a happier Bucharest, a happier Romania… Drivers must obey the law Let’s get the most revolutionary aspect of our manifesto off the drawing board early on: We propose that [...]

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