Bucharest dogs
by josephescu
Despite municipality’s efforts in the last few years, one can still find no-mans’ dogs in the streets, especially off-beaten streets and in the suburbs.
Explanations for their existence and number is varied – from lack of preoccupation from the part of the authorities in the lat ‘90s to the demolitions in the mid ‘80s which lead to many dog owners leaving their dogs on the streets when forced moving from houses (with courtyard) to small apartments in blocks of flats. The reality is as follows: while there still are no-man’s dogs on the streets, virtually every private courtyard has its own dog, barking from behind the fence when someone crosses by.
My advice on dogs in Bucharest is as follows:
- although a sudden load bark from behind a fence may be scary, “courtyard” dogs cannot jump over the fences. However, don’t provoke them,
- street dogs are usually indifferent to your crossing by within a few meters. Should they begin to bark, I use to stop walking immediately, look at them and talk to them by whispering – in this way, they get confused, as only people they are friendly with use to whisper to them.
Like many other cultures...
by Varvarino
Like many other cultures around the world, we have great respect for our elders. If you see an older squi...I mean, person...having difficulty, you may want to offer to assist them. This is a picture of bunicut (pronounced boonicoots), my grandpa. He is a very, very old squirrel (my father's father). His hair is all white! And, just like some old people, he...shrunk a bit. (Thank you lovey)
Meetup!
by draguza
I dicovered "Meetup" when I was in London. Basically "Meetup" is a group of people with simila interests that meet once a months or once every 2 weeks in the major world-capitals, Bucharest included. I attended the Bucharest Meetup only twice so far, but met very interesting and friendly people there, mainly Expats living abroad. So if you are a foreigner and want to mee other Expats, this is the place to be!
Fire Club
by Mr_Furious about Fire Club
A nice friendly place with friendly locals and cheap beer prices (15000Lei or 0.5 euro), and music that pleases all If you are male pay the 10000Lei (0.35euro) entrance fee and your clothing style will not mather any more. Females can enter for free.
The Taxies
by Andraf
Taxis in Bucharest are a cheap and safe way of transportation as long as you take one belonging to a company and not a private one. Good companies are Cristaxi, Cobalcescu, Meridian, Perozzi, XXL, Prof, Rodell, Speed, Leone and Fly Taxi. The name of the company is usually inscribed very clearly on the taxi. There are other good companies, but what you should avoid by any means is any taxi marked as "IND" or "Independent". They charge about 4 times what a company taxi charges. It's legal to do that as long as they have the price written on the car, which they have. They usually have 4 prices written on the car and you're guaranteed to be charged at the highest price. If you're in a taxi station and there are 4 taxis waiting but still people wait around and then flock to one taxi who just stopped to leave a passanger, then it's sure that nobody trusts the independent taxis. Always make sure that the meter is on. Most of the taxies in Bucharest are Dacias (the national Romanian car), so don't expect a high level of confort. One company that has better cars and a better level of confort is Fly Taxi.
It used to be a hassle to take the taxi from the airport but things have improved (in a way). Today there is only one company licenced to pick up passangers from the airport, the Fly Taxi company mentioned above. Their fares are comparable with other companies. In December 2004 most taxi companies had rates around $0.50/km.
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Museum of Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
Inside the shop
Park Cismigiu
Strada Lipscani, Bucharest
