Guidebook for Bucharest
Sightseeing
The Palace of the Parliament, in terms of weight, is the heaviest building in the world. It is also the second largest administrative building in the world,after The Pentagon in the United States, Having a volume of 2,550,000 m3, it is also the third biggest building in the world, after the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan, Mexico.
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Palace of Parliament
7 Bulevardul Nicolae BălcescuThe Palace of the Parliament, in terms of weight, is the heaviest building in the world. It is also the second largest administrative building in the world,after The Pentagon in the United States, Having a volume of 2,550,000 m3, it is also the third biggest building in the world, after the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Arcul de Triumf is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of Bucharest, on the Kiseleff Road.
It resembles the one in Paris and it's located near two other points of interest which are the Herastrau Park and the Muzeul Național al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti".
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Arcul de Triumf station
Bulevardul Mareșal Constantin PrezanArcul de Triumf is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of Bucharest, on the Kiseleff Road.
It resembles the one in Paris and it's located near two other points of interest which are the Herastrau Park and the Muzeul Național al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti".
Parks & Nature
The area of the park has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, traces of settlements being found at the Herăstrău sand quarry, including flint tools made by the Mousterian culture, a culture generally associated with the Neanderthals. During the quaternary glaciation, the area was inhabited by large mammals such as the woolly rhinoceros and the mammoth, bones of the latter being found in the Herăstrău sand quarry.
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Herăstrău Lake
The area of the park has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, traces of settlements being found at the Herăstrău sand quarry, including flint tools made by the Mousterian culture, a culture generally associated with the Neanderthals. During the quaternary glaciation, the area was inhabited by large mammals such as the woolly rhinoceros and the mammoth, bones of the latter being found in the Herăstrău sand quarry.