Again. Though Liverpool fans probably know Bucharest rather well these days, we’ve still prepared a quick guide to the city for them ahead of their match against Steaua. Find it here. View Steaua Bucharest v Liverpool in a larger map
Posts under ‘Sport’
In Romania, handball is not a minority sport
With apologies for the ‘Bears in woods defecation scenario’-style headline, it was a bad day in sub-editor city… In Britain, there are basically three team sports that matter: football, cricket and rugby union. In a list of the country’s top five team sports (rated according to their popularity) a distant fourth would probably come rugby [...]
Bucharest In Your Pocket 63
Is out and about on the city’s streets. Under a pile of snow, probably. But panic not! You can avoid the snow and read it from the comfort of your desktop by downloading a PDF copy right here. (We fixed the mistake on the cover – can you spot it? – before it went to [...]
Lateral Thinking
Romania specialises in many things; hairdressers, stray dogs and good, cheap, reliable motor cars are just three things that immediately spring to mind. Another niche Romania has made its own is in broadcasting; namely, The Television Sports Channel That Shows No Sport Of Any Kind niche. Instead of sport, which of course costs money, these [...]
Hagi, The Guardian & Pisspoor Journalism
As we understand things, times are tough at Realitatea, Romania’s ‘top’ TV news channel: reports that the media firm’s bank accounts were blocked for non-payment of taxes certainly suggest as much. That’s none of our business. Pointing out crap journalism is something we consider our business, however, especially if it involves a little iconclasm. Today’s [...]