Landmarks · Bucharest
Romanian Athenaeum
The domed 1888 concert hall funded by public subscription.
Opening hours, admission and address
- Address
- Strada Benjamin Franklin 1-3
- Opening hours
- Mon–Sun09:00–18:00
- Admission
- Sightseeing fits around the orchestra. The Philharmonic publishes a day-by-day visiting timetable on its site at the start of every month: on the days it is open to sightseers the hall can be seen from nine to six, and rehearsal and concert days are marked unavailable — including long stretches of them. Check the exact date before you set out. The visitor's ticket costs a few lei and is paid in cash at the artists' entrance on Strada Benjamin Franklin, or at the box office on Strada Constantin Esarcu, which shuts for high summer. A concert remains the better way in.
- Category
- Landmarks
- Official website
- filarmonicaenescu.ro
- Coordinates
44.44134, 26.09725
Where it is
Walk it with the guide
Romanian Athenaeum is one of 23 stops on Bucharest Essentials. The guide adds the story behind it, the detail worth crossing the square for, and the tip that only someone who has stood here would write down.
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