Bucharest's Palace of the Parliament, where NATO's Summit will take place, is one of Europe's most stunning buildings. It has 1,100 rooms, is 12 stories high, measures 240x270 metres, and has an underground section which reaches 92 metres down.

As the largest ever NATO Summit, Bucharest will welcome the most delegates ever received at a Summit. Around 3,000 delegates will attend, with a similar number of media arriving.

Accreditation applications for the event had already reached almost 2,000 journalists by early March. Of these, about a third were either cameramen or photographers.

Security for the Summit will be tight. More than 10,000 police officers will be drawn from all over Romania, dealing with everything from Summit admissions to traffic flows.

Transport demands on the city will be great. Summit organisers plan to use roughly 300 minivans and 100 buses for shuttles to and from the Summit. Almost 500 cars will be used for the official motorcades. Getting a taxi may be tough...

NATO has spent many months ensuring that its materials are ready on time for the Summit. These range from exhibitions and DVDs through to USB sticks and, of course, the printed copy of NATO Review.

The logo for the Bucharest Summit is based on a statue in the city dedicated to the country's aviation heroes.

It was eventually selected from over 80 submissions from around the country.

Now all that is missing are the people. But when they arrive, Bucharest - and NATO - will be ready.