Bucharest – the most interesting city in Europe and perhaps the last European city

 

Guest writer Paul Wood comments on the changing beauty of Romania’s capital city Bucharest, using photographer Davin Ellicson’s pictures as a starting point.

 

 

 

 

 

This picture by talented young American photographer Davin Ellicson from May 2011 captures some of the city’s oddness and vitality. He comments on it:

 

Bucharest possesses truly one of the more unique urban environments of any European capital city. Beautiful interbellic architecture is in a state of spectacular decay and laid on top of this erratically are various aspects of the 21st century.

 

Another great picture which could be of almost anywhere in the town – for in my opinion it is more a town than a city despite its two million inhabitants.

 

 

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