Palace
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Bucharest, Romania
Vast building from the communist era, one of the heaviest and biggest administrative buildings in the world.
Museum · Romania · Bucharest
Village Museum
An open-air museum of traditional houses moved from all over Romania.
Paid entry about 1.5 h
For storytellers
Why Village Museum matters
Wander among wooden churches, farmhouses, windmills and workshops that were brought from different regions and rebuilt on the shore of Herastrau Park lake. Each building shows how people lived in their region, with carved gates and painted interiors. It's an easy way to see a cross-section of Romania in an afternoon.
Talking points
- Houses come from many different regions of the country.
- It sits in a park by a lake.
- A quiet way to see traditional architecture.
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