{"id":10311,"date":"2025-06-20T19:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T17:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?p=10311"},"modified":"2025-08-13T21:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:09:15","slug":"fantanile-cantatoare-din-piata-unirii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/2025\/06\/fantanile-cantatoare-din-piata-unirii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Singing Fountains in Bucharest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Even though I live just steps away from the Unirii fountains, I\u2019ve never gone to see them lit up and singing\u2026 As soon as I found out this was the last weekend they\u2019d be \u201cperforming\u201d, I said I couldn\u2019t miss them! See how I am?…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I caught a glimpse of them one evening while driving by, but the next day I set out determined to see them in the flesh \u2014 well, in jets and colors\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lot of people! Well of course, if today\u2019s the last day, I thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought wrong, because the fountains can still be seen until June 29, inclusive. The construction site that will dismantle them for a few years starts on the 30th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barcelona 2003<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dubai 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My first \u201cwow\u201d moment related to this type of fountain show was many years ago, in Barcelona<\/strong>. That\u2019s where I first saw what a spectacular water show meant, with lights \u201cdancing\u201d to the rhythm of famous arias. I don\u2019t know how it would seem to me now, after so many years and other shows seen in the meantime, but back then I was amazed by the perfect synchronization between the colored water jets and the musical accents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, I saw the much-promoted fountains in Dubai<\/strong>, at the Burj Khalifa. And this year, I rushed to catch a musical fountain show at 9 p.m. in Xi\u2019an<\/strong>, China, a show very popular among the Asian public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I wasn\u2019t expecting the show in Unirii Square to take my breath away. But it really was a pleasant surprise!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond the water, sound, and light show, I really loved the atmosphere!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, I felt like I was at an open-air party!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The music mix was clearly the highlight. Sure, we all gathered to admire the beautiful water jets dancing to the rhythm of the music, but I saw how everyone enjoyed each new song that started. Even more than that, it felt like a quiz game \u2013 everyone rushed to name the song, the artist, or the movie it was from \u2013 because there were also soundtracks from films like Top Gun<\/em>, The Pink Panther<\/em>, or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly<\/em>. It was really fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Every time a new song started, a wave of \u201coooh, wow, yaaay!\u201d and other exclamations would rise, showing that we were all happy to hear that tune again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many were singing (we were singing…) to almost all the songs. At least that\u2019s how it was in the area where I was, but I\u2019m sure everyone had been \u201cinfected\u201d with the same talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several groups of friends and families were dancing to every song. Even to \u201cVeronicaaa, the nice and beautiful girl\u201d, a waltz got started…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But how silly I was??? After bragging that I knew almost all the voices \u2013 from Aguilera, ABBA, Tina Turner, Queen, to Dan Sp\u0103taru and Stela Enache, after showing off that I knew all the songs, from Pretty Woman<\/em>, What a Feeling<\/em>, to Ani de liceu<\/em> or We Are the Champions<\/em>, I later found out that the whole show\u2019s playlist was made up of music… from movies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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