Crâng Park

Crâng Park
Main entrance to the Crâng park
Type	public park
Location	Western outskirts of Buzău
Coordinates	45°8′50″N 26°48′3″E / 45.14722°N 26.80083°E / 45.14722; 26.80083
Area	100,000 m2 (25 acres)
Created	1850
Open	All year

Crâng Park (Romanian: Parcul Crâng) is the largest and most important park in the city of Buzău, Romania.

The park is located on the western outskirts of the city. It has an area of about 100,000 square metres (25 acres). It represents only a part of a 1.89 square kilometre forest, named the Crâng forest, which is a remainder of the Codrii Vlăsiei. The forest is made up mostly of local broadleaf plants, with rather few gymnosperms, and it is known for its oaks, ash trees, lime trees, birches and maple. The park area is also populated with some foreign species of trees and other plants.

The park features an artificial lake, named the Heleşteu lake (in Romanian, heleşteu=pond). The lake was created when the park was built, in order to provide boat rides. Its water is brought in from the Buzău river via a small channel that circles the city. It features three equally-sized islands, one of which is reachable via a bridge, while the other two are reachable only by boat.

In 1976, an obelisk was erected in the center of the park, marking 1,600 years since the earliest documentary attestation of Buzău.

Crâng's attractions also include discothèques, children's playgrounds, a chess and tables players corner (used even during winter days by some enthusiastic players), and boat rides on the lake.