Until Monday, May 6, the second day of Easter, Romanians will take a small holiday of nearly a week. Religious people will await Saturday night and Sunday, the first day of Easter, when they will say ‘Christ Has Risen!’ and will cook the traditional Easter meals, with lamb as the main dish and decorated eggs, to celebrate the Resurrection of the Jesus.

Traditionally, May 1 is the day of celebrating work, so for Romanians is a free day. At a loose end? BR brings you the best of Bucharest’s cultural highlights for this day.

OUTDOOR

Terra Park

Bdul Timisoara, in Drumul Taberei Neighborhood

For RON 50, you can enjoy some rides with the rollercoaster, as in the video bellow.

Divertiland

1st Divertismentului street, A1 Bucuresti – Pitesti highway, km 13

If you couldn’t go to the seaside for water fun, you can find the holiday here. The place is suitable for children, young people, adults, couples and families.

EXHIBITIONS

“Live tropical butterflies”

Antipa Museum

Starting on May 1, the Antipa Museum will host the “Live tropical butterflies”, a temporary exhibition organized in collaboration with the “House of Butterflies” and the Vulticulus Geography Society. Visitors will have the possibility of seeing over 30 species of exotic butterflies flying freely in the special greenhouse set up within the “Antipa” Museum’s garden, but they can also witness the “birth” of butterflies. The exhibition can be visited from May 1 to July 31. Tickets cost RON 10 per child/student and RON 12 per adult/pensioner.

Treasures of China

The National Museum of History

Local culture enthusiasts are now able to enjoy a traveling exhibition of China’s Terracotta Warriors: thousands of life-size terracotta figures from an army prepared for battle. Found by coincidence in 1974, they are now considered one of the greatest archeological discoveries of modern times. The exhibition features 101 rare objects – including the Terracotta Warriors – from one of the largest burial sites ever built, the Terracotta Army of the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Four is the maximum number of these figures permitted outside China in a single exhibition.

FAIR

Traditional Romanian Fair

The Village Museum

On this fair, the organizers try to bring back the atmosphere that once was in the traditional Romanians fairs years ago. In the Romanian tradition, May 1 represents the day of the “Arminden”, a symbol of vegetation, which marked the beginning of the summer.

Oana Vasiliu

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