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63 unusual facts about Bucharest


449th Air Expeditionary Group

The group received a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for a mission on 4 April 1944 when the group, flying without escort, raided marshalling yards in Bucharest.

Abdolonyme Ubicini

While in Bucharest, he took part in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, becoming secretary of the provisional government and of the Princely Lieutenancy.

Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania

The final result, substantially different from the original territorial organisation prior to 1950, comprised 39 counties, the Bucharest municipality, 236 cities and towns, of which 47 municipalities and 2,706 communes having 13,149 villages.

Akkan Suver

He is the Vice-President and founding member of the "International Foundation for Cooperation and Partnership of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea", which was inaugurated on March 4, 2009 in Bucharest, Romania.

Alla Bayanova

In 1931, she got acquainted with Pyotr Leshchenko, a foremost Russian singer of the time, who helped her to join the Pavilion Russe in Bucharest.

Andrei Pricope

He grew up in Bucharest, Romania, and started playing the cello and piano at age ten, following in his father's footsteps (Eugen Pricope was a conductor and musicologist).

Following studies at the Enescu Music High School in Bucharest, he went to England, where he graduated with honors from the Royal Northern College of Music in 1994.

Antonio de Zayas

As a diplomat he lived for some time in Istanbul, a city to which he devoted the memoirs A orillas del Bósforo, Estocolmo, San Petersburgo, Bucarest, Berlín y México (On the banks of the Bosphorus, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Bucharest, Berlin and Mexico).

Bartholomew Voorsanger

The New York architect Voorsanger received a Bachelor Degree with Honors from Princeton University, a Master Degree in Architecture from Harvard University, and accepted in 2005 the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu”, Bucharest, Romania.

Bulevardul Unirii

Bulevardul Unirii (Unification Boulevard) is a major thoroughfare in central Bucharest, Romania.

Calea Victoriei

It leads from Splaiul Independenței (which runs parallel to the Dâmboviţa River) to the north and then northwest up to Piaţa Victoriei, where Șoseaua Kiseleff continues north.

Colentina

The name Colentina can refer to three places in Bucharest, Romania.

Corneliu Robe

He played for Olympia until 1932, when he signed with Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti, a club from Obor (Colentina quarter).

In his career as a football player, Corneliu Robe played for only two clubs : Olympia and Unirea Tricolor, both teams from Bucharest, his hometown.

Dimitrie Gerota

In 1886, he entered the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bucharest, graduating with an M.D. degree in 1892.

From 1913, he was a professor of surgical anatomy and experimental surgery at the University of Bucharest.

Domino theory

Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow.

Douglas Reed

He went on to report from various European centres including Warsaw, Moscow, Prague, Athens, Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest.

Eldad Tarmu

He established a partnership in 2006 with the American Cultural Centre in Bucharest for the purpose of improving cultural ties between Romania and the United States and promoting American music.

Elena Ceaușescu

Despite leaving grammar school at the age of 14, Ceaușescu graduated from the University of Bucharest with a PhD in polymer chemistry and top in a class of 100 women with the honor of summa cum laude.

Ernst Wallfisch

Born into a musical family, Ernst Wallfisch immigrated to Bucharest, Romania in 1926.

False Impression

False Impression concerns an international journey through several countries and continents, including London, New York, Bucharest and Tokyo, and includes historical information about the September 11 attacks on New York, which the protagonist, Anna Petrescu, escapes after being fired by the banker Bryce Fenston.

Franc Kangler

He actively participated in several NATO Assemblies, including the ones in Paris, Copenhagen, Orlando, Ottawa, Warsaw, and Prague, as well as in North Atlantic Assemblies in Luxembourg, Ohrid, Bucharest, and Barcelona.

Franz Kneisel

After graduating from the Bucharest Conservatory in 1879 he went to Vienna, where he continued his studies with Jakob Grün and Joseph Hellmesberger until 1882; he made his solo début in Vienna at the end of that year.

Born in Bucharest, the son of a German bandmaster, he learned to play the flute, clarinet and trumpet as well as the violin.

George Enescu Festival

The concerts are held in three different venues in Bucharest, Iaşi and Sibiu.

Georgi Sava Rakovski

Rakovski moved to Bucharest where he continued his journalistic and revolutionary activities.

Gheorghe Șaru

Longtime professor at The Fine Art Academy in Bucharest, he influenced hundreds of his students into the modern art concept.

Hermann Blau

The Augsburg-based company operated later on with Riedinger under the name the German Blau gas company which controlled factories in Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest, Saint Petersburg, the United States, Canada and Cuba.

I Have My Life

Blaxy Girls sung live the song at Palatul Copiilor, Bucharest, in June, 2009.

Ikechi Anya

The couple met while studying at the universities in Bucharest.

Ioan Robu

He then served at the Roman Catholic parish in Craiova and at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bucharest.

La Fel De Prost Ca Tine

Produced by Tataee, it was recorded in Bucharest at the Ines Sound & Video studios by long-time collaborator Cristi Dobrică.

Law-Racoviţă Station

The station is located 13,352 km from the capital of Romania, Bucharest.

Lionel Nallet

Nallet made his international debut for France on 28 May 2000 in a test match against Romania at Bucharest's Dinamo Stadion.

Ludwig Angerer

He is also known for taking some of the earliest photographs of Bucharest.

Mahmut Karaduman

His lieutenant, a Turk named Gabi Kaiat, lives in Bucharest and handles transshipments on the Romanian end.

Marian Ionescu

Upon his return to Romania in 1960 he was appointed Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon at Fundeni Hospital in Bucharest.

Marshall White

On July 4, 2009 Marshall recorded his biggest win to date, a victory at the Strongman Super Series Bucharest contest, defeating Nick Best, Brian Shaw and Johannes Arsjo.

Mayor of Bucharest

The Mayor of Bucharest (Primarul General al Municipiului Bucureşti in Romanian), sometimes known as the General Mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, which is responsible for city-wide affairs, such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards.

Mihailo Petrović

He received numerous awards and acknowledgments and was a member of several foreign science academies (Prague, Bucharest, Warsaw, Kraków) and scientific societies.

Mitică

Mitică is a male resident of Bucharest whose background and status are not always clear, generally seen as an allegory of the average Bucharester or through extension, inhabitants of Romania's southern regions—Wallachia and Muntenia.

MTV Romania Music Awards 2003

The 2nd annual MTV Romania Music Awards (Premiile muzicale MTV România) were held at Sala Polivalentă in Bucharest.

Mykhailo Andriienko-Nechytailo

In 1917–1924, he devoted most of his time to designing stage sets for various theaters—in Saint Petersburg, Odessa, Prague, Paris, and for the Royal Opera in Bucharest.

Óscar Carmelo Sánchez

He made his debut for the national side on April 20, 1994 in a friendly match in Bucharest against Romania.

Pârvu Cantacuzino

After the military conflict began in October 1768, Pârvu and his brother formed a small group of pro-Russian boyars in Bucharest, and welcomed Russian troops entering the city in November 1769.

Pușcă Automată model 1986

The Pușcă Automată model 1986 (Automatic Rifle Model 1986, abbreviated PA md. 86 or simply md. 86) is the standard assault rifle used by the Romanian Military Forces and manufactured in Cugir, Romania by firm RomArm S.A. located in Bucharest, Romania.

Qatar Airways

The airline has launched 22 new destinations since 2010, with nine more destinations announced: Ankara, Aleppo, Bangalore, Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Hanoi, Montreal, Nice, Phuket, São Paulo, Shiraz, Kolkata, Medina, Oslo, Sofia, Stuttgart, Venice and Tokyo.

Schnellzug

In 1861 the first express train ran from Vienna to Budapest, in 1862 express services began on the Vienna to Dresden line via Prague and in 1868 the first express ran from Vienna via Krakau and Lemberg to Bucharest.

Sean Kane

Sean was one of the first Scottish actors to perform with Romanian actors at the Teatrul De Comedie in Bucharest Romania in their production entitled 'Home'.

Semyon Furman

He earned his first international tournament opportunity for Bucharest 1954, where he tied for 6th-7th places with a fine 10/17.

Sergiu Luca

Sergiu Luca was born in Bucharest, Romania, but his family moved to Israel at his age of 7, and as a 9 year old he debuted with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.

Simon Bamford

At the Young Vic in London, he played Ernst Robel in 'Spring Awakening', At the Chichester Festival Theatre he played opposite Nicholas Parsons and Ruthie Henshall as 'Gabby' in 'Follow the Star', In Cairo and Bucharest he performed in 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)' and played Roy in 'Neville's Island'.

Socialist Party of Romania

The PS had its headquarters in Bucharest, at the Socialist Club on Sfântul Ionică Street No.12, near the old National Theater (located just north of University Square, the street is currently a section of Ion Câmpineanu Street, after the latter was rerouted).

Szilárd Bogdánffy

Dr. Szilárd Bogdánffy was consecrated as bishop of Oradea of the Latins and auxiliary bishop of Satu Mare on February 14, 1949 by Gerald Patrick O’Hara, Regent of the Apostolic Nunciature to Bucharest.

The Dean's December

The first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976, it is set in Chicago and Bucharest.

To Catch a Spy

It was a co-production been Britain, the United States and France, which was filmed in Bucharest, Romania.

Transilvania International Guitar Festival

After two days, the jury, presided by Prof. Dumitru Capoianu and including Prof. Constantin Andrei, Maria Florescu, Valeriu Maior and Aurelian Andrei, awarded the contestants as follows: First Prize - Ionut Zamfirescu (Bucharest); Second Prize - Stan Zamfirescu (Bucharest); Third Prize - Daniel Castravete (Craiova); Special Prize - Anna Tunde Virginas (Targu Mureş); Mentions - Lucian Naste (Targu Mureş) and Anna Tunde Virginas (Targu Mureş).

Valentin Porcișteanu

Valentin Porcișteanu (born on November 25, 1982, Bucharest, Romania) is a pilot in the Romanian Rally Championship, who won the National Champion title in 2011 and two National Runner titles in 2010 and 2012.

Following the 2004 season in which he competed with a Dacia Nova GTI, within Class N1.6, finishing 4th at Brasov Rally, 3rd at Romania Rally and 4th at Harghita Rally, in 2005 he drove a Citroen Saxo VTS, his best event results being Class N1.6 victories at the Maramures Rally and Bucharest Rally.

Victor Jackovich

As a career officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, he held assignments in Kiev (1979–1980), where he helped to start the first U.S. government office in Ukraine; Bucharest (1980–1983); Nairobi (1983–1986); Moscow (1988–1990); and Sofia, Bulgaria (1991).

Wedding in Bessarabia

The director of the film is Napoleon Helmis (born in 1969, Topana); he graduated from the National Theater and Film's Art University in Bucharest in 1996, where he currently teaches film direction.

Yvon Delbos

Afterwards, he set out on a tour of the central and eastern European capitols, visiting Warsaw on December 3, Bucharest on December 8, Belgrade on December 12, and Prague on December 15, in each case discussing the European situation with the ministers of the countries in question, and seeking to foster friendly relations with France.


2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours

The 2008 Bucharest City Challenge was the sixth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season and was organised by City Challenge GmbH.

2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting

At around 17:40 EET, Vlădan entered the hairdressing salon Perla (English language: Pearl), located at the intersection between Dorobanti and Iancu de Hunedoara Blvd. in Bucharest, armed with a 9 mm Glock semi-automatic pistol with a magazine capacity of 19 rounds.

Alexeni

In 2007, as the airfield was not used by the Romanian Air Force anylonger, the former Minister of Transport Radu Berceanu suggested to use the location for Bucharest's new low-cost flights airport(as the operational tariffs for Bucharest's previous low-cost hub, Aurel Vlaicu Airport, were set to grow).

București Region

The capital of the region was Bucharest, and at first, its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Ilfov and Giurgiu counties.

Bulevardul Unirii

Following the 1977 Vrancea earthquake, Bucharest's city center suffered significant damage, and a large number of historic buildings were demolished to make way for the new Centrul Civic (Civic Center; see systematization and Ceaușima).

Cât Poţi Tu De Tare

Produced by Tataee, it was recorded in Bucharest at the Ines Sound & Video studios by longtime collaborator Cristi Dobrică.

Ceuta Heliport

Destinations include more than one hundred cities in Europe (mainly in the United Kingdom, Central Europe and the Nordic countries) but also the main cities of Eastern Europe: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Budapest, Sofia, Warsaw, Riga and Bucharest), North Africa, the Middle East (Riyadh, Jeddah and Kuwait) and North America (New York, Toronto and Montreal).

Cezar Lăzărescu

Following this, he builds numerous other significant buildings in Romania (the Palace of Sports in Bucharest, the "Omnia" conference venue next to the Communist Party headquarters in Bucharest, a reception hall for the French embassy in Bucharest) and abroad (the Romanian embassy in Beijing, the Parliament building in Khartoum).

Devilish Presley

In November 2008 the band toured Europe again including a debut gig in (Romania) in the capital (Bucharest).

Dobri Voynikov

He continued his involvement in theatre in Giurgiu, Bucharest and Shumen.

Ecosophy

Naess based his article on a talk he gave in Bucharest in 1972 at the Third World Future Research Conference.

Elisabeth Leonskaja

During her conservatory years she won prizes in the prestigious Enescu, Marguerite Long–Jacques Thibaud and Queen Elizabeth international piano competitions in Bucharest, Paris and Brussels.

FC Unirea Urziceni

In the first round, at Anfield, Liverpool won 1–0, and at Bucharest, Unirea lost again, 1–3.

Klange aus der Walachei

The composition was first performed on 6 January 1848 in Bucharest in Wallachia (now Romania), as part of a six-month tour of Europe that Strauss was conducting with his orchestra.

La Caixa

At the end of 2007, La Caixa had 5,480 branches, of which 5,468 are located throughout Spain and two operating abroad (Warsaw, Poland and Bucharest, Romania), and 10 representative offices in Germany, Belgium, China, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Lucian Ban

2000 – The theater show “Azi ma Ubu ” after Alfred Jarry wins the Great Prize at the Bucharest Humoror Theatre Festival in Bucharest, Romania.

Mărăcineni, Buzău

Mărăcineni is connected to the city via the DN2 national road, across a bridge, known as either the Buzău bridge or the Mărăcineni bridge, which is the most important road connection between Bucharest and the cities of Moldavia.

Mariana Marin

Educated in Bucharest during the time of the Romanian relative cultural freesom of the 1960s, she went on to receive a degree in philology from the University of Bucharest in 1980, starting a grade school teacher career that lasted almost ten years, first in a village along the Danube, then in Bucharest.

Mite Kremnitz

Later she married the doctor Wilhelm Kremnitz and moved with him to Bucharest in 1875.

Nicolae Penescu

He held positions at the Bucharest Chamber of Commerce (which backed his election as an independent Senator in 1933) and Banca Commerciale Italiana (from 1942), and headed Creditul Românesc.

Niyazi

Niyazi conducted many of the major symphony orchestras in Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest, New York, Paris, Istanbul, London, Tehran, Beijing and Ulan-Bator and played an important role in making the Azeri classical music known to the world.

Pantazi Ghica

George Călinescu, Istoria literaturii române de la origini până în prezent, Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1986

ProSport

headquarters = Casa Presei Libere, A3-A4 Housing 1st Floor 1 Presei Libere Square
Bucharest, Romania

Radu Bălescu

Radu Bălescu (Bucharest, 18 July 1932 – 1 June 2006, Bucharest) was a Romanian and Belgian (Belgian since 1959) scientist and professor at the Statistical and Plasma Physics group of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

Roberto Russo

As a piano teacher he taught at various Italian Conservatories, giving also Masterclasses at Music University in Tromsø (Norway), at Conservatory of Music in Oviedo (Spain), at Academy of Music in Kraków (Poland) and at the National University of Music Bucharest (Romania).

Romani people in France

Reuters reported that a charter plane flew 240 Romani, including children, back to Bucharest, Romania, from Lyon.

Romanian philosophy

Analytic philosophy has developed mostly at the University of Bucharest, by such names as Mircea Dumitru, Adrian-Paul Iliescu, Adrian Miroiu, Valentin Mureşan, Mihail-Radu Solcan.

Sala Polivalentă

Dinamo Polyvalent Hall or Sala Polivalentă Dinamo, a 2,500-seat multi-use indoor arena in Bucharest, Romania

Samson Flexor

Samson was educated at a private school in Soroca, then in the Odessa Art School in Bucharest, where she moved the whole family.

Sighet prison

Victor Papacostea, historian, founder of the Institute for Balkan Studies in Bucharest, former Under-secretary at the Ministry of Education in the Constantin Sănătescu and Nicolae Rădescu cabinets

Tropaeum Traiani

48 metopes are hosted in the Adamclisi museum nearby, and one metope is hosted by Istanbul Archaeology Museum, the rest having been lost (There is a reference from Giurescu that two of them fell into Danube River during the transport to Bucharest).

Tudorel Stoica

After only one season, he transferred to country giants FC Steaua Bucureşti where, safe for his first year, he was a nuclear midfield element as the capital team won - that season included - seven league titles and five domestic cups.

Victor Zâmbrea

His works are found in private and public collections in Paris, Bucharest, Moscow, Kiev, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Riga, Vilnius, Timişoara, Braşov, Odessa, Nikolaev, Tumen, Novokuznetsk, Esentuki, Sighetu Marmaţiei.

Vodka Perfect

Vodka Perfect has won several awards, such as the Romexpo Degustation Bucharest international trade fair contest 2003 and the International Spirit AWARD (ISW) 2004

Wilhelm Steinmann

Jagdgeschwader 4 was still only a single Gruppe in strength at the time and had been set up to provide air protection against bombing raids on the vital Ploesti oil refineries, north of Bucharest.