As even few Bucharest`s people know, on the top of The House of People there is actually a terrace where you can relax, have a tea or a coffee and enjoy an unique view over the city. I will not get into heavy details concerning the history of the Parliament Palace, because actually I was never fascinated by our politics or communist past or even our messy present. So, the only thing that I enjoy going thru the massive walls and climbing the brute stone stairs and even waiting patiently to go thru the metal detectors is the coffee shop that rests on the top of the 12 levels from the surface and another 8 on the ground. The coffee and the terrace that is an annex of it, belongs to the National Museum of Contemporary Art. It is open from Wednesday to Sunday between 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and after an exciting journey through abstract art galleries you lay down on a wooden chair and look upon the Bucharest`s horizon. Much to see unfortunately you have none. Beside the mixture of old buildings and twinkling skyscrapers you can reflect upon a sadness and a quietness that seems to surround the city. What is indeed unique about the view is the immensity of the Bucharest. A city that describes the poverty and the wealth of Romania, a country that yet bleeds it`s history thru it`s national patrimonies. What else is remained to say... I think the idea of selling a bear on top of the People Palace was not what Ceausescu had in mind when he raise this place up.
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