Verdi Park: Romania's First Permanent Disc Golf Course in a Public City Park

Yesterday we played our first round on the permanent baskets in Verdi Park. It was a historic day for us and for disc golf in Romania: Verdi is the country's first permanent disc golf course in a public urban park.

Years of carrying baskets on our backs

We hauled portable baskets in and out weekend after weekend. We refined the layout to fit the space better. We explained the sport to people walking through the park. Every time, disc golf came to Verdi for a few hours — and left when we did.

But in those hours something good happened. We met people curious enough to try a new sport, who came back the following weekend with ambition, brought friends, learned the layout. They missed, they laughed, they sank a first putt or even a first ace. We celebrated each other's shots. That is how a new sport gets built: slowly, with real people, in a real park.

From a place we brought disc golf to, to a place where disc golf exists

As of yesterday, something changed. Verdi used to be a place we brought disc golf to. Now it is a place where disc golf exists.

Anyone walking through can see the baskets, ask what they are, and come back with a disc, a friend, a new goal. It no longer depends on our schedule. It is simply there.

The course: 9 baskets, 18 tees, free

The course has nine permanent Innova DISCatcher PRO28 baskets — the latest model, used this year at tournaments on the international circuit. Each basket has two tee positions, orange and white, so it plays as 9 holes from either tee or as a full 18-hole layout using both.

The 18-hole layout runs about 1,150 metres, with 17 par 3s and one par 4. It is wooded but not crowded: just enough trees to shape lines and reward control, while staying friendly to beginners.

The park sits two to three metres below street level, like a hidden green hollow in the middle of the city, with a broad meadow crossed diagonally by a footpath and framed by mature mulberries and cherry plums. Few people know that Verdi occupies the former northern edge of the Floreasca Hippodrome, which operated here until the 1960s.

Full details, map and layout: the Verdi Park course page.

A park shared with everyone

Verdi remains the same public park, shared with children, families, runners, cyclists, walkers, picnickers and dog owners. Disc golf coexists with all of it — a quiet sport, no fences, no fee.

The neighbourhood welcomed us. People stopped, asked, tried a throw, and some became part of the community.

How to play your first round

All you need is one disc and about 90 minutes. No booking, no fee, no special equipment. You walk into the park, find the first tee, and throw.

If you would rather learn alongside someone, the community plays at Verdi regularly and runs seasonal leagues in spring and autumn, beginner workshops, and tournaments for those who want to measure their game. All of it is open to anyone, whatever their experience.

The first of many

For us, disc golf is a simple invitation: let's get outside, move, meet people, be more active and maybe a little happier. It is healthy. It is fun. It is for everyone. And at Verdi, it is free.

This is only a beginning. We hope many more follow, in Bucharest and across the country, joining the more than 17,000 disc golf courses worldwide.

Thank you to everyone who put their shoulder to this: the community, the donors, the volunteers, the friends who showed up for the first rounds, and the partners who made this step possible — Primăria Municipiului București and Administrația Lacuri, Parcuri și Agrement București.

Nine baskets. For everyone, anytime. See you at the first tee.