"Văcărești" Natural Park
Wild urban wetland of reeds, lake and birdlife inside the concrete rim of an abandoned reservoir.
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This guide to Văcărești Nature Park in Bucharest follows Gică Enache, his wife Niculina and their nine children, who spent eighteen years in a hut on the marsh inside an abandoned reservoir. It is a story about appetite and survival: fish caught by hand, a catch sold door to door in the city, and a documentary camera that watched it all. Best heard at the water's edge, with the reeds in front of you and the apartment blocks behind them.
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