Inside the WORLD’S LARGEST Parliament Building | Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania: A fascinating tour inside the world’s largest parliament building - the Romanian Palace of Parliament built under the rule of former dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.

This parliament building in Bucharest Romania is a historical and spectacular place, no expense was spared in its construction and although groundbreaking was undertaken in the 1980’s it wasn’t properly finished until 1997, many years after the reign of Nicolae Ceaușescu was over.

It's the second largest administration building on the planet, has a value of over 3 billion US Dollars and features over 3,500 tonnes of crystal, some of which is displayed in its 480 chandeliers. Inside the architecture and design emulate a palace more than a parliament and it’s certainly a sight to behold - whether looking at the Grand Hall, the majestic entranceways or the theatre contained within.

I popped in to enquire about tickets and ended up getting a place on the last tour of the day. The cost was fair but I’d recommend booking ahead if you want to take the same tour - you might not be as lucky with availability as I was. This is one of the most impressive buildings in Romania both inside and out - these days it’s way too big for its purpose but it stands in central Bucharest as a reminder of times gone by.

*Chapters*
📖 00:00 Intro
📖 00:38 Romanian Parliament in Numbers!
📖 01:25 Tour of the Romanian Palace of Parliament
📖 02:24 The Grand Staircase & Hallway
📖 03:05 The Ball Room
📖 04:45 A Palace fit for a Dictator
📖 05:42 Outside the Parliament

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*Soundtrack*
🎵 Our Youth Is Running Out by Alec Slayne
🎵 So Long My Love by Alec Slayne
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[MattWhitingsEurope]

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[Watfordfc]

This is magnificent and I can’t wait to tour this building it’s unreal in size, nice video and Romania is somewhere I look forward to exploring cheers Matt

[vancegilmore]

Romania is and should remain proud of it's extraordinary Parliament building. It is a spectacular construction. 🏛️

[irinamarcovici]

Interesant video, a meritat efortul, felicitări pt acest material

[rikutaskinen]

I was there 1997, it is worth of visit.

[OlgasBritishFells]

Hi Matt, this building is incredible, it's like a proper palace with every room as a work of art. I'll look it up when it was built. I don't know much about the dictator Chaushesku but I've heard his name mentioned a lot while I was growing up in the USSR. I am glad they rent the building out now to be able to maintain it. I know it was a bad cause to built it in the first place but it would be a shame for such work of art to go to disrepair. A lot of hard working people made this place happen.

[nettvshumen]

Nice movie.You need to come in Bulgaria to see Todor Jivkov residence in Shumen.

[johnr]

An interesting video ! According to the Numbeo 2023 ranking of the safest cities in the world, Bucharest occupies position 53, Brasov - 37, Paris - 258, London - 233, Berlin - 159, Rome - 217, New York - 200, Ottawa -68, Oslo - 89, Toronto - 154, Liverpool - 187, Glasgow - 169, Aberdeen - 100, etc. So Bucharest is a safe city.

[fajvac]

Thank you for your effort to make this video and to share with as....

[andreeas.]

Well, this was an administrative building. Ceausescu family had a mansion on Victoria boulevard. You can tour that too. But they did not live there

[downundabrotha]

My sister's childhood friend her Dad made a lot of the chandeliers in this place. The second he could escape the country he did 😅 He now makes Chandeliers in Australia for movie sets and also Wealthy Asian families.

[WITYTRAVELS]

One never spends enough time thinking about the acoustics when giving propaganda speeches; probably a good thing he did. I absolutely love marble; seeing banisters and steps and floors made out of marble is always remarkable. Filming the military building is brave, sir! Those fountains are so magical! Glad you were able to get up close and personal!

[rabbitkumardua]

Thanks for making this video
U have done a great tough job
I know the history of Romania
Really a huge building RK Dua New Delhi India ❤
Lov u all

[borntoclimb]

This Building is incredible and the storie is sad, so many poor peoples but the dictatorship spend all the money and menpower for build this.

[vapalaca]

I was there two weeks ago, but they didn’t show us the ballroom

[Censor]

Do you recommend to book on third party websites? I cant buy tickets directly on the official websites.

[gabrielagherbezeanu]

IN THIS BUILDING EVERYTHING IS FROM ROMANIA + MADE IN ROMANIA. We had good hard workers + good +big industry . I visited it many times. I like this building +I am proud . Every country have something special, we have the House of Parliament. Please stop saying "Dictator". Ceaușescu was not a dictator. Look in History +our days for "Dictator" means + economic+social conditions.

[lsd]

Hard to believe but true : this project had open budget. It means as long as it needs. For instance, hugely expensive carpets or chandeliers were replaced after just being installed because Ceausescu didn't like them when visiting periodically the undergoing construction.

[Speedy]

Dictator or not, it is a spectacular construction .

[relyana]

300 people have just been evacuated from the ground floor of the Parliament Palace after a man set fire using a gas bottle. A woman suffered a panic attack. Fortunately nobody else was hurt. The attacker has not been captured yet but his face is all over the news now. Looks like he actually managed to escape from the building.