What to see in Bucharest

Bucharest highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Palace of the Parliament

   The second-largest administrative building in the world.

2. Romanian Athenaeum

   A neoclassical concert hall from 1888.

3. Stavropoleos Monastery

   A Brâncovenesc-style church with a colonnaded courtyard.

4. Village Museum

   An open-air ethnographic museum.

5. Revolution Square

   Where Ceaușescu’s fall played out.

6. National Museum of Art of Romania

   The royal collection in the Royal Palace.

7. Herăstrău Park

   A large park around the lake.

8. Lipscani

   The old town with pedestrian streets.

Day trips from Bucharest

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Castles of Transylvania ★ 4.5 (12,884 reviews)

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Typical food of Bucharest

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Bucharest from your kitchen).

Mici

The “little ones”: rolls of minced beef and lamb with garlic and spices, grilled without casings. In Bucharest they’re eaten with mustard, bread and beer.

• Serves 4
• 30 min

Ingredients

• 500 g minced beef
• 250 g minced lamb or pork
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoon each of cumin, thyme and paprika, and 1/2 of allspice
• 150 ml cold beef stock
• Salt
• Mustard

How to make it at home

1. Mix the meats with the crushed garlic, spices, salt and bicarbonate of soda.
2. Add the stock gradually and knead for about 10 minutes, until the mixture is very well bound.
3. Leave to rest in the fridge for at least 4 hours (ideally overnight).
4. Shape into rolls of about 10 cm with wet hands.
5. Grill them, turning, for about 10 minutes. Serve with mustard.

The trick: The bicarbonate makes them light: don’t skip it.

Frequently asked questions about Bucharest