BUCHAREST ATTRACTIONS

 Bucharest is the most important tourist center of the country thanks to its architectural, historical and cultural assets and owing to its natural background.

Bucharest (230 sqm) is located south of Vlasiei Woods and is crossed by the Dambovita River (channeled) and the Colentina River.

The relief is rather smooth; the only heights to be found in Bucharest are Dealurile Mitropoliei (Metropolitan Hills), downtown (80 meters), Dealul (Hill) Radu Voda and Cotroceni Hill.
The capital city is the most important communication center of the country; eight main railway lines converge here, nine national highways (three of them to Ploiesti, Pitesti and Constanta) and air connection has been established with 16 cities in the country. Otopeni International Airport is located 16 kilometers north on the Ploiesti Highway, and connects Romania by air to Europe and other continents. The following airlines operate in Bucharest: TAROM, Aeroflot, AIR France, Australian Airlines, British Airways, Czech Airlines, KLM Business Travel, Lot, Lufthansa, Malev, Swissair, Turkish Airlines and others.
The population of 2,027,512 inhabitants (in 1997) is increasing owing to the role played by the city in industry, trade and culture. The capital city has many objectives of interest for the tourists such as museums, monuments, memorial houses and parks.

 MUSEUMS:
Romania’s National History Museum is most important and displays a number of items reflecting the multi-millenary history of the Romanian people such as the historical treasures including “Closca cu puii de aur” (The Hen with the Golden Chicken), Capidariul (a copy of Trajan Column), the numismatic collection, the works of great cultural personalities and objects recalling the numerous fights waged by the Romanian people for its independence, freedom and national unity.  

The National Art Museum has two sections, the National Gallery and the World Gallery, displayed over 70,000 creations of Romanian painters (Grigorescu, Amman, Andreescu, Pallady, Luchian, Tonitza and Baba) and foreign artists. The graphic section contains numerous engravings and drawings.  

The Village Museum of Folk Art displays an original rural architecture to be found in over 300 wooden or stone buildings.  

The Romanian Peasant Museum exhibits agricultural tools, household appliances, fabrics, folk costumes and art objects.  

The Museum of Art Collections displays remarkable works by Romanian and foreign artists from private collections.  

The Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum displays numerous exhibits of Romanian and world fauna with a unique collection of over 80,000 species of butterflies and the full skeleton of a Dinotherius.  

The George Enescu Museum.  

The Astronomic Observatory – analysis by means of clay models, images or demonstrations; the evolution of the solar system: astronomic phenomena; the Earth movement; and the movement of the other planets.