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PRAGUE
BRUSSELS
Head outdoors
for a summer feast
MILAN
Seek out the best
art & design
FRANKFURT
Jive the night away
in the city of jazz
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9 SNAPSHOTS
The Snapshots section flags up events,
exhibitions and news from a selection
of the airline’s 15 base cities. This issue:
Bucharest goes tennis crazy, three style
hotels to visit, and beaches and castles
in the Gdansk tri-city area.
15 GADGETS
Soak up the summer sunshine. Our beach
bag includes sunglasses with various tinted
lenses, a wireless Walkman MP3 player,
compact camera and e-reader. Oh, and
a boombox gets the party going.
Contents
31
40
20 SWEDISH DESIGN
Swedish furniture and interior deisgner
Monica Förster brings movement and
undulating form to simple objects.
23 LEICA CAMERAS
From Korda and Henri Cartier-Bresson, to
Tom Cruise and the Queen, this camera
proves as popular as it is effective.
29 ABSINTHE
Until this year, the drink that shall not be
named. We trace its rise and fall in French
and European cultural history.
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Contents
35 AARHUS
For 10 days in August, the Danes’ festival
spills across musuems, streets and alleys.
38 PRAGUE
The atmospheric capital has plenty to offer
both first-time and regular visitors.
48 MILAN
Never mind the history – two curators
enthuse about its contemporary art venues.
54 FRANKFURT
A hangover from World War II, the jazz
scene endures in cellars and concert halls.
60 BRUSSELS
Anyone for a Michelin-star barbeque?
Quality outdoor food in a two-day festival.
64 EINDHOVEN
How light installations give urban design a
mood-altering influence on the masses.
64
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68 DESTINATION GUIDES
Expert recommendations from our team
of on-the-spot writers, giving unique and
invaluable tips for enjoying selected cities.
97 WIZZ AIR INFO PAGES
All the latest Wizz Air news, the staff
snapshot, information on baggage policies
and booking.
103 SHOPPING PAGES
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BRUSSELS
Head outdoors
for a summer feast
MILAN
Seek out the best
art & design
THE PERFECT TRIP TO
PRAGUE
FRANKFURT
Jive the night away
in the city of jazz
PLUS LEICA CAMERAS // SUMMER GADGETS // THE RISE OF ABSINTHE
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expanding routes from Poland and exciting
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later this year, it’s a busy and exciting time
for passengers and the airline.
Our flights are buzzing with excited
holidaymakers seeking out sunny holiday
breaks such as the gorgeous Croatian
coastal cities of Split and Dubrovnik,
the north Mediterranean cities of
Valencia, Barcelona and Naples, and
island getaways such as a Palma De
Mallorca, Catania and Larnaca.
It’s also the perfect time to start
thinking about planning ahead, with 2012
bringing two huge sporting tournaments.
The London Olympics and the Euro 2012
football championships are creating such
an energy that it’s making the coming
months an exciting time to travel. With
a host of perfect city breaks available and
unbeatable prices, it’s the perfect time
to fly Wizz Air. Enjoy your flight!
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Chief Financial Officer
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MILAN
“First stop and touchstone for lovers of modern art is the Museo Novecento,
which is hurtling towards its first birthday. The museum is sited in the tall,
light and handsome Palazzo dell’Arengario on Piazza Duomo.”
Turn to page 48 for our feature on the city of Milan
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Events and news from Wizz Air’s 15 base cities
Belgrade
Bucharest
Budapest
Cluj Napoca
Gdansk
Kiev
Katowice
Poznan
Prague
Sofia
Timisoara
Tirgu Mures
Vilnius
Warsaw
Wroclaw
Snapshots
BRD NASTASE
TIRIAC TROPHY
17-25 SEPTEMBER
IN SEPTEMBER, THE ELITE PROFESSIONAL
tennis organisation the ATP brings its tour
circuit to Bucharest. BRD Nastase Tiriac
Trophy, housed in the BNR Arena, showcases
the biggest clay tournament in East Europe,
bringing the red carpet glamour of tennis
excellence to Romania. Ten open-air courts
provide the action over nine days of singles and
doubles competitions for total prize money of
€368,450. The sporting stars will be out in force
to take home the Tiriac-Nastase Trophy.
www.brd-nastase-tiriac-trophy.ro
Words Martin Klipp
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 // WIZZ MAGAZINE 9

Snapshots
GDANSK, GYDNIA, SOPOT
DISCOVER POMORSKIE
VISIT THE POMORSKIE REGION –
you’ll find it in the north-centre of
Poland, where it borders the Baltic Sea.
It encompasses the Gdansk, Sopot and
Gdynia regions, with shady beaches such
as Ustka, Rowy, Łeba, Władysławowo,
Jastarnia and Jurata over 300km of
stunning shoreline. Don’t forget that you
can also explore red-brick medieval castles
such as Malbork, now a UNESCO World
Heritage site, which occupies 21 hectares.
Or for those wishing to let their hair down,
there are numerous star-rated spas around
the region, as well as the famous amber
workshops and stores. In any case, you’ll
immerse yourself in Polish hospitality.
www.shopandsee.eu
Words Piers Townley
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COASTLINE OFFER A
MULTITUDE OF ACTIVTIES
SHIFTING SAND DUNES
AT THE SLOWINSKI
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Belgrade
Bucharest
Budapest
Cluj Napoca
Gdansk
Kiev
Katowice
Poznan
Prague
Sofia
Timisoara
Tirgu Mures
Vilnius
Warsaw
Wroclaw
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Events and news from Wizz Air’s 15 base cities
LES FLEURS
SOFIA
Belgrade
Bucharest
Budapest
Cluj Napoca
Gdansk
Kiev
Katowice
Poznan
Prague
Sofia
Timisoara
Tirgu Mures
Vilnius
Warsaw
Wroclaw
OCCUPYING THE ALEXANDER BUILDING IN
Sofia’s historical centre, the 31 rooms in this boutique
hotel owe much to art nouveau floral conceptualism,
yet each is unique in terms of size, materials and colour.
We are talking big, bold flowers and bright, vibrant
décor in contrast to the hotel’s modern frontage. With
a complimentary glass of orange juice on arrival, buffet
breakfast (included in the price) and giant bathtubs,
this is a honeymooners’ dream. On the corner of
Vitosha Blvd and Ivan Denkoglu Street, Les Fleurs is
within walking distance of Sofia’s central attractions
– should you ever want to leave this chic paradise.
www.lesfleurshotel.com
LÁNCHÍD 19
BUDAPEST
LE FLEURS’
CAPTIVATING
LOBBY – BRIGHT
AND VIBRANT
EACH HOTEL AIMS
TO COMPLEMENT
ITS HISTORICAL
SURROUNDINGS
Named after the
famed ‘Chain Bridge’
that spans the Danube,
this is the first design
hotel in Hungary. With
45 uniquely designed
rooms, the hotel is a
contemporary landmark
in a neighbourhood
of predominantly
19th-century architecture. Among the hotel’s expansive and open glass
interior, look out for unique points of detail, from the diver morphing
into wavelets on the façade to the archaeological ruins of a medieval
water tower in the basement. Above the atrium, glass suspension
bridges are marked with their creators’ sandblasted fingerprints.
www.lanchid19hotel.hu
Snapshots
THREE OF
THE BEST…
Style hotels
HOTEL JOSEF
PRAGUE
Designed by architect Eva Jiricna, who was born
in Prague, this hotel in the capital’s medieval quarter
is one of the best design-led hotels in the Czech
Republic. With 109 bedrooms aiming to optimise
the sense of space and light, the property has been
holistically designed from the outside in to respond to
the exceptional location. From the Baleri armchairs
and Philippe Starck fittings in the guest rooms to the
Thonet chairs and tables in the breakfast room, each
item has been selected to fit into the overall aesthetic.
www.hoteljosef.com
Words Martin Klipp
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 // WIZZ MAGAZINE 13

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Objects of
//VISIONARY
//GADGETS
HIT THE
BEACH
All the best kit for a
trip to the seaside
Words Steve O’Rourke
OAKLEY FAST JACKET
SUNGLASSES – THEY ALL DO THE SAME
job, right? Wrong. Oakley, the veteran
shades manufacturer, has just launched
its first ever Fast Jacket range. With an
interchangeable lens design that lets you
match lenses to your surroundings, you
can now simply switch lens type thanks
to the ‘open edge’ architecture of the
semi-rimless frames. The Fast Jacket has
two sets of interchangeable lenses, one
for bright sun and the other for lower
light. It’s designed to give you the edge in
sporting competition. www.oakley.com
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 // WIZZ MAGAZINE 15

[ objects of desire ]
GADGETS
//CAPTIVATING
OLYMPUS VG-130
DIGITAL CAMERA
This eye-catching compact camera is
the perfect size for a small beach bag, but
packed with clever features to make your
summer snaps and movies come to life.
It has a 3in LCD screen for framing and
reviewing your photos – which should look
fantastic thanks to the super-sharp 14
megapixel lens, 5x wide optical zoom and
all-important image stabilisation option.
If you want to capture a spontaneous clip
of your holiday, a simple-to-use one-touch
video recorder option will frame the
moment in 720p HD video, delivering great
results with minimum fuss. It also comes in
black, grey and red. www.olympus.co.uk
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//PLAYFUL
AR.DRONE
Nintendo did a great job at delivering portable
3D gaming with the recent 3DS, but this ‘flying video
game’ pushes the envelope even further, into the sky,
no less. You pilot a remote controlled ‘quadricopter’
that, thanks to the on-board Wi-Fi capabilities, can
be operated by any iPhone or iPad. The big mean
flying machine features two cameras, one to stabilise
flight, whilst the other streams real-time video footage
to your handheld device. The bundled augmented
reality software means you can shoot on-screen
targets or just enjoy a bird’s eye view of your
surroundings. Not suitable for under-14 year olds.
www.mediamarkt.pl/ar-drone, www.parrot.com/usa/

INVENTIVE
W SERIES WALKMAN MP3 PLAYER:
SONY NWZ W252
If you want to listen to your favourite album while
splashing through the ocean spray or jogging along the
beach, look no further than this impressive wire-free
Walkman. No more tangled wires, just wear the splashresistant
headphones and open the door to a 2GB
easy-to-use MP3 player, with an 11-hour battery life
and hugely useful three-minute rapid charge for up to
three hours’ playback – perfect for a spontaneous trip
to the beach. www.sony.com/walkman
//RETRO
TDK 3 SPEAKER BOOMBOX
You’ll need to buy a lot of batteries (12 to be precise), but this
1980s inspired boombox will breathe crystal-clear musical life
into any outdoor gathering. It has a nifty USB input so you don’t
need to rely on cassettes like “back in the day” – just plug in an
MP3 player to select your tunes. Radio fans will be pleased to
discover an AM/FM radio – and in true retro style, there’s no digital
radio. It looks fantastic and thanks to the 35-watt bass-heavy
sound, your former teenage self will be looking on in envy.
www.tdkperformance.com
//SLEEK
iRIVER STORY HD eBOOK
[ objects of desire ]
GADGETS
With its 6in HD display, Wi-Fi connectivity and gorgeouslooking
slim design, this eBook reader has more in common
with an iPad than a curly-cornered paperback, and could
potentially outstrip Kindle. The Story comes equipped
with a full QWERTY keypad, but what we really love is
the 3-week battery life! www.iriver.pl, www.iriver.com
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 // WIZZ MAGAZINE 19

[ objects of desire ]
FURNITURE DESIGNER
//DESIGN
SWEDISH
MODEL
Transforming
objects into stylish
masterpieces
Words Anna J Kutor
ADHERING TO THE SAME FUNCTIONAL
beauty, high-quality craftsmanship and
unfaltering innovation that pushed her
homeland to the fore of design excellence,
Swedish designer Monica Förster dreams
up furniture and household objects that
read like contemporary poetry. The flow of
waves and ever-changing Nordic landscape
inspired her Breeze table (opposite page,
centre) for Swedese and Vika Chair (top
left) for Bernhardt Design, while the
pared-down rounds of the Circle lamp,
from De Padova, brings out the polished
essence of an iconic style. Simplicity
also reigns supreme in Cloud, (bottom
left), a portable blow-up room made of
rip-resistant nylon for Swedish design firm
Offecct. This rising star is well on her way
to becoming a national treasure.
www.monicaforster.se
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“A lot of my designs
have movement
captured in their
form, as if they're in
transition or they've
stopped on the way to
somewhere else.”
Monica Förster in
Dwell Magazine
www.dwell.com
“In northern Sweden, braided rivers
carve through the land creating an
ever changing landscape alive with
motion. Förster brilliantly captures
the beauty of this geographical
phenomenon in the undulating
shape of the Vika Chair.”
www.interiornews.com
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 // WIZZ MAGAZINE 21

REX FEATURES
s t y l e
PERFECT PICTURE
If a picture can tell a thousand words, then the story of the
world famous Leica camera is worth a few pages
Words Martin Klipp
ALBERTO KORDA WITH HIS
ICONIC CHE PORTRAIT,
TAKEN WITH A LEICA
CAMERA IN 1960
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 // WIZZ MAGAZINE 23

[ style icons ]
LEICA CAMERAS
THE FACE OF THE CUBAN
politician Ernesto ‘Che’
Guevara, as seen in the
photograph Guerrillero Heroico,
has been a symbol of the
revolutionary movement
since the Sixties. The iconic
image was taken by Cuban
photographer Alberto Díaz
Gutiérrez Korda on 5 March
1960, when Che was 31. The
event was a memorial service
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for the 100 crew members
of a Belgian arms cargo
ship killed by an explosion in
Havana Harbour the previous
day. Cuba blamed counterrevolutionary
forces aided
by the US. Assigned by the
magazine Revolución to cover
the ceremony, guests included
Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul
Sartre and, of course, Fidel
Castro. While the picture
has become one of the most
famous images of the 20th
Century, the camera that
took the photo – a Leica M2
rangefinder with a 90mm lens
– is also recognised as a bit of
an icon in its own right.
Known as the camera
with the red dot, due to its
logo, Leica M series cameras
have been championed by
photography aficionados
for decades, from creative
legends such as Henri Cartier-
Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Annie
Leibovitz and Sebastião
Salgado, to an almost endless
list of celebrity devotees
including Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt,
Johnny Depp, Woody Allen,
Bryan Adams, Miley Cyrus,
Scarlett Johansson, Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev
and even Queen Elizabeth.

Invented in 1913 as a small
format 35mm camera by
German microscope researcher
and amateur cinematographer
Oskar Barnack, it was the
lightweight Leica 1 camera
unveiled at the 1925 Leipzig
Spring Fair that created a
revolution in photography,
offering a new freedom
for photographers working
in the fields of reportage,
photojournalism and artistic
photography, allowing them to
get closer to events.
“Photographers regarded
this as ‘a new form of vision’,”
says Stefan Daniel, Leica’s head
of product development. “The
Leica became an indispensable
companion for all situations,
an ‘integral part of the eye’
or an ‘extension of the hand’.
This is still true today of Leica
cameras up to and including
the M9 series which is the
smallest full-frame (35mm)
system camera in the world.”
The Leica M9 made it
possible for the first time
to transfer the M camera’s
special way of shooting,
without any compromise,
in digital format. Small
in comparison to digital
single-lens reflex (DSLR)
s t y l e
systems, the Leica M8 series
camera and lenses are discreet
and unobtrusive, meaning the
photographer can achieve
shots unnoticed – which is
why they are so suitable for
reportage. The cameras are
also ideal for landscape work,
as they are light and easy to
carry, even in remote areas.
“Our cameras and lenses
give photographers the
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 // WIZZ MAGAZINE 25

[ style icons ]
LEICA CAMERAS
freedom to capture the decisive
moment. There is also an
unparalleled quality. They are
built to last. They never go out
of fashion, because the design
has stayed true to the originals
from the early years. The
products also keep their value
– and many are now collectors’
items,” notes Stefan.
Hand-built in Germany in
Leica’s manufacturing facility
SHARP SHOOTERS
Casio
EXILIM EX-ZR100
Boasts an amazing 12.5x optical
zoom, great for sweeping
landscapes, large buildings or
details from a long range. The
12.1 megapixel camera features a
24mm wide-angle lens with image
stabiliser. www.exilim.casio.com
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in Solms, each and every
Leica M camera is controlled
at each step of the production
process by experienced experts
with Leica custom-built
tools and jigs. More than 70
people would potentially be
involved in the production of
one product. Rather than lose
quality with a digital zoom,
the M series prefers the use
of interchangeable fixed lens
Olympus
XZ-1
The first compact camera with a
built-in lens from ZUIKO, a leading
manufacturer of the high-end
optics, plus ISO 6400 sensitivity
and AF Illuminator (for focusing
in dark conditions).
www.olympus.co.uk
ABOVE: LEICA’S CREATOR, OSKAR BARNACK. LEFT: LEITZ
WERK, WHERE THE PROTOTYPES WERE DESIGNED
system similar to a SLR camera
only much more compact.
“The lenses are designed
to be the best in the world,”
enthuses Stefan. “The design
philosophy is different from our
competitors. We are always
striving to use the fewest lens
elements as possible, but to
use the best (and subsequently
very costly) glass available.
This creates a ‘natural’ flow of
Canon
G12
Loaded with powerful technologies
such as the Canon HS system
and 2.8in Vari-angle PureColor
System LCD. It also records 720p
HD video with stereo sound and
multiple aspect ratios.
www.canon.co.uk
s t y l e
the light through the lens with
the fewest barriers possible. In
production, every single lens
is tuned to achieve a 100%
performance on an MTF bench,
by hand, which ensures a level
of detail and precision that
other manufacturers are not
willing to achieve.”
Quality, it seems, does come
at a price with the entry level
M9 series camera body costing
around £5000 and lenses
ranging from £1500 to £7500,
not to mention special titanium
editions and collaborations
with fashion houses such as
Hermès that boost both the
exclusivity level and the price.
“Customers do not tend
to look for the cheapest
price when they purchase a
product – they are looking
for quality,” affirms Stefan.
“Leica uses the best possible
materials available.”
www.leica-camera.com
Leica
V-Lux 30
This superzoom compact features
an image-stabilised wide-angle
16x zoom lens and can generate
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ABSINTHE
THE GREEN
REVOLUTION
A whiff of illegality has made
absinthe notorious among spirits.
We examine the rise, fall and
resurrection of the Green Fairy
Words Clive Morris Illustration Christos Hannides
POUR THE EMERALD GREEN
spirit into a small, V-shaped,
glass, the kind you might see
in a Parisian café, so that it’s
one quarter full. Then place the
spoon – more a silver, slotted
trowel really, flat across the
top of the glass. Onto the
spoon goes a sugar cube.
What happens next depends
upon the location. In Western
Europe, they top up the glass
with iced water. Over several
minutes, the connoisseur will
watch as the spirit changes
colour, acquiring a kind of
milky miasma, known as the
‘louche’. While sipping, he
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ABSINTHE
AFICIONADOS’
TOP ABSINTHES
1 Jade Edouard
TA Breaux resurrected
the Green Fairy in
2000. Jade Liqueurs’
Esprit Edouard (left)
and PF 1901 continue
to make the top
three in most lists.
www.bestabsinthe.com
2 L’Ancienne
This Czech brand has
been praised as “scarily
similar to pre-ban”
by Brian Robinson of
The Wormwood Society.
Expect another limited
batch about now.
www.zufanek.cz
3 La Clandestine
Claude-Alain Bugnon
recreated a 1935 recipe
to distil this fine white
absinthe in the Swiss
village where the drink
originated. Look out for
Butterfly Boston, too.
www.laclandestine.com
4 Belle Amie
A charming name
and elegant bottle,
its colour is identical
to the Pernod Fils
1914. Buy it at Vert
d’Absinthe in Paris.
www.vertdabsinthe.com
6 Mansinthe
Goth rocker Marilyn
Manson lends his name
to this 2007 brand,
a wild card which
scores surprisingly
highly among
those in the know.
www.mansinthe.com
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may experience a kind of
“clear-headed drunkenness”,
though not, unfortunately, a
hallucination of Kylie Minogue
as La Fée Verte (‘the Green
Fairy’) from Moulin Rouge.
In Eastern Europe they set
alight to the sugar, or the spirit
(absinth), dowse the fire with
water, then down it in one. An
outrage not unlike the burning
of Joan of Arc, some feel.
“You pay up to £20 for
the alcohol in the bottle, so
why set fire to it?” says Alan
Moss. “You’re burning the
taste. Perhaps that particular
brand didn’t taste good in
the first place.” Moss is brand
ambassador for Claude-Alain
Bugnon, who distils superior
Swiss absinthes such as La
Clandestine and Butterfly.
Like many, Moss dislikes cheap
imposters, dubbed ‘fauxinthes’.
THIS ICONIC 1896 POSTER BY HENRI PRIVAT-LIVEMONT IS TYPICAL
OF THE BELLE ÉPOQUE ERA, BUT A DARKER SIDE WOULD EMERGE
s t y l e
“If you put red dye into a white
wine, that doesn’t make it red
wine,” he explains.
Absinthe is an apertif spirit,
distilled from anise, fennel and
wormwood. It has a very high
alcohol content – around 50%
or 70% for Swiss and French
brands respectively, though
as Oscar Wilde put it, “Only a
lunatic would drink absinthe
neat”. In May the French
Government lifted the ban
on the sale of products under
the name ‘absinthe’. This was
something of a formality, as it
could be sold anyway since
EU regulations in 2000. It just
had to be labelled ‘spiritueux
aux plantes d’absinthe’.
While the hallucinatory
properties of wormwood and
its compound thujone were
revealed as myth, the very
name absinthe continued its
hold on the French psyche.
Yet the Green Fairy was
once the toast of Paris. After
vineyards were devastated
in the 1860s by phylloxera,
a louse, its popularity soared.
It was favoured by all social
classes, and five in the
afternoon became known as
l’heure verte (‘the green hour’).
Posters of the belle époque
era, such as Henri Privat-
Livemont’s iconic advert (see
left), celebrated the glamour.
It was feted by bohemian
artists such as Manet, van
Gogh and Picasso, and the
writers Verlaine, Wilde and
Hemingway. Yet as early as
1876, Edgar Degas’ L’Absinthe
depicted a sozzled couple
in a scene reminiscent of
Hogarth’s Gin Lane. A year
later Emile Zola outlined its
effects in his novel L’Assommoir.
Soon it held responsible for
France’s military woes, and all
social ills, including van Gogh’s
suicide in 1890, and a killing
CORBIS

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is produced according to a traditional old recipe.
It has green emerald colour with refreshing
mint-aniseed smell and slightly bitter taste.
Absinth RED diff ers from the green one
in adding of cinnamon; in Absinth BLACK there
is an increased portion of aniseed.
Enjoy the taste of the old times.
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hergestellt. Dieser Absinth
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Geschmack aus.
Der Absinth RED unterscheidet sich
von dem grünen durch die Zugabe von Zimt;
im Absinth BLACK ist ein erhöhter Anisanteil.
Genieß den Geschmack der Altenzeiten.
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ABSINTHE
spree by a Swiss labourer in
1905. The temperance society
made an unholy alliance
with the wine industry to
get absinthe banned in most
countries by 1915.
The last person to be fined
under the 1915 ban was
TA Breaux, founder of Jade
Liqueurs. A biochemist from
New Orleans, Ted began to
recreate absinthe in 2000,
experimenting with an old
recipe and samples of two
pre-ban bottles, Edouard and
Pernod Fils. Pernod Fils is
regarded as the gold standard.
Brian Robinson, review editor
of The Wormwood Society, has
rhapsodised over “the tendrils
of the milky pink louche” and
marvelled at the flavour, “so
silky on the tongue and so
smooth as it went down”. This
contrasts with Czech absinthe
that Breaux had tasted earlier.
“It was a bottle of blue dye, it
was high-proof vodka. There
was nothing in it I would have
recognised as absinthe.”
Breaux’s attempts to
bring the drink back from
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extinction fell foul of the
French government, but his
campaigns got them to relax
their “draconian” laws. Today
Jade Liqueurs’ Esprit Edouard
and the PF 1901 consistently
feature in most connoisseurs’
top five. Yet ironically, it is
pipped in some reviews by a
Czech brand from the Zufanek
distillery, which set out to
“break the curse of incredibly
bad Czech absinths” as they put
it. In 2008, Absinthe St Antoine
became the first genuine
distilled absinthe in the Czech
Republic, and has since been
superseded by the ambitious
L’Ancienne in 2011, in a limited
run of 700 bottles. Look out for
a new batch this September.
New speakeasy-style bars
from Purl in London to the
Hemingway Bar in Prague
suggest there’s a demand for
decent brands in a civilised
atmosphere. Says Ted Breaux:
“Over 100 years ago, absinthe
was a respectable drink. It
deserves to be so today.”
For more information, visit
www.wormwoodsociety.org
PRE-BAN PERNOD FILS,
SEEN ABOVE IN THIS
PAINTING BY CHARLES
MAIRE, IS REGARDED AS
THE ‘GOLD STANDARD’
s t y l e
HIGH SPIRITS
Gin
For a cool G&T at a
drinks party, it’s got to
be Gordon’s. With its
neat signature on a cool,
green bottle, it banishes
memories of William
Hogarth’s Gin Lane.
Vodka
Even James Bond might
switch sides for this.
Russian Standard is
currently seen on many a
billboard, resembling a
chilled version of George
Orwell’s Big Brother. Its
smooth taste is great for
martinis – 007 take note.
Whisky
A blended Scotch, The
Famous Grouse is the
most popular in Scotland.
Sample their blends,
including Black Grouse,
at The Famous Grouse
Experience, 12-13 August,
in Perthshire. www.
thefamousgrouse.com
Vermouth
‘Any time, any place,
anywhere’ was the famous
1970s advertising slogan
for the Italian brand,
Martini. Its iconic red
and black label is
associated with motor
racing, which it sponsors.
Cognac
No longer associated with
older, white, affluent folk,
the US hip-hop culture
has taken to this French
tipple. Martell VS has a
well-balanced taste and
is ideal for mixing.

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AARHUS FESTIVAL
Words Piers Townley
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AARHUS
THE SMELLS LIKE TEENS
AFTERNOON CONCERT
FEATURES BANDS FOR
13-17 YEAR OLDS
The Danish capital is the cultural centre of Scandinavia, with
live performance, art, sport and city-wide entertainment
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AARHUS
FOR TEN DAYS EACH YEAR
in August, the Aarhus Festival
is the largest cultural event in
Scandinavia, showcasing local,
national and international
artists and attracting visitors
from all over the world.
The unique mix of art and
entertainment will spill through
the streets, with alleys, clubs,
galleries and museums of
Denmark’s second-largest
city, showcasing Scandinavia’s
best cultural events.
First held in 1965, Aarhus
Festival has grown to include
an array of dance, exhibitions,
contortionists, sports and
children’s entertainment,
as well as an ever-reliable
musical line-up. Last year the
theme was ‘Neighbours’, this
year’s it is ‘Beautiful Mistakes’,
THE MIRAZOZO DOME IS
BUILT BY ARCHITECTS OF
AIR AND PLAYS WITH THE
VIEWER’S PERSPECTIVE
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where the Festival will search
for imperfections, irregularities
and anomalies in all shapes
and sizes, aiming to surprise
and thrill audiences. There’s
alsso a host of hands-on
performances and workshops
for all ages in music and art.
Aarhus Festival 2011,
26 August – 4 September
www.aarhusfestuge.dk
www.visitaarhus.com
ABOVE: FORSMAG FOOD
FESTIVAL, WHERE NEW
MEALS ARE MADE FROM
REGIONAL INGREDIENTS.
LEFT: THE KIDS LEARN TO
CREATE THEIR OWN NOISE

The Polish Maritime Museum
for seafarers - a part of their lives
for inhabitants of Gdańsk - a good reason to be proud
for tourists - a wonderful place to remember
Meet in Gdańsk – one of the oldest Baltic cities!
Looking back to thousand-year-old traditions of European culture and
maritime history, ships from all over Europe are greeted by the historical
port of Gdańsk which benefits from its seaside location. Today Gdańsk
is Poland’s maritime capital with a beautifully restored Old Town and
a magnificent atmosphere that beckons you to rest and relax.
Dive into the maritime history!
If you are bored of sunbathing during your holidays, if you are excited about
visiting national places of culture, step into maritime history at the Polish
Maritime Museum. Come and visit a museum facility at the very heart of
the old Harbour of Gdańsk, consisting of characteristic old port structures,
such as the Crane, the granaries in the isle of Ołowianka, and a museum ship
Sołdek. There are also hundreds of exhibits from underwater archeological
exploration, models of vessels, navigation instruments, fragments of ancient
ships, works of marine art that cannot be missed!
Feel welcome! The opening of the new Museum’s branch is approaching...
In the second half of the year, the Museum will open the Maritime Culture
Centre. It is the first totally new museum project erected in Gdańsk, which is
granted by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the European Economic
Area Financial Mechanism (EEA FM), and the financing from the Ministry of
Culture and National Heritage. The Project, estimated at over € 12 million, is
the largest single project in the sector of culture not only in Poland, but with
the EEA FM grant of € 8.6 million, in the whole of Europe as well. Modern
exhibitions, multimedia, interactive information tools, original audiovisual
presentations, conservations and underwater archeology workshops – all of
that makes it the genuine 21-st century museum.
Sea it yourself!

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PRAGUE
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SHE WEARS: BLOUSE BY MANGO.
TROUSERS BY PAUL & JOE SISTER
EARRINGS BY ANTHROPOLOGIE
HE WEARS: SHIRT BY PAUL & JOE

CREDIT
PRAGUE
UNCOVERED
For the perfect trip to the city, our resident
expert suggests three itineraries to showcase
the essential sights to lift the senses
Words Maria Borzobohata Photography Mariano Herrera
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PRAGUE
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PRAGUE
NOBODY SEEMS ABLE TO PIN DOWN
just what makes Prague such an
enchanting place. It’s a city that’s
described as mystical, even gloomy, by
some. By day, it’s a swarming beehive of
activity in the narrow streets, but by night
it has an undercurrent of mystery, lust
and youthful energy. Where pre-Christian
cults blend with the region’s rich history,
composers Dvorˇák and Smetana are
celebrated as much as jazz, pop and rock.
THE OLD TOWN
AND SQUARE
To discover Prague, start in the Staré
Město, the Old Town, a stunning maze of
odd, narrow streets that lead to the Old
Town Square, where amid centuries-old
churches we find the fascinating Medieval
Astronomical Clock. March up to the
top of the Old Town Hall tower to snap
a panoroma. After a moment to catch
your breath, return to street level to catch
the clock striking the full hour when the
animated figures of Vanity (holding a
mirror), Miserliness, and Death, beckoning
to an uncooperative Turk, appear.
You have to see the most famous spot
in Prague, Charles Bridge, but it’s best to
tick it off early. Buy a trinket if you must,
and take a few minutes to admire the
city and Vltava River. In the summer, the
islands in the river are home to an open-air
cinema and hosted Prague’s biggest music
event – the United Islands festival. After
GO WHERE THE
LOCALS GO
Kozicka Pub Kozí 1:
A traditional Czech-style cellar
pub that draws a trendy crowd.
Terasa U Zlate Studne U
Zlaté Studne 166: Fine dining with
views of the Old Town’s red roofs.
Kampa Mlýnská kavárna:
Lovely park downtown, near
Újezd, with an old water mill
– hang out with a frisbee.
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BY TOMMY HILFIGER.
SILKY SHIRT BY HUGO
BOSS ORANGE. BELT
BY H&M.TROUSERS BY
MANGO. BAG BY PAUL
& JOE SISTER
HE WEARS: TEE SHIRT
BY TOMMY HILFIGER.
JACKET BY MANGO.
TROUSERS BY NEXT
THE OLD TOWN SQUARE,
AS SEEN FROM THE TOP
OF THE CLOCK TOWER

BRONZE BABIES BY DAVID CERNY
CRAWL IN KAMPA PARK
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V NECK JUMPER BY PAUL & JOE SISTER. WOOL SKIRT
BY PAUL & JOE SISTER. TIGHTS BY FOGAL. SHOES BY
TOMMY HILFIGER. BAG BY ANTHROPOLOGIE
HE WEARS: SHIRT BY JASPER CONRAN FOR DEBENHAMS.
BLAZER BY HUGO BOSS ORANGE. BELT BY ZARA. TROUSERS
BY TOMMY HILFIGER. LOAFERS BY TOMMY HILFIGER
navigating your way through the throngs
on the bridge, head to Malá Strana,
literally translated as the Lesser Quarter.
Its beautiful baroque architecture and
easy link to the Staré Město by Charles
Bridge has its own must-sees. The goal is
the stunning Prague Castle and its views
of the city. Of course, Beatle fans can stop
off at the Lennon Wall, which for almost
30 years thousands of John Lennon fans
have covered with graffitied words of love
and peace. Nearby on Perlová 1 is the
Perla design hotel (www.perlahotel.cz).
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PRAGUE
If it’s raining, or even if not, duck into the
Shakespeare and Sons Bookstore and Café,
inspired by its Parisian twin, for poetry
and prose (U Luzickeho Seminare 10).
From here you could take a date to Petrˇín
Hill to the rose garden for some intimacy,
especially in later afternoon.
SHOPPING AND CULTURE
So you’ve seen some of the highlights,
now it’s on to shopping. Fashionistas
seeking Paris, Milan or New York styles can
treasure hunt the Old Town’s boutiques.
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PRAGUE
You can find delicate silk fibres in incredible
colours at La Femme Mimi on Štěpánská 51.
The Vietnamese designer will fix up
something unique, but we love the “We do
not eat dogs” collection of dog kits. Czech
designers create one-of-a-kind clothes,
jewellery and accessories, including at
Julius Fashion Shop on Ostrovní 20.
Now that you’re dressed up, it’s time
to hit the town. Choose to catch hot Latin
rhythms at La Casa Blu on Kozi 15 or later,
jump straight into pulsating crowds at the
Roxy Club on Dlouhá 33. Maybe try both...
The next day it’s time to change gear.
Žižkov is to Prague what Montmartre is to
Paris. Start slowly with a walk up Vítkov
Hill, between Žižkov and Karlín, to see
the National Memorial or, for war history
buffs, an interesting military museum. The
Žižkov Television Tower is ugly, but you
have to see the famous crawling babies
attached to the pillars. With your sense
of aesthetics now seriously aggrieved, we
have to trek to Franz Kafka’s grave at the
New Jewish Cemetery. Catch an afternoon
break and bottle of wine at Parukárˇka park.
Locals say Žižkov may have the most bars,
pubs and cafés per square metre in Europe.
Quaff a few fresh brews at U Vystrˇeleného
Oka (www.uvoka.cz) on U Božch, Bojovněk
3. Yes, it’s loud, stuffy and lacks a tourist
A RESIDENT
RECOMMENDS
Diana Grabowska, local resident
The city from the movies
“You might remember the tequila
body shots scene from the 2000
Czech movie Loners, filmed at
La Casa Blu at Kozí 857/15. Visit
Obecní du˚m, whose interiors you
can see in the 2006 epic I Served
the King of England, by Jirˇí Menzel.”
Europe’s largest zoo
“It might be some extra kilometers,
but whenever my friends visit they
beg me to take them to Prague Zoo.
And they’re not even kids!”
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CHARLES BRIDGE, THE
ONLY WAY OF CROSSING
THE VLTAVA RIVER

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PRAGUE
ARTISTS HAVE ALWAYS
DOMINATED PRAGUE'S
STREET CULTURE
5 THINGS OFF
THE USUAL
TOURIST TRAIL
NoD Gallery Dlouhá 33, Praha 1:
An edgy, modern experimental artist’s
haven. http://nod.roxy.cz
Klemintinum Klementinum 190,
Praha 1: A beautiful library that dates
back to the 11th Century. www.nkp.cz
The House at the Black Madonna
Celetná 34, Praha 1: Prague experiment
in cubism. http://netanyachess.com
Skydive Arena Tupolevova, Praha 9:
Skydiving without all that scary heights
stuff. www.skydivearena.com
Meet Factory Ke Sklárně 3213/15:
concerts, films, art and more.
http://meetfactory.cz
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TOMMY HILFIGER. SILKY
SHIRT BY HUGO BOSS
ORANGE. BELT BY H&M.
TROUSERS BY MANGO. BAG
BY PAUL & JOE SISTER.
SOCKS BY PANTHERELLA.
SHOES BY TOMMY HILFIGER
HE WEARS: TEE SHIRT
BY TOMMY HILFIGER.
JACKET BY MANGO.
TROUSERS BY NEXT. SHOES
BY TOMMY HILFIGER
sugar coating but the beer is superb.
Čajovna Genesis (www.cajovnagenesis.cz)
on Krásova 17 is a far more relaxed place.
NEW PRAGUE AND BEYOND
If you have time, head away from centre,
to Nové Město. At Rašínovo nábrˇeží,
adjust to the sight of the Dancing House,
designed by Vlado Milunić in 1992.
Originally known as “Fred and Ginger,” a
tribute to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,
as it resembles a dancing couple, locals
nicknamed it the “Drunk House”.
An absolute must-see for any artistic
soul in Prague is the MeetFactory (http://
meetfactory.cz). This international centre
for contemporary art was established by
David Černý, one of the most acclaimed
and controversial artists in the Czech
Republic (including the babies on the
Žižkov Television Tower). The centre houses
art, theatre, music and film all under one
roof and is in a real factory, in the industrial
area of Prague, at Ke Sklárně 3213/15.
Round off your trip with a traditional
brewery, U Fleku˚ (http://en.ufleku.cz) on
Krˇemencova 1651/11. Founded in 1499,
PRAGUE'S IMPOSING
ARCHITECTURE IS
A DELIGHT
it’s the oldest brewery and restaurant
in Prague. Here we share long wooden
benches with dozens of others and inhale
Czech joviality with a tall glass of perfect,
homemade dark beer. Burst into a polka
to a accordion player’s accompaniment.
Sing and drink into the night, then wander
back with a small slice of the mystery
of Prague in your memories.
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MILAN
MILAN’S
ARTS AND
DESIGN GEMS
The Italian city is gearing up
for a culture-filled summer
INDUSTRIOUS, FASHIONobsessed
Milan is an
art and design capital
that never stands still. To
your right, you have deified
Renaissance masterpieces of
art and classical architecture
– including Da Vinci’s The Last
Supper and myriad-styled
Duomo, or cathedral. To your
left, you can trace the city’s
cutting-edge: Leonardo’s
engineering inventions, iconic
designs of the consumer age
and Expo 2015 innovations;
from ground-breaking
Novecento artists to today’s
independent contemporary
art spaces. We invited two of
Milan’s top curators to reveal
where they go to get inspired.
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Words Nick Bruno
First stop and touchstone
for lovers of modern art is
the Museo Novecento, which
is hurtling towards its first
birthday. The museum is
sited in Piazza Duomo’s tall,
light and handsome Palazzo
dell’Arengario, begun in the
Fascist-era, completed in
1956, and recently remodelled
by architects Italo Rota and
Fabio Fornasari. Step forward
Chiara Bertola, arts centre
curator of contemporay
arts venue Hangar Bicocca
on Via Chiese. (www.
hangarbicocca.it). She suggests
exploring the museum’s
revamped collection of
400 works from the turn of
the century to the 1960s.
THE MILAN ART FAIR
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4CORNERS, CAMERA PRESS
“The Museo Novecento is
so useful because above all
else it finally gives all of us
a rare opportunity to see
the quality of Italian art in the
1900s,” says Chiara.
A sleek, curvaceous ramp
now rises to reveal gallery
spaces that whisk visitors
through the tumultuous 20th
Century. The mind-blowing
collection begins with Giuseppe
Pellizza da Volpedo’s powerful
neo-impressionist dot-filled
1901 painting Il Quarto Stato
(“The Fourth Estate”), then
follows the frenzied motion of
Futurists Umberto Boccioni,
Carlo Carrà and FT Marinetti,
through the dream-like
surrealism of Giorgio de
Chirico to the pared-down
Italian movements arte
povera and spatialism.
It’s from these slashed
canvasses and found objects
by Lucio Fontana and Jannis
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MILAN
Kounellis that you can see
where some of contemporary
art’s splintered schools and
their oft-bewildering ideas
took their cue.
Thankfully there’s time to
breathe before seeking out
Milan’s many independent
artsy hangouts through
ABOVE LEFT: MUSEO DEL
NOVECENTO. ABOVE: THE
MILAN ART FAIR
A DETAIL OF DO-H0 SUH’S
WORK AT THE BRAND NEW
GALLERY’S EAST EX
EAST EXHIBITION
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MILAN
Palazzo dell’Arengario’s
mesmerising picture-book
views over Piazza Duomo.
Silvana Annicchiarico,
director of the Triennale
Design Museum (www.
triennaledesignmuseum.it/)
in the Palace of Art at Parco
Sempione, sees the artistic
talent and inspiring venues
around the city as a boon to
the city and its visitors.
“Away from the usual
cultural and tourism routes,
there spreads out a wealth of
diverse collections, museums,
archives and places littleknown
by the greater public,”
she explains. “The Triennale
is a mutant museum, each
show, each year, its DNA
and installations change. We
always start from the same
question: What is Italian
design? With each exhibition
we try to present and define
a new answer, starting from a
new viewpoint.”
Much of its permanent
collection – from Castiglione’s
Arco Lamp to fun household
objects by Alberto Alessi –
52 WIZZ MAGAZINE // AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011
ALICJA KWADE’S
BROKEN AWAY FROM
COMMON STANDPOINTS
AT PEEP-HOLE GALLERY
will be familiar to many, but
it’s the changing shows that
provoke thought. Marking the
50th anniversary of Milan’s
world-renowned interiors fair
Salone del Mobile, is a show
curated by Alessi. Le Fabbriche
dei Sogni (‘Dream Factories’)
explores the people and ideas
behind post-war Italian design
(until 26 February 2012).
Contemporary art graduate
Damiano Gullì, who works at
the Triennale, takes inspiration
from “the youngest, most
experimental galleries” such
as Brand New Gallery (www.
brandnew-gallery.com) on
Via Farini and Peep-Hole
(www.peep-hole.org) on Via
Panfilo Castaldi, plus Milan’s
well-established contemporary
art spaces such as Lia
Rumma (www.liarumma.it)
on Via Stilicone. For design,
Damiano recommends Galleria
Luisa Delle Piane (www.
gallerialuisadellepiane.it),
an eclectic showroom of
objects for the home from
50-odd designers, alongside
intriguing art shows.
Design a Milanese day out
COUPLES AND
THE ADVENTUROUS
Parco Sempione is made for a
Milanese romantic stroll. Try
an ice-cream by the Fascist-era
“wedding cake” fountain and
fortress Castello Sforzesco, then
dive into Acquario Civico (Civic
Aquarium) in liberty style (the
Italian take on art nouveau), soar 108m up the 1933 tower
Torre Branca, before sampling Triennale’s funky exhibitions.
FAMILIES AND GROWN UP-KIDS
Parco Sempione is good bet for
hyper kids but on rainy days the
interactive Museo Nazionale
della Scienza e della Tecnologia
Leonardo Da Vinci is a better
bet. Try a tour of the Da
Vinci’s experimental machines.
Cavernous hangars are filled with fighter planes, historic ships,
steam trains, and submarines. www.museoscienza.org
ANTIQUE AND
BRIC-A-BRAC SHOPPING
The boho Brera district is
full of one-off boutiques and
independent galleries. On the
third Saturday of each month
its narrow streets turn into an
antiques and arts market. On
the last Sunday of each month
the antique dealers move to the Naviglio Grande while on
Saturday flea-market ephemera comes to the Navigli canals.
BAR HOPPING FOR BOHOS
AND LA BELLA GENTE
Brera’s Jamaica at Via Brera 32
is a boho haunt while Spritz
(Ripa di Porta Ticinese 9) is
a laid-back slice of Navigli
nightlife. Beautiful people at
rooftop bar Terrazza Ramozotti
(left) at Hotel dei Cavalieri may
take to discussing skyscrapers Torre Velasca, Pirellone and the
CityLife district’s shards of glass for Milan Expo 2015.
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FRANKFURT
JAZZ BANDLEADER
LIONEL HAMPTON IN
A PACKED FRANKFURT
MOVIE HOUSE, 1946
54 WIZZ MAGAZINE // AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011
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CORBIS
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FRANKFURT
FRANKFURT,
AZZ CITY
It may be a financial hub, but this city has
the money to indulge its fascinating rhythms
“MAN, I KNEW AS SOON AS I STEPPED
foot here – this is a town where I’m gonna
live!” The Harlem-born, long-term club
owner Anita Honis isn’t talking about
New Orleans or Memphis but, of all
places, Frankfurt. “I loved it immediately,”
the jazz singer recalls of her home of the
last five decades.
Frankfurt may appear to outsiders
to be a faceless hub of finance, a city of
skyscraper office blocks, business hotels
and company functions. In a word, as call
this town on the river, ‘Mainhattan’.
Not a bit of it. Frankfurt buzzes, and it
buzzes to the sound of jazz. ‘Der Frankfurt
Words Peterjon Cresswell
Sound’, in fact, is the title of a book written
by regional radio producer Jürgen Schwab
on this local phenomenon. “It all harks
back to the 1950s when Frankfurt was
the HQ of the US Army stationed in West
Germany,” he explains. “In 1951 people
here started up the German Jazz Festival
and a year later Carlo Bohländer had
opened the Jazzkeller.”
Both are still thriving to this day. The
Frankfurt Jazz Festival, which takes place
27-30 October, is claimed to be the longest
running event of its kind in the world. The
Jazzkeller, meanwhile, is simply legendary.
Looking around this sweaty grotto today,
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FRANKFURT
you can just about imagine the likes of
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Dizzy
Gillespie entertaining GIs and local jazz
enthusiasts during the Cold War. Chet
Baker gave one of his last ever concerts
here. Current owner Eugen Hahn takes
up the story: “There are so many stories
contained within these narrow red walls,”
he smiles. “There was the night Louis
Armstrong spilled red wine over his
tuxedo. There was a feeling of new-found
freedom after the war.’”
It must be remembered that legendary
local saxophonist Emil Mangelsdorff
was once imprisoned by the Gestapo for
performing jazz at the illegal den the
Frankfurt Hot Club. A decade on, all the
big stars from America were playing big
shows in town before coming down to the
Jazzkeller to jam with the local musicians.’
People like Emil, the tenor sax player
Heinz Sauer, both still active today, the
late, great, innovative trombone player
56 WIZZ MAGAZINE // AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011
JAZZ ZUM DRITTEN
IS ON 3 OCTOBER
BELOW: MISSISSIPPI-
BORN JOHN LEE HOOKER
Albert Mangelsdorff, all learned from
the best. Around the same time, Carlo
Bohländer opened another landmark
venue, Storyville, today the rock club
Sinkkasten. His wife Anita, having taken
to Frankfurt like a duck to water and
getting regular singing gigs around Europe,
decided to take over a small club that was
being run by a local Russian folk troupe
before they were offered a world tour
– the Balalaika. Sadly Bohländer has since
passed on, but Anita still sings there to
this day, inviting members of the audience
to join her doing justice to much-loved
standards in candlelit intimacy.
Two more elements helped the city
develop its worldwide reputation for jazz
– three if you include a major international
airport with regular, non-stop flights
from the States. Firstly, promoters Horst
Lippmann and Fritz Rau were based here,
running the influential American Folk
Blues Festival, the record label L+R, and
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FRANKFURT
JAZZ SNAPS
Tony Lakatos, sax player
“I’ve been playing here for
20 years and I’m always finding
something new. I like going
to the Roman Fabrik. It’s not
always jazz there but it’s a
good litte place."
Julian Argüelles,
sax player
“It’s actually quite incredible
that in this day and age a local
radio station is still paying for
a full-piece big band to play
regular jazz shows. It just
shows how important jazz is
to this place.”
Eugen Hahn, owner of
legendary Jazzkeller
“I like a club called the Mampf,
which is German for the noise you
make when you’re chewing. It’s
really small, I mean really small,
so it’s always very crowded but if
you want to pick up on the scene,
that’s where to go.”
Jürgen Schwab, singer
songwriter and radio producer
“No Berliner would live in a
city like Frankfurt. But no bank
would finance a new club in
Berlin for a freelance musician
like myself. The Jazzkeller here
was already a place with
decades of tradition.”
Jazz notes:
Jazzkeller www.jazzkeller.com
German Jazz Festival
www.jazzfestival.hr-online.de
Mampf www.mampf-jazz.de
Frankfurt Art Bar
www.frankfurtartbar.de
Jazz zum Dritten
www.frankfurt.de
Liebieghaus www.liebieghaus.de
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THE LIEBIGHAUS HOSTS
JAZZ IM MUSEUM,
A SERIES OF SUNDAY
LUNCHTIME SHOWS
bringing over America’s finest exponents
of jazz and blues to Europe (it is thanks to
them that the Rolling Stones first saw the
likes of John Lee Hooker and Sam Lightin’
Hopkins in the flesh). Secondly, the local
regional station Jürgen Schwab works for,
Hessischer Rundfunk, still employs both a
full-piece big band and a jazz ensemble, in
business since 1958 and 1946 respectively.
Each gives regular performances. Among
their number are Hungarian saxophonist
Tony Lakatos and British saxophonist Julian
Argüelles, both now long-term Frankfurt
residents who make a living from
what they love doing.
As well as its venues of
blue-chip tradition, Frankfurt
makes use of more unusual
spots to stage jazz, depending
on the season. In summer the
Parliament Garden hosts live
sounds in this public park.
There’s no extra cost, just
the standard admission fee
to these botanical gardens
themselves. On Sunday
lunchtimes, the century-old
Liebieghaus, a venerable museum
PROMOTER FRITZ RAU
WITH PETER MAFFAY AND
MICK JAGGER IN 1982
of sculpture on the banks of the Main,
stages Jazz Im Museum. And, as a prelude
to the German Jazz Festival, Frankfurt’s
Old Town main square of the Römerberg
hosts the open-air Jazz zum Dritten
on 3 October, featuring German and
international greats.
Let’s leave the last word to Anita Honis,
who has seen all the greats come and go.
“Some of the venues might have changed
but young musicians are still coming
through today. Frankfurt still has that
same vibe. I couldn’t leave it if I tried.”
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BRUSSELS
AN
OUTDOOR
FEAST
This year the city’s Urban
Barbecue will be bigger
and tastier than ever
Words Xav Judd
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BRUSSELS
ACCLAIMED CHEF
MAURO COLAGRECO WILL
BE COOKING AT
THE FESTIVAL
SUCCULENT MUSSELS IN WHITE
wine sauce, crunchy honeycombcoloured
waffles dusted with sugar
and chocolate so smooth and velvety it’s
almost making love to your tongue… If
ever Europe had a twinkling star when it
comes to scintillating, scrumptious food
then it’s the Belgian capital, Brussels. It’s
fitting, therefore, that once a year it hosts
its own urban barbecue.
However, this grillfest isn’t like the
family affairs you’ve ever been forced to
attend, which seemed to consist of three
limp sausages, and more smoke than a
factory chimney. Although not every one
of the one million local residents drop
in, the Urban Barbecue is nevertheless a
spectacular event that makes the whole
town sparkle.
Occurring since 2006 and part of
the merriment of entertainment that
is the Brussels’ Summer Festival (www.
infofestival.be), for the first time the Urban
Barbecue is spread over two days, 20 and
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FAMILIES AND VISITORS
FLOCK TO THE CITY'S
OPEN SPACES FOR THIS
FESTIVAL OF FOOD
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21 September. It will be held on a huge
communal table in the historic, hill-top
square, Mont des Arts (mountain of the
arts). This spot has one of the best vantage
points in the city. So, whilst eyeing up your
meal, you can also take in mesmerizing
buildings like the early-15th-centuryconstucted
Gothic Town Hall, or the
nine-sphered geometric marvel known as
the Atomium.
What also sets this imaginative
jamboree apart is that a lot of the food
is produced by Michelin-starred chefs.
Indeed, the kind of aperitifs and other
gourmet tidbits that Sébastien Chambru
and Damien Vanderhoeven will serve-up
will leave you foaming at the mouth. None
more so than marinated Alaskan salmon
with glazed cucumber syrup and popcorn
Kikkoman soy sauce. Lentil burgers on a
FIESTA FUN
THE STUNNING SETTING
OF THE MONT DES ARTS
At first glance, Belgium may not be the first
destination you’d associate with swiveling
your hips and moving your feet to the hypnotic
rhythm of Central and South American music.
Nonetheless, every autumn, the Fiesta Latina
explodes onto the capital’s streets with the
flamboyant traditions, sounds and flavours from
that part of the world. This September’s (2-4)
edition will be bigger than ever with concerts,
DJ sets by the likes of Angel De Caprio and
Mario Rumba, and dance classes etc. Of course,
there are plenty of caipirinhas and mojitos to go
around, too!
www.fiesta-latina.be
bed of grated vegetables with rocket pesto
was another well-received treat.
Fortunately, the fact that some of
the finest cooks in the land are on hand
doesn’t mean that you will have to sell-off
your jewellery to settle your bill. In fact,
between 1pm and 5pm a dish will set one
back no more than €10, added to which,
other comestibles and wine can be tried for
a similarly small fee.
But this gastronomic encounter can
be just the start of a culinary experience
to-die-for in Brussels. Adventurous bon
vivants who want to try some of the more
unusual cuisine the town has to offer
should get their jowls around Paling in't
groen (river eels in green sauce). Turbot
waterzooi (turbot fish in cream and egg
sauce) is another oddity that might tickle
the fancy and, of course, no visit to this
sophisticated locality is complete without
trying its most famous beverage. Lucky
then, that there is an ideal fair that will
quench the thirst like no other, the Belgian
Beer Weekend (www.belgianbeerweekend.
be). Held in Grand Place every September
(2 -4 this year), various kinds of the
eponymous alcoholic drink can be sampled
including Amber, Trappist, Pils and fruit
varieties. Just arrive hungry!
www.urbanbbq.be
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BRUSSELS
DIFFERENT
WAYS TO DINE
FOR FAMILIES
Moules and frites are as archetypal
to Brussels, as curry to Madras
or chicken to Kiev. Eat them in
the fabled (the restaurant is
more than 100 years old) – brick
walled, white-tiled and wooden
surroundings of Chez Leon (rue des
Bouchers 18, +32 (0) 2 511 14 15;
www.chezleon.be).
BUSINESSMEN
Belga Queen (rue Fossé aux Loups
32, +32 (0) 2217 2187; www.
belgaqueen.be) Does a special
business menu from €18. It
comprises enticing fare like Filet
de lieu, jaune pané à l'ancienne,
sauce vin blanc, sauté de légumes,
pommes de terre vapeur and
Roulade de concombre au fromage
de chèvre – all stunning dishes and
mouth-watering sauces.
FOR ROMANTIC
COUPLES
It would be as crazy as trying to win
Wimbledon with a ping pong bat,
to come to Brussels and not indulge
in chocolate. Sweet tooths cannot
help but be thoroughly satisfied
in Pierre Marcolini (39 Place du
Grand Sablon-Grote Zavel Plein;
www.marcolini.be). Their exquisite
cocoa goodies are rumoured to be
the tastiest in the vicinity. If you’re
curious to find out about the history
of such delicacies and how they
are made, this metropolis boasts
a wonderful Museum of Cocoa and
Chocolate (rue de la Tête d'Or 9-11;
www.mucc.be).
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EINDHOVEN
THE LIGHTER SIDE
OF EINDHOVEN
You may not immediately notice, but the Dutch city
is pioneering a new approach to lighting that
will change its citizens’ way of life forever
THE LIGHT MAY HAVE
all but gone out on the
incandescent lightbulb,
but in Eindhoven a new wave
of luminaire designs and
intelligent lighting solutions are
pointing to a brighter future.
The city’s high-tech ecosystem
has been harnessed, namely
the University of Technology,
the famed Design Academy,
and Philips, Eindhoven’s global
electronics giant. Some of the
visionary creations blur the
boundaries between art and
design, others evoke the power
of light to challenge perception
and touch our emotions.
Eindhoven’s very bearable
lightness of being is evident
in well-lit structures such
as the High Tech Campus
Bridge, which is a 100-metres
long and wrapped in colourchanging
glass panels by
architectural lighting firm
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Words Anna J Kutor
Har Hollands (www.hollands.
info). Or the Concert Hall
Frits Philips Eindhoven (Jan
van Lieshoutstraat 3, www.
muziekgebouweindhoven.nl),
which reopened late last year.
Based on the interior designs
of Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe,
with the assistance of Philips
Ambient Experience Design,
the hall’s streamlined interiors,
acoustics, illuminated pathways
and LED-embedded couches
all work in smooth harmony.
Many of the forward-looking
applications, however, take on
a more subtle, resource-saving
form, including the city-wide
changeover to LED street lights
and the installation of motiontriggered
light devices.
“The high level of design
and technology here in
Eindhoven, together with the
strong eco-minded mentality
of the Dutch, have allowed
us to integrate a variety of
disciplines into the way we
cope with urban lighting,”
says Rik van Stiphout, the
city’s lighting programme
manager. To bring new gravitas
to Eindhoven’s ‘City of Light’
identity, he devised a holistic
lighting masterplan that not
only gives the city streets
and key urban landmarks the
energy-efficient LED light
treatment, but also uses light
as the foundation for indoor
environments and artistic
events for the coming decade.
“Many of the latest innovations
are at a very conceptual level,
with an intuitive kind of lighting
that serves people rather than
being a dominant force, so you
need to know where to look to
discover them.”
At the vanguard of
Eindhoven’s light-focused
redevelopment is Strijp-S
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PHILIPS DESIGN / VERSE BEELDWAREN / NYOYN / LEDEXPERT
THE CITY’S
BRIGHT
SPARKS
Adding new function and
control to novel light
sources, designers and
innovators in Eindhoven are
building the interactive light
lightscape of the future.
Nebula by NYOYN
Nebula, the interactive
light wall created by the
Eindhoven-based NYOYN,
uses touch-sensitive lights
to trigger kids’ imagination.
www.nyoyn.com
Light Field by LEDexpert
Sports lighting, such as that
first seen at the Woensel
Hockeyclub Eindhoven, uses
a pioneering dynamic LED
light to illuminate arenas.
Developed by a trio of
innovators at LEDexpert, it
shines a concentrated LED
light bundle on the field in
a flexible and energy-saving
way. www.ledexpert.nl
(www.strijp-s.nl), the formerly
off-limits Philips HQ that
is undergoing far-reaching
changes to become a central
creative hub of Eindhoven.
The makeover will turn
the 27-hectare industrial
compound into an integrated
work-live-play-learn site and a
test-bed for emerging designs
and lighting concepts.
In 2008, Lorna Goulden,
lead creative director at
Philips Design, and a team of
experts at Philips Design and
the local municipality drew
up an award-winning vision
document, Creating a Public
Lighting Experience, for Strijp-S.
The envisioned floating light
fixtures, glowing seats and
interactive displays have more
than a dash of science fiction
about them. “With intelligent
and interactive systems we are
introducing the opportunity for
the public space to be modified
through light... [bringing]
more comfort and well-being,
with an occasional touch of
excitement, to future residents
and visitors of this area.”
These include a grid of lights
embedded in the road surface,
signalling the approach of
buses, and lampposts with
LEDs that change colour in
reaction to weather conditions
and the presence of passers-by.
Elsewhere, light levels, colour
and composition will be
fine-tuned for public areas,
testing, for example, whether
warmer or brighter lights
encourage people to divert
from the shortest route to the
most desirable one.
Ellen de Vries is lead
architectural lighting designer
at The Lux Lab (www.hetluxlab.
nl). She contributes to the
Intelligent Lighting Institute’s
research on the effects of
adapting a natural colour
spectrum into artificial light.
She says that light as a design
tool can create specific moods
or experiences, adding “it
doesn’t always have to be
visible”. She says: “Light is at
its best when it seamlessly
integrates into and supports
the urban design.” Her pop-up
installation ‘Throwing Light’
has people use a flashlightstyle
remote control to fling
large blobs of colourful light
onto buildings, a step towards a
light-based interactive gaming
solution in underpasses that
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EINDHOVEN
PLANS TO REDEVELOP THE
FORMER PHILIPS HQ INTO
A WORK-LIVE-PLAY SITE
THE HIGH TECH CAMPUS
BRIDGE HAS GLASS PANELS
THAT CHANGE COLOUR
will, she explains, “offer people,
especially bored youngsters,
exciting new ways to connect
with and experience their
environment”.
Bright ideas to push
the creative boundaries of
technology and design, with
new ways of thinking about
cooperation and development,
has earned this city the title of
the ‘smartest city in the world’
in 2011 by the Intelligent
Community Forum (ICF) in
New York. Now, it seems, is
Eindhoven’s time to shine.
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Aarhus
www.visitaarhus.com
Danish Krone
Getting to the centre
Airport buses arrive and leave from
Banegårdspladsen at the railway
station, one-way is 90 Danish krone.
It’s 40 minutes to reach the centre.
A slice of the city
The Aarhus Festival, 26 August –
4 September, offers music, and family
entertainment. www.aarhusfestuge.dk
Eating Out
Aarhus is home to the best chefs in
Denmark. You get haute cuisine, such
as Restaurant Mellemrum at Fredens
Torv 2, (restaurantmellemrum.dk) and
traditional restaurants such as
Kroen I Krogen (+45 86 19 2439)
on Banesgårdspladsen 4.
City suggestions
Stroll the cobbled narrow streets of
the Latin Quarter, with boutique
shops selling all sorts of curiosities.
And finally…
Denmark’s Ugliest Festival, 4-6
August, is in a suburb outside Aarhus.
Expect underground guitar music and
experimental artists. www.grimfest.dk
Words Steve O’Rourke
Dental Practice
Barcelona
www.barcelonaturisme.com Euro
Getting to the centre
We provide a shuttle bus transfer
between the airport and any address
in the city centre. It’s €18 (€36 return).
A slice of city
Hotel terrace season is now open,
offering visitors the chance to kick
back on the private terraces of more
than 40 hotels across town. W Hotel
(www.w-barcelona.com) leads the
pack with summer barbecues and
Ibiza-style parties on the beach.
Eating out
The Tragaluz Group just opened a new
beach bar – Pez Vela at Paseo del
Mare Nostrum 19-21. It is the hippest
spot in Barceloneta for tucking into
heaps of paella and seafood. www.
grupotragaluz.com/rest-pezvela.php.
Dr MILAN JOVOVIC
Vlajkovićeva 5/I, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
+381638803374, www.drmilanjovovic.com
For fancier dining, check out Patricia
Urquiola’s chic design at Blanc at the
Mandarin Oriental, where chef Jean
Luc Figueras offers a summery fusion.
City suggestions
Beat the heat by heading up to
Montjuïc on the cable car from the
beach. You’ll find innumerable green
gardens and shady spots for picnics.
Alternatively the new MIBA museum
has real-life and fantasy inventions
for the future. www.mibamuseum.com
And finally…
Grec festival, until 31 July, offers an
array of evening outdoor events from
funk bands at the castle on Montjuïc
to classical performances at the Grec
amphitheatre. http://grec.bcn.cat/en
Words Tara Stevens
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AARHUS-BELGRADE
Belgrade
www.tob.co.rs
Serbian Dinar
Getting to the centre
We provide a shuttle bus transfer
between the airport and any address
in the city centre. It’s €7 (€14 return).
A slice of the city
At verdant Kosutnjak, the Forest Fest
(25-28 August) has eco-friendly live
music, DJs and outdoor sports.
Eating out
Majik Café has contemporary
fusion cuisine and cocktails. www.
majikcafe.com. Kalemegdan Terrace
offers a Danube panorama. www.
kalemegdanskaterasa.com
City suggestions
Near Hotel Jugoslavija are splavovi,
floating river clubs. Blaywatch is a
typical example. www.blaywatch.com.
The open-top buses of the Belgrade
Open Tour let you visit all parts of
the city over 24 hours. www.tob.rs
And finally…
A two-hour drive from Belgrade,
the Guca Trumpet Festival (10-14
August) features a weekend of crazy
Serbian brass sounds. www.guca.rs
Words Peterjon Cresswell
DENTAL PRACTICE IN BELGRADE
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SUPERB SERVICE
AT LOWER THAN AVERAGE PRICES FOR EUROPE !
removable and fixed braces

TIM WHITE
Brno
www.brno.cz
Euro
Getting to the centre
The bus to Brno leaves approximately
every half-hour. It takes 20 minutes,
and costs about €1. A taxi into town is
about €10 and takes 20 minutes.
A slice of the city
The city of speed breaks out the
Czech Republic Motorcycle Grand
Prix, 12-14 August.
Eating Out
Try an original creation at Betlém,
Krkoškova 502/27, or just chips and a
local beer. It’s a 10-minute tram ride
(take No. 5) from the centre. www.
restaurace-betlem.cz/. U Kastelána,
Kotláøská 51a, is good for traditional
Moravian dishes. www.ukastelana.cz/
City suggestions
Caribic, Běhounská 22, is a late-night
playground with palms and coconut
cocktails. Visit one of the city’s
few jazz clubs, Stará pekárna,
8 Štefánikova. www.starapekarna.cz
And finally ...
The Moravian Museum is extensive
and worth a visit. www.mzm.cz
Words Brien Barnett
Brussels
www.brusselsinternationalbe
Euro
Getting to the centre
We provide a shuttle bus transfer
between the airport (Charleroi South)
and any address within Brussels city
centre. The cost is €30 (€60 return).
A slice of the city
EU bureacrats are away, so head to
Place de Luxembourg in August
for quiet or, for crowds, Place Saint
Gery. Celebrations of Belgian Beer
are on Grand Place, 2-4 September
(www.weekenddelabiere.be).
Eating out
Explore pretty Uccle, south of the
city, in particular brasserie Relais
Saint Job (www.relaisstjob.be). In a
nook of the city, Villa Singha on Rue
des Trois Ponts has terrific Thai food.
Closed Sundays. www.singha.be
City suggestions
If you’re downtown, buzz on the door
of L’Archiduc (Antoine Dansaert 6,
+32 (0)25 12 0652, www.archiduc.
net) for an old-school cocktail bar.
And finally…
It is a Bank Holiday on 15 August.
Words Poppy Bullock
Bucharest
www.bucharest.inyourpocket.com Leu
Getting to the centre
We provide a personalised Wizz taxi
service between the airport (Baneasa)
and any address within Bucharest city
centre. The cost is €19 (€38 return).
A slice of the city
Bucharest is blissfully quiet in August,
as locals head for the mountains or
the seaside. On 23-25 September
the city celebrates its birthday with
Zilele Bucurestiului. Expect outdoor
concerts, festivals, exhibitions and
parades in the Lipscani area.
Eating Out
The Old Town/Lipscani area is one
huge terrace this time of year and
Malagamba, Strada Sfantu Dumitru 2,
+40 (0)21 313 3389, is one of the
best: avant-garde Italian with decent
pasta dishes from 16 lei (€3.80).
www.malagamba.ro. Around the
corner on Strada Stavropoleos,
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Caru’ cu Bere is the city’s oldest
restaurant and beer hall in the city.
The spare ribs (32 lei; €7.70) are
great value. www.carucubere.ro
City suggestions
Take the family to the farmers’ market
at The Ark at Calea Rahovei 196
(weekends only)or spice up your
nights with a touch of adrenaline at
Casino Bucharest. With generous
rules, friendly staff, delicious à
la carte dining, and a stylish bar
and lounge it’s the setting for an
unforgettable night in the company of
friends. www.casinobucharest.ro
And finally...
Summer in Bucharest means two
things to locals: grilled mici (tangy
pork and mutton meatballs) and s¸prit¸
(white wine with sparkling water). Do
not leave without enjoying both.
Words Craig Turp

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Budapest
www.budapestinfo.hu Hungarian Forint
Getting to the centre
In Budapest we provide a point-topoint
bus transfer between the airport
(Ferihegy 1) and Budapest city centre
(Deák Ferenc square). The cost is
€4 (€8 return).
A slice of the city
The Sziget Festival (10-15 August)
features Kasabian, Pulp and the
Manic Street Preachers on an island
north of town. www.sziget.hu. The
International Wine Festival (7-11
September) takes over the Castle
District with gastronomy, live music
and the latest local wines.
Eating out
Near the Buda side of the Chain
Bridge, the Café Lánchíd Sörözö has
expanded. Try the lunchtime special.
http://lanchidsorozo.hu. Prominently
on the Danube, the Carne di Hall
has had a change of management and
has switched to a Hungaro-centric
menu. www.carnedihall.eu
City suggestions
Catch the last of the summer sunshine
with a trip to one of the city’s baths.
The Gellért Hotel offers a batheand-lunch
deal, allowing access to
its famous spa with a meal thrown
in. www.danubiushotels.hu. Over the
river, take a sightseeing boat from
Vigadó tér. www.mahartpassnave.hu
And finally…
International opera stars will be in
town for the BudaFest festival at
the Opera House during the first two
weeks of August. www.opera.hu.
And if you’re dining nearby on famous
Andrássy út, try the summer speciality
of cold fruit soup (gyümölcsleves).
Words Peterjon Cresswell
Cluj Napoca
www.cluj4all.com Leu
Getting to the centre
In Cluj Napoca we provide a
personalised Wizz taxi service
between the airport and any address
within Cluj Napoca city centre. The
cost is €15 (€30 return).
A slice of the city
The Ursus beer brand has been
producing beer in Cluj since the
1800s, but not any more. The
factory located a mile from the
City centre stopped producing beer
on mass for the Romanian public
earlier this year. Now it is brewing
an exclusive selection of beers for
the newly created restaurant located
within the old factory. Simply called
Fabrica de Bere or the beer factory,
this themed restaurant is located in
one of the oldest factory buildings
in Romania and is a unique Cluj
landmark well worth a visit.
Eating out
New to Cluj is the Klausenburg Cafe
at Str Universitatii 1, +40 (0)755 222
445, a chic little café off the main
square. On Str Arinilor 18, in the
heart of Central Park, Chios (+40
(0)264 596 395) has both Romanian
and international cuisine – try the
fried trout with a glass of chilled
white wine just €10. www.chios.ro
City suggestions
Diesel Club at Piata Unirii 17 has
– swanky cliental, great location,
well-price boozed and music to die
for! www.diesalclub.ro. For a posher
club, try Fashion Club at P-ta
Unirii 10, +40 (0)264 444 849.
And finally…
Catch the last of the summer sun at
the 14-hectare Botanical Garden.
Words Shajjad Rizvi

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DORTMUND-GDANSK
Dortmund
www.dortmund.inyourpocket.com Euro
Getting to the centre
The airport shuttle bus takes
22 minutes and will set you back €6.
A slice of the city
What’s there not to like about
Dortmund in summer? The traffic
calms down, people smile more, the
city parks are full of activities and
picnickers, and although there’s
no beach, we do have a boat in the
harbour for parties by the water. Best
of all, the Oktoberfest beer festival
visits town in September.
Eating out
Enjoy dozens of amazing varieties of
home-made, natural-ingredient ice
cream at Eiscafé Angelo Losego at
33 Rheinische Straße. Try wacky tastes
like lichi, lemon-rosemary-lavender,
or yoghurt rhubarb. www.eiscafeangelo.de.
Schürmanns im Park,
a relaxed spot for lunch or dinner in
the large Westfalenpark, has a good
terrace, German and international
food and lovely views.www.
schuermanns-im-park.de
City suggestions
Daddy Blatzheim, the club above
the Schürmanns im Park restaurant
(see above), has good views from the
rooftop terrace, artful lighting and
varied music nights. Or try
Herr Walter, a converted cargo ship
moored in Dortmund’s harbour. It’s a
great place for relaxation, beers and
fishy fast food on the sundeck.
And finally…
Dortmund’s first Oktoberfest is
at Revierpark Wischlingen (Höfker
Straße 12), 22 to 25 September.
www.dortmund-oktoberfest.de
Words Jeroen van Marle
Gdansk
www.gdansk-life.com Złoty
Getting to the centre
We provide a point-to-point bus
transfer between the airport and
Gdansk city centre. It’s €4 (€8 return).
A slice of the city
The Gdansk shipyards will host the
massive iFestival on 20 August
featuring bass-heavy club music
from the likes of the Qemists, Bar9
and Chasing Shadows. For a more
cultured evening try the acclaimed
Shakespeare Festival, 30 July –
7 August. www.shakespearefestival.pl
Eating Out
Like any seaside town, Gdansk
specialises is fish and seafood, and
cosy Targ Rybny Fishmarkt in the
Old Town is a reliable choice to taste
the freshest flavours from the Baltic
Sea. www.targrybny.pl. In Sopot,
the restaurant in chic boutique
hotel Lalala serves up top-notch
international cuisine in off-the-wall
surroundings. www.lalala.lu
City suggestions
History buffs should check out the
Westerplatte peninsula, where the
first shots of World War II were fired.
Or enjoy the Baltic coast from Sopot
Pier, Europe’s longest wooden pier
at over 500m. It’s easy to find – just
walk down the central thoroughfare
Monte Cassino until you hit the sea.
And finally...
Being a Tri-City metropolis, Gdansk,
Gdynia, and Sopot function as one,
but do require a little extra legwork.
The SKM commuter trains are cheap
and quick, and tickets can be bought
at ticket machines (with English
instructions) at main train stations.
Words Kasia Ostrowski

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KATOWICE/KRAKOW-KIEV
Katowice/Krakow
www.cracow-life.com Złoty
Getting to the centre
We’ve two point-to-point transfers, one
between Katowice airport and Katowice
city centre, the other between Katowice
airport and Krakow city centre. It
is €7 (€14 return) to/from Katowice
city centre and €15 (€30 return) to/
from Krakow city centre.
A slice of the city
Katowice hosts the Off Festival (5-7
August), with Public Image Ltd and
Primal Scream. www.off-festival.pl. In
Krakow, Aphex Twin and Steve Reich
headline Sacrum Profanum Festival
of modern music (11-17 September,
www.sacrumprofanum.com) and
Kanye West the Coke Live Festival,
19-20 August. www.livefestival.pl
Eating Out
For affordable, fresh, and filling eats
try a new addition to Katowice’s
culinary map – Bazylia, a casual
spot at 13 Staromiejska Street (+48
31 760 9042) and a good choice for
a quick breakfast. In Krakow, Hard
Rock Cafe at Plac Mariacki 9 (+48
12 429 1155) serves US classics.
City suggestions
The Jewish district of Kazimierz is the
hub of alternative nightlife in Krakow.
At night, try Alchemia on Plac
Nowy (www.alchemia.com.pl) and
when every other bar closes, head to
Piekny Pies at Sławkowska 6A but be
prepared for a lot of inebriated, and
talkative, young artists and revellers.
And finally...
Most Krakow museums and cultural
institutions offer free entrance one
day a week, such as the National
Museum which is free on Sundays.
Words Michelle Dramowicz
Kiev
www.discover-ua.info Hryvnia
Getting to the centre
Avoid the wildly overpriced taxis and
hassling drivers – get to the centre
with a minibus outside the terminal.
It is 15 hryvnia to the metro station
Kharkivska or 20 hryvnia to the main
railway station. It takes aroiund
50 minutes.Then get the metro to
downtown, for around 0.50 hyrvnia.
A slice of the city
The capital usually enjoys an
Indian Summer. Expect momentous
celebrations on 24 August to mark 20
years of Ukrainian independence!
Eating out
The latest in a long line of plausible
Italian eateries, try Porta Pia (36a
Shevchenko Boulevard, +380 44 235
7205). Its signature tiramisu comes
highly recommended, while the
cheese selection is also formidable.
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Spotykach (16 Volodymyrska Street,
+380 44 586 4095), a Soviet-themed
joint, is for fans of kitsch communism.
City suggestions
One of the most popular pastimes in
modern Ukraine is strolling. Kiev’s
imperious Khreschatyk Street is a
Stalinist masterpiece of a road which
is closed to traffic each weekend
and on public holidays to allow
for strolling. Trukhanov Island
(reachable via the Park Pedestrian
Bridge, Poshtova Ploshchad metro)
is a largely undeveloped island, a
fascinating pocket of wilderness.
And finally…
Thanks to the approach of Euro 2012,
visitors to Ukraine in late 2011 should
find that police and airport officials
more accommodating than usual.
Words Peter Dickinson

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LONDON-MADRID
London
www.visitlondon.com Sterling
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’
SOHO OYSTER HOUSE
Getting to the centre
We provide a point-to-point bus
transfer between London Luton airport
and London city centre (Victoria
station) in cooperation with Green
Line. The cost is €11.50/ €23 (return).
A slice of the city
After 15 years of scaffolding and
a £40m refurbishment, St Paul’s
Cathedral has been unveiled. Doors
open at 8.30am. www.stpauls.co.uk
Eating Out
Famous for its original oyster and
porter bar in Borough Market, the
Wright Brothers have now opened the
Soho Oyster House in Kingly Street,
with a fantastic range of shellfish and
seafood. www.thewrightbrothers.
co.uk. If further north, on the vibrant
Upper Street not far from King’s
Cross, refuel at Byron – a quality
burger venue that’s impressed critics.
For all London branches, go to www.
byronhamburgers.com
City suggestions
Try a wine-tasting tour with friends at
Vinopolis, at London Bridge (www.
vinopolis.co.uk). Sample everything
from premium wines to champagne to
whiskies, in what looks like a charming
Roman viaduct. Hoxton Square in
trendy Shoreditch is key to the area’s
galleries, design exhibitions, cafés and
bars. Visit the new Red Dog Saloon in
the Square for exceptional smokey ribs
and burgers. www.reddogsaloon.co.uk
And finally…
If it’s still sunny, visit the Regent’s
Park Open Air Theatre. It’s showing
Gershwins’ Crazy for You until 10
September. Openairtheatre.org
Words Piers Townley/Clive Morris
Madrid
www.aboutmadrid.com Euro
Getting to the centre
We provide a shuttle bus transfer
between the airport and any address
within Madrid city centre. The cost is
€18/€36 (return).
A slice of the city
Word famous flamenco dancer
Joaquín Cortés brings his Calé
show to the Teatro Colisseum (3-14
August, www.joaquincortes.org).
For percussive, stomping fun, Israeli
theatre group Mayumana bang out
rhythms with unlikely objects in their
new show Momentum (16 August – 4
September, www.mayumana.com).
Eating Out
Ølsen (+34 914 293 659, 15 Calle
del Prado, www.olsenmadrid.com)
features a fusion of Nordic and
Argentinean styles, which also
means they serve vodka shots to
accompany dishes. For something
more traditionally Spanish, head to
El Tendido (+34 915 448 888, 20
Andrés Mellado, www.eltendido.com),
a restaurant founded by bullfighters
that serves classic Madrileño dishes.
City suggestions
The Madrid mayor is proud of his
Madrid Río project, and rightly
so. The new 8km-long park snakes
all the way along the banks of the
Manzanares River, and boasts play
areas, skate parks, cycle routes and
attractive fountains. Or for a summer
dip, visit the outdoor pools in Casa
de Campo park (Metro: Lago).
And finally…
Cool off with freshly pounded mojito?
at Delic Café (+34 913 645 450,
14 Costanilla San Andrés).
Words Simon Hunter

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MILAN-PARIS
Milan
wwwciaomilano.it
Euro
Getting to the centre
In Milan we provide a point-to-point
bus transfer between the airport
(Bergamo) and Milan city centre. The
cost is €9.50/€19 (return).
A slice of the city
The classical, jazz and world music
festival MiTo September Music, put
on by Milan and Turin, is 3-22 Sept.
Eating out
For a traditional Milanese fare in
Navigli, El Barbapedana
(www.elbarbapedana.it) at 7 Corso
Cristoforo Colombo, +39 02 832
1732, has a promotion of two courses,
drinks and coffee, all for €30.
City suggestions
The summer club on Idroscalo
Lake, Circolo Magnolia, 41 Via
Circonvallazione Idroscalo, has
an alternative crowd.
www.circolomagnolia.it
And finally...
For bric-a-brac and objets d’art, visit
Mercatone dell’Antiquariato on
Naviglio Grande canal.
Words Charles Searson
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Oslo
www.visitoslo.com
Krone
Getting to the centre
In Oslo we provide a point-to-point
bus transfer between the airport
(Sandefjord Torp) and Oslo city
centre. The cost is €27/€54 (return).
A slice of the city
Oslo is known as a very musical city,
with well organised festivals happen
monthly. The Oslo Jazz Festival
celebrates its 25th anniversary, 15-20
August. www.oslojazz.no
Eating Out
Lorry at Parkveien 12 is a distinctive
venue, with, bicycles hanging from
the ceiling and ceramic busts all
around, it offers decent, food – and
129 different types of beer.
www.lorry.no
City Suggestions
Take a stroll along the Aker Brygge
Wharf, featuring an assortment of
shops, restaurants and bars.
And finally…
Just a couple of minutes ferry ride
from Oslo, the Oslo Fjord has an
array of beautiful islands to explore.
Words Steve O’Rourke
Paris
www.parisinfo.com Euro
Getting to the centre
We provide a shuttle bus transfer
between the airport (Beauvais) and
any address within Paris city centre.
The cost is €29/€58 return.
A slice of the city
Paris gets hip for the annual Rock
en Seine, 26-28 August, with
Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeysand
more (day passes from €49, www.
rockenseine.com). Or for something a
little quieter, Croq’Anime is a free
festival on short animated films, 9-11
September. www.croqanime.org
Eating out
If you’re in the east of the city, head
for La Gazzetta at 29 rue de Cotte,
for a superb seven course dinner
(€57, menus change weekly, www.
lagazzetta.fr. If you’re near Jardin
du Luxembourg, it’s worth going to
the Bread & Roses bakery for great
pastries, from €4. It’s at 7 Rue de
Fleurus. www.breadandroses.fr
City suggestions
If the weather isn’t up to much, grab
your pals and head to La Géode
hemispheric cinema, which has a
number of large-format films (Parc
de la Villette 26, +33 (0)1 40 05
1212, www.lageode.fr).
And finally…
If you’re happy with service, tipping
in Paris is generally between five and
10% of your bill.
Words Poppy Bullock

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POZNAN-RIGA
Poznan
www.poznan-life.com
Złoty
Getting to the centre
Bus 59 to Bałtyk in the centre takes
30 minutes. The express 59 is 20
minutes and goes to Central Railway
Station. Buy a ticket, valid for 30
minutes at 4 złoty, from a kiosk.
A slice of the city
The inaugural Transatlantyk Film
Music Festival is 5-13 August.
www.transatlantyk.org.
Eating out
For a simple, affordable Polish food
try Domowe Smaki at 23 Ratajczaka
Street, +48 (0)61 855 1531. Get
drinks at the laid-back Zielona Ges
café on Nowowiejskiego Street,
+48 (0)61 853 2087.
City suggestions
At Lake Malta you can catch a flick
under the night sky, from Wednesday
to Saturday at 9pm until 12
September for free. www.maltaski.pl
And finally...
Chill at Kontenerart gallery, a glasspanelled
prefab on the Warta River’s
Left Bank. www.kontenerart.pl
Words Anna Spysz
Prague
www.prague-life.com
Koruna
Getting to the centre
In Prague we provide a personalised
Wizz taxi service between the airport
and any address within Prague city
centre. The cost is €10.50/€21 return.
A slice of the city
George Michael’s Symphonica is at
the Opera House, 22 August. The
Verdi Festival is on the last two
weeks in August. www.opera.cz
Eating out
Fresh ingredients, Czech wines
and a flair for grilled meats – visit
Sherwood Restaurant & Cafe-Bar
(Opletalova 19, www.sherwoodbar.
cz). Half café, half climbing cave,
Local Blok (Namestí 14, www.
lokalblok.cz) is certainly intriguing.
City suggestions
It's worth stopping by this centrallylocated
and very stylish design hotel
www.perlahotel.cz.
And finally ...
Runners should check out the Tesco
Prague Grand Prix, a combination of
various runs on 10 September.
Words Brien Barnett
Riga
www.virtualriga.com Lats
Getting to the centre
Bus 22 leaves opposite the terminal
every 10-30 minutes and takes half
an hour to reach Abrenes Street in the
city centre. It costs 70 lats (€1). Get
tickets from the driver. You must pay
for an extra ticket for large luggage,
or when ticket inspectors later board
the bus you’ll get a penalty fine.
A slice of the city
If the modernisation of Riga is too
much for you, visit the Latvian
National History Museum at
Pils Laukums 3 for its exhibition,
‘Soviet Everyday Design’. It deals
with household items produced in
the 1950s-80s and recreates a Riga
high street with ever-changing shop
windows. www.history-museum.lv
Eating out
Head to Aleks Restaurant at
four-star boutique Hotel Justus
on Jauniela 24, in one of the
historical city centre buildings, for
cosy furnishing and sincere Latvian
hospitality. www.hoteljustus.lv. For a
plush, 1970s vibe, try Carpe Diem. It
aims for a 1940s New York ambience,
with live jazz from 8pm. The white
leather booths lend a certain
intimacy. Find it a Meistaru 10-12,
(+371 6722 8488), near Cat House.
City suggestions
The Riga Sound Forest Festival
in September features experimental
music at the Pulkvedis (Joinery) Hall
and Orbita (Electrical Shop) Hall in
the dockland Andrejsala area. There’s
also the Arsenals Film Festival,
16-25 September. www.arsenals.lv
And finally…
The Riga Tourist Information
Centre, or Riga TIC for short, opened
this year at the Russian Theatre, at
Kalku iela 16. Visit 9am to 7pm.
Words Clive Morris

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ROME
Rome
www.wantedinrome.com
Euro
Getting to the centre
We do point-to-point bus transfers
between the airports (both Ciampino
and Fiumicino) and Rome city centre
(Termini Station). It is €8.50 (€17
return) to/from Fiumicino and €6
(€12 return) to and from Ciampino.
A slice of the city
Summer gets into swing with the
ongoing L’Estate Romana festival.
Eating out
Piccolo Buco is small, decent
trattoria near the Trevi Fountain,
at 91 Via del Lavatore. Ristorante
Santa Cristina al Quirinale
in a quiet square has a great
menu, with Penne alla Vodka
and swordfish, mains €16. www.
ristorantesantacristinaalquirinale.it
City suggestions
Younger Romans head for Fregene
– Gilda on the Beach is a favourite
dance club. www.gildaonthebeach.it
And finally…
Enjoy the granita – crushed ice with
lemon, almond, coffee and mint.
Word Marc Zakian
Skopje
www.skopjeonline.com.mk
Macedonian denar
Getting to the centre
A white, numbered airport taxi to the
city centre takes 30 minutes and costs
1220 denars (€20). There’s no public
transport from the airport.
A slice of the city
Skopje seems to be rebuilding its past,
with huge classical-style buildings
under construction. In summer the
emigrants come home to party.
Eating out
Go local at Skopje’s best kebab joint,
Destan on Partizanski Odredi, for
spicy meatballs with fresh bread,
onions and peppers. Papu, west of the
city centre in Debar Maalo district,
has traditional food in elegant
surroundings. www.papu.com.mk
City suggestions
La Bodeguito Del Medio is rammed
on weekend nights. Find it along the
riverside, Kej 13 Noemvri.
And finally…
Now’s the time to visit churches and
the cave monastery at Lake Matka,
a short taxi or bus ride south of town.
Words Jeroen van Marle
Sofia
www.inyourpocket.com Lev
Getting to the centre
In Sofia we provide a personalised
Wizz taxi service between the airport
and any address within Sofia city
centre. The cost is €16/€32 (return).
A slice of the city
The weather’s still hot enough for
pavement drinking and dining,
but arty types can enjoy the World
Art Print Annual at Lessedra
Gallery (www.lessedra.com) until the
end of August. September sees the
first autumn museum exhibitions.
Eating out
Sofia’s Central Hali (indoor market)
at 25 Maria Louisa Boulevard is ideal
for authentic Bulgarian snacking and
fast-food options. Pick up fresh bread,
sausages and baked food from Trops
House in the basement. An example
of Sofia’s many hidden restaurants
worth seeking out, Dream House
serves vegetarian food and an all you
can eat buffet (5 lev) on Sundays. It is
on the first floor of 50a Alabin Road.
www.dreamhouse-bg.com
City suggestions
For a quick orientation, join the Free
Sofia Tour (www.freesofiatour.com),
departing from the corner of Alabin
Road and 2 Vitosha Blvd twice daily at
11am and 6pm. It’s run by volunteers
and is a cut-price way to see the city.
Sofia has a fine selection of museums,
and the Archaeological Museum
(www.naim.bg) at 2 Saborna Street
is one of many good choices. English
labels help identify everything from
Roman tombstones to a 4BC Thracian
mask only discovered in 2004.
And finally…
Bulgaria enjoys a custom for public
baths similar to that found in Turkey
or Russia. Baths, or banyas are a way
to experience local life first-hand.
Words Catherine Quinn
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Stockholm
www.stockholmtown.com
Krona
Getting to the centre
Flygbussarna Airport coaches take
about 80 minutes. A return ticket is
249 kronor (€28).
A slice of the city
Soak up the end of the short summer
at the Popaganda Festival (www.
popaganda.se) on 26 & 27 August.
Eating out
Piren (www.piren-bar.se) is a new
harbour bistro, inside a glass cube. Or
head to Humlegården and rock’n’rollesque
Debaser Humlan (www.
debaser.se) for burgers (including the
veggie kind), salads and pastas.
City suggestions
Walk through Gamla Stan’s side
streets but avoid Västerlånggatan,
lined with tacky souvenir shops. Enjoy
the end of the summer sales (look
for Slut-rea signs). At the mini-mall
Bruno (www.brunogotgatsbacken.se)
you will find hyped Swedish brands.
And finally…
Try Toast Skagen – shrimps and white
fish roe mixed with mayo and dill.
Words Victoria Larsson
Timisoara
www.primariatm.ro
Leu
Getting to the centre
The airport is six miles from the city
centre. Taxis are outside Arrivals.
Or take bus 26, with stops at Badea
Cartan Square and Continental Hotel
A slice of the city
Lion Camp, a WT Self-defence
Summercamp invites amateurs and
professionals of martial arts for five
days of training, 8-14 August. There’s
a special crash course for beginners.
Entry is €60. www.lioncamp.ro/
Eating out
For mouthwatering food, in medieval
décor, visit Camelot Restaurant,
2 Barbu Iscovescu Street (www.
camelot.ro). For fine dining, Velvet
Music Restaurant is at 1 Antenei
Street. www.velvetmusic.ro
City suggestions
Timisoara has 20 of the loveliest,
most creative fountains in Europe.
And finally…
Banat Village Museum hosts PLAI,
Europe’s largest world music festival.
16-18 September. www.plai.ro
Words Adriana Neagu
Tirgu Mures
www.mures.ro Leu
Getting to the centre
We provide a point-to-point bus
transfer between the airport and the
city centre, for €2.50/€5 (return).
A slice of the city
The TransilvAero Show 2011 is at
Elie Carafoli aerodrome on 13 August,
1pm-9pm. www.transilvaeroshow.ro
Eating out
Positano at 43 Trandafirilor Square
is a chic diner specialising in
Mediterranean cuisine; spacious and
leisurely, it offers corporate parties
and banqueting facilities. www.
positano.ro. Gala restaurant on busy
1 Decembrie 1918 Avenue (no 39) has
rich food and beverage to meet every
taste. www.galarestaurant.ro
City suggestion
For a sense of Transylvania’s cultural
past, visit Teleki-Bolyai Library, the
first Hungarian public library.
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TIRGU MURES
At 17 Bolyai Street, it was built
between 1799 and 1804 on the
initiative of Count Sámuel Teleki de
Szék, chancellor of Transylvania. It
holds an impressive collection of over
60,000 rare books plus a memorial
exhibition of mathematicians Bolyai
Farkas and Bolyai János (the latter is
known for his work in Non-Euclidean
geometry). www.telekiteka.ro
And finally…
Tuborg Green Fest Peninsula, the
biggest music festival in Romania
is from 25 to 28 August. Expect
performing artists from all genres,
from power metal, reggae, trance,
drum and bass, rock, Moldavian-style
hardcore, indie-britpop, to hip-hop
and indie pop-rock. Among the
highlights of this edition, Kasabian,
Gentleman and Markus Schulz,
and Guess Who, l’enfant terrible of
Romanian hip-hop. www.peninsula.ro
Words Adriana Neagu

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VARNA-VILNIUS
Varna
www.inyourpocket.com Lev
Getting to the centre
Make sure you select a taxi with
clearly marked rates on the front
window. A taxi to the city centre
should cost about 10-14 lev (€5-7).
It takes around 15 minutes. Buses
operate every 15 minutes daily,
5.45am to 11pm. Tickets may be
purchased from the ticket collector in
every bus. A single ticket costs from
1 lev(€0.50) to 2.30 lev (€1.15),
depending on your destination.
A slice of the city
Varna retains its charms towards the
end of the summer. Explore the copy
of the ship of Christopher Columbus,
Pinta Varna, for a two-hour cruise.
As part of the crew, you’ll feel like
you’re back in the 15th Century.(+359
(0)52 606 900, www.pintavarna.com)
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Eating out
There are many different restaurants
in Varna, but one of them is new,
spacious and offers real Italian pasta,
pizza and ice cream. It is Pizza Rado
at Sea Garden entrance. (+359 (0)88
787 2695, www.pizzarado.com).
City suggestions
For action, visit surfing club Lazur,
at the Fisherman’s beach. www.
varnasurf.com, or the Varna Karting
Track, at Vinitsa. +359 (0)89 990
1981, www.varnakarting.com
And finally…
Try the cold Bulgarian soup called
tarator, made of yogurt, cucumbers
and garlic, with a glass of mastic. The
mastic is 40% alcohol, so careful.
Words Maya Kozareva
Vilnius
www.vilnius.com Lith Litas
Getting to the centre
We provide two types of airport
transfer; a point-to-point low-cost
bus transfer between airport and city
centre, and a shuttle bus transfer to
any address in the city centre. It’s
€3.50/€7 (return) for point-to-point
transfer and €10/€20 (return) for the
shuttle transfer.
A slice of the city
The Town Hall (Didžioji 31, www.
vilniausrotuse.lt) has fantastic shows
and exhibitions.
Eating out
If you’re feeling health-conscious, the
white-walled interiors of Mano Guru
(Vilniaus 22, www.manoguru.lt) will
be a tonic. Smoking and drinking is
not permitted. Mediterranean cuisine
at trendy Old Town restaurant La
Provence (Vokiečiu˛ 22, +370 5262
0257, www.laprovence.lt) includes
pheasant pâté stuffed with goose foie
gras and black truffles.
City suggestions
Absento Fejos (Ausros Vartu 11,
+370 5261 9261) is a happening,
boho venue dedicated to absinthe, of
which it serves plenty. Or, shake your
feet to the best indie and rock in hip
hangout Play Club (Pame˙nkalnio
17/3, www.play-club.com).
And finally…
The Lithuanian National Opera
and Ballet Theatre (Antano
Vienuolio 1, www.opera.lt) is worth
checking out for the latest shows.
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We provide a point-to-point bus
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centre. The cost is €4/€8 (return).
A slice of the city
While the right bank of the Vistula
River has been left wild, the left bank
has a paved bike path and walkway
along its entire length. Restaurants
and bars set up shop every year to
serve the weekend crowd making
the most of the summer. Or head
downtown and check out the Warsaw
Autumn Festival of Contemporary
Music, 16-24 September. www.
warszawska-jesien.art.pl
Eating out
Charlotte would be as comfortable
in Amsterdam as Warsaw, but this
minimalist bistro with stone pillars on
Plac Zbawiciela has made this city its
home. Or try a Polish staple, the bar
mleczny, a cheap self-serve restaurant
dating back to Communist times.
Pod Barbakanem on Mostowa Street
is one of the best.
City suggestions
Cool off at the fascinating Warsaw
Rising Museum (www.1944.pl) on
Grzybowska Street. Cud nad Wisla,
next to the Copernicus Science
Centre, is the most popular summer
bar – with its riverside spot, DJs, and
bonus wine bar, it can’t be beat.
And finally...
The Guardian, the UK newspaper,
called Warsaw a city “rapidly turning
into a techno paradise” earlier this
year, with 1500m2 Do Wynajecia
Club. Read up on upcoming events by
searching 1500m2 on Facebook.
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Wroclaw
www.wroclaw-life.com Złoty
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A slice of the city
Marking the start of Poland’s EU
Presidency is the European Culture
Congress (8-11 September), which
will include exhibitions, theatre
performances, film screenings, and
music from Jonny Greenwood of
Radiohead, Aphex Twin and Krzysztof
Penderecki. www.culturecongress.eu.
The Wratislavia Cantans Festival
of innovative classical music is 2-18
September. www.wratislaviacantans.pl
Eating out
Italian foodies should head straight
for Wrocław’s Little Italy, along
Wiezienna Street in the Old Town.
Amalfi is your best bet for an
authentic pizza cooked in a wood
burning oven. www.amalfi.pl. For
something more ambitious try
Mosaiq, a restaurant with modern
international flavours. www.mosaiq.pl
City suggestions
Centennial Hall is one of Wrocław’s
central landmarks, and its nearby
garden and huge fountain are worth a
look, especially if with children. Kids
also love the Wrocław Zoo, which
has family tickets for 70 złoty (€17)
and a 4.5hr family-friendly route
taking you past giraffes, zebras, lions,
camels, etc www.zoo.wroclaw.pl
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