I enjoyed that tour Ron, thanks for sharing. I first visited the city in the summer of 1990 as a backpacker and it was a very different place to what it is now. For me, the friendliness of the latin locals and their dark sense of humour won me over. Time passed and I decided to relocate from London to Bucharest around 12 years ago and have been very happy ever since. I can confirm that squirrels DO actually live in Herastrau / King Michael I park but they are VERY shy (unlike the ones I'm used to in the parks in London!). They are reds and are much smaller than the grey ones found in England and in the States. By chance, I met my now wife (a Romanian) while jogging/running around the lake in that very park. For me, my Romanian experience has been awesome and Bucharest is an extremely safe city to live in - as is Romania in general. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending the city and the country to anyone curious about visiting. My wife is actually from Transylvania rather than Bucharest and so, thanks to her, we spend the summers in rural Romania where the rolling hills and country life are the perfect tonic to city life. Thanks again, all the best!

Eloquent presentation. You actually tell a story compared to most of the travel bloggers eating donuts and telling how good they are. This almost "journalistic" ways of presenting things make a difference. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing your travels with us. I loved Bucharest as well as the rest of Romania. I found it full of contradictions which only made it more interesting for me. For the people who say there is nothing to see or do, they're not trying very hard or are simply looking for other things. The place is full of interesting corners, alleys, squares, etc. Great job!

Very cool Ron. I spent a year working in Romania in 2004-5. It was a lovely place to work. I really enjoyed it.

Love this city ❤

Best presentation of the city I've ever seen on youtube.

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It appears that Bucharest has a lot of charm and history... Great job showing us around!

I lived 25 years in Bucharest than married to a german and since 1970 I have a new life around Frankfurt/M‼️ Make me happy to see the old KNOWN districts in Bucharest the areas where I worked for Romanian Bank for foreigners trade ‼️thanks for yr good presentation ‼️👍🥰👏🙏🤗👻🙋

I like your style and knowledgeable narrative👍👍

bucharest is amazing :)

Good presentation ❤ Few mentions.. Vlad the Impaler is a national hero in Romania, as he was cruel with the bad guys and the invaders, but was just and fair with the good guys. He built at least a monastic complex at Comana and moved the capital of Wallachia from Curtea de Arges to Bucharest.. Then about the royal family of Romania, in Dec ''47 was expelled to Switzerland, fooled by the communists that if he abdicates will have free way to load everything they want in a train and leave in dignity. Well, when they reached the border they removed from the 3rd to last wagon, so the royal family crossed the border only with the residential wagons and left almost all the stuff behind. In Switzerland king Michael and his wife queen Anna had to grow and sell chicken and vegetables to make a living, then they even moved to the US for a while, where he worked as a salesman in New York, under the name of Michael King, exchanging his name from the Romanian passport Michael Rege (King). This was the guy who arrested Hitler's best partner, Marshal Antonescu and kicked the Germans out of Romania in August '44, giving free way to Soviets into Romania and Bucharest. Then employed 560k Romanians in the west offensive, helping free from the Nazis Transylvania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, many battles independently from the Soviets.. Well, have fun in Romania. Cheers!

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Thank you for honest opinion about Romania with love from Bucharest

Yeah, we have squirrels, but they are not that easy to be seen :).

Very good presentation! I've been to Bucharest a few times, I've always loved the city. It's not a very touristic city, a lot of Romanians themselves will tell you not to go there or actively avoid it themselves (my father), but personally I've always liked its charm. It's a gritty city, not very organized and not as beautiful externally as other European capitals. But I like the grit, the density, the people are laid back, the fact that people mind their own business (there was a CIA blacksite in the center of the city for God's sake and nobody ever cared enough to notice), the endless options you have for everything, and the rapid growth since the fall of the Iron Curtain. It's a city full of life and a place you'll never be bored!

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amazing TRUE video, I subscribed you, awesome explenations.

If i may to add some information to your nice video : The fountain of Bucharest are the longest music 🎵 fountain in the world, every weekend are perfect place to enjoy ! ❤

Good presentation. I think when it comes to a singular identifiable tourist attraction, that can be People's Palace. It's more and more associated with Bucharest. Even among promotional leaflets and marketing campaigns. Personally I'm conflicted about it because it is a big piece of ego but... but.... it is part of our history and it does have it's own unique charm in a vacuum. It's also a reminder for tourists what authoritarian regimes can lead to. But it is an imposing attraction you'll not see anywhere else. So while I do agree, initially Bucharest wasn't known for a specific thing like Eiffel Tower or Colosseum, I feel like in the last decade People's Palace has been that one building more and more foreigners are getting familiar with.

Loved this series! I look forward to Bulgaria! ❤

Amazing stuff Ron, anyone else told you u kinda emanate Morgan Freeman vibes? your narration is impeccable.

The perfect title about Bucharest doesn't exi-

Evrika! It seems we have a jurnalist/ historian gentleman here. Super presentation, sir! Chapeau! 🎉❤

One thing I want to mention, U did this in Alexandria Library as well, u kept your voice low out of respect, here it was not the case, cos it was pretty loud, but you did it anyway, shows your character and your emancipation 💯

Thank you! I was born în Bucharest în 1968 and I love my town! You are s-o nice to us! Thank you!

I like your style, Ron! You speak like someone who used to work in radio or television and your voice is soothing. Let me make one correction, for the sake of accuracy. At 5:35 you talk about the Art Deco glory of Bucharest in the 1800s. But u probably made a confusion: Art Deco is a modernist style of architecture and it started to get popularity after WW1 (1920 - 1940). Bucharest has a lot of Art Deco buildings, but the ones shown in your video in the Old Center are not Art Deco. The prevalent styles in the 1800s were Neoclassicism (the Atheneum and the History Museum on Calea Victoriei, across the street from CEC Bank building), Eclecticism (the National Bank of Romania, just right behind you on your right at 5:35, finished in 1880 and the CEC Bank building on Calea Victoriei) and also Beaux Arts. The Art Deco buildings are not that obvious, but there are everywhere. There are architects organizing walking tours which center on visiting the most representative Art Deco buildings (but they are mainly low residential buildings, with a few exceptions, like The Palace of the Telephone on Calea Victoriei).

Just to help with one misunderstandings foreigners make (beside not eating a meal at the restaurants all the ingredients together like a morsel of cabbage roil with mamaliga and bite of hot pepper) , so Roman Atehneum is not Roman as in Rome Italy , Roman in this case has a circumflex accent on top of the A meaning Romanian Atheneum !

Good presentation! Thank you!

And history !

Beautiful...

Very good presentation, Thank you! About King Michael Park, you picked one of 2 almost untouched and ugliest parks in the city. This one and Cismigiu park are historic monuments and if you want to paint a bench for example, you have to do a lot of studies and papers in order to change something. So this one is mostly preserved (almost abandoned) as in communist era. There are a lot of parks much spectacular and beautiful in Bucharest: Titan Park, Drumul Taberei Park, Tineretului, Oraselul Copiilor (Children's Town), Circus Park etc. Also Don't forget Vacaresti Delta, a natural reservation for rare bird species with lush swamps, appeared spontaneously in a big old water reservoir.

Wow that was VERY interesting and now I want to go there. I have never had any particular plan to go to Romania, but all the Romanian people I've met were so nice that I think I need to visit some day.

Ur presentation is impressive Keep us giving such informative videos Thanks RK Dua New Delhi India

Great presentation! If you go again try Iași, Brașov, Făgăraș, Cluj-Napoca... you'll love them

Visit Brașov the most beautiful city of Romania !!! ♥️💛💙

I didnt know Mircea Geoana started a yt channel 😮

Nowhere in historical reports Vlad the Impaler was called "Dracula". This nickname has only a fictional and later commercial origin. His name was Vlad Dracul, their family known as Draculesti and has something to do with the Dragon's Knights Order. Draculesti is in Romanian as you would say in English, for instance, the Smiths.

5:36 The Old Town is not "the height of Art Deco glory", since Art Deco emerged in the 1900s. Instead, it's a prime example of Bucharest's Beaux Arts period, when Romanian architects were trained in prestigious French universities and adopted the French style. Examples of Art Deco architecture in Bucharest are scattered throughout the city, so there is no single district that can be defined by it. However, established Art Deco landmarks of Bucharest include: The Telephony Palace (Victoriei Avenue) Lido Hotel (Gen. Gheorghe Magheru Blvd.) Magheru One (Gen. Gheorghe Magheru Blvd.) Ambassador Hotel (Gen. Gheorghe Magheru Blvd.) Union Business Center (Academiei St.)

Unfortunately, Romania doesn`t have squirrels, foxes or badgers in big cities, maybe in small towns and villages, they keep to themselves in the woods. The same goes for singing birds like robins for example, the way the buildings were constructed by cutting all the trees and then building deterred any wild animals :(

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Love this video so much. The car industry really has taken over the city and the country for that matter, but there is a large fight against it, and the current government is very pro good urbanist choices, both for the city and the entire country. I love how big and dense and beautiful but edgy bucharest is, it is very much like paris, but very much its own thing and therefore very different, same goes for its similarity to berlin. Im glad you spoke on the parking in the revolution square area. It is truly saddeing to see how much car parking and cars in general have taken over, but people are fighting back. Know what I do? Every car parked on the sidewalk gets a BIG scratch on the side of their car. Oops, shouldnt have been on the sidewalk i guess 😅

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I speak for the squirrels 🐿️. Most of us emigrate to the west, and the rest are shy.

Would you advise flying into Bucharest, spending a few days, then renting a car to visit Transylvania? I guess I'm asking if driving the highways of Romania is safe? Thanks

0:44 Selly ?

If you come to Bucharest and you don't visit Aleea Livezilor, you wasted your time and money.

what are you talking about man?we have no effeilt tower or buchingam castle?we have better then that,40 years of terror for comunism?you know nothing,romania is very safe compare where you come from,people are smart and food is amazing.

Old timer!!We romaniand give a s...h on your opinon about Romania!Our ancestors the dacians are the only enemies for the Roman Empire who celebrated By the Rome!Traian Column is the prouve!!!!!!!!!!!Not your ancestor the picts,not gouls ,not germans but only dacians!!!

it was not 4 decades of communist misery ... it was 4 decades of simple life and independence

Okay, you come vizited, enjoyed the food and drinks and somthing else GOOD FOR YOU - THEN NOW GO HOME .

*people's palace = 9 billion lbs (4 million tons) as opposed to 9 billion tons :)