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euromaxx city- Bucharest, Romania

August 1, 2011

The city's architecture suffered a severe blow under communist rule, with no less than a fifth of the old city center being demolished.

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Large parts of the old city center were demolished to make way for Soviet style buildings. But fortunately some parts of the old center did survive and now they are a major tourist attraction. We met up with a young artist by the name of Adrian Bogdan who showed us around "his" Bucharest.