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Bucharest (Romanian Bucure?ti pronounced&_160;[buku're?t?]&_160; ( listen)) is the capital city, industrial and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at 44°25'57?N 26°06'14?E? / ?44.4325°N 26.10389°E? / 44.4325; 26.10389Coordinates 44°25'57?N 26°06'14?E? / ?44.4325°N 26.10389°E? / 44.4325; 26.10389, and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovita River.

Bucharest was first mentioned in documents as early as 1459. Since then it has gone through a variety of changes, becoming the state capital of Romania in 1862 and steadily consolidating its position as the centre of the Romanian mass media, culture and arts. Its eclectic architecture is a mix of historical (neo-classical), interbellum (Bauhaus and Art Deco), Communist-era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of the "Little Paris of the East" (Micul Paris).^[4] Although many buildings and districts in the historic centre were damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes and Nicolae Ceau?escu's program of systematization, many survived. In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom.^[5]

According to January 1, 2009 official estimates, Bucharest proper has a population of 1,944,367.^[1] The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of 2 million people.^[2][6] Adding the satellite towns around the urban area, the metropolitan area of Bucharest has a population of 2.15 million people.^[3] Bucharest is the 6th largest city in the European Union by population within city limits.^[7]

Economically, the city is the most prosperous in Romania^[8] and is one of the main industrial centres and transportation hubs of Eastern Europe. As one of the wealthiest cities in Romania, Bucharest also has a broad range of convention facilities, educational facilities, cultural venues, shopping arcades and recreational areas.

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1. US VP Warns Europe of Missile Threats October 23, 2009 US Vice President Joe Biden gestures while delivering a speech at the Central University Library in Bucharest, Romania, 22 Oct 2009U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has called on America's European allies to step-up their defense efforts in the face of security threats from outside Europe. Biden made the comments in Bucharest, Romania on Thursday, before ending his Central and Eastern European tour in the Czech Republic. Biden spoke to political leaders and students at Bucharest's Central University Library, after receiving assurances from Romanian President Traian Basescu that Romania supp... (read more)

2. Missile Defense High on Agenda as Biden Tours Central Europe October 22, 2009 As Vice President Joe Biden tours Central Europe this week, missile defense is high on the agenda. In Poland on Wednesday, Biden secured an agreement to host U.S. antiballistic missiles after original plans for a defensive missile shield were scrapped.US Vice President Joe Biden gestures while delivering a speech at the Central University Library in Bucharest, Romania, 22 Oct 2009According to the White House, Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Poland Wednesday had nothing to do with placating America's disgruntled allies. But here in Warsaw, people were waiting for only one thing - an assuran... (read more)

3. Biden Arrives in Romania on European Tour October 22, 2009 Vice President Joe Biden, right, speaks to US Ambassador to Romania Mark Gitenstein, left, at Otopeni airport in Bucharest, 22 Oct 2009 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Romania, the second stop on his European tour.Biden is scheduled to meet with the country's leadership Thursday, and will deliver an address on U.S. policy at a university in Bucharest.During his stop Wednesday in Poland, Biden won Polish Prime Minster Donald Tusk's endorsement of a reconfigured U.S. missile defense system. The new system will be based on ships at sea, and could have land-based elements in Poland.President ... (read more)

4. Transylvania Fall Foliage Tours September 11, 2009 Transylvanian Fall Foliage is a special tour offering breathtaking sceneries and crisp autumn breezes, a real Transylvanian fall foliage experience. Departing from the capital city of Bucharest, Transylvanian Fall Foliage is a 9 day, half board escorted tour, guaranteed to depart on October, each year. The itinerary is so designed for you to experience the richest treasures in each area, offering a well rounded Romanian experience including: the capital city of Bucharest, once surnamed “the little Paris”, Sinaia, the pearl of mountain resorts in Romania, home to Peles Castle, on... (read more) Author: Alin Transylvania

5. Discover The Surprising And Medieval in a Romania Tour June 23, 2009 Most of the Romania tours that you can take will include a tour of Bucharest, a very interesting city. You can also take guided tours outside the city, and see some of the most amazing castles, monasteries and cemeteries that date back to the Middle Ages. One of the royal palaces is the Peles Palace that is in Sinaia-Azuga Brasov and has ornaments outside and inside as well as painting and wood sculptures that are representative of the scenes of some of Wagner’s works. This is set in one of Romania’s most beautiful mountain resorts. The tour continues on to the village of Bran. Here is th... (read more) Author: Yuki Garcia

6. Why renting a private car is best in Romania June 19, 2009 In the last 10 years, Romania recorded a huge increase in every domain. Multinational companies invested a lot of money and built headquarters in Bucharest. People travel a lot inand out of the country and now renting private cars ( alongside of the public taxis ) is a common fact. Genneraly speaking, rent a car companies are hired by multinational societies, so they can have confidence that their employees or VIP`s will get in time in any place without having trouble. This relationship between rent a car companies and multinational societies is based on peer confidence. Besid... (read more) Author: Dan Dinu

7. Romania - beauty and purity June 19, 2009 Romania...mystery and magic, the place where legends are born. This is the idea built over the years, thought more than 70% of people don't even know what it is. Romania is a medium sized country, situated in the eastern part of Europe with regions that seem to be forgotten even by time. Natitves of these regions consider Romania to be God's Realm. And so it seems. After leaving Bucharest, the capital of Romania, crossing the mountains and getting to Transylvania, it's like you took a time machine to another era, hundreds of years behind. If you get to have a ... (read more) Author: Dan Dinu

8. George Enescu International Festival of classical music and cultural tours of Bucharest May 06, 2009 3 MT Tours, the Romanian incoming tour operator, has launched the excursions around the George Enescu International Festival, the biggest international festival of classical music in Romania. During nearly one month, Bucharest shall be the Capital of Classical Music in its area. The festival shall start off on August 30th, 2009, with George Enescu’s Oedipe, a co-production between Opera Nationala Bucuresti (The National Opera in Bucharest) and Theatre du Capitole du Toulouse. Taking place every two years, the George Enescu International Festival is definitely the biggest festival in ... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

9. The Mud Vulcanoes April 30, 2009 Some 160 km away from Bucharest, we arrive in Berca, a small village at the hillside of the Buzau county. From here on, we climb through an oil field up until the end of the village in direction “Pâclele Mici”. 8 km on an unasphalted road leads us through a moonlike scenery of a nearly 100 years old oil field. Oil is still being extracted. From the parking place we have to walk about a quarter of an hour uphill. Here, the moonlike scenery is perfect. If one looks closer, though, a certain flora can be still seen, namely a desert flora. A really seldom plant can be seen here, the Nitaria ... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

10. The Universitary City Bucharest April 28, 2009 Among the best university cities in Romania, Bucharest has a tradition in teaching at high levels since the 19th century, a time of great improvements in both economy and infrastructure in the provinces that have formed Romania around that time. 1891, at the 25th anniversary of his reign, Charles 1st of Romania donates the necessary money to build a university close to his royal residence. Some four years later, the institution is ready for inauguration. Among the objectives, which HM sets for the University, are building a library, which initially hosted 3400 volumes, most of which ... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

11. Bucharest: The Romanian Athenaeum April 28, 2009 Bucharest is host of many important cultural events - the George Enescu International Festival, a festival of classical music takes place every second year (this year it shall take place in September 2009). There, most venues are hosts for the orchestras from all over the world. The oldest and maybe the most beautiful is the Romanian Athenaeum. The birth of the Romanian Athenaeum lies around 1865, during the period of the unification of Moldova and Vallachia to become Romania. The idea started with three people – V. A. Urechia, Constantin Esarcu and Nicolae Kretulescu. It is first 18... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

12. Bucharest: Stavropoleos Church April 28, 2009 Beginning of the 18th century, the Greek Monk, Ioanikie Stratnikeas of the Goura Monastery in the Greek Macedonia, starts a journey to collect funds for Greek churches. We need to consider, that many Valahian (and Moldovan) churches and monasteries of the time were dedicated to Greek monasteries (being also of Orthodox faith), including important pieces of land and properties in the country.    While in Valahia, between 1722 and 1724, he builds an inn, the Stavropoleos Inn, and next to it, a chapel, that had to become a church in 1724. Two years later, Stratnikeas becomes Mitropolite of Stavro... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

13. Bucharest: Snagov Monastery April 28, 2009 40 km away from the very centre of Bucharest, the traveller arrives in an oak forest, which was once part of a vast forest that covered up until the 18th century the whole Romanian Plain. Well hidden by the forest, a magnificent view of the Lake Snagov unfolds at one’s feet. No use. People have discovered it all, the area being already conquered by hundreds of weekenders. No wonder – its popularity is sustained by the King’s Castle and by Ceausescu’s somewhat bigger castle. An island stretches out in the lake at some distance from the shores. It houses a monastery, which dates back to the... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

14. Summer Residences around Bucharest: Mogosoaia April 28, 2009 When talking about holidays, the nobles and princes of the 17th century had it far better than the peasants. While the latter had to work the land during the summer, the former had summer residences all over the country. Leaving Bucharest behind and heading for Târgoviste, one arrives in the village of Mogosoaia. Here, the ruling Prince of Valahia of the second half of the 17th cerntury, between 1688 and 1714, Constantin Brâncoveanu, has built a summer residence. The building is not particularly big, it resembles a more comfortable house. If one knows, even if little, the architecture of... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

15. Bucharest: The Monastery of Cernica April 28, 2009 Two rivers flow through Bucharest. The one called Dâmbovita, flows through the city centre, and the second one, its affluent, Colentina, builds on the outskirts of the city nine lakes. Right before its mouth to the Dâmbovita, the Colentina river builds one last lake, the Cernica Lake.On the two islands on this lake, the Minister of the Interiors of Valahia, Cernica, founds at the beginning of the 17th century a monastery, which was named, like the lake and the nearby village, after its founder. More than a century ahead, the monks of Cernica quit this place, which henceforth started to perish.... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

16. Jewish Heritage in Bucharest April 17, 2009 The 21st January 1941, a rebellion of the legionaries of Romania broke out, lasting for some three days. At that moment, a pogrom against the Jews has been started. Soldiers have been burned, citizens mistreated, and much more happened in the streets of and in the woods around Bucharest. The nightmare lasted for some 60 hours. Of the 236 people who died then, 118 were Jews. The Jewish Museum in Bucharest has been organised in a synagogue as soon as 1978. It is located in the old Jewish quarter of the city, downtown in Bucharest. Here, some 60 years ago, this was the place where much of the ... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

17. The Romanian House of the People in Bucharest April 17, 2009 The planning of the House of the People, as it has been called during communist time, has started 1982, involving several hundreds of architects. Two years later, some 25% of the whole budget of the executive have been invested in order to start the building of the grandiose palace. Needless to say, that the economy of the country went each year worse than it did the previous one, culminating with the revolution in 1989.To build the House of the People and the Research Institute nearby (intended for Elena Ceausescu, the dictator’s wife) and the whole complex of ministries, institutes and flats... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

18. Bucharest. Calea Victoriei - the History of a Road April 17, 2009 We have been talking by now every now and then about Constantin Brâncoveanu, the Vallahian Ruler, who managed to introduce a most particular architectural style in his country. It was him again when, 1692, he made a new road: “The Mogosoaia Bridge”.The new road started at the Brâncoveanu Palace at the Dâmbovita River and lead all the way through to the Ruler’s possessions in Mogosoaia (see article on Castles around Bucharest: Mogosoaia Castle). At that time, on the main roads of the Capital, oak-bridges were built, employing 25-30 cm thick and about 8m long oak trunks, that were laid across th... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

19. Palaces and Castles around Bucharest: The Cotroceni Castle April 17, 2009 1679, the building of the Cotroceni Monastery begins – the location was middle in the thick forests to the West of the Capital. The Palace of the ruling princes, attached to the monastery, belonged to it, though the prince had the right to use it as a residence. Works end around 1682, when the prince dedicates the monastery to the Holy Mount of Athos (Greece).The Cotroceni Monastery was by far not the only one dedicated either to the Mount of Athos or to other Greek monasteries. That is, they actually belonged to the Greek monasteries, together with their entire possessions, which were substan... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

20. Bucharest. The Romanian Patriarchy April 17, 2009 The church has been begun in 1656 by the Ruling Prince Constantin Serban the Snub-Nosed and Lady Balasa, on the foundations of a wooden hermitage, but was finished by Mihail Radu Mihnea III. It has its festivity on the day of the Saint Emperors Constantin and Helen. It is the same period, when the Mitropoly’s Palace is being raised, a palace, that has been widened during the 17th century. 1688 it takes over from the Old St. George’s Church the title of the Valahian Mitropolitan Seat. 1886 the church is being repainted by Gh. Tattarescu. From its original painting remains only the icon of its ... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

21. Bucharest. The Church of the Old Princiary Court April 17, 2009 It is seemingly the oldest intact building in Bucharest – from the Old Court only ruines can be seen. Built in 1558-1559 by the Ruling Prince Mircea Ciobanul on the place of an older one (14th century), it resembles the church of the Monastery of Cozia, on the Olt Valley, which was at the time Princiary Necropolis. Finished it was, however, by his son and successor to the Valahian throne, Petru the Younger. It was the latter that brought to it some minor changes and finally painted it. As the Church of the Princiary Court, it had a place of oinment of the Ruling Princes. This procession i... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

22. Bucharest. A historic Overview April 17, 2009 Mentioned the first time in the middle of the 15th century, during the reign of Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula, Bucharest has seen a big increase in size and reputation until the 20th century, thus becoming a regional Capital and a cosmopolitan city and a sharp decline during communism. Bucharest was alternating with Curtea de Arges (the second Capital of Valahia, today Southern Romania, after Câmpulung) and Târgoviste during the second half of the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century as the Capital City of Valahia. Where the main residence of the ruling prince was, wa... (read more) Author: Mihnea Toncescu

23. Save Money: Rent Bucharest Apartments During Your Bucharest Travel February 27, 2009 Why is it that nowadays many tourists prefer to rent Bucharest apartments rather than stay at hotels during their Bucharest travel? The country’s beautiful natural scenery and rich culture has made tourism a significant contributor to Romania’s economy. The second fastest developing sector of the country’s economy, tourism represents extraordinary potential for further progress. With this massive wave of travelers, long term rentals have become the main way of lodging for a lot of tourists in the past few years. This interesting phenomenon has a few explanations:The fall of communism in the en... (read more) Author: Angelica Steijn

24. Industry Brief - Tourist Accommodation Market - Bucharest, Romania January 14, 2009 The tourist accommodation industry encompasses a broad spectrum of facilities but this report focuses on hotels, motels & guesthouses and serviced apartments. This segment fared worst than expected in 2008 after a particularly difficult operating environment in the second half of the year. The outlook for 2009 appears even darker mainly because of the European and national economy slow down resulting in reduced visitor arrivals. Furthermore, additional room supply and competition between the different types of accommodation offered will keep room rate drops in check. Industry weath... (read more) Author: George Romulus

25. Economic growth in Romania outpacing the EU average October 20, 2008 “The law stimulating investments targets to earmark available funds for economic sectors with huge economic and social impact,” the press statement of the Ministry of Economy and Finance read. The Ministry said the facilities will be granted for investments in the processing industry, the production and supply of electric power, thermal power, natural gas and hot water, sanitation, waste management, telecommunications, as well as for professional, scientific, technical and administrative activities. Incentives will be granted by authorities by means of certain normative or administrative act... (read more) Author: Irene Mihu

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