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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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So what are the best five things about Bucharest?

by Craig Turp September 7, 2009 Bucharest

 We had a journalist (a real one, from a newspaper) in the office on Friday, asking, amongst other things, for our opinion on the new Tourist Information Centre at Gara de Nord (more on this soon). He also wanted to know what we thought were the five best and worst things about Bucharest. The worst [...]

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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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