Grand Cafe van Gogh Bucharest

A piece of Holland in Romania

Diana from Bucharest

About me I have been living in Bucharest my whole life except for a couple of years where I lived in Amsterdam. I’ve been back in Bucharest since December 2012. I am a marketing person and I also own Zestre, a t-shirt brand with handmade traditional Romanian stitches applied on them. I am a food enthusiast, I am into finding and trying out new places, I love traveli...
""Grand Cafe van Gogh" is one of my favorite places in the Old centre of Bucharest. Because of its mint tea and appeltart, it reminds me of Amsterdam..."

Grand Cafe van Gogh is one of my favourite places in the Old centre of Bucharest. It is a perfect place to either have breakfast, lunch, dinner, have a business meeting, or just enjoy a glass of wine with friends. You can even bring your laptop and work here if you feel like it, as nobody's gonna bother you - especially during the day-time.

You have all you need here, it's like being at home, only there are people serving you delicious drinks and food in a cozy atmosphere. The café is one of the most spacious ones in Bucharest and it's also very bright because of the chandeliers, the white paint on the walls, the one wall behind the bar covered in mirrors and the huge windows from where you can see the National Bank of Romania.

Grand Cafe van Gogh reminds me of the period when I lived in Amsterdam, because here you can also enjoy a mint tea and appeltaart, a traditional combination in the Netherlands.

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About me I have been living in Bucharest my whole life except for a couple of years where I lived in Amsterdam. I’ve been back in Bucharest since December 2012. I am a marketing person and I also own Zestre, a t-shirt brand with handmade traditional Romanian stitches applied on them. I am a food enthusiast, I am into finding and trying out new places, I love traveling, coffee, interior design and wandering a city's streets, discovering architecture and not just that. Why Bucharest? I love Bucharest because it's a vibrant city, I would dare to ...

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