Bucharest In Your Pocket

Bucharest In Your Pocket 75

by Craig Turp February 3, 2012 Bucharest

 Bucharest In Your Pocket issue 75 is done and dusted and at the printer. Here is the cover: Features this issue include a look back at the Bucharest earthquake of 1977, books about Romania in English (including some reviews first published here, as well as a cracking new sketch of Paul D. Quinlan’s Carol: The [...]

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Battle of the Mici: La Cocosatul vs La Gil

by Craig Turp February 2, 2012 Bucharest

 It was almost two years ago now that we asked the question: Where can you find the best mici in Bucharest?. The response was almost unanimous: La Cocosatul. Now, as those of you who follow mentions of Romania in the foreign press might well know, one of the owners of La Cocosatul (the name means [...]

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What does a responsible city guide do about these protests?

by Craig Turp January 21, 2012 Bucharest

  Here’s a problem we have never faced before: What does a responsible city guide do about these protests (a couple of which have ended violently) currently taking place every evening in Bucharest? We have a deadline approaching ahead of the publication of the February – March issue of Bucharest In Your Pocket, and are [...]

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Bucharest In Your Pocket 74

by Craig Turp December 2, 2011 Bucharest

 Is done and dusted. It features lots of new places to eat and drink in the capital (assuming that they do not burn down between now and the time you read the guide), as well as a feature on skiing in Romania. This year has finally seen a fair bit of investment in the skiing [...]

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Bucharest In Your Pocket Mini-Guide 22: The Full Picture

by Craig Turp November 2, 2011 Bucharest

 Here’s the cover of the latest Bucharest In Your Pocket Mini-Guide, which went to the printer today. Featuring Strada Stavropoleos, it was taken by Constantin Bogdan Carstina, whose work can be viewed at Dreamstime. Anyway, because of the format of the Mini-Guide, we had to crop the photo a little. Here is the bigger picture, [...]

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500 Reasons to Read In Your Pocket (or Bucharest Life)

by Craig Turp October 19, 2011 Bucharest

 A post that could be subtitled ‘Why on earth do we bother?’ Chances are that if you ask any of the founders of In Your Pocket why, nearly two decades ago, they decided to start publishing a guide to Vilnius, a city which had at the time no telephone directory, one of their answers would [...]

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Bucharest In Your Pocket 73

by Craig Turp October 4, 2011 Bucharest

 Safely at the printer (and on the streets by the end of this week), another issue of the day job Bucharest In Your Pocket 73 is done and dusted. You can download a PDF version right here, or view it on Issuu.com here. The cover, which we kind of like, is this super effort, taken [...]

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