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Bucharest

Bucharest is Romania's capital and largest city. Bucharest has a very interesting mix of old and new: finding a 300-year-old church near a steel-and-glass tower that sits next to a communist-style building is commonplace in Bucharest. Wikivoyage

Population 1,716,961 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Romania

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Romania
Tourist office · 350 m Centrul Național de Informare și Promovare Turistică

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Piața Traian

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: 08:00–19:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–19:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–19:00
    4. Thursday: 08:00–19:00
    5. Friday: 08:00–19:00
    6. Saturday: 08:00–15:00
    7. Sunday: 08:00–14:00
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    08:00–19:00
    Tuesday
    08:00–19:00
    Wednesday
    08:00–19:00
    Thursday
    08:00–19:00
    Friday
    08:00–19:00
    Saturday
    08:00–15:00
    Sunday
    08:00–14:00
    1.3 km from the centre

  • Piața Cotroceni

    Opening hours

    Mo-Sa 08:00-21:00 Su 08:00-16:00

    2.5 km from the centre

  • Obor Market

    Piata Obor

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: 07:00–20:00
    2. Tuesday: 07:00–20:00
    3. Wednesday: 07:00–20:00
    4. Thursday: 07:00–20:00
    5. Friday: 07:00–20:00
    6. Saturday: 07:00–18:00
    7. Sunday: 07:00–16:00
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    07:00–20:00
    Tuesday
    07:00–20:00
    Wednesday
    07:00–20:00
    Thursday
    07:00–20:00
    Friday
    07:00–20:00
    Saturday
    07:00–18:00
    Sunday
    07:00–16:00
    2.9 km from the centre

  • Green hours

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

  • Piața Amzei

    No hours mapped

    1.5 km from the centre

  • Piața Gemeni

    No hours mapped

    1.5 km from the centre

  • Mini Piața Foișorului

    No hours mapped

    1.9 km from the centre

  • Piața Vitan

    No hours mapped

    1.9 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 48 places to eat

Somewhere to run

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