{"id":2053,"date":"2024-08-13T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:36:01","slug":"belle-epoque-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/belle-epoque-bucharest\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in Belle \u00c9poque Bucharest:\u00a0A Glimpse into the City\u2019s Past 100 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want an exciting new adventure by the end of this summer &#8211; beginning of autumn? The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/travel-to-bucharest-why-bucharest-is-the-ultimate-business-travel-incentive-destination\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel to Bucharest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! From exciting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/summer-events-july-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">summer events<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/art-of-bucharest-a-journey-into-the-art-market-of-the-city\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">art of Bucharest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/lesser-known-tourist-attractions-bucharest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lesser known attractions of the city<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to culinary surprises such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/street-food-of-bucharest-discover-locals-favorite-foods\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">street food, Bucharest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the perfect destination to explore!\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>But how about \u201ctime travel\u201d in Bucharest? Let&#8217;s see what Bucharest was like more than 100 years ago\u2014 the so-called Belle Epoque? Let&#8217;s unravel a normal day in the life of someone living in the city back then. What were normal citizens doing? What was their day like? What did they eat, and where did they party?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ci\u0219migiu Hotel was known as The Palace Hotel and Elisabeta Boulevard had become a kind of Bucharest Broadway, with large, bright signs lining the street, and grand cinema halls, including the Palace Cinema located on the ground floor of the hotel. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We spoke with Mr. Adrian Majuru, a historian, anthropologist, and the director of the Bucharest Municipality Museum, who shared with us some insights into the Belle \u00c9poque atmosphere of Bucharest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was life like for people living in in the Belle Epoque? How did they socialize? Where did they dine?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Adrian Majuru:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There\u2019s a significant difference because it was a completely different society back then. We no longer have a daily connection with our grandparents who lived during that time. I asked someone, \u0218erban Milcoveanu, who was a medical student during that period, how much it cost to buy food, and what the daily expenses were. He replied that he didn&#8217;t know because he always ate out. He didn\u2019t remember eating at home until the communists came. People dined out. He was part of the middle class, with intellectual parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did this culture of bistros and gastronomy develop over nearly 100 years? They weren\u2019t necessarily open 24\/7, but they stayed open late into the night. The first customers were those who went to work very early in the morning; they would come in between six and seven, have breakfast\u2014a strong schnapps, a strong coffee\u2014and then head to the office. A specific menu was prepared for them. Today, you can\u2019t find a place to eat early in the morning, not even around nine o\u2019clock. This clientele still exists but is not catered to by current services. Then, starting from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, others would come, those who worked and had meetings\u2014journalists, university professionals, entrepreneurs. The menu would change for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 4:00 PM, people began to leave work\u2014first the clerks and public service employees, then the entrepreneurs\u2014and on their way home, they would stop and consume more. After 8:00 PM, concerts and variety shows would start, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/attractions-in-bucharest-parks-and-gardens\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attracting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a different clientele: they paid more, consumed more, and were more demanding. The menus were adapted, created based on the consumers, their interests, and the type of meetings. And not just at the Palace Hotel, but all along Calea Victoriei and in the central area of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regina Elisabeta Boulevard was the right-hand segment of varied leisure consumption, hotel services, and the \u201cbelt of decision-makers,\u201d those who made this country function. For the investor who managed this business until it was nationalized, the proximity of Ci\u0219migiu Park, the cinemas, and the shops that existed up to the later Opera Square were more relevant than Calea Victoriei. Proof of this is that the hotel functioned continuously and coherently, unlike others, even on Calea Victoriei, that disappeared\u2014either through demolition or were absorbed by other businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What kind of shops were on Elisabeta Boulevard in the Belle Epoque? What did people buy?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Adrian Majuru:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It wasn\u2019t the kind of consumerism we know today. Besides accessories, clothing pieces were custom-made. You would see the model, have the magazine, order it in the store, come for a fitting. These were mainly found in the Old Center area and along Calea Victoriei. The shops were primarily for fashion accessories and rarely segmented the area dedicated to services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What kind of movies would someone have seen at Cinema Palace?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Adrian Majuru:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In 1920, they were French films; that was a very beloved language among Romanians, widely spoken in urban areas. American films became more prominent in the next decade and started to gain popularity, especially during World War II. Western productions were very well received. What was released in the West would arrive in our cinemas in less than a month. The license fee was paid quickly. This was also true for books. There was no need for a publishing house to translate it; the book production came directly here. We even had a Hachette representation right on this boulevard, a bit further up, towards the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/tourist-attractions-bucharesti-architecture\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Hotel Boulevard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. French or English-language books had a constant and direct circuit with Bucharest and the major cities of Romania.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were many theaters, especially for variety shows, very close to the Palace Hotel. What we no longer have now is cabaret theater. There were two behind the hotel: Moulin Rouge and Alhambra. Now they are cinemas. And for nice weather, even at night, there was the summer garden, later called Capitol after nationalization. In terms of leisure, consumption did not cease, even late at night. Therefore, the customer flow was constant. There was a very good understanding of this type of business for the time we\u2019re discussing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People mostly went out during the week. On weekends, they stayed home and gave the household servants the day off. On Sundays, the boulevard was full of maids, the servants of Bucharest&#8217;s households\u2014it was their free day. They strolled along the boulevard, ate ice cream, and went to Ci\u0219migiu. Generally, on weekends, people would head to the Hippodrome\u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/attractions-in-bucharest-parks-and-gardens\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her\u0103str\u0103u Park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wasn\u2019t developed yet\u2014or outside the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were also shady places during that time, with prostitution, which was monitored\u2014you needed to have control over these miseries. There was a nightlife with both shadows and lights. You could be a much-loved actress or actor on the stages you performed on, and in another part of your life, you could indulge in other fantasies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>How did people have fun in the Belle Epoque?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Adrian Majuru:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you left the hotel, you could have fun \u201cwherever you looked.\u201d The boulevard was lined with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/attractions-in-bucharest-parks-and-gardens\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">summer gardens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cinemas, and bistros. At the Summer Garden, later named Capitol after nationalization, there was also a space where you could dance. There was still the Otetele\u0219anu Garden, where the Telephone Palace would later be built, on Calea Victoriei. The surroundings were full of shops, especially on Calea Victoriei, and less in the Old Center, which functioned as a banking City at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a place where what we now understand as team-building activities were organized. After hours, the hotel\u2019s lounges were used by small or medium-sized companies for such meetings, opportunities to forge friendships and discuss non-work-related topics that interested them. The idea to create such events came from Bragadiru, who built the Palace that bears his name, behind the factory. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/en\/news\/articles\/tourist-attractions-bucharesti-architecture\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bragadiru Palace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a \u201chouse of entertainment\u201d for the factory workers\u2014with a bowling alley, billiards, bar, dance hall, and ballroom. Thus, this concept began to take shape, which today is common and widely used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Belle Epoque, The Palace Hotel was a place where you would meet to make a transaction, then retreat to play billiards or listen to a concert. It was one of the few places that offered such a variety of services, which encouraged customer loyalty and diversified transactions and discussions, a place designed from the start with a dynamic service offering to attract clients for lodging.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"520\" data-id=\"1483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-centrul-pentruranitii-razboiului-in-1916.png\" alt=\"history of bucharest\" class=\"wp-image-1483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-centrul-pentruranitii-razboiului-in-1916.png 276w, https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-centrul-pentruranitii-razboiului-in-1916-159x300.png 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) calc(100vw - 1.25rem*2 - 0.625rem*2 - 2px), 276px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"276\" data-id=\"1485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/broadway-bucurestean.png\" alt=\"bucuresti belle epoque\" class=\"wp-image-1485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/broadway-bucurestean.png 746w, https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/broadway-bucurestean-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) calc(100vw - 1.25rem*2 - 0.625rem*2 - 2px), 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"520\" data-id=\"1488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ion-barbu-1926.png\" alt=\"belle epoque\" class=\"wp-image-1488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ion-barbu-1926.png 510w, https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ion-barbu-1926-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) calc(100vw - 1.25rem*2 - 0.625rem*2 - 2px), 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"520\" data-id=\"1491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/beraria-gambrinus-1941.png\" alt=\"poveste berarie gambrinus \" class=\"wp-image-1491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/beraria-gambrinus-1941.png 276w, https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/beraria-gambrinus-1941-159x300.png 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) calc(100vw - 1.25rem*2 - 0.625rem*2 - 2px), 276px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"276\" data-id=\"1503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/reparatii-ale-hotelului-cismigiu.png\" alt=\"reparatie hotel cismigiu\" class=\"wp-image-1503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/reparatii-ale-hotelului-cismigiu.png 746w, https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/reparatii-ale-hotelului-cismigiu-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) calc(100vw - 1.25rem*2 - 0.625rem*2 - 2px), 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"520\" data-id=\"1501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-1965.png\" alt=\"the history of cismigiu hotel\" class=\"wp-image-1501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-1965.png 276w, https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-1965-159x300.png 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) calc(100vw - 1.25rem*2 - 0.625rem*2 - 2px), 276px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"520\" data-id=\"1497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/palace-hotel-6-martie.png\" alt=\"bucharest history \" class=\"wp-image-1497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/palace-hotel-6-martie.png 510w, https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/palace-hotel-6-martie-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) calc(100vw - 1.25rem*2 - 0.625rem*2 - 2px), 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"276\" data-id=\"1495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-1944.png\" alt=\"story of hotel cismigiu\" class=\"wp-image-1495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-1944.png 746w, https:\/\/www.hotelcismigiu.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hotel-cismigiu-1944-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) calc(100vw - 1.25rem*2 - 0.625rem*2 - 2px), 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want an exciting new adventure by the end of this summer &#8211; beginning of autumn? The Travel to Bucharest! 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