Kiseleff Park

About Kiseleff Park

Kiseleff Park lies on both sides of Kiseleff Road in northern Bucharest, in the triangle between Ion Mihalache boulevard, Aviatorilor boulevard and Ion Mincu street. It was laid out after 1832, the year the road was built, on the site of a forest that covered the area. The plans are by the landscape architect Wilhelm Mayer, who also worked on Cișmigiu Gardens, and its completion is linked to Prince Gheorghe Bibescu and his brother Barbu Știrbey. Its present name comes from the Russian count Pavel Kiselyov (Kiseleff), who headed the administration of Wallachia between 1829 and 1834; the park has borne it since 1915. The whole is a listed historic monument (LMI code B-II-a-B-18982).

What you can see

Under tall old trees, paved avenues lead to a small lake with a stone edge, a fountain and floating nesting boxes for waterfowl. In a clearing stands a wooden gazebo with a metal roof, around which many visitors gather. Along the paths are busts of cultural figures, among them Nicolae Leonard, Ovid and Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea. On the plinth where the statue of King Ferdinand once stood, a statue of the Persian poet and astronomer Omar Khayyam has stood since 2001, and a group of four sculptures is by George Apostu. Since 2000 the park has also held the Monument of the Romanian Infantry, in bronze, made by Ioan Bolborea on the site of an interwar monument to the infantryman.

Information verified on 26 October 2026.

Good to know before you go

Getting there

By car: the park is in the north of central Bucharest, on Kiseleff Road, between Piața Victoriei and Piața Aviatorilor. Traffic on the road is often heavy, so the simplest thing is to leave the car on a nearby street and walk in. The Arc de Triomphe is ~2 km to the north, on the same road.

Public transport: the nearest metro station is Piața Victoriei (lines M1 and M2), ~700 m from the southern end of the park; from there you walk along Kiseleff Road (check the current routes on the STB website).

Where to park

The park has no car park of its own. Spaces on the surrounding streets are paid, in meter or app zones, and fill up quickly at weekends.

Fees & discounts

Entry to the park is free.

Rules

Follow the signs in the park: pets only on a lead, do not pick the flowers or walk on the beds.

Facilities

paved paths · benches · gazebo · lake with a fountain · metro ~700 m away