Today is another beautiful, sunny summer day in Bucharest.
I decided to take a stroll on one of the iconic streets of Bucharest, Victoriei, which means "Victory".
And because one of the distinctive traits of my city is the contrast between old and new buildings I tried to highlight the "contrast" theme in all the photos I took today.
As a nice side effect of this exercise I felt like I re-discovered some of these places that I pass by every day and I don't even notice them anymore.
So without further ado let's begin:
Here you can see the oldest Romanian Bank - the CEC bank next to a newer one, the Commercial Bank. It's such a stark contrast between the harmonious, french eclectic architecture on the left and the glass and steel on the right.
Here's the CEC building in all its beauty:
And further on the right of the BCR building, the old Victoria Shopping Centre, an ancient version of today's shopping malls, miraculously still functioning.
The Odeon theatre - in renovation at this time next to the Ramada Hotel.
A closer look on the Ramada Hotel.
One of the many cozy, chic passages that connect Victoriei street with parallel streets. I love the contrast between the colourful umbrellas and walls around.
Hotel Capitol on the left and an in need of renovation building on the right.
The Novotel Hotel which literally saved just the facade of the previous building and built behind it a glass and steel modern building.
A wider view on the Novotel, now contrasting with the grey, flats building on the back.
A very old church next the an old building wrapped in huge mesh ads.
The Atheneum, home of the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the most beautiful buildings IMHO and on top of my favourites. This one is just too beautiful to picture it next to anything but the green garden in front and the blue sky above.
On its right, you can see one of the ugliest monuments of Bucharest, built to honour those who died during the Romanian Revolution from 1989. Locals refer to it using all kinds of funny names, one of them being "the impaled potato". It's kind of ironic to build such a monument to honour our martyrs and yes, it does ring a bell about Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for the Dracula character.
A little bit on the left of the impaled potato there is another iconic building that mixes old and new, just like you saw done on the Novotel Hotel.
And further on the right a striking contrast between the gorgeous, yellow tree and some black, modern sculptures that I don't really dig.
Thank you for joining me today on Victory street in Bucharest's city centre!
I hope you enjoyed this short stroll along one of my city's iconic streets.
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