It is the largest city in Romania, and is often referred to as the Little Paris. Bucharest is the cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania, and is also one of the main industrial centres and transportation hubs of Eastern Europe. It has a broad range of convention and educational facilities, cultural venues, shopping arcades and recreational areas.
Bucharest is located in the southeast of Romania, on the banks of the Dambovita River.
The city is situated in an area which was once covered by dense forests. The forests were cleared, eventually, to give way to a fertile flatland.
Bucharest has a humid continental type of climate. Winters are windy with the mercury dropping below zero deg C. Summers can become extremely hot at an average temperature of 35 Deg C, but are occasionally cooled by heavy storms!
The Bucharest economy is mainly centred around industry and services.Since the year 2000, the economy has witnessed tremendous growth due to the city’s fast expanding property and construction sector. The city is also Romania’s largest centre for information technology and communications, and is home to several software companies. The city has also undergone a retail boom, due to the opening of a number of supermarket and hyper market chains.
Bucharest has an eclectic and diverse cultural scene. Bucharest is the seat of the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and also of its sub-divisons. Bucharest is also a centre for various other religions and cults in Romania, including the main Romanian-ethnic Catholic organization
That Bucharest is more than 500 years old?
That the city was remodeled by French Architects during the 1930s?
|