Stairway to Happiness is located in sector 5 of the capital Bucharest, in the Cotroceni residential district, at the address Dr. Grigore Romniceanu 13. It is a public space and can be visited and walked around for free at any time. Nearby is Romniceanu Park.
The stairs were built in the 1920′s. Back then, this was the carriage park around the Cotroceni monastery. Today this is the Cotroceni neighborhood, a quiet and select neighborhood of villas. The staircase was and is intended to make it easier to go up/down the difference in levels between the upper and lower streets. In 2020, the stairs were painted in the colors of the rainbow and given the name Stairway to Happiness.
Stairway to Happiness or Romniceanu Steps connects Dr. Grigore Romniceanu Street with Alexandru Vitzu Street. They're brightly colored in rainbow hues. They have a metal balustrade in the middle, a decorative element reminiscent of inter-war Paris.
the rainbow stairway to happiness
Romniceanu Steps
Stairway to Happiness
me on the Stairway to Happiness
On Google Maps, Romniceanu Park appears as Dr. Dumitru Draghiescu Street. In fact, the park is squeezed between the streets Dr. Grigore Romniceanu, continued by Dr. Thoma Ionescu street, which intersects in a curve the above mentioned street, and Alexandru Vitzu street, continued by Professor Dr. Francisc Iosif Rainer street. It is a sloping park with several paths with stairs. In the middle of the park is Romniceanu fountain. In its curved and narrowest part are monumental stairs. As in any park there are playgrounds.
Romniceanu Park
Church of St. Demetrios the Source of Myrrh
me in Romniceanu Park
Monumental Stairs
Romniceanu fountain
Stairway to Happiness is a picturesque, not very well known landmark in Bucharest, worthy of a stroll, which you can then continue in the Cotroceni neighborhood or in the Císmigiu Park. Other colorful stairs can be found in Târgu Mureș - the Rakoczi stairs.
Visit also Carol I Park and Drumul Taberei Park and Greenhouses in Drumul Taberei!
All the best!
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