March 2010

Romania, keep your lights on!

by Craig Turp March 17, 2010 Romania

 That turning off the lights for an hour has become such an acceptable (and, let’s face it, painless) way of protesting says much about the top down, elitist green movement’s world view, which sees deprivation and poverty as lifestyle choices, and thinks that people in the developing world should be spared the excesses of our [...]

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Our latest Brasov discoveries

by Craig Turp March 17, 2010 Romania

 So, the latest issue of Brasov In Your Pocket will hit the presses this evening. Expect to see it on the city’s streets and in Tourist Information Centres (yes, Brasov has two!) some time next week. This is the cover, featuring the Junii Parade, this year being held on April 11: Each time we visit [...]

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A word or two on Brasov, and Brasov In Your Pocket

by Craig Turp March 15, 2010 Bucharest

 Every couple of months we take a hike up to Brasov, very much ground zero of Romanian tourism and simply one of the nicest places in the country. Besides the obvious fact that it is always a nice place in which to spend time, we visit Brasov for one main reason: to research the next [...]

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Bucharest / Romania Webcams

by Craig Turp March 11, 2010 Bucharest

 Locals will know about these (but then again we more or less count as locals these days and we never knew they existed), foreigners may not: Romanian webcams, hundreds of them. Hosted by the website of newspaper Jurnalul National, you will find not just Bucharest webcams, but also live live streams from around the country, [...]

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Hands off RATB

by Craig Turp March 9, 2010 Bucharest

 Make a list of good public services in Bucharest. Finished? Thought so. There are not that many public services in Bucharest which approach anything that could even be said to resemble ‘good.’ But there are a few… Rubbish collection is one, at least in our sector (Sector 3). We get our rubbish collected twice a [...]

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We’ve Brasov mapped

by Craig Turp March 5, 2010 Romania

 Ahead of the next issue of Brasov In Your Pocket, due out April 1 (ish), we have been busy doing our usual thorough research of the city, checking that cafes who claim to have free wifi really do have free wifi, and so on. We have also been busy plotting everything worth seeing and doing [...]

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Earthquake Redux

by Craig Turp March 4, 2010 Bucharest

 In the current issue of Bucharest In Your Pocket we publish a feature on Bucharest’s earthquake of 1977, which took place 33 years ago today. Below is a short film (in Romanian) about the quake: the first 30 seconds or so is a recording of the earthquake made by Radio Romania, which was recording a [...]

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