Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Theatre
Bucharest's theatres offer a lively mix of comedy, farce, satire and straight contemporary
plays in a variety of languages, though normally in Romanian. Tickets usually cost no
more than 30 lei. Theatres close in July and August.
National Theatre of Bucharest
(Teatrul Naţional Bucureşti;
Click here
;
box office 021-314 7171, theatre 021-313
9175;
www.tnb.ro
;
B-dul Nicolae Bălcescu 2; box office 10am-4pm Mon, to 7pm Tue-
Sun)
The National Theatre is the country's most prestigious dramatic stage. The building
is a 1970s-era big box, but the facilities inside are excellent. Most dramatic works are per-
formed in Romanian. Check the website for the program during your visit. Buy tickets at
the box office.
THEATRE
Jewish State Theatre
(Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat;
Click here
;
theatre 021-323 4530, ticket reservation
0721-332 436;
www.teatrul-evreiesc.ro
;
Str Iuliu Barasch 15; tickets 13-18 lei; box
office 10am-noon Mon-Thu)
Plays in Romanian and Yiddish.
THEATRE
Shopping
What remains of Bucharest's fashion and boutique quarter (the global economic slump hit
these places especially hard) is centred on
Calea Victoriei
(Calea Victoriei)
, with off-
shoots along Str Ion Câmpineanu and Str General Berthelot. The Old Town is populated
mostly by clubs and bars, but here and there you can still find some interesting shops.
BOOKS
Anthony Frost
( 021-311 5136;
www.anthonyfrost.ro
; Calea Victoriei 45; 10am-8pm Mon-Fri, to
7pm Sat, to 2pm Sun)
Serious readers will want to make time for arguably the best Eng-
lish- language bookshop in Eastern Europe. Located in a small passage next to the
Creţulescu Church, this shop has a carefully chosen selection of highbrow contemporary
fiction and nonfiction, as well as books on art and architecture and a handful of Romanian
authors in translation.
