Discover Free Tour Complete Story of Bucharest: Highlights & Hidden Gems in Bucharest, Nicaragua - A unique experience

Join our free walking tour of charismatic Bucharest with good local guides and discover the best of the Romanian capital. Stroll through more than 500 years of history & secrets and fall in love with this unique city.

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Things to do Free Tour Complete Story of Bucharest: Highlights & Hidden Gems

Discover Bucharest with the original Story of Bucharest Free Tour – the perfect introduction to the city. Join us on a fascinating journey through more than 2000 years of history, from the Roman origins of the region, to the medieval times, the World Wars, the communist period, and the Revolution of 1989. This tour combines history, legends, and local stories, making it ideal for travelers who want to understand Bucharest beyond the guidebooks. Get the best of your travel experience with local tips about traditional cuisine, places to hang out, or cool events. Why choose our tour? ✔ Organized by Walkabout Free Tours – the first free tour in Bucharest ✔ One of the top-rated tours in the city with thousands of happy travelers ✔ Experienced local guides and engaging storytelling ✔ Perfect introduction to Bucharest ✔ Ideal for your first day in the city ✔ Authentic local recommendations ✔ A mix of history, legends, and modern life Places are limited – reserve your spot now to make sure you don’t miss the experience. Price: The tour is tip-based – at the end, you can pay what you feel the experience was worth.

Included

Stavropoleos Monastery Church

National Bank of Romania Museum

National Museum of Romanian History

Royal Palace of Bucharest

Palace of the Deposits and Consignments

National Military Club

Biserica Sfântul Anton

The Revolution Square Fountain

Meeting point

Roma Square by the statue

Reviews (530)

2026-03-25 16:32:58

“Amazing tour ! ”

The tour with the guide Elena was Amazing..interesting, funny and very useful! The guide Elena was very prepared and answered kindly to all our curiosities and questions, giving advices and suggestion to observe and experience Bucharest at its best! Thank you !

Celeste Zotti (English)

2026-03-21 14:57:53

“interesting overview of the city”

Mara was a very inspiring guide full of interesting facts, anecdotes and recommendations.

Claire Pederick (English)

2026-03-16 18:43:13

“Amazing experience with Elena”

Truly a wonderful tour, full of interesting facts about the city. Lenghts and spees were honestly just perfect to get the possibility of seeing what the centre has to offer. Elena was amazing, fun and accomodating, she made us feel comfortable and laugh a lot. Couldn’t suggest it enough.

Ambra Rossi (English)

2026-03-16 17:41:00

“Tour por Bucarest ”

Andrei fue un excelente anfitrión de su ciudad, un recorrido lleno de historia y lucha

ANDREA GARZON (Spanish)

2026-03-07 22:02:36

“Un modo perfetto per scoprire Bucarest”

Ho partecipato a un walking tour a Bucarest con Andrei come guida e lo consiglio davvero! Il tour è stato molto piacevole, interessante e anche divertente. Andrei è riuscito a raccontare la storia della città in modo coinvolgente, con tanti spunti storici curiosi e ben spiegati. Grazie alle sue spiegazioni abbiamo potuto apprezzare Bucarest molto di più e scoprire dettagli che da soli probabilmente non avremmo notato. Un’esperienza davvero consigliatissima!

Sassone Sara (Italian)

2026-03-03 15:49:16

“Authentic Bucharest with Mara!”

This tour was the highlight of my trip. Mara explains Romania’s complex history—from the "Little Paris" era through the dark years of communism—with great expertise and a genuine love for detail. Instead of dry facts, she shares vivid stories and hidden gems. It felt like an inspiring stroll with a knowledgeable friend rather than a standard tour. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to truly understand the city and the country!

Christian Koch (English)

2026-02-22 16:15:15

“Bello il tour ma non gratuito. 50 Lei a persona. ”

Il tour è stato bello e interessante. Le condizioni scritte quando ho prenotato per il mio gruppo composto da 6 persone erano che era su offerta il tour e questo è giusto e corretto. Georgia, la guida, spiega bene ed è simpatica. La nota dolente è che ha chiesto alla fine del tour 50 Lei a persona. Noi del gruppo glieli abbiamo dati perché è corretto che la bravura di Georgia sia ricompensata. Non abbiamo fatto questioni per educazione ma se la richiesta è di 50 Lei è corretto scrivere nelle condizioni perché a offerta è diverso. Grazie e saluti.

Mario Davide Croci (Italian)

2026-02-17 09:17:09

“Free tour in Bucharest with Andrei”

Very good

Paolo Comba (English)

2026-01-27 08:06:25

“Julian”

Great job a lot of details and facts from history of Bucarest. Thank you Jullian

Eleni Renga (English)

2026-01-11 19:11:53

“consiglia”

tour interessante; Georgia, la nostra guida è gentile e molto preparata. ha risposto anche a tutte le nostre domande extra sulla storia, la cultura e le curiosità romene.

Giorgia Astolfi (Italian)

2026-01-04 13:03:48

“Passing the morning. ”

Met at the monument as instructed. Nice sized group. Walked at a nice pace. Content was good. Interesting tour

Paula Metcalfe (English)

2026-01-01 21:06:17

“Fantastic”

Great tour! Helena is the best ☺️

Sara Zambolin (English)

2025-12-29 12:10:50

“A spasso per Bucarest ”

Tour bello e interessante attraverso il centro di Bucarest. La nostra guida Andrei ci ha intrattenuti con andettoti e riferimenti storici interessanti e molto coinvolgenti. Le due ore e mezzo del tour sono letteralmente volate. Grazie Andrei e grazie Freetour

Elena Leo (Italian)

2025-12-28 08:15:24

“A spasso per Bucarest”

Tour organizzato bene, con altoparlante per permettere di sentire bene anche se non si è proprio vicini alla guida. La guida Andrei molto simpatico e competente, ci ha guidato lungo la storia di Bucarest in modo semplificato permettendo quindi di seguire attentamente senza dilungarsi troppo nei discorsi. Complimenti, bel tour!

Lisa Mione (Italian)

2025-12-20 19:07:59

“Consigliatissimo!!”

La nostra esperienza a Bucarest è stata fantastica, soprattutto grazie al tour che abbiamo fatto con una guida davvero speciale, Andrei. Se stai pensando di visitare la capitale della Romania, ti consiglio assolutamente di fare un tour con Andrei lui! Conosce la storia di Bucarest e della Romania in modo approfondito, ma è anche in grado di raccontare aneddoti interessanti che rendono la storia ancora più viva. È riuscito a coinvolgerci con storie affascinanti su ogni angolo della città. Era sempre disponibile a rispondere a qualsiasi domanda e a condividere curiosità che non avremmo mai saputo senza di lui. Grazie all 'atmosfera informale e accogliente non sembrava di essere in un classico tour turistico, ma più come se un amico ti stesse mostrando la sua città. Questo ha reso l’esperienza molto più autentica e divertente.

elena andreazza (Italian)

2025-12-16 22:30:01

“A great kickoff to discover Bucarest”

Miruna did a great job at explaining Bucarest history and Romanian culture through her eyes. We walked through a few historical sites and she took the time to explain all we needed. It took some time, but we really didn't feel as if time was passing by. She created the perfect atmosphere to feel relaxed and ask questions comfortably. We really recommend her! Thanks for your time! Greetings from Andalucía, Spain.

Gloria Perez Cejudo (English)

2025-12-13 16:22:21

“Di tutto un po’”

A nice way to spend a couple of hours seeing the most important places of Bucarest, listening to the guide who explains the history of that places.

Elisa Casangeli (English)

2025-12-11 11:02:53

“Mara was wonderful”

Very professional, gave a lot of information And was very kind

Noa Alkalay (English)

2025-12-10 20:01:04

“Wonderful tour of Bucharest”

That was a really good introduction to the city. Lovely and considerate guide. Thanks

Alexandros Tamoglou (English)

2025-12-09 11:16:23

“Incredibly engaging, fun and insightful tour”

Elena was so so passionate about the history of bucharest and Romania. An absolute gem of a guide taking the time to talk to each person in the group and making sure everyone was OK at all times. She added humour and personal touches / stories to the guide- my most favourite walking tour ever!

Sima Lad (English)

2025-12-08 14:08:11

“esperienza super”

questo free tour è stato eccezionale e molto interessante: Andrei, la nostra super guida, è stato veramente bravissimo e professionale, ci ha portato a vedere i luoghi principali raccontandoci, con molta passione, la storia di Bucarest in modo esaustivo con anche qualche aneddoto. Consigliatissimo!

Rebecca Moser (Italian)

2025-12-08 11:15:00

“.”

Andrei Plevako (English)

2025-12-06 10:53:30

“Great tour!”

Well organised and easy to find the start location. Maria was very informative and knowledgeable. Learnt a lot about the history of Bucharest which really made us fall in love with the city! Would highly recommend.

Chloe Bell (English)

2025-12-05 14:47:38

“Awesome tour with Elena!!”

I had a fantastic tour with Elena, who is exceptionally knowledgeable about Bucharest and Romania. I learned a lot and appreciated that she wanted to learn from her guests to personalize the experience. Would recommend 200%.

David Dube (English)

2025-12-01 17:12:48

“Great Walking tour when in Bucharest ”

This is a great tour when in Bucharest! Very informative and great interaction with our guide!

Linda Jackson (English)

2025-11-25 20:36:34

“Tour stupendo ”

Un tour molto bello grazie alla guida “Andrei” molto simpatico, e cordiale. Anche molto preparato professionalmente. Volevo fare tantissimi complimenti a lui ma anche a questa iniziativa.

Jany Jach (Italian)

2025-11-23 15:06:54

“Bucharest Tour”

Overall nice tour of Buxharest. Our guide Ana was super kind and helpful hut needs to speak up a bit louder as she was quite quiet/shy.

Karen Bader (English)

2025-11-22 15:42:10

“Bella esperienza ”

Andrei è stato gentilissimo ed esaustivo in tutte le sue spiegazioni rispondendo prontamente a qualsiasi domanda. Consigliatissimo!

Maddalena Di Muro (Italian)

2025-11-15 18:33:55

“Walking Tour November”

Mara did an amazing job! She had great insights and kept it entertaining!

Sina Pätzold (English)

2025-11-14 16:24:10

“Excellent tour in every way!”

Our two hours being on tour with Alex really brought Bucharest to life, very informative. He was fantastic, very knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour. Would definitely recommend!

Ana-Grusa Golja (English)

2025-11-12 16:11:58

“Great guide Mara ”

Mara was perfect guide: informative, good mood, positive, smiling and joking, with great English. I liked the tour and itinerary and speed. Good luck to Mara and her team!)

Veronica Tovarnitchi (English)

2025-11-11 16:47:52

“Eccellente”

Andrei è stato una guida eccellente! Simpatico, coinvolgente ci ha raccontato della sua terra con molta professionalità

PATRIZIA GIORDANO (Italian)

2025-11-08 19:54:38

“Eccezionale ”

Andrei è stato una guida eccellente. Molto preparato, ha trasmesso la sua curiosità e passione sia per la storia che per la sua città. È stato empatico e travolgente e ci ha fatto emozionare!! In bocca a lupo a Giorgia per il suo futuro da guida! Complimenti davvero!

Laura Landi (Italian)

2025-11-02 16:01:20

“Great free tour”

I highly recommend this tour! The guide -Alina is a wonderful guide, with a lot of insides about Romanian and Bucharest history,. She has a refreshing attitude and she is a very joyful person.

Monica Rosca (English)

2025-11-01 16:33:51

“Helena was interesting and awesome ”

Had a great tour and felt inspired by Helena’s stories and guidance

Aviv Gelfand (English)

2025-10-30 14:41:17

“Great tour”

I really enjoyed the tour with Elena. She had the right amount of humour to keep the group entertained while sharing excellent local knowledge. I would definitely recommend this to anyone visiting Bucharest. The group had a varied audience with different nationalities and ages. Everyone seemed to enjoy the tour. Thank you to Elena!

Janet Symonds (English)

2025-10-29 17:03:06

“Great Tour”

Highly recommend the Tour - our Tour guide Ana was great and we got lots of interesting information! Thank you !!!!

Michaela May (English)

2025-10-29 15:32:16

“First Day in Bucharest ”

Great intro into Romania and Budapest. A stop at all the main attractions for pictures or to go inside. Elena is a wealth of knowledge- eaay to follow and listen to. She is passionate after her country and fighting for its future.

Lilly (English)

2025-10-27 08:19:58

“First time in Bucharest”

Highly recommended. Very knowledgeable and friendly tour guide Maria. I only knew about Ceaucescu but learned much more about Romania and Bucharest, very helpful.

Glenn Pearce-Oroz (English)

2025-10-24 10:43:05

“Super recommended! ”

The tour was very interesting, the guide full of knowledge, spicing the stories with grace and humor. I really enjoyed!

Miri (English)

2025-10-23 10:59:48

“Very good and amazing Experience ”

Elena was a great guide with extremely deep knowledge about the city. She let us feeling as we where a part of the Romanian an Bukarest history. Thanks a lot, we had a great experience! This tour is highly recommended!

Stephan (English)

2025-10-19 18:29:43

“Tour with Alina”

Alina was really an excellent guide who made the tour with lot of enthusiasm!

Robert Beck (English)

2025-10-19 10:12:32

“Superbe visite”

Maria est une super guide, très avenante et très claire dans ses explications. Great tour with a very nice guide :)

Nawel (French)

2025-10-18 15:33:44

“Ottimo tour ”

Fatto il tour con Andrei. È stato perfetto nelle spiegazioni. Molto preparato, professionale e carismatico.

Cyntia e Federico (Italian)

2025-10-05 10:33:26

“Great overall tour! ”

Aline was very good informed guide with good jokes and authentic recommendations!

Bahaa (English)

2025-10-04 17:05:58

“Great”

It was great tour

Hilal (English)

2025-09-28 16:43:11

“Tour superlativo ”

Il free walking tour è stato molto bello: lo consiglio a chiunque, appena arrivato a Bucharest, voglia conoscerne più a fondo la storia e apprezzarne tradizioni e cultura. Andrei è stata una guida impeccabile: ci ha accompagnato con grande professionalità e simpatia in una camminata di due ore e mezza nella città, dispensando consigli che si sono rivelati preziosissimi per la nostra permanenza. Grazie di cuore Andrei!

Miriam Loparco (Italian)

2025-09-28 07:29:09

“Malaysia ”

Maria was very experienced in Budapest history we enjoyed thanks

Linai Wong (English)

2025-09-26 13:09:15

“Bukarest tour ”

Ana was a good guide with interesting things to talk about and helpful

Zoltán Rull (English)

2025-09-22 10:26:32

“very good tour”

elena was helping and friendly :( ?)

kaylee (English)

2025-09-21 21:10:02

“Great tour”

I had a very good tour with Daniel. I got to know a lot about Bucarest and the Romanian history. I can absolutely recommend this tour.

Lucia Daza (English)

2025-09-18 12:48:47

“Excellent!”

Awesome tour by Elena! Recommended!!

Rob Goring (English)

2025-09-04 10:12:34

“amazing tour”

gorgous gide (Elena) showed us around the city. Tour was excellent!!!

Nicole Bauer (English)

2025-08-28 22:59:53

“Excellent guide”

Loved it.

SM (English)

2025-08-17 12:46:31

“Very good expirience”

Anna was very nice,speeks very clear english. Clear gidenss,efficient.

Mira Barkan (English)

2025-08-14 06:49:54

“Super”

Elena is the perfect guide: funny, knolewdgeable, interesting, beautiful

Gaia Marcolongo (English)

2025-08-12 15:57:48

“Great guide, super informative, interesting and funny”

Great guide, very informative, great humor that suited everyone including teenagers. We loved it!

Naama Schwartzblat (English)

2025-08-08 11:21:28

“Best decision”

The tour with Elena was wonderful. It was our first free tour and we will definitely continue in participating in these! It was super informative, interesting, funny and beautiful to see the city with Elenas eyes. Would recommend vividly :)

Marie (English)

2025-08-06 17:41:31

“Bucharest ”

Maria wax our tour guide… she was amazing from start to finish. We learned so much history and all in a humerus way, we’re Irish and her humour reminded me of Irish humour…. Thanks Maria. We will definitely return to Bucharest…. I recommend Maria’s tour to everyone xxx

Niall (English)

2025-08-06 14:05:29

“Excellent free tour with Elena!”

Elena is an excellent guide, we learned a lot about the city and Romanian history. I would highly recommend that tour!

Oriane (English)

2025-08-04 10:13:22

“Perfekt”

This Tour with Elena was perfect. We Liked it so much

Manuela Stockinger (English)

2025-07-26 09:31:06

“Story of Bucharest”

Great tour and a friendly and knowledgeable guide.

Alan Dewsbury (English)

2025-07-26 08:22:00

“Lovely and interesting”

I forget the guide's name (she was wearing an orange sundress) but she was very interesting and well-informed. The tour was paced well and she did a good job covering the basics as well as going a bit more in-depth in some issues. Great experience, definitely worth the money!

Emily Downey (English)

2025-07-23 19:03:04

“Great tour”

Great tour, our guide Mara had many interesting stories about the city, she was always eager to answer our questions and very funny. Would absolutely recommend!

Joanna S (English)

2025-07-20 11:13:06

“Unmissable tour”

I really enjoyed this tour. Mara was a very good and knowledgeable tour guide. I learn about the history of Bucharest through the ages, saw interesting landmarks and she gave us tips about where to eat traditional food. I loved this tour.

Violeta (English)

2025-07-15 13:29:20

“Tour of bucharest”

Tour was great and Julian was a lot of fun!

Jere Gough (English)

2025-07-10 11:06:48

“Mara is great”

We took the basic Bucharest tour and enjoyed it so much. Helpful for orienting to a new city and also very informative and fun. Thanks, Mara!

Gina Polesetsky (English)

2025-07-04 11:02:01

“Warm, funny, meaningful historical tour”

I joined the free walking tour in Bucharest with the guide Anna, and from the very first moment, I felt I was in the hands of someone truly special. Anna is kind, patient, and full of enriching historical knowledge – but above all, she led the tour with a big heart and genuine love for people. She added just the right touch of humor, light and charming, which made all of us feel like part of the story, not just listeners. She made me, someone who doesn’t usually connect with history, listen, get curious – and even want to learn more. Thank you, Anna, for reminding me how much impact one person with true passion can have. I hope many others get the chance to meet you.

daniela puker (English)

2025-07-04 10:12:00

“Amazing Tour!”

Elena was awesome! A very factual and entertaining tour. Cheers!

Toby Carr (English)

2025-07-02 20:11:40

“fantastico tour ”

Elena fue muy puntual, muy agradable e hizo el tour muy interactivo e interesante la recomiendo mucho

Cecilia (Spanish)

2025-07-02 10:47:55

“Excellent ”

Very interesting and helpful. Ana was great.

Przemek (English)

2025-07-02 02:36:59

“Amazing Tour”

We had an amazing tour through Bukarest thanks to our guide Elena! Nice places, nice stories, great background info, fun, ... everything just perfect.

Verena (English)

2025-06-30 12:09:49

“Nice walk”

The walk was nice. We have learned a lot about Bucharest. Our guide had very good tips for traveling or places to eat. Maybe the tour could start a bit earlier so it’s not that hot at lunchtime

Timo Müller (English)

2025-06-28 11:35:25

“Useful tour!!”

This tour helped me look at Bucharest with different eyes. I understand more about why it looks the way it does. Very interesting! Our guide was Anna, she knows a lot about the history and explained it very well.

Marlou van Lent (English)

2025-06-25 15:17:17

“Great tour”

Maria was an excellent guide and the tour is very interesting, going through the history of Bucharest and Romania and helping you understand the contrasts of the city.

Simona (English)

2025-06-24 17:35:14

“Ana was the best”

I really enjoyed the tour Ana was very helpful and gave us really good information

Arturo Colindres (English)

2025-06-23 10:52:55

“Bucharest Tour”

Very informative and the guide was interactive

Nikhil Gavankar (English)

2025-06-19 21:41:41

“Top tour ”

Really good explanation, if you want learn the history of the city you should do this tour

Francisco (English)

2025-06-18 13:46:00

“Wonderful, accessible, humorous introduction to Bucharest”

Our guide Elena was fantastic: warm, entertaining and so interesting. I think the tour was a couple of hours, but it flew by and we'd have stayed for much longer if it was available. I'd say this was an absolutely essential introduction to the city for tourists, with history and contemporary facts mixed in with jokes and touching personal content. Thanks so much again, Elena!

Geoff Blunt (English)

2025-06-14 13:43:16

“We highly recommend it”

This free tour was very interesting. We've learnt a lot about Bucharest. Everything was clearly explained. Thanks Anna for this tour.

Perrine (English)

2025-06-10 15:37:23

“Bien explicado, ameno y agradable ”

El tour está bien para hacerte una idea de la historia de Bucarest y ver sus edificios más emblemáticos. Un paseo por el centro. Andrei es un excelente guía, muy agradable y simpático

Zaida (Spanish)

2025-06-08 04:23:58

“Amazing”

The walking tour was amazing. Mara was an incredible guide, with a lot of knowledge and charisma... I highly recommend this toir for an overview of the city and its history.

Cláudia Oliveira (English)

2025-06-07 11:36:06

“Wonderful guide”

Mara was the best guide ever and the visit with her was wonderful

Marine Navarro (English)

2025-06-07 11:22:49

“Amazing Ana ”

Ana was knowledgeable, funny and witty. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour

priya gopinathan (English)

2025-06-06 03:55:35

“A wonderful discovery of Bucharest. ”

Tudor, our guide, immersed us in and brought to life the history of Bucharest and Romania. Thanks to him and his photos (which are incredibly helpful), we were able to imagine the city as it was just 45 and 100 years ago, the daily struggles that citizens faced, and above all, his empathy in recounting the events of the 1989 revolution. Thanks to him, we discovered the most unique corners of the historic center, as well as his recommendations on places to visit and traditional foods to try. I can only praise how my guide transformed the eyes of a simple tourist into someone who truly lived a piece of Bucharest’s history. Thank you.

Alessandra (English)

2025-06-01 05:53:18

“Tour”

Andrei es un guia simpatico y explica bien

ANTONIA GARCIA SANCHEZ (Spanish)

2025-05-31 18:43:27

“Tour Bucarest”

Nos ha gustado mucho. Andrei, nuestro guía, un 10

Miguel Angel Labella (Spanish)

2025-05-31 15:43:26

“Interesting tour ”

Tudor was passionate and ready to share all the interesting stories and facts. Even though it was raining, the tour carried on and we covered all the key sites

Farzeen Pal (English)

2025-05-29 17:59:37

“Would recommend!!”

Wir hatten eine sehr informative Tour mit Andrei. Er ist ein sehr guter Tour Guide der alle unseren Fragen sehr gut beantworten konnte und die Tour war auch sehr gut aufgebaut :)

Isabel and Laura (German)

2025-05-28 10:39:16

“Julien ”

Julien guide was wonderful

רונית נחושתן (English)

2025-05-20 19:55:58

“Great tour”

Maria did a great job!

Mara (English)

2025-05-19 07:31:50

“Elena, The Great Guide ”

This tour was amazing! Elena is awesome at her job. The stories she told, the history, ... she did it in a very entertaining way, made it interactive for all of us. She did involve the children and the adults and that was nice. She put a lovely personal touch to it too. Will do this tour again!

Inge Geuskens (English)

2025-05-18 05:25:37

“Ottimo”

Ottimo

Liliana Bo (Italian)

2025-05-14 09:33:26

“.”

Laura Flores cuenca (English)

2025-05-12 18:48:39

“Great tour with the awesome Maria”

Today we had a great tour with Maria. She made the tour very special with a lot of humor, sympathy and told us very interesting things about the city and its develoment over the past centuries. Highly recommended!

Eva (English)

2025-05-10 11:06:49

“An engaging and interesting tour”

Alina delivered a fun tour with some interesting functs and in a very engaging manner

Tria (English)

2025-05-09 05:44:48

“Ok”

This was my fist tour without any speaker /mic used by guide or provided earphones It was very difficult to understand everything as guide was not too loud and also car traffic was really heavy I wish we learnt more about city and culture rather than politics Overall was ok but not my best tour via freetour

Martina Pustaiova (English)

2025-05-06 18:05:41

“Amazing, we learnt a lot about the Romanian culture”

Incredible, the tour guide was so nice and he told us a lot about the Romanian culture and the way people live

Pablo Fernandez (English)

2025-05-06 17:11:03

“Free Tour - Complete Story of Bucharest”

Teodor has been an amazing guide, providing a great tour of the city center, well organized plenty of descriptions and cool anedocts. Thank you!

Marco (English)

2025-05-05 01:55:44

“Great tour”

The tour was very interesting and Alina was a great guide.

Felix Dlugosch (English)

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