# Kiseleff Park

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> A historic park laid out after 1832 on both sides of Kiseleff Road, with shady avenues, a small lake with a fountain, a wooden gazebo and busts of cultural figures.

**At a glance:** Parks and gardens in București. Ticket: Free. The visit takes ½ – 1 hours. Information verified on 26 October 2026.

## Key facts

- **Opening hours:** A public park, with free access along the paths on both sides of Kiseleff Road; there is no entry fee.
- **Ticket:** Free — public park, no ticket
- **Visit duration:** ½ – 1 hours — an easy stroll
- **With kids:** Yes — lake with waterfowl, wide paths
- **Parking:** Yes, paid — on the surrounding streets
- **Best season:** April – October — shade in summer, leaves in autumn
- **Address:** Kiseleff Road, between Piața Victoriei and Piața Aviatorilor, București
- **Coordinates:** 44.4574, 26.08338
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiseleff_Park
- **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12737534
- **Categories:** [Parks and gardens](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/parcuri-si-gradini)

## 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](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/parcul-cismigiu), 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.

### Good to know

Kiseleff Road cuts the park in two, so a walk takes in both halves. Nearby, towards Piața Victoriei, are the [Grigore Antipa Museum](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-de-istorie-naturala-grigore-antipa) and the [National Museum of the Romanian Peasant](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-national-al-taranului-roman), and at the northern end of the road the [Arc de Triomphe](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/arcul-de-triumf) comes into view.

## Don't miss

- The small lake with a fountain and nesting boxes for waterfowl.
- The wooden gazebo in a clearing, a meeting point in the park.
- The avenues shaded by old trees, on both sides of Kiseleff Road.
- The busts of Ovid, Delavrancea and other cultural figures, plus the statue of Omar Khayyam.

## 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](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/arcul-de-triumf) 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

## Details

- **Year established:** after 1832
- **Type of park:** landscape park

## Frequently asked questions about Kiseleff Park

**How much is a ticket to Kiseleff Park?**

Admission to Kiseleff Park is free (public park, no ticket). Entry to the park is free.

**How long does a visit to Kiseleff Park take?**

A visit to Kiseleff Park takes about ½ – 1 hours (an easy stroll).

**Can you visit Kiseleff Park with kids?**

Yes, Kiseleff Park is suitable for children (lake with waterfowl, wide paths).

**Where can I park at Kiseleff Park?**

There is paid parking at Kiseleff Park (on the surrounding streets). 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.

**How do I get to Kiseleff Park?**

Kiseleff Park is located at Kiseleff Road, between Piața Victoriei and Piața Aviatorilor, București. 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).

**When is the best time to visit Kiseleff Park?**

The best season for Kiseleff Park: April – October (shade in summer, leaves in autumn).

## Nearby attractions

- [National Museum of the Romanian Peasant](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-national-al-taranului-roman) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 20 lei · 1½ – 2 hours · 0 km
  The museum in the Neo-Romanian building on Kiseleff Road, named European Museum of the Year in 1996, keeps over 100,000 objects of peasant art and civilisation.
- [Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-de-istorie-naturala-grigore-antipa) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 32 lei · 1½ – 2 hours · 1 km
  The museum on Kiseleff Road holds the 1907 dioramas, the Deinotherium skeleton and over 2 million zoological, palaeontological and mineralogical pieces, in a building inaugurated in 1908.
- [Victoria Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-victoria) — Monuments and historic sites · București · Free · 15 min · 1 km
  The seat of the Romanian Government in Victory Square, built between 1937 and 1952 to plans by Duiliu Marcu, in the simplified neoclassical style of the 1930s.
- [Zambaccian Museum](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-zambaccian) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 16 lei · ½ – 1 hours · 1 km
  The house museum of the collector Krikor H. Zambaccian, near Piața Dorobanților: Romanian art from Grigorescu to Baba alongside Cézanne, Renoir, Matisse and Picasso, in a 1940s villa.
- [Filipescu-Cesianu House – Museum of Ages](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/casa-filipescu-cesianu) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 20 lei · ½ – 1 hours · 1 km
  The aristocratic residence of 1892 on Calea Victoriei, with a mansard roof and eclectic decoration, houses the Museum of Ages, on home and family life in Bucharest over the last 300 years.
- [George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-national-george-enescu) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 15 min · 1 km
  The Beaux-Arts palace on Calea Victoriei, built in 1901–1903 for Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, is the seat of the George Enescu National Museum; the building is closed for restoration, but its façade can be seen from the street.

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Last updated: 26 October 2026
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