TO SEE IN UNIVERSITY SQUARE BUCHAREST

THE NEW STATUE UNIVERSITY BUCHAREST

MUSEUMS, LANDMARKS AND PUBS IN UNIVERSITY SQUARE

University Square is the symbolic center of Bucharest. All visiting tours should start from here.

If it is your first day as tourist in Bucharest and you chose to spend it in the University Square and around,

you can try Bucharest Museum for the beginning.

EXHIBITIONS AT MUSEUM OF BUCHAREST IN UNIVERSITY SQUARE

It is one of the buildings guarding the University Square. Here, at Sutu Palace at it is also known THE MUSEUM OF BUCHAREST, you will find many interesting things about the capital of Romania, including the first document founding the city, Vlad the Impaler’s or Dracula’s document dated back to 1459.

Visiting the museum will not last more than two hours. Sometimes Sutu Palace in Bucharest is the host of thematic exhibitions. In the middle of UNIVERSITY SQUARE in Bucharest is also a memorial for the victims of the Romanian Revolution in 1989. It was the revolution that changed the political regime and freed Romania of communism.

TO SEE IN THE UNIVERSITY SQUARE BUCHAREST AREA

Near Bucharest Museum in the University Square in Bucharest you will find The Russian Church or the Students’ Church, built since 1905 to 1909, which had golden towers in the beginning, a copy of a church in Kremlin, with massive walls (19mX18m). When looking at the Russian Church you actually enter the Old City, so you can return to Bucharest Museum, see the INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL and the NATIONAL THEATER on the right and the University on the left.

Near the University is the fountain where people use to meet.

WHERE TO EAT IN THE UNIVERSITY SQUARE BUCHAREST

Now, it would be about time for you to have lunch. For that you have many options. Near Bucharest Museum and Russian Church you have an Italian Restaurant, Bellini. You can also go to Burebista Restaurant, near Intercontinental Hotel for Romanian food or to Capsa House which is very close to University. So, you don’t have to worry about where to eat in the University Square Area. Since we are a free travel guide for tourists coming to the University Square in Bucharest, we must tell you that the restaurant of the Military Circle is, also, a good choice, you will have a great lunch, you can admire the interiors of the building and enjoy an hour in the heart of Bucharest.

It is near Victory Avenue, you will find here one of the best ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL FOOD IN BUCHAREST and very close to Cismigiu Park, where you can go in the afternoon and spend relaxing moments. You need not to hurry, Bucharest will not go anywhere. If you decided to dedicate a special day to parks and garden, well,

return to Bucharest Museum and start shopping souvenirs on the Old City streets. Or have a beer in the OLD TOWN, or, why not, get some sleep.

PUBS IN UNIVERSITY SQUARE BUCHAREST

Take your time for you will return here for dinner, for nightlife or, simply, for lunch or for a beer or two. Don’t forget about pubs. You can have a drink at Actors’ Cafe, near the National Theater, Edgar’s Pub, Turabo Cafe University or Club Cafe ,,Jos Palaria’’ which belongs to the famous Romanian actor George Mihaita.

In front of the BCR building, you can attend different fairs, like the Christmas fair every year in December for hot wine, hot or cold beer, sweets, souvenirs or delicious fried chestnuts.

Also, don’t miss Victory Passage, a historical monument connecting Academy Street to Victory Avenue. This passage was built in the late 19th century and the buildings nearby were used for prostitution until 1947 when it was completely forbidden by the communists. Now, there are a few pubs here and a night club. Following the trend in different big cities in Europe, umbrellas were places to form a colorful roof inside the Victory passage.

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