Bucharest Journals

Weekend in Bucharest

A travel journal to Bucharest by Laura Oprea

Quote: What can we do in a city like Bucharest? Where can you go when you’re tired of all the noise? I will tell you what I use to do in my week-ends.

National Museum Of Art

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What can we do in a city like Bucharest? Where can you go when you’re tired of all the noise?

I will tell you what I use to do in my weekends. I often like getting out with my friends. So… I like going to the museum, when there’s a great exhibition that I wish seeing.
The National Museum of Bucharest is a great place, in my opinion, of course. I like that place.
You can choose: European or Romanian art. Visiting the European art section is a nice way to see great masterpieces of the French, Spanish, German… artists.
The Romanian art section is divided in three periods: the medieval period where you can see great works of art (icons, holly clothes, manuscripts, silver objects… and other things like that) – I can say that everybody likes the medieval rooms; the second period is the modern one, where we can see paintings or sculptures made by the great artists of the Romanian art (I think everybody knows about Nicolae Grigorescu, Ion Andreescu, Stefan Luchian or Constantin Brancusi – but I suggest when you go there…please look for the other artists too, ‘cause I think that you don’t have to say : "I’ve seen Grigorescu, I can go now!". No! I saw there some great things made by smaller or unknown artists that worth seeing, I guarantee that); the last period is called the "contemporary" one, but is formed from the avant-garde works (the real contemporary art is exposed at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, which is inside the House of People, that everybody knows).
The museum hosts also some temporary exhibitions. There was an exhibition about the French art in 2005; I saw there a Britannic sculpture exhibition featuring some Moore works in 2005; this year, 2007, I saw a Bourdelle exhibition and now there’s one about the Abstract Italian Art. So… when you come to Bucharest don’t miss this little trip to the museum. Visit also: www.mnar.arts.ro Read Less

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on March 3, 2007

National Museum Of Art
Izvor St. 2-4
Bucharest, Romania
+40 (21) 3189137

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Cineclub

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What else you can do in Bucharest? You can go to the movies, but not to see the newest movie in town. I know a place where you can see the old movies from the National Movies Archive. There are all kinds of movies which seem so actual now and so great. The place is situated somewhere on the Eforie Street. The room is not the biggest one you ever seen, but the people that come there count more that anything. There come young students or people who just like to rediscover the past centuries and enjoy watching a good movie in a great atmosphere. I can tell you something from my experience. I often go there, see all the students that come there and think: “Is a great thing that young people are still inte...Read More

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on March 3, 2007

Cineclub
Cinemateca Eforie
Bucharest, Romania