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Has an Arch of Triumph
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Has a Statue of Liberty
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Called the Paris of the East
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Almost 2 million people live within its city-limits
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Situated on the banks of the Danube
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Was under continuous Roman rule
Bucharest was never under Roman rule, with an exception during Muntenia's brief conquest by the troops of Constantine I
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Was under continuous Ottoman rule
Both were territories and vassals of the Ottomans for hundreds of years.
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Is in the Schengen Area
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Has a Transylvanian-style castle in one of its parks
Vajdahunyad castle was designed to feature copies of several landmark buildings from different parts of the old Kingdom of Hungary, especially the Hunyad Castle in Transylvania.
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Jews were its second-largest ethnic group during the Interwar period
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Was under communist rule in a Warsaw Pact country. But now is in the NATO
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Predominantly Orthodox today
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Home to two UNESCO World Heritage sites
Budapest has the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter; and Andrássy Avenue and its surroundings. Bucharest hasn't got any.
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Is in the Eastern European Timezone
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Was a station of the Orient Express
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Is closer to the Carpathians