Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Train from Gara de Nord to Otopeni dies quick death

by Craig Turp May 27, 2009 Bucharest

 It looks like the train from Gara de Nord to a field near Otopeni airport, opened with so much fanfare not so long ago, is about to be consigned to the history books. It is attracting few passengers and losing money (but then so is the whole of Romanian railways). Four trains will be cancelled [...]

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Bucharest In Your Pocket: 10 Years On

by Craig Turp May 27, 2009 Bucharest

 What can only be described as Eclipse Fever was gripping the nation when the first Bucharest In Your Pocket was published, at the end of May, 1999. Bucharest was, you see, being heralded as the best place in the world to view one of nature’s rarities: a total eclipse of the sun scheduled for August [...]

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