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Supermarkets are crowded mostly in weekends from 10 to 7pm. Weekdays are better to go there. Leave a Comment
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So car manufacturers and dealers are happy and selling like crazy. Also, on years end, companies need more profit deduction, so they come to the dealers and ask for the latest, high priced models, whatever, just to spend some profit on something that "suits" their ego :) Leave a Comment
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 Nice idea for candle lighting by gosiaPL
I've never seen such little cabinets, good protection from wind and rain. Just as at the Patriarchal Cathedral, also here people were coming in to light a candle and say a little prayer in the church. Leave a Comment
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Forget all notions that you have of customer service. Otherwise, after 90 per cent of your dealings with waiters, shopkeepers and members of the public you will be left wondering what you had done to offend the person to make them so curt and rude to you.
Of course you have done nothing wrong: the ostensible hostile way Romanians behave with each other is just normal conduct in Bucharest.
The illogical situation I struggle the most with is the service in restaurants, which is often sullen and reluctant. I just cannot fathom the logic of the miserable waiter. The better I’m served, the larger the tip. Even if I’m served ineptly but with a smile and good humour I’ll most probably tip the waiter. Pleasantness equals money for him. What purpose serves his surliness? Maybe his miserable salary?
Friends tell me I'm being too “British” about it if I expect "please" and "thank you" to accompany every transaction. But dealings in shops, stations and restaurants are a necessary part of both my and the employees' lives. A smile transcends culture - why not make the exchange nicer for both of us? But then, that's a question that starts with why….. Leave a Comment
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Cinemas broadcast films in their original language with sub-titles. While most stick to Hollywood drivel, some honourable exceptions show an impressive range of classic, challenging and foreign films, some dating from the early twentieth century. There are frequent film festivals.
There are several cinemas on Magheru blv. - Studio, Patria, Scala, CinemaPro. Old movies are usually on screen at Cinemateca - there are two of them, one on Eforie street and the other behind Sala Palatului, near Novotel.
Shopping malls in Vitan, the Plaza in Militari and CityMall in Brancoveanu, all have several cinema halls.
Movies on screen every week are listed online at the link below Leave a Comment
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Questions that start with "why" are not very often worth asking in Bucharest. However, I’m asking them here, to share them with you.
Why don't you let the passengers off the bus or tram first, before you try to barge on?
Why cannot I buy bus tickets form the non-stop kiosks in the bus-stop, but only from a separate kiosk off the bus-stop, which sells only bus tickets from 6AM to 9 PM?
Why is that car hooting at me while I cross the street when I have a green man?
Why cannot I take pictures of the façade of certain palaces and villas which host public institutions or embassies?
Why all restaurants serving traditional Romanian cuisine put noisy music?
Why are most waiters sullen and reluctant to be polite?
Why do churches have the national flag at the entrance?
Why do you press up against my back when we're in a queue even though we have plenty of space?
Why do I have to queue three separate times to buy a piece of cake or to make one single bank transaction?
Why would the pretentious chap who has just left the trendy café get into his convertible, put on his hat and gloves because it is so cold, and then proceed to put the top down?
Why put the fruit in the fridge but leave the fruit juice (marked ''store in refrigerator'') out of the fridge? Leave a Comment
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 Candle lighting place by gosiaPL
I saw people coming in to light candles all the time I spent in the Patriarchal complex. It sure is a special place because the whole complex is off the main road and up the hill, but it doesn't stop Romanians from visiting it :-) Leave a Comment
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 Old Bucharest Market by ovidiu_nan
Being in general an easy occupation and rather profitable, the trade was in the hands of people who had come from abroad: Greeks, Turkeys, Armenians, Bulgarians and Jews.
Between 1868 and 1885, Bucharest used to have only two markets: one situated in the area of nowadays Unirii Plaza (“The Big Market”) and one around Amzei church (“The Small Market”), near today’s Romana Plaza. Besides, lots of small shops and grocer shops used to sell their products in the central area. Only the rich inhabitants could afford sending their servants to the market or to the grocer’s or to command products to the stable peddler. They were delivered at their door by the special employees of the shops, generally young boys. Thus, the ambulant commerce used to be at hand of most of the citizens of Bucharest.
Each ambulant seller was specialized in certain types of products. Generally, they were selling food: meat, vegetables, cheese, fruits, sweets, soft drinks and lots of haberdashery items. They also had measurement instruments for the merchandise they were selling. In Bucharest, the control and the marking of these instruments was done yearly by the authorities who also used to come for a fortuitously control.
From morning till late in the evening, Bucharest was rustling with the steps, the yells and the bargains of those earning their living by selling products in the streets. Step by step, after the First World War, the authorities decided that the image of the capital should be a modern one and tried to decrease the size of the ambulant commerce. Despite their decisions, this kind of trade has lasted until these days, reminding of the times when it was one of the most picturesque aspects of Bucharest. Leave a Comment Phone: +40-722-302329Other Contact: ovidiu_nan@destinationromania.ro
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 rush hour traffic jam by josephescu
Bucharest suffers from a surfeit of cars in a city designed for few. Parking is practically non-existent and drivers stop almost anywhere they spot a space, regardless of pedestrian access. Driving is often characterised by relentless hooting, aggression, gesticulating and hazardous moves. Leave a Comment
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