Bucharest Days 2025 celebrates the first documentary that mentions Romania’s capital. The famous Vlad the Impaler (Dracula, as he inspired Bram Stoker’s masterpiece) mentioned the name of the city, Bucuresti in Romanian, in a letter to the wealthy nobles of that time.
Bucharest 566, the name of this year’s edition, will delight international tourists and residents with the iMapp Bucharest show, concerts, Open Street events, and others. A perfect reason to plan a city break to Romania’s Capital!
The main events during Bucharest Days 2025: 566 Years of Bucharest
iMapp Bucharest
iMapp Bucharest is an international video mapping competition held in Bucharest, Romania. Artists and technology enthusiasts gather to transform the Palace of the Parliament‘s facade into a vibrant canvas.
The event showcases captivating narratives that engage the senses through video projections, 3D animations, and sound.
The event is on Saturday, September 20, and the entrance is free.
Dambovita Delivery
For the first time, the acclaimed Dâmbovița Delivery festival arrives at the Romanian National Opera, a key location along Bucharest’s metropolitan river and a symbolic area for the city. Over two days, from September 20 to 21, 2025, Dâmbovița transforms into a vibrant stage, laboratory, and meeting space, uniting communities, institutions, and diverse initiatives under a shared purpose: to reactivate the river as the city’s vital green-blue infrastructure.
Open-Air Concerts in George Enescu Festival Square
The Bucharest Days weekend brings two remarkable concert evenings to George Enescu Square. On Saturday, September 20, the “George Enescu” Philharmonic, conducted by Tiberiu Soare and featuring Veronica Anușca and George Vîrban as soloists, offers a program dedicated to the elegance and power of classical music.
On Sunday, September 21, the atmosphere becomes festive with the “Operetta Stars” show, followed by the energetic concert of the Radio Romania Big Band, conducted by Simona Strungaru. Throughout the event, the public will also be able to visit the exhibition “Preoccupations and Passions of the Members of the Royal Family Throughout Time”, which brings together 14 works signed by Young Talents scholarship holders of the Royal Margaret of Romania Foundation. The concerts take place between 6:00 PM and 9:30 PM.
Open Streets on Calea Victoriei
Open Streets is held every weekend on Calea Victoriei and other streets. It offers the public live amateur performances, street food, and other events. For a full schedule, please check our dedicated page at the link.
Open City Hall
For one day, one of the most imposing interwar buildings in Bucharest reveals its secrets and opens its doors to the public. The Bucharest City Hall becomes a space where history, heritage and the present meet, inviting visitors to discover the beauty and stories of the Palace built at the beginning of the 20th century.
The program includes guided tours through the heritage rooms, exhibitions dedicated to the history of the city, presented by the Bucharest City Museum, as well as participatory installations that provoke reflection on the present and future of Bucharest.
The atmosphere will be completed by film screenings, creative workshops for children and adults, a community table that transforms the space into a place of conviviality and dialogue, as well as a live concert on Elie Radu Street, which will be closed to traffic (between Bd. Regina Elisabeta and str. Johann Gutenberg).
The event begins on September 20th, 10:00 AM and ends on Sunday, September 21st, 3:00 AM.
