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ENTRANCE TO YOUTH PARK
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Photographed In: Bucharest, Romania
Date Uploaded:2018-09-23
Description: There are many entrances to Youth Park in Bucharest and there are also three subway stations close to it
WHERE IS YOUTH PARK IN BUCHAREST?
Youth Park in Bucharest is in district number 4, close to Unirii Square, the center of the city and also close to three subway stations: Youth Subway Station, Revolution Heroes Station and Constantin Brancoveanu Station. It was built for the south part of the city population, where there were no places to relax in the early communist period. Initially, it was called Bucur-Park from the name of the Romanian capital founder, the shepherd Bucur, as you can read in our article dedicated to the HISTORY OF BUCHAREST. It was the architect and designer Velentin Donose who built the place with the help of the so-called volunteers, young men brought to work as a patriotic act of building the socialism, as it was the rule in those years. The work for the Youth Park started in 1965 and ended in 1974.
YOUTH LAKE IN BUCHAREST
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Photographed In: Bucharest, Romania
Date Uploaded:2018-09-23
Description: In the middle of the Youth Park is the Youth Lake where you can see three small islands where thieves used to hide in the early communist period
You are not allowed to swim in the lake, though, when we went to spend some time there, in June 2018, we have seen many people who jumped in the water for quick refreshing. A piece of advice: don’t try that. Anyway, the best time to get into the Youth Park Bucharest is summer, for you can enjoy the fresh air, the coolness of the trees and of the lake and also a cold beer on the grass. There are small shops in the area, make sure you buy everything you need before entering the park. During the winter, there are places where you can ski in Youth Park Bucharest.
WHEN TO VISIT YOUTH PARK
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Description: The best season to have a walk and spend some time in Youth Park Bucharest is summer, yet during winter you can even ski here
SUMMER IN YOUTH PARK BUCHAREST
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Description: Youth Park in Bucharest is close to Unirii Square which is the center of the Romanian capital
Called Cocioc Park in the 60s, the area was an abandoned place actually where the thieves came to hide and where also lived homeless people. They were hunted by the police and could hide only on one of the three islands in the middle of the lake and in the swamp. It was here also where all the children in the south of Bucharest came to swim in the summer days. According to statistics, at least two drew here every month until the Youth Park was built and access restricted.
ISLAND AND BRIDGE
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Photographed In: Bucharest, Romania
Date Uploaded:2018-09-23
Description: Youth Park is considered the largest park in Bucharest and was built in the 60s by the communist regime
STORY OF YOUTH PARK BUCHAREST
Before the Youth Park came into being in 1974, in the area there was a swamp, periodically flooded by Dambovita river. It is the river that cross Bucharest. After World War I and World War 2, people use to throw there the trash and the swamp became, soon, a cesspool where poor people came to look for different things they could use or sell. The Romanian authorities had a plan in 1935 to change the place into a park, but as the great war was close, the plan was put off. The name of the area was The Valley of Sorrow because of the poor people living there and also because the road to the old cemetery which will become soon the famous BELLU CEMETERY BUCHAREST, passed nearby. A funny moment was in 1933, when during the winter, as everything was under the snow, the authorities encouraged people to come and ski. Winter sports are also allowed nowadays in the park.
STORY OF YOUTH PARK
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Date Uploaded:2018-09-23
Description: Until Youth Park was built, in the area there was a marsh and a lake where many children found their death drowning
According to a website dedicated to the area( Amazing Berceni), the lake was known as the bottomless lake, since many of those who drew there were never found. It is not the only interesting story about the Youth Park and Youth Lake in Bucharest.
LEGENDS ABOUT YOUTH PARK
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Description: There are few legends about this park and one of them as you will read below is about Dracula and his hidden tunnels
STRANGE LEGENDS IN YOUTH PARK BUCHAREST
In ancient times, probably before the city became the capital of the Romanian county, it is said that there was a small village with a small church in the place where you can walk now in Youth Park Bucharest. Suddenly, everything sank and went down on the bottom of a lake which appeared from nowhere. The cross on the roof of the church could still be seen in 1953, but this is not an official information. There are also legends about the tunnels under the lake built by Dracula the Impaler while he ruled the country. One of them might have an entrance at the Crematory which can be seen in the Park. It could have been used to escape from the OLD COURT OF BUCHAREST. Other sources say that these tunnels were used by the boyars who had properties in the area in the 18th century to escape when the country was at war. The existence of these tunnels was never confirmed by the Romanian authorities.
BIRDS IN YOUTH PARK
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Date Uploaded:2018-09-23
Description: The birds always perform a show for the visitors and it is a pleasure to watch them
In 1940, the swamp was granted to a state company that had used it as a cesspool for about 20 years. The new park came into being in 1974 and it is now the home of many birds and animals.
A GOOD PLACE FOR TURTLES
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Description: Youth Park is a great place for turtles, snakes and other species and a refugee for many others during winter, according to Wikipedia
TO DO IN YOUTH PARK BUCHAREST
Immediately after the Youth Park Bucharest was open to public, in 1974, the Government decided to build there a Montagne-Russe, a Baby-cart track, a summer cinema and a theater, a funicular and a small park for children with electronic games. They would come into being many years later and nowadays there is indeed a panoramic spinning wheel and a city for children. This part of the park is so noisy that we could not stand for long and we ran back to the lake.
FUN AREA
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Date Uploaded:2018-09-23
Description: Quite close to the lake there is also a fun area in Youth Park
CHILDREN CITY IN YOUTH PARK
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Date Uploaded:2018-09-23
Description: In the recent past, authorities arranged also a so called small city for children where people use to bring and let them play while they relax
In 2014, a businessman began to build block of flats in the Youth Park. People living in the area and an NGO made everything possible to avoid it and in 2017 a court decided that building in the park is illegal. Thus, for the moment, the park remains a great place to walk, spend some time with children in fresh air and even tan.
ECO BEACH IN YOUTH PARK
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Photographed In: Bucharest, Romania
Date Uploaded:2018-09-23
Description: Nowadays the Romanian authorities built an ecological beach right inside Youth Park
