Romanian Police & Fire Collectors meeting - ROCOP

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The IPA Romania – Section 1 Bucharest and the Cultural Center of the Ministry of Interior would like to invite you to the first meeting of police/fire collector´s meeting in Bucharest. In order to have a pleasant visit to our capital city, please carefully review this administrative letter.

 

Venue of the meeting: Ministry of Interior Cultural Center – Bucharest, Mihai Voda St. No 7 (located at 10 minutes from Km 0 of the capital-city and 5 minutes from the Old Town – tourist oriented area with bars, pubs, terraces, souvenir shops, museums, old architecture buildings, parks, Parliament Palace, Royal Palace etc.)

 

Accommodation: for the meeting we have an agreement with Hotel Volo (3 stars), located at 5 minutes’ walk from the venue of the trade-show; the price is 45 euros/night for single and 55 euros/night for double (breakfast included). If you want reservation, please mention it in the attendance form. If you want to book your own accommodation, please do so, but keep in mind that the organizers decline any responsibility for overbooking or any similar incidents.

 

Transportation: from the airport, you can arrive by taxi at the hotel/trade show in approx. 30 minutes (medium traffic) and the price is around 10 euros (must pay in local currency). In order to catch a cab, you must use some devices installed at the exit gate (large yellow boxes, similar to an ATM), where you can choose the company and the price of the fair per km. (currently the price is between 1.40 - 2.00 RON/km - approx. 35 cents €); after you get the receipt, you can wait outside of the gate since on the ticket you will see the waiting time, name of the company, license plate and taxi license; keep it just in case you want to make any complaints!

You have also the option to take the shuttle bus from the airport to the city center and you can buy the ticket in the airport or upon boarding the bus (the price is around 1.50 €). You should arrive at the Universitate bus stop (city center, next to very high Intercontinental Hotel) and walk on the Regina Elisabeta Bld. for 10 minutes in order to reach the venue/hotel or take any public transportation bus for 2 stops.

If you plan to visit the city and use the public transportation (bus, tram, trolley and subway) it’s advisable to buy daily cards: for one day is approx. 3 € -/ for seven days is approx. 6 €

 

Currency: Romania is not in the Euro Area yet, so payments in cash must be done in the local currency (RON or „lei”). You can change any major foreign currency (€, $, £ etc.) at the exchange offices or banks; if you come by airplane, do not change large quantities in the airport, since the exchange rates are not as generous as in the city. Major credit cards are accepted widely at shops, restaurants, hotels. For the trade show, please use local currency!

 

Visa: Romania is a member state of the European Union, so no visa is required for the citizens of the EU member state and for many other countries that have reciprocal agreements with EU; also EU citizens can travel without the passport, just with the national ID card. Please check with the Romanian Embassy/Consulate in your country or on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to receive up-dated info about the visa requirements and use of passport.

 

Tables: are free of charge, but you have to reserve one in advance; please do so by filling in the attached form!

 

Prohibited items: the trade show is not intended for firearms or objects that are prohibited/restricted by law!

 

Touristic attractions: Bucharest, like any European capital, offers a large variety of touristic attractions; here are a few suggestions, but please do not limit yourself only to them:

• Parliament Palace
• The Village Museum
• Lipscani Old Town
• National History Museum
• National Military Museum
• Fire Fighters Museum

If you don´t want to spend too much time for sightseeing, I would recommend the 1 ½ h trip with the touristic bus around Bucharest.

 

Safety tips: Bucharest is not a dangerous place to be, in fact it´s considered to be one of the safest capitals of Europe. However, caution should be exercised, just like in any busy urban environment and follow the following tips:

• Do no flash large amounts of cash or jewelry and do not change currency on the street!
• If you are approached by people that pretend to be police, ask them to bring uniformed officers or to escort you to the local precinct.
• Watch you bag and pockets, in particular while in the crowded area or public transportation! 
• Obey the traffic rules, as a driver, but as a pedestrian too!
• Some stray dogs might be seen; although they look cute, do not feed them!
• Do not support with money the beggars or „parking gorillas”!

Brotherhood dinner: on the evening previous of the trade show we will organized a welcoming dinner at a local restaurant

 

We hope you will enjoy the trade show and our city!

 

Edited March 17, 2016 by CITADELA

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Save the date: May 28th, 2016! The second edition of ROCOP - police/fire trade show!

 

 

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Editia a-4-a va avea loc in data de 26 mai 2018 orele 09-14 la Centrul ARCUB, situat in Centrul Vechi  al Bucurestiului! (Lipscani)

 

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Dear colleagues,

It´s our pleasure to invite you to the 5th edition of the IPA-ROCOP police / fire trade show that will be organized in Bucharest, capital city of Romania, on the 29th of June, 2019 at the ARCUB Center, located in on the Lipscani St. from down-town are of Bucharest!

As usually, we will have a brotherhood dinner on the evening of 28th of May, 2019, full of surprises and local cuisine; those of you that attended the previous editions know what we are talking about! (location to be confirmed)

In order to better prepare the trade show and adjacent activities, we would like to know how many of you are interested to attend the show, the dinner and the extra activities; even if you answer is not bounding in any way to later attend the events, at least to know your intentions it would help us to budget the event, so please send us a message in this way: ipa1rocop@gmail.com

We hope to see you soon!

Edited June 19, 2019 by CITADELA

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Dear colleagues,

It´s our pleasure to invite you to the 6th edition of the IPA-ROCOP police / fire trade show that will be organized in Bucharest, capital city of Romania, on the 23rd of May, 2020 at the Cultural Centerl of the Ministry of Interior, in the down-town are of Bucharest!

As usually, we will have a brotherhood dinner on the evening of 22nd of May, 2020, full of surprises and local cuisine; those of you that attended the previous editions know what we are talking about! (location to be confirmed)

In order to better prepare the trade show and adjacent activities, we would like to know how many of you are interested to attend the show, the dinner and the extra activities; even if you answer is not bounding in any way to later attend the events, at least to know your intentions it would help us to budget the event, so please send us a message in this way: contact @ rocop.org

We hope to see you soon!

 

Edited February 15, 2020 by CITADELA

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Dragi colegi,

Suntem onorați să vă învităm la a VII-a ediție a Târgului-expoziție ROCOP (târgul internațional al colecționarilor din Ministerele de Interne), organizat în București, la data de 09 octombrie 2021, gazdă fiind Centrul Cultural al MAI, din Str.Mihai Vodă, în zona centrală a capitalei!

Pentru a putea face față chestiunilor organizatorice și de altă natură, în cazul în care doriți să participați cu colecția voastră la târgul-expoziție, vă rugăm să ne contactația la adresa: contact @ rocop.org

Sper să ne revedem în curând!

 

Dear colleagues,

It´s our pleasure to invite you to the 7th edition of the ROCOP police / fire Trade Show that will be organized in Bucharest, capital city of Romania, on the 9th of October, 2021 at the Cultural Center of the Ministry of Interior (Mihai Voda St.), in the down-town are of Bucharest!

In order to better prepare the trade show and adjacent activities, we would like to know how many of you are interested to exhibit their collection at the trade show so please send us a message: contact @ rocop.org

We hope to see you soon!