Film and TV locations in Bucharest
30 places to shoot in Bucharest, Romania: 9 offices, schools and public buildings, 5 theatres, arenas and venues, 4 bars, restaurants and shops and 12 more. 15 have a photo and 0 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Offices, schools and public buildings 9
- Theatres, arenas and venues 5
- Bars, restaurants and shops 4
- Houses and apartments 3
- Transport and infrastructure 2
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 2
- Industrial and derelict locations 2
- Hotels and interiors 1
- Palaces and landmarks 1
- Forests and lakes 1
Bucharest National Opera
Theatre, arena & venue
Opera house of 1953 near the Dambovita with a horseshoe auditorium of about 950 seats, orchestra pit, rehearsal rooms and marble foyers.
Bucharest North Railway Station (Gara de Nord)
Transport & infrastructure
Main passenger station of Romania: iron trainshed over long platforms, ticket halls, underpasses and a 1960s concourse, in daily use for national and international trains.
Caru' cu Bere
Bar, restaurant & shop
Beer hall of 1899 in the old town with carved wood, stained glass, painted vaults, mosaic floors and a gallery, still working as a restaurant.
CEC Palace
Office, school & public building
Savings bank headquarters of 1900 on Calea Victoriei, with a glass dome over the banking hall, marble counters, stucco ceilings and a columned entrance.
Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History
Office, school & public building
Natural history museum of 1908 on the Kiseleff boulevard, with dark exhibition rooms, dioramas, a whale skeleton and a modern reworked display route.
House of the Free Press
Office, school & public building
Stalinist tower of 1956 built as the state printing house, with a symmetrical wing plan, marble lobbies, offices and former printing halls, set in a wide square.
I.L. Caragiale National Theatre, Bucharest
Theatre, arena & venue
State theatre in the city centre, rebuilt in the 1970s and reclad in 2014, with six stages, workshops, wide foyers and a roof terrace.
Manuc's Inn
Bar, restaurant & shop
Early nineteenth century inn around a wooden galleried courtyard in the old town, with cellars, a restaurant, event rooms and guest rooms above.
Metropolitan Circus, Bucharest
Theatre, arena & venue
Circus building of 1961 with a ribbed dome over a ring and about 2,000 seats, plus training rooms, backstage areas and a park setting.
Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Office, school & public building
Neo Romanian brick building of 1912 holding rural collections, with timber galleries, a reassembled wooden church and workshop rooms inside the museum.
National Museum of Romanian History
Office, school & public building
Former central post office of 1900 on Calea Victoriei, with a colonnaded front, marble halls and vaulted galleries, now the national history museum.
Primaverii Palace, Ceausescu Mansion
House & apartment
Villa of the Ceausescu family in the diplomatic quarter, with mosaics, panelled rooms, an indoor pool, a winter garden and 1970s furniture left in place.
Romanian Athenaeum
Theatre, arena & venue
Concert hall of 1888 with a circular domed auditorium, a painted frieze, marble foyer and columned portico, home of the George Enescu Philharmonic.
Unirea Shopping Center
Bar, restaurant & shop
Department store of 1976 at Unirii square, with escalator wells, wide sales floors, service corridors and a roof level over the boulevard.
Vacaresti Nature Park, Bucharest
Forest & lake
Wetland inside Bucharest in the basin of an unfinished 1980s reservoir, with reed beds, ponds, willow scrub and the city skyline above the dikes.
Carol I Central University Library, Bucharest
Office, school & public building
Library facing the former royal palace, with a domed rotunda reading room, galleried stacks, study halls and a modern extension added in 2001.
Casa Capsa
Bar, restaurant & shop
Cafe, confectionery, restaurant and small hotel founded in 1852 on Calea Victoriei, with mirrored salons, a pastry counter and period furniture.
Coltea Hospital, Bucharest
Hospital, prison & institution
Historic city hospital rebuilt in 1888 behind a neo Romanian facade, with wards, operating theatres, an inner court and a church in the grounds.
Filipescu-Cesianu House
House & apartment
Restored boyar house on Calea Victoriei with period rooms, parquet floors, a garden and a permanent display on Bucharest social history.
Grand Hotel Continental, Bucharest
Hotel & interiors
Hotel of 1886 on Calea Victoriei with a restored belle epoque facade, salons, a stair hall and rooms looking onto the boulevard.
Hala Laminor, Bucharest
Industrial & derelict
Rolling mill hall of the former Malaxa works in east Bucharest, a steel framed industrial space of about 68,000 sq m kept for cultural and event use.
Halele Carol and Nod Makerspace, Bucharest
Industrial & derelict
Former Hesper factory halls beside the Dambovita, now workshops and studios with brick walls, steel trusses, gantry beams and tall windows, rented out for shoots and events.
Militari Tram Depot, Bucharest
Transport & infrastructure
Working tram depot on the western edge of Bucharest with inspection pits, yard tracks, overhead wires and rolling stock from several decades side by side.
Monteoru House, Writers' Union
House & apartment
Late nineteenth century mansion on Calea Victoriei with painted ceilings, salons, a grand stair and a courtyard, used by the Writers' Union.
Seen in: Wednesday
National Bank of Romania Palace
Office, school & public building
Central bank headquarters of 1890 in the old town, with a marble banking hall, council room, vaults and a later wing facing Lipscani street.
Palace of Justice, Bucharest
Hospital, prison & institution
Courthouse of the 1890s on the Dambovita with a stone facade, a grand stair hall, panelled courtrooms and long corridors, seat of the Bucharest Court of Appeal.
Palace of the Parliament
Palace & landmark
Government palace of the 1980s with marble halls, ceremonial staircases, ballrooms, long corridors and deep basements, facing a wide boulevard.
Seen in: The Nun, Amen.
Politehnica University of Bucharest
Office, school & public building
Large campus in west Bucharest with concrete faculty blocks of the 1960s, lecture theatres, laboratories, long corridors and open plazas between buildings.
Seen in: Wednesday, Pulse
Romexpo, Bucharest
Theatre, arena & venue
Exhibition centre with a domed central pavilion of the 1960s, flanking halls, open aprons and large parking areas, used for fairs and big events.
University of Bucharest, main building
Office, school & public building
Nineteenth century university palace on University Square, with a columned front, an aula, lecture rooms, stone staircases and an inner courtyard.
What Romania pays back
Romania runs the State aid scheme for audiovisual production (30% cash rebate), worth 30%. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
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