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9 SNAPSHOTS<br />
The Snapshots section flags up events,<br />
exhibitions and news from a selection<br />
of the airline’s 15 base cities. This issue:<br />
Bucharest goes tennis crazy, three style<br />
hotels to visit, and beaches and castles<br />
in the Gdansk tri-city area.<br />
15 GADGETS<br />
Soak up the summer sunshine. Our beach<br />
bag includes sunglasses with various tinted<br />
lenses, a wireless Walkman MP3 player,<br />
compact camera and e-reader. Oh, and<br />
a boombox gets the party going.<br />
Contents<br />
31<br />
40<br />
20 SWEDISH DESIGN<br />
Swedish furniture and interior deisgner<br />
Monica Förster brings movement and<br />
undulating form to simple objects.<br />
23 LEICA CAMERAS<br />
From Korda and Henri Cartier-Bresson, to<br />
Tom Cruise and the Queen, this camera<br />
proves as popular as it is effective.<br />
29 ABSINTHE<br />
Until this year, the drink that shall not be<br />
named. We trace its rise and fall in French<br />
and European cultural history.<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 3
Contents<br />
35 AARHUS<br />
For 10 days in August, the Danes’ festival<br />
spills across musuems, streets and alleys.<br />
38 PRAGUE<br />
The atmospheric capital has plenty to offer<br />
both first-time and regular visitors.<br />
48 MILAN<br />
Never mind the history – two curators<br />
enthuse about its contemporary art venues.<br />
54 FRANKFURT<br />
A hangover from World War II, the jazz<br />
scene endures in cellars and concert halls.<br />
60 BRUSSELS<br />
Anyone for a Michelin-star barbeque?<br />
Quality outdoor food in a two-day festival.<br />
64 EINDHOVEN<br />
How light installations give urban design a<br />
mood-altering influence on the masses.<br />
64<br />
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68 DESTINATION GUIDES<br />
Expert recommendations from our team<br />
of on-the-spot writers, giving unique and<br />
invaluable tips for enjoying selected cities.<br />
97 WIZZ AIR INFO PAGES<br />
All the latest Wizz Air news, the staff<br />
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103 SHOPPING PAGES<br />
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WIZZ AIR CAFÉ & BOUTIQUE // CITY GUIDES<br />
BRUSSELS<br />
Head outdoors<br />
for a summer feast<br />
MILAN<br />
Seek out the best<br />
art & design<br />
THE PERFECT TRIP TO<br />
PRAGUE<br />
FRANKFURT<br />
Jive the night away<br />
in the city of jazz<br />
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DEAR PASSENGER<br />
WITH SUMMER IN FULL SWING,<br />
Wizz Air offers the opportunity<br />
for affordable travel to a rich<br />
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additions such as Kiev to Barcelona Girona<br />
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It’s also the perfect time to start<br />
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bringing two huge sporting tournaments.<br />
The London Olympics and the Euro 2012<br />
football championships are creating such<br />
an energy that it’s making the coming<br />
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to fly Wizz Air. Enjoy your flight!<br />
MICHAEL POWELL<br />
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6 WIZZ MAGAZINE // AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong><br />
MILAN<br />
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which is hurtling towards its first birthday. The museum is sited in the tall,<br />
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Events and news from Wizz Air’s 15 base cities<br />
Belgrade<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Gdansk<br />
Kiev<br />
Katowice<br />
Poznan<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wroclaw<br />
Snapshots<br />
BRD NASTASE<br />
TIRIAC TROPHY<br />
17-25 SEPTEMBER<br />
IN SEPTEMBER, THE ELITE PROFESSIONAL<br />
tennis organisation the ATP brings its tour<br />
circuit to Bucharest. BRD Nastase Tiriac<br />
Trophy, housed in the BNR Arena, showcases<br />
the biggest clay tournament in East Europe,<br />
bringing the red carpet glamour of tennis<br />
excellence to Romania. Ten open-air courts<br />
provide the action over nine days of singles and<br />
doubles competitions for total prize money of<br />
€368,450. The sporting stars will be out in force<br />
to take home the Tiriac-Nastase Trophy.<br />
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Words Martin Klipp<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 9
Snapshots<br />
GDANSK, GYDNIA, SOPOT<br />
DISCOVER POMORSKIE<br />
VISIT THE POMORSKIE REGION –<br />
you’ll find it in the north-centre of<br />
Poland, where it borders the Baltic Sea.<br />
It encompasses the Gdansk, Sopot and<br />
Gdynia regions, with shady beaches such<br />
as Ustka, Rowy, Łeba, Władysławowo,<br />
Jastarnia and Jurata over 300km of<br />
stunning shoreline. Don’t forget that you<br />
can also explore red-brick medieval castles<br />
such as Malbork, now a UNESCO World<br />
Heritage site, which occupies 21 hectares.<br />
Or for those wishing to let their hair down,<br />
there are numerous star-rated spas around<br />
the region, as well as the famous amber<br />
workshops and stores. In any case, you’ll<br />
immerse yourself in Polish hospitality.<br />
www.shopandsee.eu<br />
Words Piers Townley<br />
10 WIZZ MAGAZINE // AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong><br />
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NEMEC<br />
Events and news from Wizz Air’s 15 base cities<br />
LES FLEURS<br />
SOFIA<br />
Belgrade<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Gdansk<br />
Kiev<br />
Katowice<br />
Poznan<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wroclaw<br />
OCCUPYING THE ALEXANDER BUILDING IN<br />
Sofia’s historical centre, the 31 rooms in this boutique<br />
hotel owe much to art nouveau floral conceptualism,<br />
yet each is unique in terms of size, materials and colour.<br />
We are talking big, bold flowers and bright, vibrant<br />
décor in contrast to the hotel’s modern frontage. With<br />
a complimentary glass of orange juice on arrival, buffet<br />
breakfast (included in the price) and giant bathtubs,<br />
this is a honeymooners’ dream. On the corner of<br />
Vitosha Blvd and Ivan Denkoglu Street, Les Fleurs is<br />
within walking distance of Sofia’s central attractions<br />
– should you ever want to leave this chic paradise.<br />
www.lesfleurshotel.com<br />
LÁNCHÍD 19<br />
BUDAPEST<br />
LE FLEURS’<br />
CAPTIVATING<br />
LOBBY – BRIGHT<br />
AND VIBRANT<br />
EACH HOTEL AIMS<br />
TO COMPLEMENT<br />
ITS HISTORICAL<br />
SURROUNDINGS<br />
Named after the<br />
famed ‘Chain Bridge’<br />
that spans the Danube,<br />
this is the first design<br />
hotel in Hungary. With<br />
45 uniquely designed<br />
rooms, the hotel is a<br />
contemporary landmark<br />
in a neighbourhood<br />
of predominantly<br />
19th-century architecture. Among the hotel’s expansive and open glass<br />
interior, look out for unique points of detail, from the diver morphing<br />
into wavelets on the façade to the archaeological ruins of a medieval<br />
water tower in the basement. Above the atrium, glass suspension<br />
bridges are marked with their creators’ sandblasted fingerprints.<br />
www.lanchid19hotel.hu<br />
Snapshots<br />
THREE OF<br />
THE BEST…<br />
Style hotels<br />
HOTEL JOSEF<br />
PRAGUE<br />
Designed by architect Eva Jiricna, who was born<br />
in Prague, this hotel in the capital’s medieval quarter<br />
is one of the best design-led hotels in the Czech<br />
Republic. With 109 bedrooms aiming to optimise<br />
the sense of space and light, the property has been<br />
holistically designed from the outside in to respond to<br />
the exceptional location. From the Baleri armchairs<br />
and Philippe Starck fittings in the guest rooms to the<br />
Thonet chairs and tables in the breakfast room, each<br />
item has been selected to fit into the overall aesthetic.<br />
www.hoteljosef.com<br />
Words Martin Klipp<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 13
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Objects of<br />
//VISIONARY<br />
//GADGETS<br />
HIT THE<br />
BEACH<br />
All the best kit for a<br />
trip to the seaside<br />
Words Steve O’Rourke<br />
OAKLEY FAST JACKET<br />
SUNGLASSES – THEY ALL DO THE SAME<br />
job, right? Wrong. Oakley, the veteran<br />
shades manufacturer, has just launched<br />
its first ever Fast Jacket range. With an<br />
interchangeable lens design that lets you<br />
match lenses to your surroundings, you<br />
can now simply switch lens type thanks<br />
to the ‘open edge’ architecture of the<br />
semi-rimless frames. The Fast Jacket has<br />
two sets of interchangeable lenses, one<br />
for bright sun and the other for lower<br />
light. It’s designed to give you the edge in<br />
sporting competition. www.oakley.com<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 15
[ objects of desire ]<br />
GADGETS<br />
//CAPTIVATING<br />
OLYMPUS VG-130<br />
DIGITAL CAMERA<br />
This eye-catching compact camera is<br />
the perfect size for a small beach bag, but<br />
packed with clever features to make your<br />
summer snaps and movies come to life.<br />
It has a 3in LCD screen for framing and<br />
reviewing your photos – which should look<br />
fantastic thanks to the super-sharp 14<br />
megapixel lens, 5x wide optical zoom and<br />
all-important image stabilisation option.<br />
If you want to capture a spontaneous clip<br />
of your holiday, a simple-to-use one-touch<br />
video recorder option will frame the<br />
moment in 720p HD video, delivering great<br />
results with minimum fuss. It also comes in<br />
black, grey and red. www.olympus.co.uk<br />
16 WIZZ MAGAZINE // AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong><br />
//PLAYFUL<br />
AR.DRONE<br />
Nintendo did a great job at delivering portable<br />
3D gaming with the recent 3DS, but this ‘flying video<br />
game’ pushes the envelope even further, into the sky,<br />
no less. You pilot a remote controlled ‘quadricopter’<br />
that, thanks to the on-board Wi-Fi capabilities, can<br />
be operated by any iPhone or iPad. The big mean<br />
flying machine features two cameras, one to stabilise<br />
flight, whilst the other streams real-time video footage<br />
to your handheld device. The bundled augmented<br />
reality software means you can shoot on-screen<br />
targets or just enjoy a bird’s eye view of your<br />
surroundings. Not suitable for under-14 year olds.<br />
www.mediamarkt.pl/ar-drone, www.parrot.com/usa/
INVENTIVE<br />
W SERIES WALKMAN MP3 PLAYER:<br />
SONY NWZ W252<br />
If you want to listen to your favourite album while<br />
splashing through the ocean spray or jogging along the<br />
beach, look no further than this impressive wire-free<br />
Walkman. No more tangled wires, just wear the splashresistant<br />
headphones and open the door to a 2GB<br />
easy-to-use MP3 player, with an 11-hour battery life<br />
and hugely useful three-minute rapid charge for up to<br />
three hours’ playback – perfect for a spontaneous trip<br />
to the beach. www.sony.com/walkman<br />
//RETRO<br />
TDK 3 SPEAKER BOOMBOX<br />
You’ll need to buy a lot of batteries (12 to be precise), but this<br />
1980s inspired boombox will breathe crystal-clear musical life<br />
into any outdoor gathering. It has a nifty USB input so you don’t<br />
need to rely on cassettes like “back in the day” – just plug in an<br />
MP3 player to select your tunes. Radio fans will be pleased to<br />
discover an AM/FM radio – and in true retro style, there’s no digital<br />
radio. It looks fantastic and thanks to the 35-watt bass-heavy<br />
sound, your former teenage self will be looking on in envy.<br />
www.tdkperformance.com<br />
//SLEEK<br />
iRIVER STORY HD eBOOK<br />
[ objects of desire ]<br />
GADGETS<br />
With its 6in HD display, Wi-Fi connectivity and gorgeouslooking<br />
slim design, this eBook reader has more in common<br />
with an iPad than a curly-cornered paperback, and could<br />
potentially outstrip Kindle. The Story comes equipped<br />
with a full QWERTY keypad, but what we really love is<br />
the 3-week battery life! www.iriver.pl, www.iriver.com<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 19
[ objects of desire ]<br />
FURNITURE DESIGNER<br />
//DESIGN<br />
SWEDISH<br />
MODEL<br />
Transforming<br />
objects into stylish<br />
masterpieces<br />
Words Anna J Kutor<br />
ADHERING TO THE SAME FUNCTIONAL<br />
beauty, high-quality craftsmanship and<br />
unfaltering innovation that pushed her<br />
homeland to the fore of design excellence,<br />
Swedish designer Monica Förster dreams<br />
up furniture and household objects that<br />
read like contemporary poetry. The flow of<br />
waves and ever-changing Nordic landscape<br />
inspired her Breeze table (opposite page,<br />
centre) for Swedese and Vika Chair (top<br />
left) for Bernhardt Design, while the<br />
pared-down rounds of the Circle lamp,<br />
from De Padova, brings out the polished<br />
essence of an iconic style. Simplicity<br />
also reigns supreme in Cloud, (bottom<br />
left), a portable blow-up room made of<br />
rip-resistant nylon for Swedish design firm<br />
Offecct. This rising star is well on her way<br />
to becoming a national treasure.<br />
www.monicaforster.se<br />
20 WIZZ MAGAZINE // AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong>
“A lot of my designs<br />
have movement<br />
captured in their<br />
form, as if they're in<br />
transition or they've<br />
stopped on the way to<br />
somewhere else.”<br />
Monica Förster in<br />
Dwell Magazine<br />
www.dwell.com<br />
“In northern Sweden, braided rivers<br />
carve through the land creating an<br />
ever changing landscape alive with<br />
motion. Förster brilliantly captures<br />
the beauty of this geographical<br />
phenomenon in the undulating<br />
shape of the Vika Chair.”<br />
www.interiornews.com<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 21
REX FEATURES<br />
s t y l e<br />
PERFECT PICTURE<br />
If a picture can tell a thousand words, then the story of the<br />
world famous Leica camera is worth a few pages<br />
Words Martin Klipp<br />
ALBERTO KORDA WITH HIS<br />
ICONIC CHE PORTRAIT,<br />
TAKEN WITH A LEICA<br />
CAMERA IN 1960<br />
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LEICA CAMERAS<br />
THE FACE OF THE CUBAN<br />
politician Ernesto ‘Che’<br />
Guevara, as seen in the<br />
photograph Guerrillero Heroico,<br />
has been a symbol of the<br />
revolutionary movement<br />
since the Sixties. The iconic<br />
image was taken by Cuban<br />
photographer Alberto Díaz<br />
Gutiérrez Korda on 5 March<br />
1960, when Che was 31. The<br />
event was a memorial service<br />
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for the 100 crew members<br />
of a Belgian arms cargo<br />
ship killed by an explosion in<br />
Havana Harbour the previous<br />
day. Cuba blamed counterrevolutionary<br />
forces aided<br />
by the US. Assigned by the<br />
magazine Revolución to cover<br />
the ceremony, guests included<br />
Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul<br />
Sartre and, of course, Fidel<br />
Castro. While the picture<br />
has become one of the most<br />
famous images of the 20th<br />
Century, the camera that<br />
took the photo – a Leica M2<br />
rangefinder with a 90mm lens<br />
– is also recognised as a bit of<br />
an icon in its own right.<br />
Known as the camera<br />
with the red dot, due to its<br />
logo, Leica M series cameras<br />
have been championed by<br />
photography aficionados<br />
for decades, from creative<br />
legends such as Henri Cartier-<br />
Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Annie<br />
Leibovitz and Sebastião<br />
Salgado, to an almost endless<br />
list of celebrity devotees<br />
including Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt,<br />
Johnny Depp, Woody Allen,<br />
Bryan Adams, Miley Cyrus,<br />
Scarlett Johansson, Russian<br />
President Dmitry Medvedev<br />
and even Queen Elizabeth.
Invented in 1913 as a small<br />
format 35mm camera by<br />
German microscope researcher<br />
and amateur cinematographer<br />
Oskar Barnack, it was the<br />
lightweight Leica 1 camera<br />
unveiled at the 1925 Leipzig<br />
Spring Fair that created a<br />
revolution in photography,<br />
offering a new freedom<br />
for photographers working<br />
in the fields of reportage,<br />
photojournalism and artistic<br />
photography, allowing them to<br />
get closer to events.<br />
“Photographers regarded<br />
this as ‘a new form of vision’,”<br />
says Stefan Daniel, Leica’s head<br />
of product development. “The<br />
Leica became an indispensable<br />
companion for all situations,<br />
an ‘integral part of the eye’<br />
or an ‘extension of the hand’.<br />
This is still true today of Leica<br />
cameras up to and including<br />
the M9 series which is the<br />
smallest full-frame (35mm)<br />
system camera in the world.”<br />
The Leica M9 made it<br />
possible for the first time<br />
to transfer the M camera’s<br />
special way of shooting,<br />
without any compromise,<br />
in digital format. Small<br />
in comparison to digital<br />
single-lens reflex (DSLR)<br />
s t y l e<br />
systems, the Leica M8 series<br />
camera and lenses are discreet<br />
and unobtrusive, meaning the<br />
photographer can achieve<br />
shots unnoticed – which is<br />
why they are so suitable for<br />
reportage. The cameras are<br />
also ideal for landscape work,<br />
as they are light and easy to<br />
carry, even in remote areas.<br />
“Our cameras and lenses<br />
give photographers the<br />
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LEICA CAMERAS<br />
freedom to capture the decisive<br />
moment. There is also an<br />
unparalleled quality. They are<br />
built to last. They never go out<br />
of fashion, because the design<br />
has stayed true to the originals<br />
from the early years. The<br />
products also keep their value<br />
– and many are now collectors’<br />
items,” notes Stefan.<br />
Hand-built in Germany in<br />
Leica’s manufacturing facility<br />
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Boasts an amazing 12.5x optical<br />
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12.1 megapixel camera features a<br />
24mm wide-angle lens with image<br />
stabiliser. www.exilim.casio.com<br />
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in Solms, each and every<br />
Leica M camera is controlled<br />
at each step of the production<br />
process by experienced experts<br />
with Leica custom-built<br />
tools and jigs. More than 70<br />
people would potentially be<br />
involved in the production of<br />
one product. Rather than lose<br />
quality with a digital zoom,<br />
the M series prefers the use<br />
of interchangeable fixed lens<br />
Olympus<br />
XZ-1<br />
The first compact camera with a<br />
built-in lens from ZUIKO, a leading<br />
manufacturer of the high-end<br />
optics, plus ISO 6400 sensitivity<br />
and AF Illuminator (for focusing<br />
in dark conditions).<br />
www.olympus.co.uk<br />
ABOVE: LEICA’S CREATOR, OSKAR BARNACK. LEFT: LEITZ<br />
WERK, WHERE THE PROTOTYPES WERE DESIGNED<br />
system similar to a SLR camera<br />
only much more compact.<br />
“The lenses are designed<br />
to be the best in the world,”<br />
enthuses Stefan. “The design<br />
philosophy is different from our<br />
competitors. We are always<br />
striving to use the fewest lens<br />
elements as possible, but to<br />
use the best (and subsequently<br />
very costly) glass available.<br />
This creates a ‘natural’ flow of<br />
Canon<br />
G12<br />
Loaded with powerful technologies<br />
such as the Canon HS system<br />
and 2.8in Vari-angle PureColor<br />
System LCD. It also records 720p<br />
HD video with stereo sound and<br />
multiple aspect ratios.<br />
www.canon.co.uk<br />
s t y l e<br />
the light through the lens with<br />
the fewest barriers possible. In<br />
production, every single lens<br />
is tuned to achieve a 100%<br />
performance on an MTF bench,<br />
by hand, which ensures a level<br />
of detail and precision that<br />
other manufacturers are not<br />
willing to achieve.”<br />
Quality, it seems, does come<br />
at a price with the entry level<br />
M9 series camera body costing<br />
around £5000 and lenses<br />
ranging from £1500 to £7500,<br />
not to mention special titanium<br />
editions and collaborations<br />
with fashion houses such as<br />
Hermès that boost both the<br />
exclusivity level and the price.<br />
“Customers do not tend<br />
to look for the cheapest<br />
price when they purchase a<br />
product – they are looking<br />
for quality,” affirms Stefan.<br />
“Leica uses the best possible<br />
materials available.”<br />
www.leica-camera.com<br />
Leica<br />
V-Lux 30<br />
This superzoom compact features<br />
an image-stabilised wide-angle<br />
16x zoom lens and can generate<br />
3D images. It also features an 3in<br />
touch-sensitive screen and comes<br />
with Adobe Photoshop software.<br />
www.leica-camera.com
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ABSINTHE<br />
THE GREEN<br />
REVOLUTION<br />
A whiff of illegality has made<br />
absinthe notorious among spirits.<br />
We examine the rise, fall and<br />
resurrection of the Green Fairy<br />
Words Clive Morris Illustration Christos Hannides<br />
POUR THE EMERALD GREEN<br />
spirit into a small, V-shaped,<br />
glass, the kind you might see<br />
in a Parisian café, so that it’s<br />
one quarter full. Then place the<br />
spoon – more a silver, slotted<br />
trowel really, flat across the<br />
top of the glass. Onto the<br />
spoon goes a sugar cube.<br />
What happens next depends<br />
upon the location. In Western<br />
Europe, they top up the glass<br />
with iced water. Over several<br />
minutes, the connoisseur will<br />
watch as the spirit changes<br />
colour, acquiring a kind of<br />
milky miasma, known as the<br />
‘louche’. While sipping, he<br />
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ABSINTHE<br />
AFICIONADOS’<br />
TOP ABSINTHES<br />
1 Jade Edouard<br />
TA Breaux resurrected<br />
the Green Fairy in<br />
2000. Jade Liqueurs’<br />
Esprit Edouard (left)<br />
and PF 1901 continue<br />
to make the top<br />
three in most lists.<br />
www.bestabsinthe.com<br />
2 L’Ancienne<br />
This Czech brand has<br />
been praised as “scarily<br />
similar to pre-ban”<br />
by Brian Robinson of<br />
The Wormwood Society.<br />
Expect another limited<br />
batch about now.<br />
www.zufanek.cz<br />
3 La Clandestine<br />
Claude-Alain Bugnon<br />
recreated a 1935 recipe<br />
to distil this fine white<br />
absinthe in the Swiss<br />
village where the drink<br />
originated. Look out for<br />
Butterfly Boston, too.<br />
www.laclandestine.com<br />
4 Belle Amie<br />
A charming name<br />
and elegant bottle,<br />
its colour is identical<br />
to the Pernod Fils<br />
1914. Buy it at Vert<br />
d’Absinthe in Paris.<br />
www.vertdabsinthe.com<br />
6 Mansinthe<br />
Goth rocker Marilyn<br />
Manson lends his name<br />
to this 2007 brand,<br />
a wild card which<br />
scores surprisingly<br />
highly among<br />
those in the know.<br />
www.mansinthe.com<br />
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may experience a kind of<br />
“clear-headed drunkenness”,<br />
though not, unfortunately, a<br />
hallucination of Kylie Minogue<br />
as La Fée Verte (‘the Green<br />
Fairy’) from Moulin Rouge.<br />
In Eastern Europe they set<br />
alight to the sugar, or the spirit<br />
(absinth), dowse the fire with<br />
water, then down it in one. An<br />
outrage not unlike the burning<br />
of Joan of Arc, some feel.<br />
“You pay up to £20 for<br />
the alcohol in the bottle, so<br />
why set fire to it?” says Alan<br />
Moss. “You’re burning the<br />
taste. Perhaps that particular<br />
brand didn’t taste good in<br />
the first place.” Moss is brand<br />
ambassador for Claude-Alain<br />
Bugnon, who distils superior<br />
Swiss absinthes such as La<br />
Clandestine and Butterfly.<br />
Like many, Moss dislikes cheap<br />
imposters, dubbed ‘fauxinthes’.<br />
THIS ICONIC 1896 POSTER BY HENRI PRIVAT-LIVEMONT IS TYPICAL<br />
OF THE BELLE ÉPOQUE ERA, BUT A DARKER SIDE WOULD EMERGE<br />
s t y l e<br />
“If you put red dye into a white<br />
wine, that doesn’t make it red<br />
wine,” he explains.<br />
Absinthe is an apertif spirit,<br />
distilled from anise, fennel and<br />
wormwood. It has a very high<br />
alcohol content – around 50%<br />
or 70% for Swiss and French<br />
brands respectively, though<br />
as Oscar Wilde put it, “Only a<br />
lunatic would drink absinthe<br />
neat”. In May the French<br />
Government lifted the ban<br />
on the sale of products under<br />
the name ‘absinthe’. This was<br />
something of a formality, as it<br />
could be sold anyway since<br />
EU regulations in 2000. It just<br />
had to be labelled ‘spiritueux<br />
aux plantes d’absinthe’.<br />
While the hallucinatory<br />
properties of wormwood and<br />
its compound thujone were<br />
revealed as myth, the very<br />
name absinthe continued its<br />
hold on the French psyche.<br />
Yet the Green Fairy was<br />
once the toast of Paris. After<br />
vineyards were devastated<br />
in the 1860s by phylloxera,<br />
a louse, its popularity soared.<br />
It was favoured by all social<br />
classes, and five in the<br />
afternoon became known as<br />
l’heure verte (‘the green hour’).<br />
Posters of the belle époque<br />
era, such as Henri Privat-<br />
Livemont’s iconic advert (see<br />
left), celebrated the glamour.<br />
It was feted by bohemian<br />
artists such as Manet, van<br />
Gogh and Picasso, and the<br />
writers Verlaine, Wilde and<br />
Hemingway. Yet as early as<br />
1876, Edgar Degas’ L’Absinthe<br />
depicted a sozzled couple<br />
in a scene reminiscent of<br />
Hogarth’s Gin Lane. A year<br />
later Emile Zola outlined its<br />
effects in his novel L’Assommoir.<br />
Soon it held responsible for<br />
France’s military woes, and all<br />
social ills, including van Gogh’s<br />
suicide in 1890, and a killing<br />
CORBIS
FRUKO-SCHULZ S.R.O., JIRÁSKOVO PŘEDMĚSTÍ 629/III, CZ-377 01 JINDŘICHŮV HRADEC, CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
Fruko-Schulz Absinth<br />
is produced according to a traditional old recipe.<br />
It has green emerald colour with refreshing<br />
mint-aniseed smell and slightly bitter taste.<br />
Absinth RED diff ers from the green one<br />
in adding of cinnamon; in Absinth BLACK there<br />
is an increased portion of aniseed.<br />
Enjoy the taste of the old times.<br />
Fruko-Schulz Absinth<br />
wird nach traditioneller Rezeptur<br />
hergestellt. Dieser Absinth<br />
zeichnet sich durch smaragdgrüne<br />
Farbe, erfrischenden Minze-Anis<br />
-Geruch und leicht bitteren<br />
Geschmack aus.<br />
Der Absinth RED unterscheidet sich<br />
von dem grünen durch die Zugabe von Zimt;<br />
im Absinth BLACK ist ein erhöhter Anisanteil.<br />
Genieß den Geschmack der Altenzeiten.<br />
Email: fruko@fruko.cz Tel.: +420 384 321 081
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ABSINTHE<br />
spree by a Swiss labourer in<br />
1905. The temperance society<br />
made an unholy alliance<br />
with the wine industry to<br />
get absinthe banned in most<br />
countries by 1915.<br />
The last person to be fined<br />
under the 1915 ban was<br />
TA Breaux, founder of Jade<br />
Liqueurs. A biochemist from<br />
New Orleans, Ted began to<br />
recreate absinthe in 2000,<br />
experimenting with an old<br />
recipe and samples of two<br />
pre-ban bottles, Edouard and<br />
Pernod Fils. Pernod Fils is<br />
regarded as the gold standard.<br />
Brian Robinson, review editor<br />
of The Wormwood Society, has<br />
rhapsodised over “the tendrils<br />
of the milky pink louche” and<br />
marvelled at the flavour, “so<br />
silky on the tongue and so<br />
smooth as it went down”. This<br />
contrasts with Czech absinthe<br />
that Breaux had tasted earlier.<br />
“It was a bottle of blue dye, it<br />
was high-proof vodka. There<br />
was nothing in it I would have<br />
recognised as absinthe.”<br />
Breaux’s attempts to<br />
bring the drink back from<br />
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extinction fell foul of the<br />
French government, but his<br />
campaigns got them to relax<br />
their “draconian” laws. Today<br />
Jade Liqueurs’ Esprit Edouard<br />
and the PF 1901 consistently<br />
feature in most connoisseurs’<br />
top five. Yet ironically, it is<br />
pipped in some reviews by a<br />
Czech brand from the Zufanek<br />
distillery, which set out to<br />
“break the curse of incredibly<br />
bad Czech absinths” as they put<br />
it. In 2008, Absinthe St Antoine<br />
became the first genuine<br />
distilled absinthe in the Czech<br />
Republic, and has since been<br />
superseded by the ambitious<br />
L’Ancienne in <strong>2011</strong>, in a limited<br />
run of 700 bottles. Look out for<br />
a new batch this September.<br />
New speakeasy-style bars<br />
from Purl in London to the<br />
Hemingway Bar in Prague<br />
suggest there’s a demand for<br />
decent brands in a civilised<br />
atmosphere. Says Ted Breaux:<br />
“Over 100 years ago, absinthe<br />
was a respectable drink. It<br />
deserves to be so today.”<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.wormwoodsociety.org<br />
PRE-BAN PERNOD FILS,<br />
SEEN ABOVE IN THIS<br />
PAINTING BY CHARLES<br />
MAIRE, IS REGARDED AS<br />
THE ‘GOLD STANDARD’<br />
s t y l e<br />
HIGH SPIRITS<br />
Gin<br />
For a cool G&T at a<br />
drinks party, it’s got to<br />
be Gordon’s. With its<br />
neat signature on a cool,<br />
green bottle, it banishes<br />
memories of William<br />
Hogarth’s Gin Lane.<br />
Vodka<br />
Even James Bond might<br />
switch sides for this.<br />
Russian Standard is<br />
currently seen on many a<br />
billboard, resembling a<br />
chilled version of George<br />
Orwell’s Big Brother. Its<br />
smooth taste is great for<br />
martinis – 007 take note.<br />
Whisky<br />
A blended Scotch, The<br />
Famous Grouse is the<br />
most popular in Scotland.<br />
Sample their blends,<br />
including Black Grouse,<br />
at The Famous Grouse<br />
Experience, 12-13 August,<br />
in Perthshire. www.<br />
thefamousgrouse.com<br />
Vermouth<br />
‘Any time, any place,<br />
anywhere’ was the famous<br />
1970s advertising slogan<br />
for the Italian brand,<br />
Martini. Its iconic red<br />
and black label is<br />
associated with motor<br />
racing, which it sponsors.<br />
Cognac<br />
No longer associated with<br />
older, white, affluent folk,<br />
the US hip-hop culture<br />
has taken to this French<br />
tipple. Martell VS has a<br />
well-balanced taste and<br />
is ideal for mixing.
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AARHUS FESTIVAL<br />
Words Piers Townley<br />
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AARHUS<br />
THE SMELLS LIKE TEENS<br />
AFTERNOON CONCERT<br />
FEATURES BANDS FOR<br />
13-17 YEAR OLDS<br />
The Danish capital is the cultural centre of Scandinavia, with<br />
live performance, art, sport and city-wide entertainment<br />
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AARHUS<br />
FOR TEN DAYS EACH YEAR<br />
in August, the Aarhus Festival<br />
is the largest cultural event in<br />
Scandinavia, showcasing local,<br />
national and international<br />
artists and attracting visitors<br />
from all over the world.<br />
The unique mix of art and<br />
entertainment will spill through<br />
the streets, with alleys, clubs,<br />
galleries and museums of<br />
Denmark’s second-largest<br />
city, showcasing Scandinavia’s<br />
best cultural events.<br />
First held in 1965, Aarhus<br />
Festival has grown to include<br />
an array of dance, exhibitions,<br />
contortionists, sports and<br />
children’s entertainment,<br />
as well as an ever-reliable<br />
musical line-up. Last year the<br />
theme was ‘Neighbours’, this<br />
year’s it is ‘Beautiful Mistakes’,<br />
THE MIRAZOZO DOME IS<br />
BUILT BY ARCHITECTS OF<br />
AIR AND PLAYS WITH THE<br />
VIEWER’S PERSPECTIVE<br />
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where the Festival will search<br />
for imperfections, irregularities<br />
and anomalies in all shapes<br />
and sizes, aiming to surprise<br />
and thrill audiences. There’s<br />
alsso a host of hands-on<br />
performances and workshops<br />
for all ages in music and art.<br />
Aarhus Festival <strong>2011</strong>,<br />
26 August – 4 September<br />
www.aarhusfestuge.dk<br />
www.visitaarhus.com<br />
ABOVE: FORSMAG FOOD<br />
FESTIVAL, WHERE NEW<br />
MEALS ARE MADE FROM<br />
REGIONAL INGREDIENTS.<br />
LEFT: THE KIDS LEARN TO<br />
CREATE THEIR OWN NOISE
The Polish Maritime Museum<br />
for seafarers - a part of their lives<br />
for inhabitants of Gdańsk - a good reason to be proud<br />
for tourists - a wonderful place to remember<br />
Meet in Gdańsk – one of the oldest Baltic cities!<br />
Looking back to thousand-year-old traditions of European culture and<br />
maritime history, ships from all over Europe are greeted by the historical<br />
port of Gdańsk which benefits from its seaside location. Today Gdańsk<br />
is Poland’s maritime capital with a beautifully restored Old Town and<br />
a magnificent atmosphere that beckons you to rest and relax.<br />
Dive into the maritime history!<br />
If you are bored of sunbathing during your holidays, if you are excited about<br />
visiting national places of culture, step into maritime history at the Polish<br />
Maritime Museum. Come and visit a museum facility at the very heart of<br />
the old Harbour of Gdańsk, consisting of characteristic old port structures,<br />
such as the Crane, the granaries in the isle of Ołowianka, and a museum ship<br />
Sołdek. There are also hundreds of exhibits from underwater archeological<br />
exploration, models of vessels, navigation instruments, fragments of ancient<br />
ships, works of marine art that cannot be missed!<br />
Feel welcome! The opening of the new Museum’s branch is approaching...<br />
In the second half of the year, the Museum will open the Maritime Culture<br />
Centre. It is the first totally new museum project erected in Gdańsk, which is<br />
granted by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the European Economic<br />
Area Financial Mechanism (EEA FM), and the financing from the Ministry of<br />
Culture and National Heritage. The Project, estimated at over € 12 million, is<br />
the largest single project in the sector of culture not only in Poland, but with<br />
the EEA FM grant of € 8.6 million, in the whole of Europe as well. Modern<br />
exhibitions, multimedia, interactive information tools, original audiovisual<br />
presentations, conservations and underwater archeology workshops – all of<br />
that makes it the genuine 21-st century museum.<br />
Sea it yourself!
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PRAGUE<br />
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SHE WEARS: BLOUSE BY MANGO.<br />
TROUSERS BY PAUL & JOE SISTER<br />
EARRINGS BY ANTHROPOLOGIE<br />
HE WEARS: SHIRT BY PAUL & JOE
CREDIT<br />
PRAGUE<br />
UNCOVERED<br />
For the perfect trip to the city, our resident<br />
expert suggests three itineraries to showcase<br />
the essential sights to lift the senses<br />
Words Maria Borzobohata Photography Mariano Herrera<br />
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PRAGUE<br />
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PRAGUE<br />
NOBODY SEEMS ABLE TO PIN DOWN<br />
just what makes Prague such an<br />
enchanting place. It’s a city that’s<br />
described as mystical, even gloomy, by<br />
some. By day, it’s a swarming beehive of<br />
activity in the narrow streets, but by night<br />
it has an undercurrent of mystery, lust<br />
and youthful energy. Where pre-Christian<br />
cults blend with the region’s rich history,<br />
composers Dvorˇák and Smetana are<br />
celebrated as much as jazz, pop and rock.<br />
THE OLD TOWN<br />
AND SQUARE<br />
To discover Prague, start in the Staré<br />
Město, the Old Town, a stunning maze of<br />
odd, narrow streets that lead to the Old<br />
Town Square, where amid centuries-old<br />
churches we find the fascinating Medieval<br />
Astronomical Clock. March up to the<br />
top of the Old Town Hall tower to snap<br />
a panoroma. After a moment to catch<br />
your breath, return to street level to catch<br />
the clock striking the full hour when the<br />
animated figures of Vanity (holding a<br />
mirror), Miserliness, and Death, beckoning<br />
to an uncooperative Turk, appear.<br />
You have to see the most famous spot<br />
in Prague, Charles Bridge, but it’s best to<br />
tick it off early. Buy a trinket if you must,<br />
and take a few minutes to admire the<br />
city and Vltava River. In the summer, the<br />
islands in the river are home to an open-air<br />
cinema and hosted Prague’s biggest music<br />
event – the United Islands festival. After<br />
GO WHERE THE<br />
LOCALS GO<br />
Kozicka Pub Kozí 1:<br />
A traditional Czech-style cellar<br />
pub that draws a trendy crowd.<br />
Terasa U Zlate Studne U<br />
Zlaté Studne 166: Fine dining with<br />
views of the Old Town’s red roofs.<br />
Kampa Mlýnská kavárna:<br />
Lovely park downtown, near<br />
Újezd, with an old water mill<br />
– hang out with a frisbee.<br />
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SHE WEARS: BLAZER<br />
BY TOMMY HILFIGER.<br />
SILKY SHIRT BY HUGO<br />
BOSS ORANGE. BELT<br />
BY H&M.TROUSERS BY<br />
MANGO. BAG BY PAUL<br />
& JOE SISTER<br />
HE WEARS: TEE SHIRT<br />
BY TOMMY HILFIGER.<br />
JACKET BY MANGO.<br />
TROUSERS BY NEXT<br />
THE OLD TOWN SQUARE,<br />
AS SEEN FROM THE TOP<br />
OF THE CLOCK TOWER
BRONZE BABIES BY DAVID CERNY<br />
CRAWL IN KAMPA PARK<br />
SHE WEARS: SHIRT BY TOMMY HILFIGER.<br />
V NECK JUMPER BY PAUL & JOE SISTER. WOOL SKIRT<br />
BY PAUL & JOE SISTER. TIGHTS BY FOGAL. SHOES BY<br />
TOMMY HILFIGER. BAG BY ANTHROPOLOGIE<br />
HE WEARS: SHIRT BY JASPER CONRAN FOR DEBENHAMS.<br />
BLAZER BY HUGO BOSS ORANGE. BELT BY ZARA. TROUSERS<br />
BY TOMMY HILFIGER. LOAFERS BY TOMMY HILFIGER<br />
navigating your way through the throngs<br />
on the bridge, head to Malá Strana,<br />
literally translated as the Lesser Quarter.<br />
Its beautiful baroque architecture and<br />
easy link to the Staré Město by Charles<br />
Bridge has its own must-sees. The goal is<br />
the stunning Prague Castle and its views<br />
of the city. Of course, Beatle fans can stop<br />
off at the Lennon Wall, which for almost<br />
30 years thousands of John Lennon fans<br />
have covered with graffitied words of love<br />
and peace. Nearby on Perlová 1 is the<br />
Perla design hotel (www.perlahotel.cz).<br />
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PRAGUE<br />
If it’s raining, or even if not, duck into the<br />
Shakespeare and Sons Bookstore and Café,<br />
inspired by its Parisian twin, for poetry<br />
and prose (U Luzickeho Seminare 10).<br />
From here you could take a date to Petrˇín<br />
Hill to the rose garden for some intimacy,<br />
especially in later afternoon.<br />
SHOPPING AND CULTURE<br />
So you’ve seen some of the highlights,<br />
now it’s on to shopping. Fashionistas<br />
seeking Paris, Milan or New York styles can<br />
treasure hunt the Old Town’s boutiques.<br />
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PRAGUE<br />
You can find delicate silk fibres in incredible<br />
colours at La Femme Mimi on Štěpánská 51.<br />
The Vietnamese designer will fix up<br />
something unique, but we love the “We do<br />
not eat dogs” collection of dog kits. Czech<br />
designers create one-of-a-kind clothes,<br />
jewellery and accessories, including at<br />
Julius Fashion Shop on Ostrovní 20.<br />
Now that you’re dressed up, it’s time<br />
to hit the town. Choose to catch hot Latin<br />
rhythms at La Casa Blu on Kozi 15 or later,<br />
jump straight into pulsating crowds at the<br />
Roxy Club on Dlouhá 33. Maybe try both...<br />
The next day it’s time to change gear.<br />
Žižkov is to Prague what Montmartre is to<br />
Paris. Start slowly with a walk up Vítkov<br />
Hill, between Žižkov and Karlín, to see<br />
the National Memorial or, for war history<br />
buffs, an interesting military museum. The<br />
Žižkov Television Tower is ugly, but you<br />
have to see the famous crawling babies<br />
attached to the pillars. With your sense<br />
of aesthetics now seriously aggrieved, we<br />
have to trek to Franz Kafka’s grave at the<br />
New Jewish Cemetery. Catch an afternoon<br />
break and bottle of wine at Parukárˇka park.<br />
Locals say Žižkov may have the most bars,<br />
pubs and cafés per square metre in Europe.<br />
Quaff a few fresh brews at U Vystrˇeleného<br />
Oka (www.uvoka.cz) on U Božch, Bojovněk<br />
3. Yes, it’s loud, stuffy and lacks a tourist<br />
A RESIDENT<br />
RECOMMENDS<br />
Diana Grabowska, local resident<br />
The city from the movies<br />
“You might remember the tequila<br />
body shots scene from the 2000<br />
Czech movie Loners, filmed at<br />
La Casa Blu at Kozí 857/15. Visit<br />
Obecní du˚m, whose interiors you<br />
can see in the 2006 epic I Served<br />
the King of England, by Jirˇí Menzel.”<br />
Europe’s largest zoo<br />
“It might be some extra kilometers,<br />
but whenever my friends visit they<br />
beg me to take them to Prague Zoo.<br />
And they’re not even kids!”<br />
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HE WEARS: TOP BY TOMMY HILFIGER. JEANS BY LEVI'S. SHE WEARS: WOOL-JERSEY JACKET BY HUGO BOSS ORANGE.<br />
TOP BY ANTHROPOLOGIE. LEGGINGS BY WRANGLER. BAG BY MANGO<br />
CHARLES BRIDGE, THE<br />
ONLY WAY OF CROSSING<br />
THE VLTAVA RIVER
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PRAGUE<br />
ARTISTS HAVE ALWAYS<br />
DOMINATED PRAGUE'S<br />
STREET CULTURE<br />
5 THINGS OFF<br />
THE USUAL<br />
TOURIST TRAIL<br />
NoD Gallery Dlouhá 33, Praha 1:<br />
An edgy, modern experimental artist’s<br />
haven. http://nod.roxy.cz<br />
Klemintinum Klementinum 190,<br />
Praha 1: A beautiful library that dates<br />
back to the 11th Century. www.nkp.cz<br />
The House at the Black Madonna<br />
Celetná 34, Praha 1: Prague experiment<br />
in cubism. http://netanyachess.com<br />
Skydive Arena Tupolevova, Praha 9:<br />
Skydiving without all that scary heights<br />
stuff. www.skydivearena.com<br />
Meet Factory Ke Sklárně 3213/15:<br />
concerts, films, art and more.<br />
http://meetfactory.cz<br />
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SHE WEARS: BLAZER BY<br />
TOMMY HILFIGER. SILKY<br />
SHIRT BY HUGO BOSS<br />
ORANGE. BELT BY H&M.<br />
TROUSERS BY MANGO. BAG<br />
BY PAUL & JOE SISTER.<br />
SOCKS BY PANTHERELLA.<br />
SHOES BY TOMMY HILFIGER<br />
HE WEARS: TEE SHIRT<br />
BY TOMMY HILFIGER.<br />
JACKET BY MANGO.<br />
TROUSERS BY NEXT. SHOES<br />
BY TOMMY HILFIGER<br />
sugar coating but the beer is superb.<br />
Čajovna Genesis (www.cajovnagenesis.cz)<br />
on Krásova 17 is a far more relaxed place.<br />
NEW PRAGUE AND BEYOND<br />
If you have time, head away from centre,<br />
to Nové Město. At Rašínovo nábrˇeží,<br />
adjust to the sight of the Dancing House,<br />
designed by Vlado Milunić in 1992.<br />
Originally known as “Fred and Ginger,” a<br />
tribute to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,<br />
as it resembles a dancing couple, locals<br />
nicknamed it the “Drunk House”.<br />
An absolute must-see for any artistic<br />
soul in Prague is the MeetFactory (http://<br />
meetfactory.cz). This international centre<br />
for contemporary art was established by<br />
David Černý, one of the most acclaimed<br />
and controversial artists in the Czech<br />
Republic (including the babies on the<br />
Žižkov Television Tower). The centre houses<br />
art, theatre, music and film all under one<br />
roof and is in a real factory, in the industrial<br />
area of Prague, at Ke Sklárně 3213/15.<br />
Round off your trip with a traditional<br />
brewery, U Fleku˚ (http://en.ufleku.cz) on<br />
Krˇemencova 1651/11. Founded in 1499,<br />
PRAGUE'S IMPOSING<br />
ARCHITECTURE IS<br />
A DELIGHT<br />
it’s the oldest brewery and restaurant<br />
in Prague. Here we share long wooden<br />
benches with dozens of others and inhale<br />
Czech joviality with a tall glass of perfect,<br />
homemade dark beer. Burst into a polka<br />
to a accordion player’s accompaniment.<br />
Sing and drink into the night, then wander<br />
back with a small slice of the mystery<br />
of Prague in your memories.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: MARIANO HERRERA, FASHION DIRECTOR: NINO BAUTI, HAIR AND MAKE UP:<br />
HELENA CECHUROVA, FEMALE MODEL: HANA B @ ELITEMODELS, MALE MODEL: MATYAS @ PHMODELS
v<br />
MIŁOS ´ NIKÓW PIWA<br />
ZAPRASZAMY NA<br />
FESTIWALE PIWNE<br />
PILSNER FEST odbe˛dzie<br />
sie˛ 26-28 sierpnia w stolicy<br />
piwa – w Pilznie misto na<br />
dziedzińcu browaru.<br />
Na s´wie˛to piwa zaprasza<br />
20 sierpnia <strong>2011</strong> rodzinny<br />
browar Chodovar w<br />
Chodovej Planie, niedaleko<br />
Mariańskich Łaz´ni.<br />
S ´ wie˛to chmielu i piwa<br />
Dočesná odbe˛dzie sie˛ 2-3<br />
wrzes´nia w mies´cie Žatec.<br />
WINOBRANIA W<br />
REPUBLICE CZESKIEJ:<br />
Czeskie i morawskie wina sa˛<br />
znane i doceniane na całym<br />
s´wiecie.<br />
JESIENNE SMAKI I AROMATY<br />
REPUBLIKI CZESKIEJ<br />
Mikulov na Morawach<br />
Południowych zaprasza na<br />
Palavskie Winobranie<br />
9 – 11 wrzes´nia. Centrum<br />
miasta wypełni muzyka, tańce,<br />
przybe˛dzie historyczny orszak<br />
z królem Wacławem I.<br />
To jedyna taka okazja na<br />
zakup artykułów zwia˛zanych<br />
z winiarstwem.<br />
Znojmo be˛dzie s´wie˛tować<br />
winobranie 9 – 10 wrzes´nia.<br />
S ´ wie˛to Wina i Dni<br />
Otwartych Zabytków<br />
odbe˛dzie sie˛ 10-11 wrzes´nia w<br />
Uherskem Hradiště, w regionie<br />
Slovácko na Morawach<br />
Wschodnich.<br />
24 – 25 wrzes´nia<br />
zapraszamy na winobranie na<br />
pie˛knym zamku Karlsztejn.<br />
Czechy – na urlop i na weekend<br />
BIAŁE SZALEŃSTWO<br />
W CZECHACH<br />
Najwyz˙szy czas zarezerwować<br />
sobie urlop narciarski.<br />
Do dyspozycji narciarzy<br />
jest ponad 50 os´rodków<br />
narciarskich.<br />
W Karkonoszach<br />
znajdziemy najbardziej<br />
znane centra narciarskie w<br />
Czechach. Ulubionymi przez<br />
narciarzy os´rodkami sa˛: Pec<br />
pod S ´ niez˙ka˛, Skiresort Czarna<br />
Góra, Szpindlerowy Młyn,<br />
Harrachov, Rokytnice nad<br />
Jizera˛, Benecko, Czarny Dół.<br />
Do najbardziej znanych<br />
stacji narciarskich w<br />
Beskidach nalez˙a˛: Bíla,<br />
Mezivodí, Razula, Kohútka,<br />
Pustevny, Troják i Soláň.<br />
Jesioniki - najbardziej<br />
na północ wysunie˛ta cze˛s´ć<br />
Moraw, sa˛siaduja˛ca z<br />
województwem opolskim.<br />
Narciarze powinni odwiedzić<br />
os´rodek Praděd, który<br />
jest najwyz˙ej połoz˙onym<br />
os´rodkiem sportów zimowych<br />
w Jesionikach.<br />
Góry Izerskie -<br />
popularnymi ws´ród narciarzy<br />
os´rodkami sa˛ m.in. Ještěd,<br />
Tanvaldsky Špičák i Severak.<br />
www.czechtourism.com<br />
poland.czechtourism.com<br />
www.tipsfortrips.cz
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MILAN<br />
MILAN’S<br />
ARTS AND<br />
DESIGN GEMS<br />
The Italian city is gearing up<br />
for a culture-filled summer<br />
INDUSTRIOUS, FASHIONobsessed<br />
Milan is an<br />
art and design capital<br />
that never stands still. To<br />
your right, you have deified<br />
Renaissance masterpieces of<br />
art and classical architecture<br />
– including Da Vinci’s The Last<br />
Supper and myriad-styled<br />
Duomo, or cathedral. To your<br />
left, you can trace the city’s<br />
cutting-edge: Leonardo’s<br />
engineering inventions, iconic<br />
designs of the consumer age<br />
and Expo 2015 innovations;<br />
from ground-breaking<br />
Novecento artists to today’s<br />
independent contemporary<br />
art spaces. We invited two of<br />
Milan’s top curators to reveal<br />
where they go to get inspired.<br />
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Words Nick Bruno<br />
First stop and touchstone<br />
for lovers of modern art is<br />
the Museo Novecento, which<br />
is hurtling towards its first<br />
birthday. The museum is<br />
sited in Piazza Duomo’s tall,<br />
light and handsome Palazzo<br />
dell’Arengario, begun in the<br />
Fascist-era, completed in<br />
1956, and recently remodelled<br />
by architects Italo Rota and<br />
Fabio Fornasari. Step forward<br />
Chiara Bertola, arts centre<br />
curator of contemporay<br />
arts venue Hangar Bicocca<br />
on Via Chiese. (www.<br />
hangarbicocca.it). She suggests<br />
exploring the museum’s<br />
revamped collection of<br />
400 works from the turn of<br />
the century to the 1960s.<br />
THE MILAN ART FAIR<br />
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4CORNERS, CAMERA PRESS<br />
“The Museo Novecento is<br />
so useful because above all<br />
else it finally gives all of us<br />
a rare opportunity to see<br />
the quality of Italian art in the<br />
1900s,” says Chiara.<br />
A sleek, curvaceous ramp<br />
now rises to reveal gallery<br />
spaces that whisk visitors<br />
through the tumultuous 20th<br />
Century. The mind-blowing<br />
collection begins with Giuseppe<br />
Pellizza da Volpedo’s powerful<br />
neo-impressionist dot-filled<br />
1901 painting Il Quarto Stato<br />
(“The Fourth Estate”), then<br />
follows the frenzied motion of<br />
Futurists Umberto Boccioni,<br />
Carlo Carrà and FT Marinetti,<br />
through the dream-like<br />
surrealism of Giorgio de<br />
Chirico to the pared-down<br />
Italian movements arte<br />
povera and spatialism.<br />
It’s from these slashed<br />
canvasses and found objects<br />
by Lucio Fontana and Jannis<br />
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Kounellis that you can see<br />
where some of contemporary<br />
art’s splintered schools and<br />
their oft-bewildering ideas<br />
took their cue.<br />
Thankfully there’s time to<br />
breathe before seeking out<br />
Milan’s many independent<br />
artsy hangouts through<br />
ABOVE LEFT: MUSEO DEL<br />
NOVECENTO. ABOVE: THE<br />
MILAN ART FAIR<br />
A DETAIL OF DO-H0 SUH’S<br />
WORK AT THE BRAND NEW<br />
GALLERY’S EAST EX<br />
EAST EXHIBITION<br />
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Palazzo dell’Arengario’s<br />
mesmerising picture-book<br />
views over Piazza Duomo.<br />
Silvana Annicchiarico,<br />
director of the Triennale<br />
Design Museum (www.<br />
triennaledesignmuseum.it/)<br />
in the Palace of Art at Parco<br />
Sempione, sees the artistic<br />
talent and inspiring venues<br />
around the city as a boon to<br />
the city and its visitors.<br />
“Away from the usual<br />
cultural and tourism routes,<br />
there spreads out a wealth of<br />
diverse collections, museums,<br />
archives and places littleknown<br />
by the greater public,”<br />
she explains. “The Triennale<br />
is a mutant museum, each<br />
show, each year, its DNA<br />
and installations change. We<br />
always start from the same<br />
question: What is Italian<br />
design? With each exhibition<br />
we try to present and define<br />
a new answer, starting from a<br />
new viewpoint.”<br />
Much of its permanent<br />
collection – from Castiglione’s<br />
Arco Lamp to fun household<br />
objects by Alberto Alessi –<br />
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ALICJA KWADE’S<br />
BROKEN AWAY FROM<br />
COMMON STANDPOINTS<br />
AT PEEP-HOLE GALLERY<br />
will be familiar to many, but<br />
it’s the changing shows that<br />
provoke thought. Marking the<br />
50th anniversary of Milan’s<br />
world-renowned interiors fair<br />
Salone del Mobile, is a show<br />
curated by Alessi. Le Fabbriche<br />
dei Sogni (‘Dream Factories’)<br />
explores the people and ideas<br />
behind post-war Italian design<br />
(until 26 February 2012).<br />
Contemporary art graduate<br />
Damiano Gullì, who works at<br />
the Triennale, takes inspiration<br />
from “the youngest, most<br />
experimental galleries” such<br />
as Brand New Gallery (www.<br />
brandnew-gallery.com) on<br />
Via Farini and Peep-Hole<br />
(www.peep-hole.org) on Via<br />
Panfilo Castaldi, plus Milan’s<br />
well-established contemporary<br />
art spaces such as Lia<br />
Rumma (www.liarumma.it)<br />
on Via Stilicone. For design,<br />
Damiano recommends Galleria<br />
Luisa Delle Piane (www.<br />
gallerialuisadellepiane.it),<br />
an eclectic showroom of<br />
objects for the home from<br />
50-odd designers, alongside<br />
intriguing art shows.<br />
Design a Milanese day out<br />
COUPLES AND<br />
THE ADVENTUROUS<br />
Parco Sempione is made for a<br />
Milanese romantic stroll. Try<br />
an ice-cream by the Fascist-era<br />
“wedding cake” fountain and<br />
fortress Castello Sforzesco, then<br />
dive into Acquario Civico (Civic<br />
Aquarium) in liberty style (the<br />
Italian take on art nouveau), soar 108m up the 1933 tower<br />
Torre Branca, before sampling Triennale’s funky exhibitions.<br />
FAMILIES AND GROWN UP-KIDS<br />
Parco Sempione is good bet for<br />
hyper kids but on rainy days the<br />
interactive Museo Nazionale<br />
della Scienza e della Tecnologia<br />
Leonardo Da Vinci is a better<br />
bet. Try a tour of the Da<br />
Vinci’s experimental machines.<br />
Cavernous hangars are filled with fighter planes, historic ships,<br />
steam trains, and submarines. www.museoscienza.org<br />
ANTIQUE AND<br />
BRIC-A-BRAC SHOPPING<br />
The boho Brera district is<br />
full of one-off boutiques and<br />
independent galleries. On the<br />
third Saturday of each month<br />
its narrow streets turn into an<br />
antiques and arts market. On<br />
the last Sunday of each month<br />
the antique dealers move to the Naviglio Grande while on<br />
Saturday flea-market ephemera comes to the Navigli canals.<br />
BAR HOPPING FOR BOHOS<br />
AND LA BELLA GENTE<br />
Brera’s Jamaica at Via Brera 32<br />
is a boho haunt while Spritz<br />
(Ripa di Porta Ticinese 9) is<br />
a laid-back slice of Navigli<br />
nightlife. Beautiful people at<br />
rooftop bar Terrazza Ramozotti<br />
(left) at Hotel dei Cavalieri may<br />
take to discussing skyscrapers Torre Velasca, Pirellone and the<br />
CityLife district’s shards of glass for Milan Expo 2015.<br />
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FRANKFURT<br />
JAZZ BANDLEADER<br />
LIONEL HAMPTON IN<br />
A PACKED FRANKFURT<br />
MOVIE HOUSE, 1946<br />
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FRANKFURT<br />
FRANKFURT,<br />
AZZ CITY<br />
It may be a financial hub, but this city has<br />
the money to indulge its fascinating rhythms<br />
“MAN, I KNEW AS SOON AS I STEPPED<br />
foot here – this is a town where I’m gonna<br />
live!” The Harlem-born, long-term club<br />
owner Anita Honis isn’t talking about<br />
New Orleans or Memphis but, of all<br />
places, Frankfurt. “I loved it immediately,”<br />
the jazz singer recalls of her home of the<br />
last five decades.<br />
Frankfurt may appear to outsiders<br />
to be a faceless hub of finance, a city of<br />
skyscraper office blocks, business hotels<br />
and company functions. In a word, as call<br />
this town on the river, ‘Mainhattan’.<br />
Not a bit of it. Frankfurt buzzes, and it<br />
buzzes to the sound of jazz. ‘Der Frankfurt<br />
Words Peterjon Cresswell<br />
Sound’, in fact, is the title of a book written<br />
by regional radio producer Jürgen Schwab<br />
on this local phenomenon. “It all harks<br />
back to the 1950s when Frankfurt was<br />
the HQ of the US Army stationed in West<br />
Germany,” he explains. “In 1951 people<br />
here started up the German Jazz Festival<br />
and a year later Carlo Bohländer had<br />
opened the Jazzkeller.”<br />
Both are still thriving to this day. The<br />
Frankfurt Jazz Festival, which takes place<br />
27-30 October, is claimed to be the longest<br />
running event of its kind in the world. The<br />
Jazzkeller, meanwhile, is simply legendary.<br />
Looking around this sweaty grotto today,<br />
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FRANKFURT<br />
you can just about imagine the likes of<br />
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Dizzy<br />
Gillespie entertaining GIs and local jazz<br />
enthusiasts during the Cold War. Chet<br />
Baker gave one of his last ever concerts<br />
here. Current owner Eugen Hahn takes<br />
up the story: “There are so many stories<br />
contained within these narrow red walls,”<br />
he smiles. “There was the night Louis<br />
Armstrong spilled red wine over his<br />
tuxedo. There was a feeling of new-found<br />
freedom after the war.’”<br />
It must be remembered that legendary<br />
local saxophonist Emil Mangelsdorff<br />
was once imprisoned by the Gestapo for<br />
performing jazz at the illegal den the<br />
Frankfurt Hot Club. A decade on, all the<br />
big stars from America were playing big<br />
shows in town before coming down to the<br />
Jazzkeller to jam with the local musicians.’<br />
People like Emil, the tenor sax player<br />
Heinz Sauer, both still active today, the<br />
late, great, innovative trombone player<br />
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JAZZ ZUM DRITTEN<br />
IS ON 3 OCTOBER<br />
BELOW: MISSISSIPPI-<br />
BORN JOHN LEE HOOKER<br />
Albert Mangelsdorff, all learned from<br />
the best. Around the same time, Carlo<br />
Bohländer opened another landmark<br />
venue, Storyville, today the rock club<br />
Sinkkasten. His wife Anita, having taken<br />
to Frankfurt like a duck to water and<br />
getting regular singing gigs around Europe,<br />
decided to take over a small club that was<br />
being run by a local Russian folk troupe<br />
before they were offered a world tour<br />
– the Balalaika. Sadly Bohländer has since<br />
passed on, but Anita still sings there to<br />
this day, inviting members of the audience<br />
to join her doing justice to much-loved<br />
standards in candlelit intimacy.<br />
Two more elements helped the city<br />
develop its worldwide reputation for jazz<br />
– three if you include a major international<br />
airport with regular, non-stop flights<br />
from the States. Firstly, promoters Horst<br />
Lippmann and Fritz Rau were based here,<br />
running the influential American Folk<br />
Blues Festival, the record label L+R, and<br />
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FRANKFURT<br />
JAZZ SNAPS<br />
Tony Lakatos, sax player<br />
“I’ve been playing here for<br />
20 years and I’m always finding<br />
something new. I like going<br />
to the Roman Fabrik. It’s not<br />
always jazz there but it’s a<br />
good litte place."<br />
Julian Argüelles,<br />
sax player<br />
“It’s actually quite incredible<br />
that in this day and age a local<br />
radio station is still paying for<br />
a full-piece big band to play<br />
regular jazz shows. It just<br />
shows how important jazz is<br />
to this place.”<br />
Eugen Hahn, owner of<br />
legendary Jazzkeller<br />
“I like a club called the Mampf,<br />
which is German for the noise you<br />
make when you’re chewing. It’s<br />
really small, I mean really small,<br />
so it’s always very crowded but if<br />
you want to pick up on the scene,<br />
that’s where to go.”<br />
Jürgen Schwab, singer<br />
songwriter and radio producer<br />
“No Berliner would live in a<br />
city like Frankfurt. But no bank<br />
would finance a new club in<br />
Berlin for a freelance musician<br />
like myself. The Jazzkeller here<br />
was already a place with<br />
decades of tradition.”<br />
Jazz notes:<br />
Jazzkeller www.jazzkeller.com<br />
German Jazz Festival<br />
www.jazzfestival.hr-online.de<br />
Mampf www.mampf-jazz.de<br />
Frankfurt Art Bar<br />
www.frankfurtartbar.de<br />
Jazz zum Dritten<br />
www.frankfurt.de<br />
Liebieghaus www.liebieghaus.de<br />
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THE LIEBIGHAUS HOSTS<br />
JAZZ IM MUSEUM,<br />
A SERIES OF SUNDAY<br />
LUNCHTIME SHOWS<br />
bringing over America’s finest exponents<br />
of jazz and blues to Europe (it is thanks to<br />
them that the Rolling Stones first saw the<br />
likes of John Lee Hooker and Sam Lightin’<br />
Hopkins in the flesh). Secondly, the local<br />
regional station Jürgen Schwab works for,<br />
Hessischer Rundfunk, still employs both a<br />
full-piece big band and a jazz ensemble, in<br />
business since 1958 and 1946 respectively.<br />
Each gives regular performances. Among<br />
their number are Hungarian saxophonist<br />
Tony Lakatos and British saxophonist Julian<br />
Argüelles, both now long-term Frankfurt<br />
residents who make a living from<br />
what they love doing.<br />
As well as its venues of<br />
blue-chip tradition, Frankfurt<br />
makes use of more unusual<br />
spots to stage jazz, depending<br />
on the season. In summer the<br />
Parliament Garden hosts live<br />
sounds in this public park.<br />
There’s no extra cost, just<br />
the standard admission fee<br />
to these botanical gardens<br />
themselves. On Sunday<br />
lunchtimes, the century-old<br />
Liebieghaus, a venerable museum<br />
PROMOTER FRITZ RAU<br />
WITH PETER MAFFAY AND<br />
MICK JAGGER IN 1982<br />
of sculpture on the banks of the Main,<br />
stages Jazz Im Museum. And, as a prelude<br />
to the German Jazz Festival, Frankfurt’s<br />
Old Town main square of the Römerberg<br />
hosts the open-air Jazz zum Dritten<br />
on 3 October, featuring German and<br />
international greats.<br />
Let’s leave the last word to Anita Honis,<br />
who has seen all the greats come and go.<br />
“Some of the venues might have changed<br />
but young musicians are still coming<br />
through today. Frankfurt still has that<br />
same vibe. I couldn’t leave it if I tried.”<br />
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BRUSSELS<br />
AN<br />
OUTDOOR<br />
FEAST<br />
This year the city’s Urban<br />
Barbecue will be bigger<br />
and tastier than ever<br />
Words Xav Judd<br />
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BRUSSELS<br />
ACCLAIMED CHEF<br />
MAURO COLAGRECO WILL<br />
BE COOKING AT<br />
THE FESTIVAL<br />
SUCCULENT MUSSELS IN WHITE<br />
wine sauce, crunchy honeycombcoloured<br />
waffles dusted with sugar<br />
and chocolate so smooth and velvety it’s<br />
almost making love to your tongue… If<br />
ever Europe had a twinkling star when it<br />
comes to scintillating, scrumptious food<br />
then it’s the Belgian capital, Brussels. It’s<br />
fitting, therefore, that once a year it hosts<br />
its own urban barbecue.<br />
However, this grillfest isn’t like the<br />
family affairs you’ve ever been forced to<br />
attend, which seemed to consist of three<br />
limp sausages, and more smoke than a<br />
factory chimney. Although not every one<br />
of the one million local residents drop<br />
in, the Urban Barbecue is nevertheless a<br />
spectacular event that makes the whole<br />
town sparkle.<br />
Occurring since 2006 and part of<br />
the merriment of entertainment that<br />
is the Brussels’ Summer Festival (www.<br />
infofestival.be), for the first time the Urban<br />
Barbecue is spread over two days, 20 and<br />
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FAMILIES AND VISITORS<br />
FLOCK TO THE CITY'S<br />
OPEN SPACES FOR THIS<br />
FESTIVAL OF FOOD<br />
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21 September. It will be held on a huge<br />
communal table in the historic, hill-top<br />
square, Mont des Arts (mountain of the<br />
arts). This spot has one of the best vantage<br />
points in the city. So, whilst eyeing up your<br />
meal, you can also take in mesmerizing<br />
buildings like the early-15th-centuryconstucted<br />
Gothic Town Hall, or the<br />
nine-sphered geometric marvel known as<br />
the Atomium.<br />
What also sets this imaginative<br />
jamboree apart is that a lot of the food<br />
is produced by Michelin-starred chefs.<br />
Indeed, the kind of aperitifs and other<br />
gourmet tidbits that Sébastien Chambru<br />
and Damien Vanderhoeven will serve-up<br />
will leave you foaming at the mouth. None<br />
more so than marinated Alaskan salmon<br />
with glazed cucumber syrup and popcorn<br />
Kikkoman soy sauce. Lentil burgers on a<br />
FIESTA FUN<br />
THE STUNNING SETTING<br />
OF THE MONT DES ARTS<br />
At first glance, Belgium may not be the first<br />
destination you’d associate with swiveling<br />
your hips and moving your feet to the hypnotic<br />
rhythm of Central and South American music.<br />
Nonetheless, every autumn, the Fiesta Latina<br />
explodes onto the capital’s streets with the<br />
flamboyant traditions, sounds and flavours from<br />
that part of the world. This September’s (2-4)<br />
edition will be bigger than ever with concerts,<br />
DJ sets by the likes of Angel De Caprio and<br />
Mario Rumba, and dance classes etc. Of course,<br />
there are plenty of caipirinhas and mojitos to go<br />
around, too!<br />
www.fiesta-latina.be<br />
bed of grated vegetables with rocket pesto<br />
was another well-received treat.<br />
Fortunately, the fact that some of<br />
the finest cooks in the land are on hand<br />
doesn’t mean that you will have to sell-off<br />
your jewellery to settle your bill. In fact,<br />
between 1pm and 5pm a dish will set one<br />
back no more than €10, added to which,<br />
other comestibles and wine can be tried for<br />
a similarly small fee.<br />
But this gastronomic encounter can<br />
be just the start of a culinary experience<br />
to-die-for in Brussels. Adventurous bon<br />
vivants who want to try some of the more<br />
unusual cuisine the town has to offer<br />
should get their jowls around Paling in't<br />
groen (river eels in green sauce). Turbot<br />
waterzooi (turbot fish in cream and egg<br />
sauce) is another oddity that might tickle<br />
the fancy and, of course, no visit to this<br />
sophisticated locality is complete without<br />
trying its most famous beverage. Lucky<br />
then, that there is an ideal fair that will<br />
quench the thirst like no other, the Belgian<br />
Beer Weekend (www.belgianbeerweekend.<br />
be). Held in Grand Place every September<br />
(2 -4 this year), various kinds of the<br />
eponymous alcoholic drink can be sampled<br />
including Amber, Trappist, Pils and fruit<br />
varieties. Just arrive hungry!<br />
www.urbanbbq.be<br />
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BRUSSELS<br />
DIFFERENT<br />
WAYS TO DINE<br />
FOR FAMILIES<br />
Moules and frites are as archetypal<br />
to Brussels, as curry to Madras<br />
or chicken to Kiev. Eat them in<br />
the fabled (the restaurant is<br />
more than 100 years old) – brick<br />
walled, white-tiled and wooden<br />
surroundings of Chez Leon (rue des<br />
Bouchers 18, +32 (0) 2 511 14 15;<br />
www.chezleon.be).<br />
BUSINESSMEN<br />
Belga Queen (rue Fossé aux Loups<br />
32, +32 (0) 2217 2187; www.<br />
belgaqueen.be) Does a special<br />
business menu from €18. It<br />
comprises enticing fare like Filet<br />
de lieu, jaune pané à l'ancienne,<br />
sauce vin blanc, sauté de légumes,<br />
pommes de terre vapeur and<br />
Roulade de concombre au fromage<br />
de chèvre – all stunning dishes and<br />
mouth-watering sauces.<br />
FOR ROMANTIC<br />
COUPLES<br />
It would be as crazy as trying to win<br />
Wimbledon with a ping pong bat,<br />
to come to Brussels and not indulge<br />
in chocolate. Sweet tooths cannot<br />
help but be thoroughly satisfied<br />
in Pierre Marcolini (39 Place du<br />
Grand Sablon-Grote Zavel Plein;<br />
www.marcolini.be). Their exquisite<br />
cocoa goodies are rumoured to be<br />
the tastiest in the vicinity. If you’re<br />
curious to find out about the history<br />
of such delicacies and how they<br />
are made, this metropolis boasts<br />
a wonderful Museum of Cocoa and<br />
Chocolate (rue de la Tête d'Or 9-11;<br />
www.mucc.be).<br />
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EINDHOVEN<br />
THE LIGHTER SIDE<br />
OF EINDHOVEN<br />
You may not immediately notice, but the Dutch city<br />
is pioneering a new approach to lighting that<br />
will change its citizens’ way of life forever<br />
THE LIGHT MAY HAVE<br />
all but gone out on the<br />
incandescent lightbulb,<br />
but in Eindhoven a new wave<br />
of luminaire designs and<br />
intelligent lighting solutions are<br />
pointing to a brighter future.<br />
The city’s high-tech ecosystem<br />
has been harnessed, namely<br />
the University of Technology,<br />
the famed Design Academy,<br />
and Philips, Eindhoven’s global<br />
electronics giant. Some of the<br />
visionary creations blur the<br />
boundaries between art and<br />
design, others evoke the power<br />
of light to challenge perception<br />
and touch our emotions.<br />
Eindhoven’s very bearable<br />
lightness of being is evident<br />
in well-lit structures such<br />
as the High Tech Campus<br />
Bridge, which is a 100-metres<br />
long and wrapped in colourchanging<br />
glass panels by<br />
architectural lighting firm<br />
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Words Anna J Kutor<br />
Har Hollands (www.hollands.<br />
info). Or the Concert Hall<br />
Frits Philips Eindhoven (Jan<br />
van Lieshoutstraat 3, www.<br />
muziekgebouweindhoven.nl),<br />
which reopened late last year.<br />
Based on the interior designs<br />
of Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe,<br />
with the assistance of Philips<br />
Ambient Experience Design,<br />
the hall’s streamlined interiors,<br />
acoustics, illuminated pathways<br />
and LED-embedded couches<br />
all work in smooth harmony.<br />
Many of the forward-looking<br />
applications, however, take on<br />
a more subtle, resource-saving<br />
form, including the city-wide<br />
changeover to LED street lights<br />
and the installation of motiontriggered<br />
light devices.<br />
“The high level of design<br />
and technology here in<br />
Eindhoven, together with the<br />
strong eco-minded mentality<br />
of the Dutch, have allowed<br />
us to integrate a variety of<br />
disciplines into the way we<br />
cope with urban lighting,”<br />
says Rik van Stiphout, the<br />
city’s lighting programme<br />
manager. To bring new gravitas<br />
to Eindhoven’s ‘City of Light’<br />
identity, he devised a holistic<br />
lighting masterplan that not<br />
only gives the city streets<br />
and key urban landmarks the<br />
energy-efficient LED light<br />
treatment, but also uses light<br />
as the foundation for indoor<br />
environments and artistic<br />
events for the coming decade.<br />
“Many of the latest innovations<br />
are at a very conceptual level,<br />
with an intuitive kind of lighting<br />
that serves people rather than<br />
being a dominant force, so you<br />
need to know where to look to<br />
discover them.”<br />
At the vanguard of<br />
Eindhoven’s light-focused<br />
redevelopment is Strijp-S<br />
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PHILIPS DESIGN / VERSE BEELDWAREN / NYOYN / LEDEXPERT<br />
THE CITY’S<br />
BRIGHT<br />
SPARKS<br />
Adding new function and<br />
control to novel light<br />
sources, designers and<br />
innovators in Eindhoven are<br />
building the interactive light<br />
lightscape of the future.<br />
Nebula by NYOYN<br />
Nebula, the interactive<br />
light wall created by the<br />
Eindhoven-based NYOYN,<br />
uses touch-sensitive lights<br />
to trigger kids’ imagination.<br />
www.nyoyn.com<br />
Light Field by LEDexpert<br />
Sports lighting, such as that<br />
first seen at the Woensel<br />
Hockeyclub Eindhoven, uses<br />
a pioneering dynamic LED<br />
light to illuminate arenas.<br />
Developed by a trio of<br />
innovators at LEDexpert, it<br />
shines a concentrated LED<br />
light bundle on the field in<br />
a flexible and energy-saving<br />
way. www.ledexpert.nl<br />
(www.strijp-s.nl), the formerly<br />
off-limits Philips HQ that<br />
is undergoing far-reaching<br />
changes to become a central<br />
creative hub of Eindhoven.<br />
The makeover will turn<br />
the 27-hectare industrial<br />
compound into an integrated<br />
work-live-play-learn site and a<br />
test-bed for emerging designs<br />
and lighting concepts.<br />
In 2008, Lorna Goulden,<br />
lead creative director at<br />
Philips Design, and a team of<br />
experts at Philips Design and<br />
the local municipality drew<br />
up an award-winning vision<br />
document, Creating a Public<br />
Lighting Experience, for Strijp-S.<br />
The envisioned floating light<br />
fixtures, glowing seats and<br />
interactive displays have more<br />
than a dash of science fiction<br />
about them. “With intelligent<br />
and interactive systems we are<br />
introducing the opportunity for<br />
the public space to be modified<br />
through light... [bringing]<br />
more comfort and well-being,<br />
with an occasional touch of<br />
excitement, to future residents<br />
and visitors of this area.”<br />
These include a grid of lights<br />
embedded in the road surface,<br />
signalling the approach of<br />
buses, and lampposts with<br />
LEDs that change colour in<br />
reaction to weather conditions<br />
and the presence of passers-by.<br />
Elsewhere, light levels, colour<br />
and composition will be<br />
fine-tuned for public areas,<br />
testing, for example, whether<br />
warmer or brighter lights<br />
encourage people to divert<br />
from the shortest route to the<br />
most desirable one.<br />
Ellen de Vries is lead<br />
architectural lighting designer<br />
at The Lux Lab (www.hetluxlab.<br />
nl). She contributes to the<br />
Intelligent Lighting Institute’s<br />
research on the effects of<br />
adapting a natural colour<br />
spectrum into artificial light.<br />
She says that light as a design<br />
tool can create specific moods<br />
or experiences, adding “it<br />
doesn’t always have to be<br />
visible”. She says: “Light is at<br />
its best when it seamlessly<br />
integrates into and supports<br />
the urban design.” Her pop-up<br />
installation ‘Throwing Light’<br />
has people use a flashlightstyle<br />
remote control to fling<br />
large blobs of colourful light<br />
onto buildings, a step towards a<br />
light-based interactive gaming<br />
solution in underpasses that<br />
[ feature ]<br />
EINDHOVEN<br />
PLANS TO REDEVELOP THE<br />
FORMER PHILIPS HQ INTO<br />
A WORK-LIVE-PLAY SITE<br />
THE HIGH TECH CAMPUS<br />
BRIDGE HAS GLASS PANELS<br />
THAT CHANGE COLOUR<br />
will, she explains, “offer people,<br />
especially bored youngsters,<br />
exciting new ways to connect<br />
with and experience their<br />
environment”.<br />
Bright ideas to push<br />
the creative boundaries of<br />
technology and design, with<br />
new ways of thinking about<br />
cooperation and development,<br />
has earned this city the title of<br />
the ‘smartest city in the world’<br />
in <strong>2011</strong> by the Intelligent<br />
Community Forum (ICF) in<br />
New York. Now, it seems, is<br />
Eindhoven’s time to shine.<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 67
[ destinations ]<br />
WIZZ AIR ROUTES<br />
Alicante<br />
Bucharest<br />
Antalya<br />
Budapest<br />
Kyiv<br />
Aarhus 71<br />
Gdansk<br />
Barcelona 71<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Poznan<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Barcelona Girona<br />
Kyiv<br />
Bari<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Prague<br />
FLYING TO OVER<br />
65 DESTINATIONS<br />
Belgrade 71<br />
Brussels Charleroi<br />
Dortmund<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Your guide to our ever-expanding<br />
list of routes<br />
Gothenburg<br />
London Luton<br />
Malmö<br />
Memmingen/<br />
Munich West<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Stockholm Skavsta<br />
Bergen<br />
Gdansk<br />
Bourgas<br />
Budapest<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
London Luton<br />
Poznan<br />
Prague<br />
Warsaw<br />
Brno 73<br />
Eindhoven (from 16 Dec)<br />
London Luton<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Brussels Charleroi 73<br />
Belgrade<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
Warsaw<br />
Bucharest 73<br />
Alicante<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bari<br />
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Brussels Charleroi<br />
Catania<br />
Cuneo/Turin<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
Dortmund<br />
Larnaca<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Naples<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Pisa<br />
Rome Ciampino<br />
Valencia<br />
Venice Treviso<br />
Zaragoza<br />
Budapest 74<br />
Antalya<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bari<br />
Bourgas<br />
Brussels Charleroi<br />
Catania<br />
Corfu<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
Frankfurt Hahn<br />
Gothenburg<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Malmö<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Naples<br />
Palma de Mallorca<br />
Pisa<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Stockholm Skavsta<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Turku<br />
Weeze/Düsseldorf<br />
Catania<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca 74<br />
Barcelona<br />
Dortmund<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Palma de Mallorca<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Pisa<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Valencia<br />
Venice Treviso<br />
Zaragoza<br />
Cologne<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Kyiv<br />
Cork<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Poznan<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wrocław<br />
Corfu<br />
Budapest<br />
Cuneo/Turin<br />
Bucharest<br />
Doncaster/Sheffield<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Poznan<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wrocław<br />
Dortmund 76<br />
Belgrade<br />
Bucharest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Kyiv<br />
Łód´z<br />
Poznan<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Vilnius<br />
Wrocław<br />
Dubrovnik<br />
London Luton<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Belgrade<br />
Brno (from Dec 16)<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wrocław<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wrocław<br />
Frankfurt Hahn<br />
Budapest<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Sofia<br />
Gdansk 76<br />
Aarhus<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bergen<br />
Cologne<br />
Cork<br />
Doncaster/Sheffield<br />
Dortmund<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Hamburg Lübeck<br />
Glasgow Prestwick<br />
Gothenburg<br />
Liverpool<br />
London Luton<br />
Malmö<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Oslo Sandefjord Torp<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Stavanger<br />
Stockholm Skavsta<br />
Turku<br />
Glasgow Prestwick<br />
Gdansk<br />
Warsaw<br />
Gothenburg<br />
Belgrade<br />
Budapest<br />
Gdansk<br />
Warsaw<br />
Hamburg Lübeck<br />
Gdansk<br />
Kyiv<br />
Katowice/Krakow 78<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bourgas<br />
Cologne<br />
Cork<br />
Doncaster/Sheffield<br />
Dortmund
CORK<br />
MADRID<br />
LIVERPOOL<br />
GLASGOW-PRESTWICK<br />
PARIS BEAUVAIS<br />
ZARAGOZA<br />
VALENCIA<br />
DONCASTER/SHEFFIELD<br />
LONDON LUTON<br />
BRUSSELS-CHARLEROI<br />
ALICANTE<br />
BARCELONA<br />
EINDHOVEN<br />
CUNEO / TURIN<br />
BARCELONA GIRONA<br />
BERGEN<br />
STAVANGER<br />
PALMA DE MALLORCA<br />
GOTHENBURG<br />
WEEZE / DÜSSELDORF<br />
COLOGNE<br />
PISA<br />
DORTMUND<br />
MILAN<br />
ROME FIUMICINO<br />
FRANKFURT HAHN<br />
ROME CIAMPINO<br />
AARHUS<br />
OSLO SANDEFJORD TORP<br />
HAMBURG LÜBECK<br />
PRAGUE<br />
VENICE TREVISO<br />
FORLÌ / BOLOGNA<br />
NAPLES<br />
CATANIA<br />
MALMÖ<br />
MEMMINGEN / MUNICH WEST<br />
SPLIT<br />
DUBROVNIK<br />
STOCKHOLM SKAVSTA<br />
GDANSK<br />
POZNAN<br />
WARSAW<br />
LODZ<br />
WROCLAW<br />
BRNO<br />
TIMISOARA<br />
BARI<br />
[ destinations ]<br />
WIZZ AIR ROUTES<br />
RIGA<br />
KATOWICE / KRAKOW<br />
BUDAPEST<br />
CLUJ-NAPOCA TIRGU MURES<br />
SKOPJE<br />
BELGRADE<br />
CORFU<br />
SOFIA<br />
TURKU<br />
VILNIUS<br />
KYIV<br />
BUCHAREST<br />
VARNA<br />
BOURGAS<br />
ANTALYA<br />
SIMFEROPOL<br />
LARNACA<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 69
[ destinations ]<br />
WIZZ AIR ROUTES<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
Frankfurt Hahn<br />
Kyiv<br />
Liverpool<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Malmö<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Oslo Sandefjord Torp<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Rome Ciampino<br />
Stockholm Skavsta<br />
Kiev 78<br />
Antalya<br />
Barcelona Girona<br />
Cologne<br />
Dortmund<br />
Hamburg Lübeck<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
London Luton<br />
Memmingen/<br />
Munich West<br />
Oslo Sandefjord Torp<br />
Simferopol<br />
Stockholm Skavsta<br />
Valencia (from Sept)<br />
Venice Treviso<br />
Larnaca<br />
Bucharest<br />
Liverpool<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Warsaw<br />
Łód´z<br />
Dortmund<br />
London Luton<br />
London Luton 80<br />
Belgrade<br />
Bourgas<br />
Brno<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Dubrovnik<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Kyiv<br />
Łódz<br />
Poznan<br />
Prague<br />
Riga<br />
Skopje<br />
Sofia<br />
Split<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Varna<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wrocław<br />
Madrid 80<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Malmö<br />
Belgrade<br />
Budapest<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Warsaw<br />
Memmingen/<br />
Munich West<br />
Belgrade<br />
Kyiv<br />
Milan Bergamo 86<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice<br />
Prague<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Sofia<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Naples<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Prague<br />
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Oslo Sandefjord<br />
Torp 86<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Kiev<br />
Poznan<br />
Prague<br />
Riga<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wrocław<br />
Palma de Mallorca<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Paris-Beauvais 86<br />
Bucharest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Poznan<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Warsaw<br />
Wrocław<br />
Pisa<br />
Bucharest<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Poznan 88<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bourgas<br />
Cork<br />
Doncaster/Sheffield<br />
Dortmund<br />
London Luton<br />
Oslo Sandefjord Torp<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Stockholm Skavsta<br />
Prague 88<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bari<br />
Bourgas<br />
Brussels Charleroi<br />
Eindhoven<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Milan-Bergamo<br />
Naples<br />
Oslo Sandefjord Torp<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Venice Treviso<br />
Riga 88<br />
London Luton<br />
Oslo Sandefjord Torp<br />
Rome Ciampino 90<br />
Bucharest<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Rome Fiumicino 90<br />
Belgrade<br />
Brno<br />
Budapest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Gdansk<br />
London Luton<br />
Poznan<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
Vilnius<br />
Warsaw<br />
Simferopol<br />
Kyiv<br />
Skopje 90<br />
London Luton<br />
Sofia 90<br />
Barcelona<br />
Brussels Charleroi<br />
Dortmund<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
Frankfurt Hahn<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Valencia<br />
Venice Treviso<br />
Split<br />
London Luton<br />
Stavanger<br />
Gdansk<br />
Stockholm<br />
Skavsta 91<br />
Belgrade<br />
Budapest<br />
Gdansk<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Kyiv<br />
Poznan<br />
Warsaw<br />
Timisoara 91<br />
Barcelona<br />
Dortmund<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Valencia<br />
Venice Treviso<br />
Tirgu Mures 91<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bologna Forli<br />
Budapest<br />
Dortmund<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Turku<br />
Budapest<br />
Gdansk<br />
Valencia<br />
Bucharest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Kyiv (from Sept)<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Varna 92<br />
London Luton<br />
Venice Treviso<br />
Bucharest<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
Kyiv<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
Timisoara<br />
Vilnius 92<br />
Barcelona<br />
Cork<br />
Doncaster/Sheffield<br />
Dortmund<br />
Eindhoven<br />
London Luton<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Warsaw 94<br />
Barcelona<br />
Bourgas<br />
Brussels Charleroi<br />
Cork<br />
Doncaster/Sheffield<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
Glasgow Prestwick<br />
Gothenburg<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
Liverpool<br />
London Luton<br />
Madrid<br />
Malmö<br />
Milan Bergamo<br />
Oslo Sandefjord Torp<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Rome Fiumicino<br />
Stockholm Skavsta<br />
Weeze/Düsseldorf<br />
Budapest<br />
Wrocław 94<br />
Cork<br />
Doncaster/Sheffield<br />
Dortmund<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Forlì/Bologna<br />
London Luton<br />
Oslo Sandefjord Torp<br />
Paris Beauvais<br />
Zaragoza<br />
Bucharest<br />
Cluj Napoca
Aarhus<br />
www.visitaarhus.com<br />
Danish Krone<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
Airport buses arrive and leave from<br />
Banegårdspladsen at the railway<br />
station, one-way is 90 Danish krone.<br />
It’s 40 minutes to reach the centre.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The Aarhus Festival, 26 August –<br />
4 September, offers music, and family<br />
entertainment. www.aarhusfestuge.dk<br />
Eating Out<br />
Aarhus is home to the best chefs in<br />
Denmark. You get haute cuisine, such<br />
as Restaurant Mellemrum at Fredens<br />
Torv 2, (restaurantmellemrum.dk) and<br />
traditional restaurants such as<br />
Kroen I Krogen (+45 86 19 2439)<br />
on Banesgårdspladsen 4.<br />
City suggestions<br />
Stroll the cobbled narrow streets of<br />
the Latin Quarter, with boutique<br />
shops selling all sorts of curiosities.<br />
And finally…<br />
Denmark’s Ugliest Festival, 4-6<br />
August, is in a suburb outside Aarhus.<br />
Expect underground guitar music and<br />
experimental artists. www.grimfest.dk<br />
Words Steve O’Rourke<br />
Dental Practice<br />
Barcelona<br />
www.barcelonaturisme.com Euro<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a shuttle bus transfer<br />
between the airport and any address<br />
in the city centre. It’s €18 (€36 return).<br />
A slice of city<br />
Hotel terrace season is now open,<br />
offering visitors the chance to kick<br />
back on the private terraces of more<br />
than 40 hotels across town. W Hotel<br />
(www.w-barcelona.com) leads the<br />
pack with summer barbecues and<br />
Ibiza-style parties on the beach.<br />
Eating out<br />
The Tragaluz Group just opened a new<br />
beach bar – Pez Vela at Paseo del<br />
Mare Nostrum 19-21. It is the hippest<br />
spot in Barceloneta for tucking into<br />
heaps of paella and seafood. www.<br />
grupotragaluz.com/rest-pezvela.php.<br />
Dr MILAN JOVOVIC<br />
Vlajkovićeva 5/I, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia<br />
+381638803374, www.drmilanjovovic.com<br />
For fancier dining, check out Patricia<br />
Urquiola’s chic design at Blanc at the<br />
Mandarin Oriental, where chef Jean<br />
Luc Figueras offers a summery fusion.<br />
City suggestions<br />
Beat the heat by heading up to<br />
Montjuïc on the cable car from the<br />
beach. You’ll find innumerable green<br />
gardens and shady spots for picnics.<br />
Alternatively the new MIBA museum<br />
has real-life and fantasy inventions<br />
for the future. www.mibamuseum.com<br />
And finally…<br />
Grec festival, until 31 July, offers an<br />
array of evening outdoor events from<br />
funk bands at the castle on Montjuïc<br />
to classical performances at the Grec<br />
amphitheatre. http://grec.bcn.cat/en<br />
Words Tara Stevens<br />
[ destinations ]<br />
AARHUS-BELGRADE<br />
Belgrade<br />
www.tob.co.rs<br />
Serbian Dinar<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a shuttle bus transfer<br />
between the airport and any address<br />
in the city centre. It’s €7 (€14 return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
At verdant Kosutnjak, the Forest Fest<br />
(25-28 August) has eco-friendly live<br />
music, DJs and outdoor sports.<br />
Eating out<br />
Majik Café has contemporary<br />
fusion cuisine and cocktails. www.<br />
majikcafe.com. Kalemegdan Terrace<br />
offers a Danube panorama. www.<br />
kalemegdanskaterasa.com<br />
City suggestions<br />
Near Hotel Jugoslavija are splavovi,<br />
floating river clubs. Blaywatch is a<br />
typical example. www.blaywatch.com.<br />
The open-top buses of the Belgrade<br />
Open Tour let you visit all parts of<br />
the city over 24 hours. www.tob.rs<br />
And finally…<br />
A two-hour drive from Belgrade,<br />
the Guca Trumpet Festival (10-14<br />
August) features a weekend of crazy<br />
Serbian brass sounds. www.guca.rs<br />
Words Peterjon Cresswell<br />
DENTAL PRACTICE IN BELGRADE<br />
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SUPERB SERVICE<br />
AT LOWER THAN AVERAGE PRICES FOR EUROPE !<br />
removable and fixed braces
TIM WHITE<br />
Brno<br />
www.brno.cz<br />
Euro<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
The bus to Brno leaves approximately<br />
every half-hour. It takes 20 minutes,<br />
and costs about €1. A taxi into town is<br />
about €10 and takes 20 minutes.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The city of speed breaks out the<br />
Czech Republic Motorcycle Grand<br />
Prix, 12-14 August.<br />
Eating Out<br />
Try an original creation at Betlém,<br />
Krkoškova 502/27, or just chips and a<br />
local beer. It’s a 10-minute tram ride<br />
(take No. 5) from the centre. www.<br />
restaurace-betlem.cz/. U Kastelána,<br />
Kotláøská 51a, is good for traditional<br />
Moravian dishes. www.ukastelana.cz/<br />
City suggestions<br />
Caribic, Běhounská 22, is a late-night<br />
playground with palms and coconut<br />
cocktails. Visit one of the city’s<br />
few jazz clubs, Stará pekárna,<br />
8 Štefánikova. www.starapekarna.cz<br />
And finally ...<br />
The Moravian Museum is extensive<br />
and worth a visit. www.mzm.cz<br />
Words Brien Barnett<br />
Brussels<br />
www.brusselsinternationalbe<br />
Euro<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a shuttle bus transfer<br />
between the airport (Charleroi South)<br />
and any address within Brussels city<br />
centre. The cost is €30 (€60 return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
EU bureacrats are away, so head to<br />
Place de Luxembourg in August<br />
for quiet or, for crowds, Place Saint<br />
Gery. Celebrations of Belgian Beer<br />
are on Grand Place, 2-4 September<br />
(www.weekenddelabiere.be).<br />
Eating out<br />
Explore pretty Uccle, south of the<br />
city, in particular brasserie Relais<br />
Saint Job (www.relaisstjob.be). In a<br />
nook of the city, Villa Singha on Rue<br />
des Trois Ponts has terrific Thai food.<br />
Closed Sundays. www.singha.be<br />
City suggestions<br />
If you’re downtown, buzz on the door<br />
of L’Archiduc (Antoine Dansaert 6,<br />
+32 (0)25 12 0652, www.archiduc.<br />
net) for an old-school cocktail bar.<br />
And finally…<br />
It is a Bank Holiday on 15 August.<br />
Words Poppy Bullock<br />
Bucharest<br />
www.bucharest.inyourpocket.com Leu<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a personalised Wizz taxi<br />
service between the airport (Baneasa)<br />
and any address within Bucharest city<br />
centre. The cost is €19 (€38 return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Bucharest is blissfully quiet in August,<br />
as locals head for the mountains or<br />
the seaside. On 23-25 September<br />
the city celebrates its birthday with<br />
Zilele Bucurestiului. Expect outdoor<br />
concerts, festivals, exhibitions and<br />
parades in the Lipscani area.<br />
Eating Out<br />
The Old Town/Lipscani area is one<br />
huge terrace this time of year and<br />
Malagamba, Strada Sfantu Dumitru 2,<br />
+40 (0)21 313 3389, is one of the<br />
best: avant-garde Italian with decent<br />
pasta dishes from 16 lei (€3.80).<br />
www.malagamba.ro. Around the<br />
corner on Strada Stavropoleos,<br />
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BRNO-BUCHAREST<br />
Caru’ cu Bere is the city’s oldest<br />
restaurant and beer hall in the city.<br />
The spare ribs (32 lei; €7.70) are<br />
great value. www.carucubere.ro<br />
City suggestions<br />
Take the family to the farmers’ market<br />
at The Ark at Calea Rahovei 196<br />
(weekends only)or spice up your<br />
nights with a touch of adrenaline at<br />
Casino Bucharest. With generous<br />
rules, friendly staff, delicious à<br />
la carte dining, and a stylish bar<br />
and lounge it’s the setting for an<br />
unforgettable night in the company of<br />
friends. www.casinobucharest.ro<br />
And finally...<br />
Summer in Bucharest means two<br />
things to locals: grilled mici (tangy<br />
pork and mutton meatballs) and s¸prit¸<br />
(white wine with sparkling water). Do<br />
not leave without enjoying both.<br />
Words Craig Turp
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BUDAPEST-CLUJ-NAPOCA<br />
Budapest<br />
www.budapestinfo.hu Hungarian Forint<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
In Budapest we provide a point-topoint<br />
bus transfer between the airport<br />
(Ferihegy 1) and Budapest city centre<br />
(Deák Ferenc square). The cost is<br />
€4 (€8 return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The Sziget Festival (10-15 August)<br />
features Kasabian, Pulp and the<br />
Manic Street Preachers on an island<br />
north of town. www.sziget.hu. The<br />
International Wine Festival (7-11<br />
September) takes over the Castle<br />
District with gastronomy, live music<br />
and the latest local wines.<br />
Eating out<br />
Near the Buda side of the Chain<br />
Bridge, the Café Lánchíd Sörözö has<br />
expanded. Try the lunchtime special.<br />
http://lanchidsorozo.hu. Prominently<br />
on the Danube, the Carne di Hall<br />
has had a change of management and<br />
has switched to a Hungaro-centric<br />
menu. www.carnedihall.eu<br />
City suggestions<br />
Catch the last of the summer sunshine<br />
with a trip to one of the city’s baths.<br />
The Gellért Hotel offers a batheand-lunch<br />
deal, allowing access to<br />
its famous spa with a meal thrown<br />
in. www.danubiushotels.hu. Over the<br />
river, take a sightseeing boat from<br />
Vigadó tér. www.mahartpassnave.hu<br />
And finally…<br />
International opera stars will be in<br />
town for the BudaFest festival at<br />
the Opera House during the first two<br />
weeks of August. www.opera.hu.<br />
And if you’re dining nearby on famous<br />
Andrássy út, try the summer speciality<br />
of cold fruit soup (gyümölcsleves).<br />
Words Peterjon Cresswell<br />
Cluj Napoca<br />
www.cluj4all.com Leu<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
In Cluj Napoca we provide a<br />
personalised Wizz taxi service<br />
between the airport and any address<br />
within Cluj Napoca city centre. The<br />
cost is €15 (€30 return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The Ursus beer brand has been<br />
producing beer in Cluj since the<br />
1800s, but not any more. The<br />
factory located a mile from the<br />
City centre stopped producing beer<br />
on mass for the Romanian public<br />
earlier this year. Now it is brewing<br />
an exclusive selection of beers for<br />
the newly created restaurant located<br />
within the old factory. Simply called<br />
Fabrica de Bere or the beer factory,<br />
this themed restaurant is located in<br />
one of the oldest factory buildings<br />
in Romania and is a unique Cluj<br />
landmark well worth a visit.<br />
Eating out<br />
New to Cluj is the Klausenburg Cafe<br />
at Str Universitatii 1, +40 (0)755 222<br />
445, a chic little café off the main<br />
square. On Str Arinilor 18, in the<br />
heart of Central Park, Chios (+40<br />
(0)264 596 395) has both Romanian<br />
and international cuisine – try the<br />
fried trout with a glass of chilled<br />
white wine just €10. www.chios.ro<br />
City suggestions<br />
Diesel Club at Piata Unirii 17 has<br />
– swanky cliental, great location,<br />
well-price boozed and music to die<br />
for! www.diesalclub.ro. For a posher<br />
club, try Fashion Club at P-ta<br />
Unirii 10, +40 (0)264 444 849.<br />
And finally…<br />
Catch the last of the summer sun at<br />
the 14-hectare Botanical Garden.<br />
Words Shajjad Rizvi
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DORTMUND-GDANSK<br />
Dortmund<br />
www.dortmund.inyourpocket.com Euro<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
The airport shuttle bus takes<br />
22 minutes and will set you back €6.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
What’s there not to like about<br />
Dortmund in summer? The traffic<br />
calms down, people smile more, the<br />
city parks are full of activities and<br />
picnickers, and although there’s<br />
no beach, we do have a boat in the<br />
harbour for parties by the water. Best<br />
of all, the Oktoberfest beer festival<br />
visits town in September.<br />
Eating out<br />
Enjoy dozens of amazing varieties of<br />
home-made, natural-ingredient ice<br />
cream at Eiscafé Angelo Losego at<br />
33 Rheinische Straße. Try wacky tastes<br />
like lichi, lemon-rosemary-lavender,<br />
or yoghurt rhubarb. www.eiscafeangelo.de.<br />
Schürmanns im Park,<br />
a relaxed spot for lunch or dinner in<br />
the large Westfalenpark, has a good<br />
terrace, German and international<br />
food and lovely views.www.<br />
schuermanns-im-park.de<br />
City suggestions<br />
Daddy Blatzheim, the club above<br />
the Schürmanns im Park restaurant<br />
(see above), has good views from the<br />
rooftop terrace, artful lighting and<br />
varied music nights. Or try<br />
Herr Walter, a converted cargo ship<br />
moored in Dortmund’s harbour. It’s a<br />
great place for relaxation, beers and<br />
fishy fast food on the sundeck.<br />
And finally…<br />
Dortmund’s first Oktoberfest is<br />
at Revierpark Wischlingen (Höfker<br />
Straße 12), 22 to 25 September.<br />
www.dortmund-oktoberfest.de<br />
Words Jeroen van Marle<br />
Gdansk<br />
www.gdansk-life.com Złoty<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a point-to-point bus<br />
transfer between the airport and<br />
Gdansk city centre. It’s €4 (€8 return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The Gdansk shipyards will host the<br />
massive iFestival on 20 August<br />
featuring bass-heavy club music<br />
from the likes of the Qemists, Bar9<br />
and Chasing Shadows. For a more<br />
cultured evening try the acclaimed<br />
Shakespeare Festival, 30 July –<br />
7 August. www.shakespearefestival.pl<br />
Eating Out<br />
Like any seaside town, Gdansk<br />
specialises is fish and seafood, and<br />
cosy Targ Rybny Fishmarkt in the<br />
Old Town is a reliable choice to taste<br />
the freshest flavours from the Baltic<br />
Sea. www.targrybny.pl. In Sopot,<br />
the restaurant in chic boutique<br />
hotel Lalala serves up top-notch<br />
international cuisine in off-the-wall<br />
surroundings. www.lalala.lu<br />
City suggestions<br />
History buffs should check out the<br />
Westerplatte peninsula, where the<br />
first shots of World War II were fired.<br />
Or enjoy the Baltic coast from Sopot<br />
Pier, Europe’s longest wooden pier<br />
at over 500m. It’s easy to find – just<br />
walk down the central thoroughfare<br />
Monte Cassino until you hit the sea.<br />
And finally...<br />
Being a Tri-City metropolis, Gdansk,<br />
Gdynia, and Sopot function as one,<br />
but do require a little extra legwork.<br />
The SKM commuter trains are cheap<br />
and quick, and tickets can be bought<br />
at ticket machines (with English<br />
instructions) at main train stations.<br />
Words Kasia Ostrowski
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KATOWICE/KRAKOW-KIEV<br />
Katowice/Krakow<br />
www.cracow-life.com Złoty<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We’ve two point-to-point transfers, one<br />
between Katowice airport and Katowice<br />
city centre, the other between Katowice<br />
airport and Krakow city centre. It<br />
is €7 (€14 return) to/from Katowice<br />
city centre and €15 (€30 return) to/<br />
from Krakow city centre.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Katowice hosts the Off Festival (5-7<br />
August), with Public Image Ltd and<br />
Primal Scream. www.off-festival.pl. In<br />
Krakow, Aphex Twin and Steve Reich<br />
headline Sacrum Profanum Festival<br />
of modern music (11-17 September,<br />
www.sacrumprofanum.com) and<br />
Kanye West the Coke Live Festival,<br />
19-20 August. www.livefestival.pl<br />
Eating Out<br />
For affordable, fresh, and filling eats<br />
try a new addition to Katowice’s<br />
culinary map – Bazylia, a casual<br />
spot at 13 Staromiejska Street (+48<br />
31 760 9042) and a good choice for<br />
a quick breakfast. In Krakow, Hard<br />
Rock Cafe at Plac Mariacki 9 (+48<br />
12 429 1155) serves US classics.<br />
City suggestions<br />
The Jewish district of Kazimierz is the<br />
hub of alternative nightlife in Krakow.<br />
At night, try Alchemia on Plac<br />
Nowy (www.alchemia.com.pl) and<br />
when every other bar closes, head to<br />
Piekny Pies at Sławkowska 6A but be<br />
prepared for a lot of inebriated, and<br />
talkative, young artists and revellers.<br />
And finally...<br />
Most Krakow museums and cultural<br />
institutions offer free entrance one<br />
day a week, such as the National<br />
Museum which is free on Sundays.<br />
Words Michelle Dramowicz<br />
Kiev<br />
www.discover-ua.info Hryvnia<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
Avoid the wildly overpriced taxis and<br />
hassling drivers – get to the centre<br />
with a minibus outside the terminal.<br />
It is 15 hryvnia to the metro station<br />
Kharkivska or 20 hryvnia to the main<br />
railway station. It takes aroiund<br />
50 minutes.Then get the metro to<br />
downtown, for around 0.50 hyrvnia.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The capital usually enjoys an<br />
Indian Summer. Expect momentous<br />
celebrations on 24 August to mark 20<br />
years of Ukrainian independence!<br />
Eating out<br />
The latest in a long line of plausible<br />
Italian eateries, try Porta Pia (36a<br />
Shevchenko Boulevard, +380 44 235<br />
7205). Its signature tiramisu comes<br />
highly recommended, while the<br />
cheese selection is also formidable.<br />
„I choose WIZZ XXLong seats because<br />
I need the comfort of extra leg room.“<br />
(John, key account manager, 37 years)<br />
Fly Wizz. Choose smart.<br />
Spotykach (16 Volodymyrska Street,<br />
+380 44 586 4095), a Soviet-themed<br />
joint, is for fans of kitsch communism.<br />
City suggestions<br />
One of the most popular pastimes in<br />
modern Ukraine is strolling. Kiev’s<br />
imperious Khreschatyk Street is a<br />
Stalinist masterpiece of a road which<br />
is closed to traffic each weekend<br />
and on public holidays to allow<br />
for strolling. Trukhanov Island<br />
(reachable via the Park Pedestrian<br />
Bridge, Poshtova Ploshchad metro)<br />
is a largely undeveloped island, a<br />
fascinating pocket of wilderness.<br />
And finally…<br />
Thanks to the approach of Euro 2012,<br />
visitors to Ukraine in late <strong>2011</strong> should<br />
find that police and airport officials<br />
more accommodating than usual.<br />
Words Peter Dickinson
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LONDON-MADRID<br />
London<br />
www.visitlondon.com Sterling<br />
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’<br />
SOHO OYSTER HOUSE<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a point-to-point bus<br />
transfer between London Luton airport<br />
and London city centre (Victoria<br />
station) in cooperation with Green<br />
Line. The cost is €11.50/ €23 (return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
After 15 years of scaffolding and<br />
a £40m refurbishment, St Paul’s<br />
Cathedral has been unveiled. Doors<br />
open at 8.30am. www.stpauls.co.uk<br />
Eating Out<br />
Famous for its original oyster and<br />
porter bar in Borough Market, the<br />
Wright Brothers have now opened the<br />
Soho Oyster House in Kingly Street,<br />
with a fantastic range of shellfish and<br />
seafood. www.thewrightbrothers.<br />
co.uk. If further north, on the vibrant<br />
Upper Street not far from King’s<br />
Cross, refuel at Byron – a quality<br />
burger venue that’s impressed critics.<br />
For all London branches, go to www.<br />
byronhamburgers.com<br />
City suggestions<br />
Try a wine-tasting tour with friends at<br />
Vinopolis, at London Bridge (www.<br />
vinopolis.co.uk). Sample everything<br />
from premium wines to champagne to<br />
whiskies, in what looks like a charming<br />
Roman viaduct. Hoxton Square in<br />
trendy Shoreditch is key to the area’s<br />
galleries, design exhibitions, cafés and<br />
bars. Visit the new Red Dog Saloon in<br />
the Square for exceptional smokey ribs<br />
and burgers. www.reddogsaloon.co.uk<br />
And finally…<br />
If it’s still sunny, visit the Regent’s<br />
Park Open Air Theatre. It’s showing<br />
Gershwins’ Crazy for You until 10<br />
September. Openairtheatre.org<br />
Words Piers Townley/Clive Morris<br />
Madrid<br />
www.aboutmadrid.com Euro<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a shuttle bus transfer<br />
between the airport and any address<br />
within Madrid city centre. The cost is<br />
€18/€36 (return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Word famous flamenco dancer<br />
Joaquín Cortés brings his Calé<br />
show to the Teatro Colisseum (3-14<br />
August, www.joaquincortes.org).<br />
For percussive, stomping fun, Israeli<br />
theatre group Mayumana bang out<br />
rhythms with unlikely objects in their<br />
new show Momentum (16 August – 4<br />
September, www.mayumana.com).<br />
Eating Out<br />
Ølsen (+34 914 293 659, 15 Calle<br />
del Prado, www.olsenmadrid.com)<br />
features a fusion of Nordic and<br />
Argentinean styles, which also<br />
means they serve vodka shots to<br />
accompany dishes. For something<br />
more traditionally Spanish, head to<br />
El Tendido (+34 915 448 888, 20<br />
Andrés Mellado, www.eltendido.com),<br />
a restaurant founded by bullfighters<br />
that serves classic Madrileño dishes.<br />
City suggestions<br />
The Madrid mayor is proud of his<br />
Madrid Río project, and rightly<br />
so. The new 8km-long park snakes<br />
all the way along the banks of the<br />
Manzanares River, and boasts play<br />
areas, skate parks, cycle routes and<br />
attractive fountains. Or for a summer<br />
dip, visit the outdoor pools in Casa<br />
de Campo park (Metro: Lago).<br />
And finally…<br />
Cool off with freshly pounded mojito?<br />
at Delic Café (+34 913 645 450,<br />
14 Costanilla San Andrés).<br />
Words Simon Hunter
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MILAN-PARIS<br />
Milan<br />
wwwciaomilano.it<br />
Euro<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
In Milan we provide a point-to-point<br />
bus transfer between the airport<br />
(Bergamo) and Milan city centre. The<br />
cost is €9.50/€19 (return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The classical, jazz and world music<br />
festival MiTo September Music, put<br />
on by Milan and Turin, is 3-22 Sept.<br />
Eating out<br />
For a traditional Milanese fare in<br />
Navigli, El Barbapedana<br />
(www.elbarbapedana.it) at 7 Corso<br />
Cristoforo Colombo, +39 02 832<br />
1732, has a promotion of two courses,<br />
drinks and coffee, all for €30.<br />
City suggestions<br />
The summer club on Idroscalo<br />
Lake, Circolo Magnolia, 41 Via<br />
Circonvallazione Idroscalo, has<br />
an alternative crowd.<br />
www.circolomagnolia.it<br />
And finally...<br />
For bric-a-brac and objets d’art, visit<br />
Mercatone dell’Antiquariato on<br />
Naviglio Grande canal.<br />
Words Charles Searson<br />
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Oslo<br />
www.visitoslo.com<br />
Krone<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
In Oslo we provide a point-to-point<br />
bus transfer between the airport<br />
(Sandefjord Torp) and Oslo city<br />
centre. The cost is €27/€54 (return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Oslo is known as a very musical city,<br />
with well organised festivals happen<br />
monthly. The Oslo Jazz Festival<br />
celebrates its 25th anniversary, 15-20<br />
August. www.oslojazz.no<br />
Eating Out<br />
Lorry at Parkveien 12 is a distinctive<br />
venue, with, bicycles hanging from<br />
the ceiling and ceramic busts all<br />
around, it offers decent, food – and<br />
129 different types of beer.<br />
www.lorry.no<br />
City Suggestions<br />
Take a stroll along the Aker Brygge<br />
Wharf, featuring an assortment of<br />
shops, restaurants and bars.<br />
And finally…<br />
Just a couple of minutes ferry ride<br />
from Oslo, the Oslo Fjord has an<br />
array of beautiful islands to explore.<br />
Words Steve O’Rourke<br />
Paris<br />
www.parisinfo.com Euro<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a shuttle bus transfer<br />
between the airport (Beauvais) and<br />
any address within Paris city centre.<br />
The cost is €29/€58 return.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Paris gets hip for the annual Rock<br />
en Seine, 26-28 August, with<br />
Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeysand<br />
more (day passes from €49, www.<br />
rockenseine.com). Or for something a<br />
little quieter, Croq’Anime is a free<br />
festival on short animated films, 9-11<br />
September. www.croqanime.org<br />
Eating out<br />
If you’re in the east of the city, head<br />
for La Gazzetta at 29 rue de Cotte,<br />
for a superb seven course dinner<br />
(€57, menus change weekly, www.<br />
lagazzetta.fr. If you’re near Jardin<br />
du Luxembourg, it’s worth going to<br />
the Bread & Roses bakery for great<br />
pastries, from €4. It’s at 7 Rue de<br />
Fleurus. www.breadandroses.fr<br />
City suggestions<br />
If the weather isn’t up to much, grab<br />
your pals and head to La Géode<br />
hemispheric cinema, which has a<br />
number of large-format films (Parc<br />
de la Villette 26, +33 (0)1 40 05<br />
1212, www.lageode.fr).<br />
And finally…<br />
If you’re happy with service, tipping<br />
in Paris is generally between five and<br />
10% of your bill.<br />
Words Poppy Bullock
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POZNAN-RIGA<br />
Poznan<br />
www.poznan-life.com<br />
Złoty<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
Bus 59 to Bałtyk in the centre takes<br />
30 minutes. The express 59 is 20<br />
minutes and goes to Central Railway<br />
Station. Buy a ticket, valid for 30<br />
minutes at 4 złoty, from a kiosk.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The inaugural Transatlantyk Film<br />
Music Festival is 5-13 August.<br />
www.transatlantyk.org.<br />
Eating out<br />
For a simple, affordable Polish food<br />
try Domowe Smaki at 23 Ratajczaka<br />
Street, +48 (0)61 855 1531. Get<br />
drinks at the laid-back Zielona Ges<br />
café on Nowowiejskiego Street,<br />
+48 (0)61 853 2087.<br />
City suggestions<br />
At Lake Malta you can catch a flick<br />
under the night sky, from Wednesday<br />
to Saturday at 9pm until 12<br />
September for free. www.maltaski.pl<br />
And finally...<br />
Chill at Kontenerart gallery, a glasspanelled<br />
prefab on the Warta River’s<br />
Left Bank. www.kontenerart.pl<br />
Words Anna Spysz<br />
Prague<br />
www.prague-life.com<br />
Koruna<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
In Prague we provide a personalised<br />
Wizz taxi service between the airport<br />
and any address within Prague city<br />
centre. The cost is €10.50/€21 return.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
George Michael’s Symphonica is at<br />
the Opera House, 22 August. The<br />
Verdi Festival is on the last two<br />
weeks in August. www.opera.cz<br />
Eating out<br />
Fresh ingredients, Czech wines<br />
and a flair for grilled meats – visit<br />
Sherwood Restaurant & Cafe-Bar<br />
(Opletalova 19, www.sherwoodbar.<br />
cz). Half café, half climbing cave,<br />
Local Blok (Namestí 14, www.<br />
lokalblok.cz) is certainly intriguing.<br />
City suggestions<br />
It's worth stopping by this centrallylocated<br />
and very stylish design hotel<br />
www.perlahotel.cz.<br />
And finally ...<br />
Runners should check out the Tesco<br />
Prague Grand Prix, a combination of<br />
various runs on 10 September.<br />
Words Brien Barnett<br />
Riga<br />
www.virtualriga.com Lats<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
Bus 22 leaves opposite the terminal<br />
every 10-30 minutes and takes half<br />
an hour to reach Abrenes Street in the<br />
city centre. It costs 70 lats (€1). Get<br />
tickets from the driver. You must pay<br />
for an extra ticket for large luggage,<br />
or when ticket inspectors later board<br />
the bus you’ll get a penalty fine.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
If the modernisation of Riga is too<br />
much for you, visit the Latvian<br />
National History Museum at<br />
Pils Laukums 3 for its exhibition,<br />
‘Soviet Everyday Design’. It deals<br />
with household items produced in<br />
the 1950s-80s and recreates a Riga<br />
high street with ever-changing shop<br />
windows. www.history-museum.lv<br />
Eating out<br />
Head to Aleks Restaurant at<br />
four-star boutique Hotel Justus<br />
on Jauniela 24, in one of the<br />
historical city centre buildings, for<br />
cosy furnishing and sincere Latvian<br />
hospitality. www.hoteljustus.lv. For a<br />
plush, 1970s vibe, try Carpe Diem. It<br />
aims for a 1940s New York ambience,<br />
with live jazz from 8pm. The white<br />
leather booths lend a certain<br />
intimacy. Find it a Meistaru 10-12,<br />
(+371 6722 8488), near Cat House.<br />
City suggestions<br />
The Riga Sound Forest Festival<br />
in September features experimental<br />
music at the Pulkvedis (Joinery) Hall<br />
and Orbita (Electrical Shop) Hall in<br />
the dockland Andrejsala area. There’s<br />
also the Arsenals Film Festival,<br />
16-25 September. www.arsenals.lv<br />
And finally…<br />
The Riga Tourist Information<br />
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Rome<br />
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Euro<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We do point-to-point bus transfers<br />
between the airports (both Ciampino<br />
and Fiumicino) and Rome city centre<br />
(Termini Station). It is €8.50 (€17<br />
return) to/from Fiumicino and €6<br />
(€12 return) to and from Ciampino.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Summer gets into swing with the<br />
ongoing L’Estate Romana festival.<br />
Eating out<br />
Piccolo Buco is small, decent<br />
trattoria near the Trevi Fountain,<br />
at 91 Via del Lavatore. Ristorante<br />
Santa Cristina al Quirinale<br />
in a quiet square has a great<br />
menu, with Penne alla Vodka<br />
and swordfish, mains €16. www.<br />
ristorantesantacristinaalquirinale.it<br />
City suggestions<br />
Younger Romans head for Fregene<br />
– Gilda on the Beach is a favourite<br />
dance club. www.gildaonthebeach.it<br />
And finally…<br />
Enjoy the granita – crushed ice with<br />
lemon, almond, coffee and mint.<br />
Word Marc Zakian<br />
Skopje<br />
www.skopjeonline.com.mk<br />
Macedonian denar<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
A white, numbered airport taxi to the<br />
city centre takes 30 minutes and costs<br />
1220 denars (€20). There’s no public<br />
transport from the airport.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Skopje seems to be rebuilding its past,<br />
with huge classical-style buildings<br />
under construction. In summer the<br />
emigrants come home to party.<br />
Eating out<br />
Go local at Skopje’s best kebab joint,<br />
Destan on Partizanski Odredi, for<br />
spicy meatballs with fresh bread,<br />
onions and peppers. Papu, west of the<br />
city centre in Debar Maalo district,<br />
has traditional food in elegant<br />
surroundings. www.papu.com.mk<br />
City suggestions<br />
La Bodeguito Del Medio is rammed<br />
on weekend nights. Find it along the<br />
riverside, Kej 13 Noemvri.<br />
And finally…<br />
Now’s the time to visit churches and<br />
the cave monastery at Lake Matka,<br />
a short taxi or bus ride south of town.<br />
Words Jeroen van Marle<br />
Sofia<br />
www.inyourpocket.com Lev<br />
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A slice of the city<br />
The weather’s still hot enough for<br />
pavement drinking and dining,<br />
but arty types can enjoy the World<br />
Art Print Annual at Lessedra<br />
Gallery (www.lessedra.com) until the<br />
end of August. September sees the<br />
first autumn museum exhibitions.<br />
Eating out<br />
Sofia’s Central Hali (indoor market)<br />
at 25 Maria Louisa Boulevard is ideal<br />
for authentic Bulgarian snacking and<br />
fast-food options. Pick up fresh bread,<br />
sausages and baked food from Trops<br />
House in the basement. An example<br />
of Sofia’s many hidden restaurants<br />
worth seeking out, Dream House<br />
serves vegetarian food and an all you<br />
can eat buffet (5 lev) on Sundays. It is<br />
on the first floor of 50a Alabin Road.<br />
www.dreamhouse-bg.com<br />
City suggestions<br />
For a quick orientation, join the Free<br />
Sofia Tour (www.freesofiatour.com),<br />
departing from the corner of Alabin<br />
Road and 2 Vitosha Blvd twice daily at<br />
11am and 6pm. It’s run by volunteers<br />
and is a cut-price way to see the city.<br />
Sofia has a fine selection of museums,<br />
and the Archaeological Museum<br />
(www.naim.bg) at 2 Saborna Street<br />
is one of many good choices. English<br />
labels help identify everything from<br />
Roman tombstones to a 4BC Thracian<br />
mask only discovered in 2004.<br />
And finally…<br />
Bulgaria enjoys a custom for public<br />
baths similar to that found in Turkey<br />
or Russia. Baths, or banyas are a way<br />
to experience local life first-hand.<br />
Words Catherine Quinn<br />
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www.stockholmtown.com<br />
Krona<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
Flygbussarna Airport coaches take<br />
about 80 minutes. A return ticket is<br />
249 kronor (€28).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Soak up the end of the short summer<br />
at the Popaganda Festival (www.<br />
popaganda.se) on 26 & 27 August.<br />
Eating out<br />
Piren (www.piren-bar.se) is a new<br />
harbour bistro, inside a glass cube. Or<br />
head to Humlegården and rock’n’rollesque<br />
Debaser Humlan (www.<br />
debaser.se) for burgers (including the<br />
veggie kind), salads and pastas.<br />
City suggestions<br />
Walk through Gamla Stan’s side<br />
streets but avoid Västerlånggatan,<br />
lined with tacky souvenir shops. Enjoy<br />
the end of the summer sales (look<br />
for Slut-rea signs). At the mini-mall<br />
Bruno (www.brunogotgatsbacken.se)<br />
you will find hyped Swedish brands.<br />
And finally…<br />
Try Toast Skagen – shrimps and white<br />
fish roe mixed with mayo and dill.<br />
Words Victoria Larsson<br />
Timisoara<br />
www.primariatm.ro<br />
Leu<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
The airport is six miles from the city<br />
centre. Taxis are outside Arrivals.<br />
Or take bus 26, with stops at Badea<br />
Cartan Square and Continental Hotel<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Lion Camp, a WT Self-defence<br />
Summercamp invites amateurs and<br />
professionals of martial arts for five<br />
days of training, 8-14 August. There’s<br />
a special crash course for beginners.<br />
Entry is €60. www.lioncamp.ro/<br />
Eating out<br />
For mouthwatering food, in medieval<br />
décor, visit Camelot Restaurant,<br />
2 Barbu Iscovescu Street (www.<br />
camelot.ro). For fine dining, Velvet<br />
Music Restaurant is at 1 Antenei<br />
Street. www.velvetmusic.ro<br />
City suggestions<br />
Timisoara has 20 of the loveliest,<br />
most creative fountains in Europe.<br />
And finally…<br />
Banat Village Museum hosts PLAI,<br />
Europe’s largest world music festival.<br />
16-18 September. www.plai.ro<br />
Words Adriana Neagu<br />
Tirgu Mures<br />
www.mures.ro Leu<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a point-to-point bus<br />
transfer between the airport and the<br />
city centre, for €2.50/€5 (return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The TransilvAero Show <strong>2011</strong> is at<br />
Elie Carafoli aerodrome on 13 August,<br />
1pm-9pm. www.transilvaeroshow.ro<br />
Eating out<br />
Positano at 43 Trandafirilor Square<br />
is a chic diner specialising in<br />
Mediterranean cuisine; spacious and<br />
leisurely, it offers corporate parties<br />
and banqueting facilities. www.<br />
positano.ro. Gala restaurant on busy<br />
1 Decembrie 1918 Avenue (no 39) has<br />
rich food and beverage to meet every<br />
taste. www.galarestaurant.ro<br />
City suggestion<br />
For a sense of Transylvania’s cultural<br />
past, visit Teleki-Bolyai Library, the<br />
first Hungarian public library.<br />
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TIRGU MURES<br />
At 17 Bolyai Street, it was built<br />
between 1799 and 1804 on the<br />
initiative of Count Sámuel Teleki de<br />
Szék, chancellor of Transylvania. It<br />
holds an impressive collection of over<br />
60,000 rare books plus a memorial<br />
exhibition of mathematicians Bolyai<br />
Farkas and Bolyai János (the latter is<br />
known for his work in Non-Euclidean<br />
geometry). www.telekiteka.ro<br />
And finally…<br />
Tuborg Green Fest Peninsula, the<br />
biggest music festival in Romania<br />
is from 25 to 28 August. Expect<br />
performing artists from all genres,<br />
from power metal, reggae, trance,<br />
drum and bass, rock, Moldavian-style<br />
hardcore, indie-britpop, to hip-hop<br />
and indie pop-rock. Among the<br />
highlights of this edition, Kasabian,<br />
Gentleman and Markus Schulz,<br />
and Guess Who, l’enfant terrible of<br />
Romanian hip-hop. www.peninsula.ro<br />
Words Adriana Neagu
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VARNA-VILNIUS<br />
Varna<br />
www.inyourpocket.com Lev<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
Make sure you select a taxi with<br />
clearly marked rates on the front<br />
window. A taxi to the city centre<br />
should cost about 10-14 lev (€5-7).<br />
It takes around 15 minutes. Buses<br />
operate every 15 minutes daily,<br />
5.45am to 11pm. Tickets may be<br />
purchased from the ticket collector in<br />
every bus. A single ticket costs from<br />
1 lev(€0.50) to 2.30 lev (€1.15),<br />
depending on your destination.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
Varna retains its charms towards the<br />
end of the summer. Explore the copy<br />
of the ship of Christopher Columbus,<br />
Pinta Varna, for a two-hour cruise.<br />
As part of the crew, you’ll feel like<br />
you’re back in the 15th Century.(+359<br />
(0)52 606 900, www.pintavarna.com)<br />
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Eating out<br />
There are many different restaurants<br />
in Varna, but one of them is new,<br />
spacious and offers real Italian pasta,<br />
pizza and ice cream. It is Pizza Rado<br />
at Sea Garden entrance. (+359 (0)88<br />
787 2695, www.pizzarado.com).<br />
City suggestions<br />
For action, visit surfing club Lazur,<br />
at the Fisherman’s beach. www.<br />
varnasurf.com, or the Varna Karting<br />
Track, at Vinitsa. +359 (0)89 990<br />
1981, www.varnakarting.com<br />
And finally…<br />
Try the cold Bulgarian soup called<br />
tarator, made of yogurt, cucumbers<br />
and garlic, with a glass of mastic. The<br />
mastic is 40% alcohol, so careful.<br />
Words Maya Kozareva<br />
Vilnius<br />
www.vilnius.com Lith Litas<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide two types of airport<br />
transfer; a point-to-point low-cost<br />
bus transfer between airport and city<br />
centre, and a shuttle bus transfer to<br />
any address in the city centre. It’s<br />
€3.50/€7 (return) for point-to-point<br />
transfer and €10/€20 (return) for the<br />
shuttle transfer.<br />
A slice of the city<br />
The Town Hall (Didžioji 31, www.<br />
vilniausrotuse.lt) has fantastic shows<br />
and exhibitions.<br />
Eating out<br />
If you’re feeling health-conscious, the<br />
white-walled interiors of Mano Guru<br />
(Vilniaus 22, www.manoguru.lt) will<br />
be a tonic. Smoking and drinking is<br />
not permitted. Mediterranean cuisine<br />
at trendy Old Town restaurant La<br />
Provence (Vokiečiu˛ 22, +370 5262<br />
0257, www.laprovence.lt) includes<br />
pheasant pâté stuffed with goose foie<br />
gras and black truffles.<br />
City suggestions<br />
Absento Fejos (Ausros Vartu 11,<br />
+370 5261 9261) is a happening,<br />
boho venue dedicated to absinthe, of<br />
which it serves plenty. Or, shake your<br />
feet to the best indie and rock in hip<br />
hangout Play Club (Pame˙nkalnio<br />
17/3, www.play-club.com).<br />
And finally…<br />
The Lithuanian National Opera<br />
and Ballet Theatre (Antano<br />
Vienuolio 1, www.opera.lt) is worth<br />
checking out for the latest shows.<br />
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Warsaw<br />
www.warsaw-life.com Złoty<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a point-to-point bus<br />
transfer between the airport and city<br />
centre. The cost is €4/€8 (return).<br />
A slice of the city<br />
While the right bank of the Vistula<br />
River has been left wild, the left bank<br />
has a paved bike path and walkway<br />
along its entire length. Restaurants<br />
and bars set up shop every year to<br />
serve the weekend crowd making<br />
the most of the summer. Or head<br />
downtown and check out the Warsaw<br />
Autumn Festival of Contemporary<br />
Music, 16-24 September. www.<br />
warszawska-jesien.art.pl<br />
Eating out<br />
Charlotte would be as comfortable<br />
in Amsterdam as Warsaw, but this<br />
minimalist bistro with stone pillars on<br />
Plac Zbawiciela has made this city its<br />
home. Or try a Polish staple, the bar<br />
mleczny, a cheap self-serve restaurant<br />
dating back to Communist times.<br />
Pod Barbakanem on Mostowa Street<br />
is one of the best.<br />
City suggestions<br />
Cool off at the fascinating Warsaw<br />
Rising Museum (www.1944.pl) on<br />
Grzybowska Street. Cud nad Wisla,<br />
next to the Copernicus Science<br />
Centre, is the most popular summer<br />
bar – with its riverside spot, DJs, and<br />
bonus wine bar, it can’t be beat.<br />
And finally...<br />
The Guardian, the UK newspaper,<br />
called Warsaw a city “rapidly turning<br />
into a techno paradise” earlier this<br />
year, with 1500m2 Do Wynajecia<br />
Club. Read up on upcoming events by<br />
searching 1500m2 on Facebook.<br />
Words Dana Dramowicz<br />
Wroclaw<br />
www.wroclaw-life.com Złoty<br />
Getting to the centre<br />
We provide a personalised Wizz Air<br />
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A slice of the city<br />
Marking the start of Poland’s EU<br />
Presidency is the European Culture<br />
Congress (8-11 September), which<br />
will include exhibitions, theatre<br />
performances, film screenings, and<br />
music from Jonny Greenwood of<br />
Radiohead, Aphex Twin and Krzysztof<br />
Penderecki. www.culturecongress.eu.<br />
The Wratislavia Cantans Festival<br />
of innovative classical music is 2-18<br />
September. www.wratislaviacantans.pl<br />
Eating out<br />
Italian foodies should head straight<br />
for Wrocław’s Little Italy, along<br />
Wiezienna Street in the Old Town.<br />
Amalfi is your best bet for an<br />
authentic pizza cooked in a wood<br />
burning oven. www.amalfi.pl. For<br />
something more ambitious try<br />
Mosaiq, a restaurant with modern<br />
international flavours. www.mosaiq.pl<br />
City suggestions<br />
Centennial Hall is one of Wrocław’s<br />
central landmarks, and its nearby<br />
garden and huge fountain are worth a<br />
look, especially if with children. Kids<br />
also love the Wrocław Zoo, which<br />
has family tickets for 70 złoty (€17)<br />
and a 4.5hr family-friendly route<br />
taking you past giraffes, zebras, lions,<br />
camels, etc www.zoo.wroclaw.pl<br />
And finally...<br />
See how many miniature bronze<br />
gnome statues you can count. They’re<br />
one of the city’s symbols.<br />
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NEW ROUTES<br />
WIZZ AIR HAS ANNOUNCED<br />
a host of new routes opening<br />
shortly. Starting 13 September,<br />
you’ll be able to fly London<br />
Luton from Łódz with three<br />
flights each week initially.<br />
“Wizz Air is committed to<br />
continue building its route<br />
network in Poland and has<br />
decided to increase services<br />
offered from Łódz. With the<br />
addition of this destination,<br />
the airline opens a gate to one<br />
of the most popular airports<br />
in the UK from the Łódz<br />
catchment area,” says John<br />
Stephenson, executive vice<br />
president of Wizz Air.<br />
Then from 16 December,<br />
the Eindhoven to Brno in the<br />
Czech Republic route will<br />
begin, initially twice a week.<br />
Linking the Ukraine with<br />
Spain, Wizz Air is pleased<br />
to announce the addition<br />
of its twice-weekly Kiev to<br />
Barcelona Girona route,<br />
starting 6 September.<br />
More info on wizzair.com<br />
FACEBOOK<br />
The recently launched<br />
Wizz Air Facebook<br />
fan page is gathering<br />
momentum with<br />
thousands of passengers<br />
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NEWS<br />
signing up to become part of<br />
our growing community.<br />
The Wizz Air Ambassador<br />
program was a huge success<br />
and with another photoshoot<br />
planned very soon, you can<br />
see all the photos here.<br />
http://facebook.com/wizzaircom<br />
CELEBRATIONS<br />
Earlier this year in June,<br />
Wizz Air celebrated a<br />
momentous occasion in<br />
London Luton to mark<br />
eight million passengers<br />
passing trough the airport.<br />
London Luton now connects<br />
23 European cities. The<br />
party didn’t stop there<br />
though, as over in Sweden,<br />
Malmö airport marked one<br />
million passengers!<br />
ŁÓDZ´<br />
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NEWS<br />
WIZZ AIR STAFF, NEWS AND INFORMATION<br />
NAME: BOGLARKA KISS<br />
POSITION: CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE<br />
What could you not do<br />
your job without?<br />
My colleagues. I have<br />
to cooperate with other<br />
departments in many cases<br />
and rely on their expertise. I’m<br />
glad to work with such valuable<br />
people and have their support.<br />
What is your favourite<br />
place in the city?<br />
Any place that tells something<br />
about the history of the city.<br />
It can be an old building,<br />
a promenade or the local<br />
family-run restaurant.<br />
I think these are the most<br />
exciting spots of the city to<br />
be discovered.<br />
USEFUL INFORMATION<br />
Use the web check-in service on wizzair.com – it makes travel<br />
more convenient by decreasing queuing at check-in.<br />
Don’t forget that by booking additional services such as priority boarding,<br />
extra legroom seat, SMS confirmation and airport transfer services you can<br />
make your travel more comfortable.<br />
If you travel with hand luggage only, make sure that it does not exceed<br />
10kg. If you travel with checked baggage, do not forget to pay for it online:<br />
you will be paying half the price!<br />
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What is the best part<br />
of your job?<br />
I believe that you have to work<br />
hard to satisfy customers and<br />
keep them loyal. The best part<br />
of my job is when passengers<br />
say, “Thank you! I really<br />
appreciate your help. I will<br />
choose your airline again!”.<br />
It is always worth the effort<br />
and makes me satisfied.<br />
LONDON IS<br />
BOGLARKA’S<br />
FAVOURTIE CITY<br />
Is there anywhere on<br />
the network you have not<br />
been yet but you would<br />
like to go to?<br />
I have never been to Spain<br />
so I would love to visit<br />
Barcelona and Madrid. I have<br />
heard that these cities are a<br />
must-see. I really like Spanish<br />
cuisine and flamenco so it<br />
cannot be a bad choice!<br />
What is your<br />
favourite route?<br />
I have many, but I would say<br />
Budapest-Corfu because it<br />
means that my holiday will<br />
begin straight after landing!<br />
How long have you been<br />
with the company?<br />
I started to work for Wizz Air<br />
in 2008 and since then my<br />
responsibilities increased with<br />
the growth of the company.<br />
What is your favourite<br />
city and why?<br />
Definitely London. But I’m<br />
obsessed with it as I lived there<br />
for a while. I absolutely love<br />
this multi-cultural, buzzing city<br />
and I’m fascinated by English<br />
history and traditions. And the<br />
weather? Who cares when you<br />
surrounded by cool places and<br />
lovely people!<br />
BAGGAGE POLICY<br />
Wizz Air has simplified its baggage rules. We eliminated the<br />
excess weight fees and made booking even easier. The airline<br />
applies a single fee for a piece of checked-in baggage regardless of the<br />
weight (up to 32kg per baggage).<br />
Passengers are kindly reminded that the rule concerning the allowance<br />
for carry-on luggage does not change. Wizz Air will be strictly applying<br />
a €60 fee for oversized/overweight hand luggage at the gate and these<br />
bags will have to be checked in.
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BEER<br />
0,33 L<br />
PRODUCT<br />
MAY VARY<br />
€2.50<br />
NESTEA<br />
PRODUCT MAY VARY<br />
€3.50<br />
€3 €3<br />
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COCA-COLA / COCA-COLA<br />
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JUICES<br />
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PREMIUM<br />
FRENCH<br />
WINES<br />
0,187 L<br />
€4<br />
MINERAL WATER<br />
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BURN ENERGY DRINK<br />
RUM / VODKA / WHISKY<br />
0,05 5 L<br />
NEW<br />
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€3<br />
€2<br />
€2.50
CAPPUCCINO<br />
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BAKE ROLLS<br />
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€2<br />
€1<br />
€2.50<br />
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UWAGA: ZAWARTO ´ SĆ BEDZIE GOR ˛ACA<br />
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SNICKERS<br />
PRINGLES<br />
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43g<br />
TWIX<br />
HOT TEA<br />
€3<br />
€1<br />
SOUP<br />
FOOD & DRINK<br />
€3<br />
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SANDWICH*<br />
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FOR OUR SANDWICHES, PLEASE ASK THE CREW<br />
WHAT IS AVAILABLE ON TODAY’S FLIGHT.<br />
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CROISSANT<br />
M&M’S<br />
125g<br />
SIZE MAY VARY<br />
€2<br />
€2<br />
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FRAGRANCES<br />
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High Street Price €52<br />
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€44<br />
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TRAVEL<br />
RETAIL<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
€52<br />
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Very Irresistible<br />
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FRAGRANCES<br />
CALVIN KLEIN<br />
CK Men’s miniatures coffret<br />
Obsession, Eternity, CK Free,<br />
Euphoria, CK One<br />
EDT 5x5ml<br />
NEW<br />
TRAVEL<br />
RETAIL<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
PREMIÈRE COLLECTION<br />
COFFRET MINIATURES<br />
6 miniatures: Paloma Picasso, Miracle, Trésor,<br />
Anais Anais, Loulou and Lauren.<br />
€30<br />
TRAVEL<br />
RETAIL<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
€37<br />
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CREDIT
Cåte zboruri, atåtea oportunit`]i,<br />
cu cardul de credit BCR Wizz Air.<br />
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100 PUNCTE = 1 RON<br />
Conteaz` cu cine faci banking. Cu cardul de credit BCR Wizz Air, te po]i bucura de c`l`torii prin Wizz Air mai des [i mai ieftin.<br />
Nu-]i r`måne decåt s`-]i faci bagajele, s` alegi destina]ia [i s` cuplezi centura de siguran]`.<br />
DAE = 28,30% pentru o valoare a liniei de credit pe cardul de credit BCR Wizz Air de 1.000 RON, f`r` garan]ii, calculat` pe 12 luni, dobând`<br />
variabil` 25,18%/an (ROBOR 3M + 19,5%), valabil` pân` la 1 iulie <strong>2011</strong>; comision de emitere card principal de 24 RON; comision de administrare<br />
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A VÁSÁRLÁS<br />
MESSZIRE REPÍT
WIZZ AIR<br />
MODEL AIRCRAFT<br />
€14<br />
€10<br />
WIZZ AIR<br />
PLUSH AIRCRAFT<br />
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KEY RING AND FRIDGE<br />
MAGNETS SET<br />
REMOTE<br />
CONTROLLED<br />
PLANE<br />
€19<br />
€12<br />
€15<br />
MONEY BOX<br />
€11<br />
INFLATABLE<br />
AIRCRAFT<br />
€9<br />
FUN PLANE AIRPORT SET
CREDIT<br />
€13<br />
KOLORIMAGE KIT<br />
€12<br />
TEDDY BEAR EAR<br />
WIZZ AIR GIFTS & CHILDREN<br />
TEDDY BEAR<br />
€13<br />
WIZZ SWEETWHEELS<br />
€11<br />
SMALL<br />
SHELLY<br />
TURTLE<br />
TRAVEL<br />
RETAIL<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
€5<br />
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 113
WATCHES & JEWELLERY<br />
BREO<br />
Trendy watch made<br />
with a material called<br />
Tourmaline, which is a<br />
mineral widely used as a<br />
semi-precious gemstone.<br />
NEW<br />
€10<br />
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PRODUCT SELECTION<br />
Due to limited space onboard, we apologise if your choice is no longer available when you order your preferred<br />
food and beverages. Product selection may vary from country to country.<br />
PAYMENT<br />
TRAVEL<br />
RETAIL<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
ELLA MORISSA<br />
Magic Box<br />
Selection of four pairs of dual tone earrings<br />
and matching necklaces with zircons,<br />
two red pouches offered.<br />
Cash payments can be made in Euro (bank notes and coins of €1 and €2 only), British pound (bank notes and coins of £1 and £2 only), Forints on Hungarian<br />
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Forint, Złoty, Leva, Czech and Swedish Kroner and Lei are indicative prices subject to exchange rate. Return change will be given in Euro unless local<br />
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