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Top places to visit in Bucharest

6 places worth your time in Bucharest, with what each is actually like and when to go.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Palace of the Parliament

Palace of the Parliament
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The heaviest building in the world, built by Ceaușescu after demolishing a fifth of the old city.

2. Old Town (Lipscani)

Old Town (Lipscani)
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Restored merchant streets, now the bar district, with the Stavropoleos monastery at its edge.

Watch outStrip-club and bar touts promising fixed prices that become very large bills.

3. Village Museum

Village Museum
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Three hundred relocated buildings from across Romania in a lakeside park.

4. Revolution Square

Revolution Square
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Where Ceaușescu gave his last speech in 1989, with the balcony still visible.

5. Cărturești Carusel

Cărturești Carusel
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A bookshop in a restored 19th-century building, all white spiral staircases.

6. Therme București

Therme București
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One of Europe's largest thermal complexes, twenty minutes from the city.

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