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welcome MAAKT
Last month was a historic moment for our company as we
launched our first transatlantic route between Brussels and New
York. We continue to welcome on board passengers from Belgium,
the rest of Europe and also from our African destinations. We’re pleased
to have received very positive feedback about the smooth transfer at
Brussels Airport, the crew and the red uniforms worn by our New York
Ambassadors. The initial results are promising and we hope to welcome
even more of you on board our daily flights to and from New York.
This month, all eyes will be trained on London, and we look forward to
more historic moments taking place as world records are made and broken at the Summer Olympics. We’re also extremely excited and proud to be
the official carrier of several Olympic teams, and wish them all the very best.
The booking rate to London keeps increasing, and we have fans travelling with us from all over the world to support their favourite teams in the
UK capital. Our convenient schedule and four daily flights between Brussels and London mean that all connecting passengers can count on a
smooth transfer.
On behalf of Brussels Airlines, I’d like to wish every athlete, official and organiser who is involved in the Summer Olympics good luck, and offer a
rousing cheer to all Belgian athletes. Thank you for flying with Brussels Airlines today!
Bernard Gustin CEO
Cher passager,
Le mois dernier, notre compagnie a vécu un moment historique lors de
l’inauguration de notre première ligne transatlantique entre Bruxelles et New
York. Nous continuons d’accueillir à bord des passagers de Belgique, du reste
de l’Europe et de nos destinations africaines. Nous avons été ravis de recevoir des
réactions très positives concernant la facilité du transfert à Brussels Airport, le niveau
de service de l’équipage et l’uniforme rouge de nos New York Ambassadors. Les
premiers résultats sont très prometteurs et nous espérons pouvoir vous accueillir plus
nombreux encore sur nos vols quotidiens à destination et en provenance de New York.
Ce mois-ci, tous les regards se tournent vers Londres et nous sommes impatients de
vivre d’autres moments historiques chaque fois qu’un record sera atteint ou battu lors
de ces Jeux Olympiques d’été. Nous sommes également très fiers et très heureux
d’être le transporteur officiel de plusieurs équipes olympiques, auxquelles nous
souhaitons de nombreuses médailles.
Le taux de réservation vers Londres ne cesse d’augmenter et des fans en
provenance du monde entier voyagent avec Brussels Airlines pour soutenir leur équipe
favorite dans la capitale britannique. Nos quatre vols quotidiens entre Bruxelles et
Londres permettent un transfert rapide et facile pour tous les passagers en transit via
notre hub.
Au nom de Brussels Airlines, j’aimerais souhaiter bonne chance à tous les athlètes,
représentants officiels et organisateurs impliqués dans cette Olympiade d’été, et
j’encourage chaleureusement tous les athlètes belges. Merci d’avoir choisi ce vol
Brussels Airlines aujourd’hui !
Bernard Gustin CEO
EENDRACHT
MACHT
L'UNION FAIT
LA FORCE
Dear Passenger,
Beste passagier,
Vorige maand was een historisch moment voor onze maatschappij
toen we onze eerste trans-Atlantische verbinding tussen Brussel
en New York mochten lanceren. We blijven passagiers uit België,
de rest van Europa en ook uit Afrika verwelkomen. We verheugen ons over
de zeer positieve reacties die we hebben gekregen met betrekking tot de
vlotte overstap in Brussels Airport, de bemanning en de rode uniformen
van onze New York Ambassadors. De beginresultaten zijn veelbelovend en
we hopen nog veel reizigers te mogen verwelkomen op onze vluchten van
en naar New York.
Deze maand zijn alle ogen gericht op Londen, en we kijken uit naar nog
meer historische momenten en gebroken wereldrecords tijdens de Olympische
Zomerspelen. We zijn ook erg trots dat we de officiële luchtvaartmaatschappij
van verschillende olympische teams zijn en we wensen hen veel succes.
Het aantal boekingen naar Londen blijft stijgen en we hebben supporters
van over de hele wereld die met ons reizen om hun favoriete team in de
Britse hoofdstad te komen steunen. Dankzij onze gunstige dienstregeling
en de dagelijkse vluchten tussen Brussel en Londen kunnen alle passagiers
op een vlotte overstap rekenen.
In naam van Brussels Airlines wil ik alle sportlui, officials en
organisatoren die bij de Olympische Zomerspelen betrokken zijn alvast veel
geluk wensen en alle Belgische spelers luid toejuichen. Bedankt dat u met
Brussels Airlines vliegt!
Bernard Gustin CEO
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stockholm 14 diary 16 barrio: budapest
18 sleep 21 style 22 eco 25 eat: london
27 on the road: london 30 perfect 10
61 business 114 extra time: sport
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FR Résumés des articles en français nl Samenvattingen in het Nederlands
selah sue: little big voice
The young Belgian songstress admired by Prince is now tipped to break America
a budget guide to london
“Collaborative consumer” Emily Millett on how to get the most out of a stay in the city
free parking
How Moscow is regenerating its once-magnificent parks to their former glory
cameroon’s olympic hopefuls
Gavin Mortimer looks at three of the country’s most talented athletes
alternative new york
Where to go when queues for the big tourist sites get a bit too much
69 city guides
Get the lowdown on n destinations
across the network from local writers
93 airline section
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N
ot all those who wander are lost,
JRR Tolkien once said, his maxim
now advertising a wonderful derful
exhibition of writing about landscapes scapes at the
British Library. But sometimes those who
wander are – and happily, deliberately erately so.
This has always been my preferred ferred way to
explore London since I first came me here to live,
two years ago. And it is the most t serendipitous
way to discover a place, perhaps s in the same
way as the 19th-century French flaneur, r a
person happy just to wander idly y – an urban
explorer. I would pick an area of the city with a
Tube stop, jump off and just start rt walking in
any direction that looked like it might yield
some interesting sights and sounds. unds.
There is something exhilarating ng and
freeing about being lost, the idea a that around
the next corner you could come e
across a lucky find, whether it’s s a
classic London pub, a canal-side e
walk, a beautiful Georgian square re
or a lively street market. Just the he
act of discovery, of acquainting
yourself with some unknown place ace
and being pleasantly surprised can
create an indelible memory.
Some of my favourite discoveries eries
made on random wanderings include clude a
statue of a boy and a dolphin between etween
Tower Bridge and St Katharine
Docks; the rose gardens in
Regent’s Park; Brixton
Market; a restaurant
fashioned from an old pump
room (complete with all the
original machinery) in Wapping; ;
the pelicans in St James’s Park; ; a
beautifully restored church in the he
middle of gay Soho; Columbia
Road flower market; Albert Bridge; dge; a
rooftop cinema in Shoreditch; and nd an
old (still-functioning) music hall in Shadwell
on the banks of the Thames.
But my favourite place of all was barred to to
me the first time I came across it. Through the
rusting bars of a solid, old-fashioned oned gate I
glimpsed, tantalisingly out of reach, a
beautiful garden of mature trees, neat lawns
observation deck: london
when it comes to discovering the city, let’s get lost, says jane wright
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and meandering pathways. Huge walls
shielded it from the street and stretched down
to a busy mmain
road by the river. Here, in the
middle of this th big, noisy, high-octane city, was
a magical se secret garden. The gate was locked
and I was surprised su how disappointed I felt.
“Chelsea Physic Ph Garden” read the sign.
Right now London is clearly having a
moment: moment: last las month the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee had thousands thronging the streets,
jamming jamming the Mall, standing ten deep by the
Thames in the rain. The month before,
Chelsea FC won the Champions League,
and this month 10 million visitors will
descend on o the city for the 2012 Olympic
Games. Add Ad to that the cultural Olympiad
and more mor festivals than you can shake a
pair pair of of wellies at, and London will be
jumping jumpi – a riot of colour, spectacle and
celebration. celebr Things may get a little busy.
So amid the noise and haste, if you
seek a little bit of serenity to
restore your sanity, head to
Chelsea’s Physic Garden, as I did.
Founded in 1673 by the Society of
Apothecaries A
of London so that
their the apprentices could grow and
study stud medicinal plants, these four lush
acres stand among the elegant town
houses of Chelsea, just a stone’s throw
from from tthe
King’s Road. These days you
will find fi a vegetable garden, an inviting
cafe, mossy m pathways, fruit trees, exotic
foreign plants under glass, wildflowers, a
herb garden gard and a colony of beehives in a
far corner.
Take a wander wa through the medicinal plants,
breathe in the th lavender, watch bees drunk on
nectar weave weav and buzz from bloom to bloom,
and marvel
that this soothing balm of a place
exists adjac adjacent to one of London’s busiest
shopping streets. st And, as if by magic, the
sound of the traffic will fade, the smell of herbs
and flowers will fill the air and even the rain
falling – and
it surely will, even in July – won’t
bother you.
Later, if you check the new Oxford
dictionary for fo
the definition of physic, you will
find it means ‘the art of healing’.
Next month: Hamburg
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stockholm Design blogger Emma Fexeus reveals her favourite places to Debbie Pappyn
O
ne thing is clear: Emma Fexeus has
good taste. Her design blog
showcases and applauds the best in
Scandinavian design – whether that’s a stylish
apartment that has come on the market or a
favourite coffee joint.
Previously a stylist for a Swedish interiors
magazine, Fexeus began blogging to share her
love of design. “I started in 2005 with Emma’s
Design Blogg. Six months later I was discovered
by other well-known design blogs like Decor8
and Apartment Therapy. And after that the
number of visitors rocketed and the demand
for constant updates just grew,” she explains.
The blog now attracts thousands of visitors
every day and has evolved from a hobby to a
full-time job. This month Fexeus launches her
new Stockholm guide for 2012 – a round-up of
her favourite urban haunts, such as the Design
House Stockholm. “It’s one of my favourite
design addresses – an exciting platform for
contemporary Scandinavian talent.” Designers
bring their ideas to DHS which then chooses
which to develop and produce, focusing on
those that will contribute to the design world
and outlive temporary fads.
DHS was founded in 1992 by Anders Färdig
with the aim of bringing Scandinavian design to
the rest of the world, and its basic tenets of
beautiful functionality have been hungrily
received. Färdig believes in nurturing
homegrown talent and the DHS philosophy is:
‘Don’t make something unless it is both
necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary
and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful’.
If DHS fires the imagination, Fexeus
recommends a shopping trip to Asplund, a
contemporary interiors showroom in Östermalm:
“Here you will find the finest collection of
Scandinavian design under one roof, such as
kitchen tools from Iittala and Skruf and
furniture from Swedish designers Jonas Bohlin
and Thomas Sandell, plus pieces by British
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From the top: Henrik Norström’s Lux restaurant where
artists are invited to design the seasonal menus; a
Stockholm view from the river
designers Jasper Morrison and Tom Dixon.”
Like many bloggers Fexeus’ office is
invariably one of Stockholm’s many cafés. “A
popular concept in Stockholm is fika, or coffee
accompanied by something sweet,” she
explains. Particularly savvy establishments
have targeted a creative audience who like to
combine the tradition with mobile working.
Coffice is a favourite spot, a café where almost
everyone has a laptop in front of them.
“Coffice also offers a members-only concept
so that you can sit in a dedicated work area
where there is a printer and meeting space,”
says Fexeus. “Members can mix with other
freelance creative people, so it’s perfect for
networking.”
Also in the funky Södermalm area is Urban
Deli, one of Fexeus’ favourite places to grab a bite
to eat. “The owners have gone for an industrialstyle
interior for this popular deli in the hippest
district of Stockholm,” she explains. “Urban Deli
is actually a mini-supermarket with a bar and
restaurant next door. The restaurant serves
international dishes mixed with French influences
like duck confit as well as Swedish classics like
toast skagen (pink shrimp on fried toast).”
Another place merging design and
gastronomy is Restaurant Lux, located in what
was once the staff canteen of the Electrolux
factory on the island of Lilla Essingen. “The
creative brain behind Lux is Henrik Norström,”
says Fexeus. “He’s a big believer in 100% local
products and biodynamic wines.”
Artists are invited to design the seasonal
menus – this year, Swedish photographer Ola
Bergengren created the menus that contain
summer dishes such as grilled reindeer and
fried perch with butter-fried nettles. The lightfilled,
minimalist dining space has wonderful
views towards Mariebergsfjärden.
The new Hotel Skeppsholmen has also
caught Fexeus’ attention recently. “You are in
the heart of the city but it’s very peaceful and
quiet. The rooms are classic Scandinavian –
spacious with simple but sleek design and nice
details such as Byredo beauty products in the
bathrooms.” Even this Stockholm-based
fragrance house echoes the Scandinavian
design ethos with its pared-down packaging
and focus on quality local ingredients.
Fexeus also suggests visiting the Moderna
Museet on Skeppsholmen island where you can
see art from 1900 to the present, including the
works of Swedish painter and object-maker
Dick Bengtsson, Salvador Dali and Yoko Ono.
“Besides the interesting exhibits,” she adds,
“the museum has a fantastic shop where you
will find beautiful Scandinavian design and an
excellent restaurant too.” emmas.blogg.se
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Coffice offers
members a space
to mix with other
freelance creatives,
so it’s perfect for
networking
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july 2012
diary
must-see arts, culture and events around the network this month
Festival
d’Avignon
Avignon (fl y to Marseille),
7-28 July, festival-avignon.com
“Simon McBurney is, for me, the
most important director in
contemporary theatre,” says
Vincent Baudriller, co-director of
the Festival d’Avignon.
As Associate Artist at this year’s
festival, McBurney will put his
stamp on the event with The Master
and Margarita, Soviet playwright
Mikhail Bulgakov’s epic novel about
heaven and hell, love and
redemption. The production has
been developed for the festival’s
stunning outdoor space, the Cour
d’Honneur in Avignon’s 14thcentury
Palais des Papes.
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Artipelag
Hålludden, Värmdö Island, Stockholm,
artipelag.se
A beautiful new arts and culture venue
nestling between the pines and the sea on
this picturesque Swedish archipelego is now
open. Located on Värmdö Island, 19km east
of Stockholm the Johan Nyrén-designed
building has wonderful views over
Baggensfjärden (Baggen’s Bay). The opening
exhibit, which runs until 30 September, is
Platsens Själ – ‘the soul of the place’, looking
at how art, nature and architecture combine.
Designing 007:
50 Years of
Bond Style
Barbican Centre, London,
6 July-5 September,
barbican.org.uk/bond
A woman painted gold; an
Aston Martin; Ursula Andress’s
bikini – the James Bond films
have given the world some
unforgettable cinematic images.
Half a century after Dr No
launched the series, London’s
Barbican Centre celebrates this
golden anniversary.
See Oddjob’s steel-rimmed
hat from Goldfinger or explore
Q’s gadgets, and get up close to
Jaws’s killer teeth.
The venue is littered with
Bond references, so you may
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Barbican lake.
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While other local squares around Budapest may resemble Paris, Mikszáth Kálmán square could only be in
Budapest, in the middle of the district where the rich and aristocratic of the 19th century built their
mansions. Summer sees this magnificent square come alive as the locals sit out to catch some sun, and
the cosmopolitan bars and restaurants encourage you to eat, drink and be merry alfresco.
1 Szimpla Kert
Kazinczy utca 14,
+36 1 352 4198, szimpla.hu
One of the capital’s first ‘ruin’ bars
this renowned joint has retained
its pioneer spirit and is hugely
popular with both locals and
tourists. It has an open-air cinema
and runs regular movie nights.
Recently voted number three in
Lonely Planet’s ‘100 great bars
of the world’.
2 Építészpince
Ötpacsirta utca 2, +36 1 266
4799, epiteszpince.hu
Építészpince is a gem of a
restaurant with a gorgeous leafy
courtyard for summer dining.
Originally a social club for
architects, these days classic
Hungarian dishes are served by
friendly, helpful waiters.
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barrio: BUDAPEST
Douglas Allan finds the historic Palace District is enjoying a bit of a renaissance
Építészpince’s
charming courtyard
3 Iguana
Krúdy Gyula utca 9,
+36 1 317 1627, iguanaretro.hu
If retro clothing or cult accessories
are your thing, Iguana is funky
heaven. This is a second-hand
shrine to the 1950s, 1960s and
1970s. There is no ‘previously
loved’ junk here. Every item is a
nostalgic classic.
4 Fecske presszó
Baross utca 10, +36 1 326 0714
fecsketerasz.hu
Fecske (Swallow) is a coffee shop
with a lively terrace populated by
students who should probably be
in the library opposite. If the sun
isn’t shining you can retreat to the
cosy comfort of the cellar interior.
And now Budapest’s new smoking
laws mean it’s all smoke-free.
Szimpla Kert is
the original and
best ‘ruin bar’
5 Darshan Udvar
Krúdy Gyula utca 7,
+36 1 267 5120, darshan.hu
This eastern-influenced courtyard
is probably most famous for its
trendy restaurant and roof terrace,
but there are two alternative shops
worth looking into. Ethnosound
has a fascinating selection of
ethnic musical instruments from
Hungary, as well as Asia, Africa, the
Middle East, and South America.
Next door, Makara Keleti Bazár has
lovely Asian clothes, trinkets and
accessories.
6 Múzeum Kávéház
és Étterem
Múzeum körút 12, +36 1 267
0375, muzeumkavehaz.hu
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Historic Festetics
Palace is open
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TIM E WHITE; ILLUSTRATION: ANTOINE CORBINEAU
culinary national treasure –
the café has been open since
1885. Enter the cool interior if you
want to savour quiet moments
surrounded by exquisite Zsolnay
porcelain tiles on the walls.
7 Festetics
Palace
Pollack Mihály tér 3, +36 1 266
3101, festeticspalota.hu
If you want an insight in to the
aristocratic life of Budapest in the
19th century, then a visit to this
palace is a must. Prominent
Hungarian architect, Miklós Ybl,
designed the building for the
Festetics family in the 1860s to
evoke the style of
some of the most
beautiful Italian palazzi.
8 Fiktiv Pub
Horánszky utca 27
+36 20 286 21 18, fi ktivpub.hu
This informal bar takes care with
its choice of whiskies, wines and
fruit brandies. Regulars rave about
the food too – how does Belgian
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Hotel Americano It’s fair to say that New York is in a fiery
518 West 27th Street,
Latin clinch right now. While Super Linda,
New York, +1 212 216 0000, the swanky TriBeCa eaterie with a mean
hotel-americano.com
line in ceviche, is currently the city’s seeand-be-seen
spot, its most talked-about
new design hotel also hails from south of
the border.
Hôtel Americano is the first foray on US
words simon kurs
soil for Mexican boutique specialists Grupo
Habita, and the Latin spirit is in firm evidence. South American art
hangs on virtually every wall while the heaving Sao Paulo-style bar
has become the place to knock back shots of Mezcal (this year’s
‘it’ drink, we’re told) with West Chelsea’s fashionable crowd.
The 56 rooms are minimalist, both in their smart style and
compact dimensions (this is New York, after all) but there are
touches that more than compensate; from the stylish rooftop pool
and excellent French-inspired restaurant, to comfy futon beds. The
iPads in every room are a real boon too, loaded, as they are, with
insider tips to local attractions. And that’s one place where the
four-star Americano really excels – its location.
JULY 2012
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this month: Brussels vintage, new york’s latest must-stay and French hideaway chic
The Vintage Hotel Just off Avenue Louise, the Vintage Hotel is
45 Rue Dejoncker, Brussels, one of the quirkier examples of a host of
+32 (0)2 533 9980,
cool hotels and boutique B&Bs springing
vintagehotel.be
up in the city. An elegant urban mansion, it
offers 29 vintage-style rooms, all decorated
with designer pieces from the 20th century.
There’s a 1960s vibe, with psychedelicpatterned
wallpaper, old movie posters,
monochrome, orange and yellow colour
schemes, and retro furniture and fittings. It
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certainly gives the hotel a young, fun feel
that’s a world away from the blandness of the big business chains.
Bedrooms vary in size but supremely comfortable beds with
finest white cotton bedding take centre stage, while the rest of the
décor is understated, such as a 1960s bedside lamp or an old
cocktail cabinet. A flatscreen TV and Wi-Fi access are a couple of
welcome concessions to the 21st century. Bathrooms are generous
with a separate shower and roll-top bath – but not all rooms feature
this, so request when booking if you fancy luxuriating in the tub.
Breakfast is available until a civilised hour. It’s a superior selfservice
affair, with a good selection of artisan bread and pastries,
served in the main public area, which doubles as a wine bar
offering boutique tipples from local wine shop Ad Bibendum. But
with the surrounding streets lined with restaurants and bars, and
the fashionable Sablon area just a short walk away, you will want to
explore in the evenings. Doubles from €120 including breakfast.
Special weekend rates also available.
Sitting in the city’s art gallery district, it’s a stylish base to
explore the lower half of Manhattan. The hotel is just a block away
from the High Line too – a disused railway line, now an urban park,
that runs above the Hudson river’s banks. On a sunny morning, I
can’t think of any greater pleasure than grabbing a latte from the
Americano’s coffee bar, and clambering up the park’s stairs to
drink-in the city’s iconic skyline. Doubles from €216/$273.
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Tiara Yaktsa
The Tiara Yaktsa is a very different
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Théoule-sur-Mer, Nice,
from the vast flashy palaces of the
+33 (0) 4 92 28 60 30, Promenade des Anglais or La
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perched on the rocky headland
between Cannes and Fréjus, is orange
blossom-scented, restful and warmly
welcoming. On arrival you’re offered a
glass of champagne on the terrace,
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and that sets the tone for your stay.
With only 21 rooms, all with panoramic sea views, the
Yaktsa feels like a well-kept secret. The hotel is particularly
proud of the decadent daybeds that dot the lush gardens,
perfect for relaxing or even enjoying a massage with luxury
Swiss Valmont products. The heated, turquoise, infinity pool
overlooks the bay and the outcrop of the Esterel mountains.
Inside, there’s a Mediterranean theme to the décor, with
cool terracotta tiling, Portuguese inlaid chests and tables,
and intricate silver filigree lamps from Morocco. Vast double
showers and diaphanous-curtained four-poster beds
confirm the hotel’s reputation for romance: there’s a touch
of the 1001 Nights, but it’s subtly done.
Dinner on the terrace of the Or Bleu restaurant, with
lights twinkling across the bay, is the icing on the cake; chef
Florent Benoît has a deft hand with seasonal, local produce.
Double rooms from €300.
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Olympic medals
Tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games in London are rather hard to come by, but you can show
your support by picking up your own medals from cult jeweller Tatty Devine.
Set up in 1999 by Fine Art graduates Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden, Tatty Devine’s unique
designs are statement pieces. Bold colours, perspex silhouettes and sassy wit have become the
unmistakeable Tatty Devine trademarks, and 99% of the jewellery is made by
hand in Tatty’s two London workshops.
Olympic-themed pieces include adorably summery sailing boat
brooches (€43), a Gold Medallist necklace (€46) and a Medal necklace
(€30), which is made from the offi cial 2012 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
ribbon – woven by craftsmen Toye, Kenning & Spencer.
Tatty Devine stores can be found in Brick Lane and Covent Garden
and their designs are available in Brussels from Ultra, 74 Rue du Marché
au Charbon and Le Petit Boudoir, 19 Rue De La Paix, and in Leuven from
Hippo, Parijsstraat 27. tattydevine.com
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Belgian designer
Lenny Leleu has just
launched an online boutique
which showcases Ashes to
Lashes, her glamorous
range of swimwear from her
Spring-Summer collection
2012. Not exactly the kind of
costumes for doing lengths,
these are for poolside
posing or strutting along the
beach, and wouldn’t look
out of place on a yacht on
the French Riviera.
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A survey by Style Pilot, a
new online style service for
men, claims two-thirds of
men rely on their partner to
choose clothes for them.
This website lets customers
create their own style-DNA
– based on body type, height
and colouring, and then
suggests a wardrobe. “Many
men want to be better
dressed, but lack style
knowledge and confi dence,”
it claims. It remains to be
proven whether style can
be developed online.
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eco
roger east on car pools, eco golf courses and a centre for sustainable living
The new in
the old
in MILAN
Milan has a new design centre for
sustainable development – housed in the
city’s beautiful 17th-century Cuccagna
farmhouse. Dating back to 1695 and
occupying a central site, the city authority
-owned building had been allowed to fall
into disrepair despite its historic heritage value.
Now sensitively restored, it opened to the public at this
year’s Design Week, accommodating over
50 companies and individuals in the
GoodDesign Initiative’s Live Well,
Work Better exhibition. The venue
provides a cultural laboratory to
develop old and new ideas on
urban living – complete with
high-tech hydro-geothermal
heating and cooling, plus stateof-the
art insulation to keep the
temperature ideal for creativity.
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Greener
golf in
toulouse
cars to go
in europe
The ruinous cost of parking is one
reason why urban car-share clubs
are catching on. In cities choked
by traffic congestion, a car is an
expensive liability most of the
time, even when you aren’t using it. ‘Collaborative
consumption’ schemes like Zipcar, or the Swiss
pioneer, Mobility, give members the alternative of
‘pay as you go’ access to a vehicle. Typically these
cars are in designated parking bays, where
members return them after use. They are booked
by the hour and an electronic code and booking
reference are provided to let the driver in. But now
cities from Amsterdam to Vienna and half a dozen
in North America, have signed up for car2go, a more
easy-going version of the car-share concept. A
car2go member can pick up – and leave – a twoseater
Smart car at any ordinary public parking
space, safe in the knowledge that the scheme – an
offshoot of Daimler – has done a deal with the
relevant city authorities to cover any parking charge.
Hopefully, another user will soon be at the wheel
and the car will vacate the space.
You can search in vain for the ‘green’ on most golf
courses. So much weedkiller and fertiliser, so little
biodiversity and above all, an excessive thirst for water
puts them on the ‘eco problem’ list even before
considering how the punters get there and get around.
But now there’s a French movement to give the sport
a more responsible face. The Téoula course in Toulouse is the first holder
of a new Ecodurable Golf certification, created in the wake of a new
national charter on golf and the environment by the French golfing
federation and the ecology ministry.
Cutting 30% of water use – notably by planting more droughtresistant
types of grass – is top of the charter’s agenda. Téoula is also
notable for eliminating the use of weedkillers on 80% of the course, with
beehives by the first green to testify to the richness of the vegetation. It
has almost halved its use of nitrate fertiliser too. But what about playing
with Justin Timberlake’s biodegradable balls? As used at Timberlake’s
own Miramichi Lakes course in Tennessee (alongside such innovations as
solar-powered buggies), these eco-balls dissolve in 24 hours when hit
into the water – and turn into fish food.
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at the foot of europe’s tallest building, jane wright enjoys an authentic spanish tapas bar
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over your plate. With dishes like slow-roast Tamworth pork
belly, smoked anchovy and Iranian lime dressing; fennel,
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Market Cafe A cosy, bistro-style eatery in the east
end, this buzzy little joint (right) serves up small and
larger plates of imaginatively prepared food. Whether
you have a notion for truffled rarebit or octopus carpaccio
or a more ambitious chargrilled leg of lamb with salsa
verde and braised fennel, it’s clear there’s a bold hand
in the kitchen. Fun and reasonably priced. 2 Broadway
Market, E8, +44 (0)20 7249 9070, market-cafe.co.uk
josé
104 Bermondsey Street SE1, +44 (0)20 7403 4902
josepizarro.com; around £48 (€60) for two with drinks
Who hasn’t stood in a loud, lively, sawdust-on-the-floor tapas bar
in Spain enjoying a few slices of Iberico ham and a chilled glass of
Barbadillo and wished to their boots that they could transport that
experience back home? Well, happily for locals and visitors frequenting
the Thames, in the shadow of the imposing new Shard building that
towers over London Bridge station, the dream is real.
José Pizarro’s eponymous joints on Bermondsey Street figure a tapas
bar at one end (José) and a sit-down, no-reservations restaurant
(Pizarro) at the other. Since he opened the former early last year, the
amiable Spaniard has gained an enthusiastic following who turn up
regularly to fill his convivial
eateries. Weekends are especially
busy, but it’s all part of José’s
bustling charm as you go elbow
to elbow with your neighbours,
quaffing Rioja and hoovering up
an inviting array of tapas.
On a hot June afternoon we
enjoyed a note-perfect selection of summery delights from the open
kitchen, kicking off with grilled pluma Iberica – a marbled cut from the
shoulder of acorn-fed Iberico pigs – served richly rare like fillet steak and
scattered with sea salt. Three juicy gambas (king prawns) straight from the
plancha anointed with chilli, oil and garlic disappeared quick-smart before
a tussle ensued for a plate of crunchy asparagus with manchego cheese
and a nutty romesco sauce. The same fate befell three soft, pillowy potato
croquetas and four generous slices of garlicky tomato bread slicked with
an excellent fruity olive oil. Tomato bread may not sound exciting, but this
humble plate of simple sunshine flavours is one of the best things on the
menu. A small shallow dish of seductive chocolate mousse drizzled with
olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt is quite possibly the wickedest dessert
I have ever tasted and lingers in the mind still. A quick cortado (espresso
with hot milk) later and we were back in the sunshine, primed for a siesta.
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bustling charm, going
elbow to elbow with
your neighbours while
enjoying a few tapas
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MARTEN SEALBY
on the road: london
jay miller takes a mini cooper special olympic edition around the official marathon route
I
t comes belting backwards out of a big white truck like
something out of The Italian Job. Already the tune of The Self-
Preservation Society is playing in my head. Clearly this squat
little beaut is looking for trouble, but there’s no gold heist happening
here. Delivered to my door, I’m now taking this special Olympic edition
Mini Cooper – only 2012 of them made, natch – along the 26.2-mile
(42.2 km) marathon route that stretches from St James’s Park and
heads east out to Tower Hill and back again, looping three times around
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the circuit. The question is, in London traffic, can we complete the route
quicker than a champion marathon runner?
This iconic British car, now owned by BMW, has never looked so
patriotic. With its white roof emblazoned with the 2012 Olympic Games
logo, its lightning blue metallic bodywork adorned with a red, white and
blue Union Jack stripe, this car could not look more British if Austin
Powers leapt out eating fish and chips, doing the Mashed Potato. Yeah
baby, this car was made for cruising around London in summer.
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Green
Park
GREEN PARK
Buckingham
A
Palace Road
Regent Street
Piccadilly
St James’s Street
START
Buckingham Bu
Gate
A
Pall Mall
Regent Street
B
Haymarket
FINISH
Shaftesbury Avenue
The Mall
ST JAMES’S PARK
Birdcage Walk
St James’s
Park
Guards Road
Horse
Victoria Vict Street
Westminster
Charing Cross
Emba Embankment
Waterloo
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Charing Cross Road
C
C
Parliament Street
Great George Street
D
Strand
River Thames
Starting on the Mall
– equally adorned with red, white
and blue Union Jacks – in front of
Buckingham Palace, we zoom
down the pink tarmac lined with
lush plane trees. Suited and
booted gents accompany ladies in
big hats to a garden party at the
palace and their peacock finery
blurs in a flash of colour as we zip
past. The Mini Cooper D is low and
Kingsway
E
Westminster Bridge
F
Waterloo W Bridge
York Road
Temple
wide and feels very solid, but is still
responsive. And for a diesel, it is
surprisingly quiet, but does emit a
satisfying rumble when you rev it
up a bit. Well, it is named after
celebrated British racing driver
and car designer John Cooper.
Inside it features retro styling
with a huge round 1960s-style
speedometer and air vents, more
Union Jack trim on the seat piping
and the London skyline etched on
the dashboard: Tower Bridge, the
London Eye, Big Ben, the Gherkin
– all the city’s great architectural
icons. It’s roomier than you might
think too, with proper room for two
adults in the back. But most of all,
it’s fun. It’s a little car with a big
personality and there is clearly
affection for its classic styling and
Swinging 1960s connotations as
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Blackfriars
E
Blackfriars Bridge
Ludgate Hill
F
Japanese tourists stop to snap it
as we sit at traffic lights.
It’s two loops round St James
Park, down to the river at Victoria
Embankment, past the Houses of
Parliament and then along
Birdcage Walk where a stirrup of
Household Cavalry is trotting up
the road towards their barracks.
Then we’re off again down
Northumberland Avenue to the
river heading east with a glorious
parade of London sights on the
bank opposite: the fairground
attraction of the London Eye, the
sprawling concrete arts centre at
South Bank and the almostfinished
narrow glass pyramid of
the Shard at London Bridge. On
this sunny, blue-sky day, London
has never looked better.
Heading off the Embankment at
Puddle Dock we get lost in a oneway
system and chance upon a
Southwark Sou Street
Mansion House
Southwark Bridge
Cheapside
Canon Street
Bank
Monument
Upper Thames Street
River Thames
tunnel that gives us an opportunity
to let the Mini Cooper off the leash
– and we’re not disappointed at
this little car’s cornering ability
either. Back on the right route, the
magnificent dome of St Paul’s
hoves into view and we are soon at
the foot of the high, forbidding
walls of the Bank of England.
A few twists and turns of busy
car-jammed 21st-century streets
eventually give way to the
incongruous sight of the historic
four-turreted Tower of London, its
neat lawns and borders belying its
dark history of intrigue and murder.
Here, just before Tower Bridge, the
route U-turns and heads back
along the way it has come, another
circuit beginning to complete the
26.2 miles (42.2 kms).
So did we beat the last Olympic
marathon winner’s time of two
hours and six minutes? In late
afternoon London traffic, not a
chance. We had to hold back the
little engine that could. In a city
centre as snarled up as London’s,
it was a record we could not chase.
Not even in a Mini Cooper.
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sports stripe and 2012
Olympic logo roof
Performance
The six-gear diesel version
is surprisingly swift, with
good acceleration and
vice-like cornering.
Engine
1598cc
Tower Hill Road
the sights
A A Buckingham
Palace
B B The Mall
C C Trafalgar
Square/Nelson’s
Column
D Houses of
Parliament/Big Ben
E E London Eye
F F St Paul’s
Cathedral
G The Gherkin
H Tower of London
I The Shard
Acceleration
0-62mph in 9.7 seconds
Top speed
196 km/h / 122mph
Price
€23,790/£19,260
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perfect 10
Jenny McNeely finds plenty to do in the great outdoors in and around Newcastle
Olympic Football
in St James’ Park
26 July-4 August
tickets.london2012.com
Newcastle is one of the few places you can
see Olympic sport outside of London this
summer. Nine football matches (men and
women’s) are taking place at t
St James’ Park, including
two quarter-finals. Tickets
on sale from €25.
Rising Sun
Country Park
Whitley Road, risingsunfarm.co.uk
This 400-acre park was once the
Rising Sun Colliery and Moor Edge e
Colliery. Now it contains wetlands, a
lake and a farm. Check out the herd d of
rare pedigree Berkshire pigs, and say
hello to the ‘guard-dog’ llama called d
Turbo. Farm produce is available to o
buy from the park’s Countryside
Centre on Wednesdays.
EAT! Newcastle
Gateshead
27-29 July, various locations,
newcastlegateshead.com/eat-home home
The Big EAT! is a top weekend of street-food
treet-food
markets and demonstrations around nd the city.
The Angel of the North
Gateshead
Jesmond Dene
jesmonddene.org.uk
One person sees the imposing silhouette ouette of the Angel of the
North every second, making it one of the most viewed works of art
in the world. Sculptor Antony Gormley mley OBE created the angel for
three reasons: “First, to remind us that below this site, coal miners
worked in the dark for 200 years; second, to grasp hold of the
future; and last, to be a focus for our ur hopes and fears.”
Tynemouth
Longsands
Grand Parade, Tynemouth
A half-mile stretch of Blue Flag
beach, perfect for walking, kite
flying and – if you’re feeling
hardy – surfing. The Blue Reef
Aquarium nearby on the Grand
Parade reveals what lies
beneath the waves.
This narrow wooded valley was
originally private parkland. On
Sundays, craft stalls line Armstrong
Bridge and outdoor theatre take takes
place in in the summer months. months.
Saltwell Park & Towers
East Park Road, Gateshead
Gateshea
Saltwell Park opened in 11876
to provide respite
from grubby urban life.
Saltwell Towers was built
by stained-glass mast master craftsman William
Wailes, and now hou houses the Saltwell Park
Visitors Centre. Th The new interior celebrates
the history of gla glass art with an extravagant
two-storey cen centrepiece screen designed
by local artist
Bridget Jones.
QUAYSIDE
QU
Big Waters nature reserve
nwt.org.uk/reserves/big-waters; open all year
Brunswick Village, Seaton Burn
This, the largest subsidence pond in the region, was
formed by the collapse of deep mine workings. Medieval
ridge-and-furrow grassland supports many herbs and the
wetlands are home to a huge range of British wildlife.
Newcastle’s New quayside was once
the
epicentre of heavy industry
and
commerce. The latter
remains re in the form of a great
Sunday S market, but the heavy
industry has been replaced
with public artwork (download
art walks from newcastle
gateshead.com), and grand
views v from the Tyne bridges.
Tynemouth
Priory
Pier Road, Tynemouth,
Tyne and Wear
Tynemouth Castle and Priory
was once one of the largest
fortified areas in England.
Explore the ruins of the
13th-century church and the
stained glass windows of the
chapel. And there are plenty
of bracing cliff-top walks too.
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At just 23, Selah Sue has already sold over 400,000 records in Europe and worked with
Prince and Cee-Lo Green. Now, with a special US-version of her debut album set for release
this summer, the ragga-reggae songstress is tipped to break America. Marie-Noelle Bauer
meets the savvy, diminutive Belgian with her feet on the ground and her hair in the clouds
Photography Leon Csernohlavek
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S
he’s a delicate bird of a girl with a big
voice and equally big, towering hair –
a wild ode to the power of Elnett that
Selah Sue explains is less a fashion statement
than a remnant of teenage insecurity. “I had a
terrible time as a teenager and I’ve been doing
weird things with my hair since I was 13. This
hairstyle actually came from the fact that I had
this really big complex and thought my head
was far too big for my hair! I still don’t feel like
I could style it normally – I’m so insecure if I
don’t pile it on.”
Her adolescent battle with depression
spawned more than a crazy barnet, inspiring
many of the ridiculously catchy ragga-reggaesoul
infused hits on her debut album Selah Sue
(2011), a double-platinum smash in Europe.
Over 250,000 copies were sold in France
alone, but the singer’s greatest point of pride is
the fact that the record proved a Number One
hit in both Wallonia and her native Flanders.
“That’s really cool, because there aren’t a lot
of artists who are popular on both sides of
Belgium,” she grins winningly. “When I go
home everybody’s like, ‘Oh we’re so proud of
you, our little Selah, you’re our little girl!’”
Yet this ‘little girl’, (born Sanne Putseys to a
“totally unmusical family” in the tiny village of
Leefdaal in Flemish Brabant) has her head
tightly screwed on under that untamed
beehive. As a 17-year-old studying psychology
at university by day and performing at small
clubs and posting demos on Myspace by night,
she shooed away the big record companies
courting her, saying she wasn’t ready. Now,
named as one of 2012’s Faces to Watch by
music bible Rolling Stone, the biggest Belgian
recording artist in over a decade is taking stock
and learning from her fellow divas to avoid
some of the pitfalls of fame.
She admits that the much-publicised vocal
struggles of fellow untrained singer, Adele,
spurred her to be more careful with her own.
“At one point I had a sore throat with a
lump on it, and it really wrecked my head as I
thought I was going to need surgery and then
what happened to amy
winehouse was just so
sad. it messed me up for
months, because it was
such a terrible waste
I would be disappointing a lot of people. The
thought was killing me so I quit everything –
drinking and smoking. And my voice can
handle it now”.
Compassion brims in her voice as she
speaks of the plight of another tiny girl with a
big voice, Amy Winehouse: “When you’re on
tour, there’s a lot of waiting around and there’s
drink and drugs available everywhere to kill the
boredom. And it’s really easy to get caught up
in a vicious cycle, and I imagine that you just
crack. What happened to Amy Winehouse was
just so sad. It messed me up for months as it
just seemed like such a terrible waste.”
However, the female star who exerted the
greatest influence on the 23-year-old’s musical
styling was US soulstress, Lauryn Hill – Selah’s
monicker being partly inspired by Selah, a song
that Hill wrote for her daughter (while Sue is a
tribute to the Belgian singer’s sister).
“I discovered Lauryn Hill’s Unplugged album
on MTV when I was 15 and learned guitar
chords thanks to that record. Lauryn Hill has it
all: she sings, raps, rhymes and carries her
melodies and lyrics.”
Selah recently found herself working with
the producer of The Fugees’ breakthrough
album, The Score, on one of the extra tracks
to be included with her debut album when it’s
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La voix qui décoiffe
Agée d’à peine 23 ans, la chanteuse belge
Selah Sue a déjà vendu plus de 400.000 disques en
Europe et semble prête à conquérir l’Amérique.
Marie-Noelle Bauer a rencontré la jeune chanteuse
à la tête bien faite
released next month in the US by Columbia
Records. Does she nurse the dream of
someday actually working with her hero, Hill?
“I talked to this producer about Lauryn
Hill, and he said that she’s very troubled,” But right now the US beckons. Selah
she says pensively. (Hill has recently been Sue’s invasion of the land of Justin Bieber
charged with tax evasion in the US.) Does has been by stealth, sharing vocal duties
the young Belgian worry that fame may
also push her over the edge, especially in
light of her previous fragility?
with Cee-Lo Green on the hypnotic single
Please (featured on both their albums as
well as being the trailer soundtrack to this
NL
De Stem die je haar
doet rechtkomen
De slechts 23-jarige Belgische zangeres Selah Sue
verkocht in Europa meer dan 400.000 platen en
“The thing is, I’m very realistic, very year’s fifth season of Mad Men);
wordt getipt als nieuwe sensatie in Amerika.
down-to-earth. And having had my
problems as an adolescent I know that the
performing showcases in New York this
spring; and, of course, the US music
Marie-Noelle Bauer ontmoet de zangeres die alles
goed op een rijtje heeft
important thing is to be happy. And if the papers breathlessly telling the story of
Een fragiel meisje met een stem, al even torenhoog
music business isn’t going to make me
happy then I’ll stop. I’m lucky I have really
Prince picking her as his opening act for his
concert in Antwerp.
als haar kapsel. Haar strijd als jonge adolescent
tegen depressie inspireerde haar voor tal van de
bijzonder catchy ragga-reggae-soul hits op haar
great parents and a close family and I’m
going to stay in Belgium for the rest of my
Selah Sue admits that, after three years
of touring, she’s getting a little bit bored
debuutalbum Selah Sue (2011), dat dubbel platina
haalde in Europa.
Nochtans heeft dit ‘kleine meisje’ (geboren als
life. I have no ambitions to move away. I with the repetitiveness of performing her
Sanne Pudseys in Leefdaal, Vlaams-Brabant) onder
just want to stay at home and have a family
as quickly as possible.”
debut: “Some of these songs I do every
day, so I don’t feel them all the time.
dat ongetemde uitzicht alles vrij goed op een rijtje.
Op haar 17
Sometimes, during what’s meant to be a
really deep emotional moment I’ll just turn
to the guys in the band and pull a hideous
face!” So it’s no wonder she is looking
forward to getting to work on a second
album – putting more of an accent on her
love of dubstep, jazz and electronic music.
Is she keen to keep surprising people?
“Oh yes!” she laughs, her blue eyes lighting
up. Ready or not, America, here she
comes.The little Belgian with the big voice
is on her way.
Selah Sue plays Belgium’s Dour Festival on
12 July. dourfestival.be
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Selah Sue learned guitar chords by listening to
Lauryn Hill’s Unplugged album
Ce petit bout de femme possède une voix forte, tout
comme sa coiffe ! Une bataille avec la dépression à
l’adolescence a cependant engendré chez elle bien plus
qu’un air extravagant. En témoignent les hits
ragga-reggae-soul de son premier album Selah Sue
(2011), double disque de platine en Europe.
Cependant, sous sa coiffure sauvage, la belle (née
Sanne Pudseys, dans une famille « tout à fait
non-musicale » à Leefdaal, dans le Brabant fl amand) a
la tête sur les épaules. A 17 ans, elle étudie la
psychologie, et la nuit, se produit dans de petits clubs et
poste des démos sur Myspace. Elle a repoussé les
avances des grands producteurs de disques, affi rmant
qu’elle n’était pas prête. Et alors qu’elle est aujourd’hui
une des Faces to Watch de 2012 d’après la bible de la
musique Rolling Stone, la plus grande artiste belge à
avoir enregistré depuis 10 ans tire des leçons de ses
divas, d’Amy Winehouse à Adele, pour éviter certains
pièges de la gloire.
« Je suis très réaliste, » dit-elle. « Avec ce que j’ai
traversé durant mon adolescence, je sais aujourd’hui
que ce qui compte c’est d’être heureux. Vous savez, j’ai
la chance d’avoir des parents vraiment extraordinaires,
et je vais rester en Belgique toute ma vie. Mon ambition
n’est pas de partir ailleurs. »
Mais aujourd’hui, les Etats-Unis l’appellent : la presse
musicale ne cesse de relayer sa consécration depuis
que Prince l’a invitée pour assurer sa première partie en
concert à Anvers. Parviendra-t-elle à continuer à
surprendre ? « Oh oui ! » rit-elle. Prête ou pas, Amérique
la voilà, la petite Belge à la grande voix débarque.
Selah Sue sera au Festival de Dour, en Belgique,
le 12 juillet
studeerde ze overdag psychologie en trad
ze ‘s avonds op in kleine clubs en postte ze demo’s op
Myspace. Ze joeg de grote platenbonzen weg en
vertelde hen dat ze niet klaar was. Vandaag is ze de
grootste Belgische artiest van de voorbije tien jaar en
leert ze van diva’s, gaande van Amy Winehouse tot
Adele, om niet ten prooi ten vallen aan de roem.
“Ik ben realistisch”, aldus Sue. Als de muziek me niet
blij maakt, stop ik ermee. Ik heb echt geluk, ik heb
fantastische ouders en ik zal nooit weggaan uit België.
Ik heb geen ambities om hier weg te gaan.”
En net nu wenkt Amerika. De muziekmagazines
schrijven er voortdurend over hoe ze het “paarse zegel
van goedkeuring” kreeg, toen Prince haar als
openingsact koos tijdens zijn concert in Antwerpen.
Houdt ze ervan mensen te verrassen? “Oh, ja, lacht ze.
Ready or not Amerika, hier komt ze, het kleine Belgische
I’ve had my problems.
meisje met een stem als een klok.
I know the important
Selah Sue treedt op tijdens het Belgische Dour
thing is to be happy Festival op 12 juli
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underground
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F
The 2012 Olympic Games will see 10.8 million ticketholders descend upon the capital
this month. Using social media and increasingly sophisticated online technology,
‘collaborative consumer’ Emily Millett taps into a lesser-known London
and explains how to get the most out of the city on a limited budget
or Olympic visitors coming to
London over the next few weeks,
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and
the usual suspects await their discovery.
But alongside traditional guidebook
London, there is a surprising, little-known
London waiting to be explored.
One way to scratch below the surface
and find out what really makes London’s
heart beat is through the lifestyle revolution
that is collaborative consumption: the use
of increasingly sophisticated online
technology and social networking to
reinvent age-old traditions of bartering,
lending and swapping to get the most from
a stay in the capital.
By pooling and sharing resources and
assets, collaborative consumption aims to
generate value from idle capacity, a theory
that can be easily applied to tourism. Do
you have a spare room you rarely use?
Share it online. Got a yearning to search out
hidden secrets, but don’t know where to
start? Log on and arrange to meet a local
willing to dish out some insider tips. But if
you don’t have time to do the research,
don’t worry we’ve done it for you. Read on
july 2012
and discover how to make the most of
London in these cash-strapped times.
ACCOMMODATION
The pool of collaborative consumption
accommodation offers varying levels of
involvement, so how deep you plunge in
is up to you.
airbnb.com Members post information
and photos about their space, be it a spare
room or an entire house. Guests can browse
according to price, location or availability.
onefinestay.com This website gives
users the chance to step right into local
life by staying in a home while the owners
are out of town.
lovehomeswap.com This is a membersonly
home swapping network. Great for
families or groups, all properties are
beautifully appointed and ideally located.
You can try it out and see if it suits you as
they offer a four week trial for just €1.
couchsurfing.org is the tried and tested
community for the fearless traveller looking
to dive into local life, members allow
fellow surfers to stay on their sofa for
a night or two.
campinmygarden.com Camping in
London is rare, but this website provides
more choice for outdoor snoozing
enthusiasts and budget travellers.
GETTING AROUND
An additional half a million people
descending upon the city’s public transport
systems during the hottest time of the
year, does not make for happy tube travel.
So get active, stretch your legs and enjoy
the cities sights above ground.
Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme is a bike
sharing initiative for short journeys. The
bikes are available from over 400 docking
stations, and the first 30 minutes are free.
24 hours of access costs £1/€1.20, seven
day access is £5/€6.20 (tfl.gov.uk).
The London Bicycle Tour Company
organises daily tours starting at
£18.95/€23.50, including full day Olympic
Games tours for £29.95/€37. The
company also hires bikes for private use
from £3.50/€4.30 per hour
(londonbicycle.com, +44 (0)20 7928
6838, 10am-6pm).
walkit.com is an urban walking route

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vintage treasure trove that is Beyond Retro; head to
Brick Lane for a good curry; Boris bikes are a cheap,
quick way to get around the city; take a walking tour
of London’s street art; strolling around Brixton Village;
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planner, and is also available to download
as an app for £1.99/€2.45. The site
provides information about themed or
guided walks and sociable walking events,
and can help find points of interest within
walking distance for solo strollers.
For a range of diverse travel options visit
Transport for London’s journey planner at
journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk or for details on
how to beat the crowds during the
Olympics visit getaheadofthegames.com
FINDING BUDDIES
The best way to really see a city is through
the eyes of a local, and with virtual social
networking exploding into our reality, it’s
never been easier to meet local Londoners.
This is a great way to genuinely connect
with a native and get the inside track. Try:
eatwithalocal.socialgo.com to share a
meal with a Londoner at their favourite
local haunt; couchsurfing.org to find out
about group events or meet up with
residents; meetup.com to join in with a
huge variety of activities and local group
events; travbuddy.com to find fellow
travellers to share your adventure with.
CHEAP EATS
As an epicentre of multiculturalism,
London has some excellent options for
good value deals whether it’s markets for
picnics or finding a good local haunt that
serves high-quality home-cooked food.
Brixton Market has become famous as
one of the best places to bag a budget bite.
Try the authentic, Neapolitan wood-fired
pizza at artisan pizzeria Franco Manca
(4 Market Row, +44 (0)20 7738 3021,
francomanca.co.uk) or the organic
delicatessen style snacks at Rosie’s Deli
Cafe, (14e Market Row, rosielovell.co.uk,
+44 (0)7807 505397).
Nearby, Brixton Village, just off Atlantic
Road is a fabulous web of ‘streets’ in an old
Victorian indoor market that has now been
transformed into a very cool, rough-andready
foodie destination on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday evenings (as well as a
mecca for vintage clothing and homewares
plus a few interesting art galleries). Choose
from Pakistani street food, Chinese
dumplings, Thai, Caribbean seafood, tapas,
proper burgers and Italian. The wonderfully
named Agile Rabbit does delicious thincrust
pizzas and there’s usually a lively
band or DJ nearby. Bring your own beer
though as none of these places have a
licence. A great night out in south London.
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Clockwise from top: The Disappearing Dining Club
is part of a pop-up scene; crowd-pleasing tunes at
Fabric; the Truman Brewery is home to galleries,
restaurants and a Sunday market
A trip to London would be incomplete
without a traditional Sunday lunch. Check
out The Marksman (254 Hackney Road,
+44 (0)20 7739 7393, themarksmanpub.
com) in Shoreditch, a cosy little corner pub
serving hearty helpings with all the
trimmings, pillow soft Yorkshire puddings
and lots of gravy. Lunch is served from
12noon-4pm.
For curry, the best area for Indian,
Pakistani and Bengal cuisine in the capital
is undoubtedly Brick Lane. For
atmosphere, good service and food that
matches in both quality and quantity, try
Aladin (132 Brick Lane, +44 (0)20 7247
8210, aladinbricklane.co.uk).
Pop-up dining sees chefs set up
temporary kitchens in secret locations
(think empty car parks, derelict theatres or
cosy living rooms), and stage dinner
parties which disappear just as they’re
earning a reputation. Try A Summer
Affair at thedeaddollsclub.com or The
Disappearing Dining Club at
disappearingdiningclub.co.uk
CLUBBING & MUSIC
Responsible for chewing up and spitting
out decades worth of breakthrough
musical genius, London draws world class
musicians and DJs, continuously inspired
by the alternative decadence of the city’s
less than salubrious nightlife scene.
For cocktail drinking in secret and hard
to find places, visit illegallatenight
cocktailbar.co.uk for inside information.
Plastic People (plasticpeople.co.uk)
nightclub in Shoreditch calls itself ‘the
heartbeat’ of the underground club scene
in London, and features some of the best
progressive DJs.
If you want to know what’s the next big
thing on the indie music scene, spend an
evening at Hoxton Square Bar (2-4
Hoxton Square, +44 (0)20 7613 0709,
hoxtonsquarebar.com) near Old Street
tube station, where up-and-coming bands
play live gigs in the darkened back room.
Nearby is the glamorous retro cocktail bar
the Nightjar, secreted away downstairs
through an anonymous door between two
cafes on City Road (barnightjar.com).
Riling up the crowds with consistently
good cutting-edge DJ sets, Fabric (77a
Charterhouse Street, fabriclondon.com) in
Farringdon should be on every hard-core
clubber’s hit list.
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ART & CULTURE
London oozes art and culture, but it’s often
on the streets, under the bridges and on
the walls of derelict buildings that the real
creative juices flow. Questionable legality
makes the permanence of street art
uncertain, but legal sites do exist, including
Curtain Road in Shoreditch and Blackall
Street near Old Street in Hackney. Most
works by the elusive king of UK graffiti
Banksy are protected, including one of his
latest pieces on Wood Green High Road
near Turnpike Lane station. Check out
alternativeldn.co.uk or streetartlondon.
co.uk for a walking street art tour.
For more boundary-breaking spaces,
try the Stolen Space gallery in The Old
Truman Brewery (91 Brick Lane,
trumanbrewery.com) or any of the three
White Cube spaces on Bermondsey
Street, Hoxton Square and Mason’s Yard
(whitecube.com).
For some wallet-friendly thespian action,
check out the exciting programme of
events at London’s free Open-Air Theatre
Top: the best pizza in
London is at Brixton
Market’s Franca
Manca; Bottom: the
White Cube Gallery
Season, from 5 July to 5 August at The
Scoop at More London (morelondon.
com) situated on the South Bank. The
venue will also be hosting a free music
festival in August.
Located in disused railway tunnels
beneath Waterloo Station, the unique
Old Vic Tunnels (oldvictunnels.com)
showcase innovative and surprising events,
productions, performances and art
installations.
For seriously good cinema outside the
box, the Rooftop Film Club is showing cult
classics and new releases every evening
throughout summer at the Queen of
Hoxton Pub (1-5 Curtain Road) in
Shoreditch and The Roof Gardens bar (99
Kensington High Street) in Kensington. Go
to rooftopfilmclub.com to book.
SHOPPING
Beyond the glossy window displays and
the iconic branded carrier bags, London
offers an alternative, eccentric wonderland
of second-hand, vintage and thrift
shopping potential. Join fashion students
at London’s best known vintage mecca
Beyond Retro (110-112 Cheshire Street,
+44 (0)20 7613 3636, beyondretro.com)
located in a converted warehouse
in Shoreditch.
Cancer Research UK (24 Marylebone
High Street, +44 (0)20 7487 7487,
cancerresearchuk.org) has been dubbed
the best charity shop by British fashion
writers, and stocks a notable range of
worn-once cocktail dresses.
While car boot sales are often more
dusty moth balls than high fashion finds,
the Capital Car Boot Sale (Pimlico
Academy, Lupus Street), held every
Sunday, attracts a young crowd of stylish
vintage traders. (Entrance £1/€1.20).
Do your bit to help fight global poverty at
Oxfam (514-518 Kingsland Road, +44
(0)20 7254 5318) in Dalston, where the
latest in London hipster fashions get
donated by the skinny jean-wearing,
cardigan-clad crews that prowl the area.
If you want to avoid the crowds on
Oxford Street, enter the secret lair that is
The Salvation Army store (9 Princes
Street, +44 (0)20 7495 3958). Rumour has
it this little treasure trove is where the staff
of Vogue UK takes their unwanted clothes.
For information on upcoming “swishing”
(clothes swapping) events in the city, check
out swishing.com, bigwardrobe.com or
mrsbears.co.uk for a new holiday wardrobe.
FR
Londres underground
Branchée réseaux sociaux, Emily Millett
explique aux visiteurs olympiques comment tirer
parti d’un séjour à petit budget à Londres
SE LOGER airbnb.com: chambre ou maison à partager,
les membres postent des informations avec navigation
par critères de prix, de lieu ou de disponibilité.
couchsurfi ng.org: les membres de cette communauté
partagent leur hospitalité et leur canapé pour une nuit
ou deux. campinmygarden.com: le camping à Londres
est rare, mais ce site reprend une bonne sélection.
BOURLINGUER Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme est une
initiative de vélos partagés qui compte plus de 400
stations. Les 30 premières minutes sont gratuites (tfl .
gov.uk). walkit.com vous aide à circuler à pied. Les
itinéraires peuvent être téléchargés pour 1.99 £ / 2,45 €.
Pour optimiser vos déplacements, visitez journeyplanner.
tfl .gov.uk ou surfez sur getaheadofthegames.com.
TROUVER UN POTE Pas si simple de rencontrer des
Londoniens ? Voici comment vous connecter avec un
autochtone. Tapez eatwithalocal.socialgo.com ou
couchsurfi ng.org pour des rencontres avec des
résidents ; meetup.com pour participer à une large
panoplie d’activités en groupes ; travelbuddy.com pour
trouver des compagnons de voyage.
MANGER BON MARCHE Brixton Village, juste à côté
d’Atlantic Road, est un lieu gourmand pour manger sur
le pouce les jeudi, vendredi et samedi soir. Vous avez le
choix entre la cuisine de rue pakistanaise, les raviolis
chinois, du thaï, des fruits de mer des Caraïbes, des
tapas et des hamburgers corrects. Pour un curry,
dirigez-vous vers l’est, à la fi n de Brick Lane.
ART & CULTURE Londres déborde d’art et de culture.
Faites un tour sur alternativeldn.co.uk ou
streetartlondon.co.uk. Pour du bon cinéma hors des
sentiers battus, le Rooftop Film Club propose des
classiques cultes et des sorties récentes chaque soir de
l’été au Pub Queen of Hoxton (1-5 Curtain Road,
rooftopfi lmclub.com) à Shoreditch.
NL
London underground
Emily Millett legt uit hoe bezoekers van de
Olympische spelen met een beperkt budget het
beste halen uit Londen met social media
ACCOMMODATIE airbnb.com: leden posten hier
informatie van een logeerkamer of een volledige woning
(prijs, locatie en beschikbaarheid). couchsurfi ng.org:
een community waar leden bevriende surfers een plekje
aanbieden op hun sofa gedurende een tweetal nachten.
campinmygarden.com: Kamperen is niet zo gebruikelijk
in Londen. Deze website biedt extra keuze.
TRANSPORT Het Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme is een
initiatief waarbij u uw fi ets voor korte trajecten kan inruilen.
Er zijn 400 stations (tfl .gov.uk).walkit.com helpt u bij al
uw verplaatsingen te voet. Deze stadswandelingplanner
kunt u downloaden voor £ 1.99/€ 2,45. Voor een brede
waaier aan reisopties, surf naar journeyplanner.tfl .gov.
uk of getaheadofthegames.com
VRIENDJES MAKEN Een fantastische manier om in
contact te komen met een native. Probeer eatwithalocal.
socialgo.com of meetup.com voor plaatselijke
activiteiten en groepsevents. Via travelbuddy.com
kan je zoeken naar andere reizigers.
GOEDKOOP ETEN Brixton Village, vlakbij Atlantic Road,
is op donderdag, vrijdag en zaterdagavond een bijzonder
hippe plek voor liefhebbers van een snelle hap. U heeft
de keuze tussen Pakistaanse straatkraampjes, Chinese
dumplings, Caraïbische zeevruchten, tapa’s en degelijke
hamburgers. Verzot op curry? Dan moet u in de East End
zijn, op Brick Lane.
KUNST & CULTUUR Voor een tour van kunst en cultuur
surf je naar alternativeldn.co.uk of streetartlondon.
co.uk. Geniet van een uitstekende fi lm bij de Rooftop
Film Club (Queen of Hoxton Pub, 1-5 Curtain Road,
rooftopfi lmclub.com).
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Clockwise from
top: Flowerseller
in Gorky
Park; Soviet-era
sculpture in Art
Park Muzeon;
Cyrillic signposts
in Gorky Park
W
Moscow’s extensive parks have been in decline for years but new
initiatives are set to see a resurgence of their grandeur.
Darren Loucaides discovers their charms and muses on their future.
hat many Westerners think of Moscow can be
summarised in one word: chilly. Whether it’s
the winters, the architecture or the locals, the
city labours under a formidable reputation. But its five
months of winter are matched by summer averages of
30°C and there is a side to Moscow that is often
overlooked but well-worth exploring: the city’s glorious
‘Garden Ring’ of magnificent parks that winds around
the historical centre.
I’m sitting on the grass at Patriarch’s Ponds before a
large 2m-deep square basin, thronged by lime trees
nearly as tall as the honeyed buildings behind them,
both reflected against a clear blue sky in the sparkling
water. I’ve an ice-cold beer in hand and Mikhail
Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita on my lap, having
just fulfilled a small dream to read the first chapter of
the 1930s masterpiece in the place where it’s set.
I’m half expecting an “eccentric foreigner” to
appear, but the square isn’t eerily quiet as in the
novel’s opening – which sees the Devil interrupt two
literary professionals’ conversation about the
existence of Jesus, and accurately predicts one of their
imminent deaths. In fact, the Ponds have been a
bohemian beacon ever since Bulgakov’s
countercultural novel was finally published in the
1960s, and today the area attracts all and sundry.
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Patriarch’s Ponds is not the only place to enjoy the
summer weather. Although Moscow is the biggest city
in Europe, it has more parkland than any other
metropolis in the world – and much of Moscow’s
parkland is currently being renovated as part of an
ambitious city-wide project.
Of all of the Moscow parks, you’re most likely to
have heard of Gorky Park – probably not because of
the social-realist literary titan Maxim Gorky but
because of the best-selling spy thriller which Martin
Cruz Smith set there. Opened in 1928, Gorky Park was
meant to culturally enrich the populace and, indeed,
the theatre and cinema, in its now derelict Hexagon
Pavilion, drew huge numbers of Muscovites.
By the 2000s it had sunk into ignominy, but it is now
undergoing sweeping improvements thanks, in part, to
funding from Chelsea FC’s billionaire owner, Roman
Abramovich. Last summer all of the old fairground
rides, many 30 years old and prone to breaking down,
were cleared out, along with the illegal food stalls,
cheap vodka and the attendant drunks.
Entering through the brilliant-white pillared
entranceway, it’s hard to believe that this was, until
recently, a dreary haven for unsavoury characters.
They’ve been replaced by a new breed of visitor who is
young, trendy and intellectual. Nowadays people can
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enjoy free dance classes and yoga sessions
from hip instructors, while two supermodern
skateboard areas draw unripe men
away from urban perils.
Instead of vodka and cheap take-away
food, the cafés now serve up assorted
blinis and fresh fruit boxes, and there’s no
longer a plastic table-and-chairs set in
sight. Overlooking the Moskva River, I take
lunch at the stylish Olive Beach cafe;
outside people are sunbathing on a woodpanelled
strip of the riverbank.
There is a London Eye-style wheel
planned, while Abramovich’s partner, Dasha
Zhukova, is in the process of moving her
cutting-edge art gallery, Garage Centre for
Contemporary Culture, into the ruined
Hexagon Pavilion. Yet it’s already a
delightful escape from the city’s ferocious
rat-race and the first stage of renovation
has impressed so much that the director
of the project, Sergei Kapkov, is now in
charge of Moscow’s wider regeneration as
new head of the Department of Culture. He
has confidently pledged to improve all of
the city’s parks over the next five years.
This, then, is merely the first step in a
much broader plan.
If Kapkov’s full vision for the Gorky Park
area is realised, the rather shabby Art Park
Muzeon across the street, created to hold
the many sculptures abandoned in the
aftermath of the USSR’s collapse in 1991,
will no longer exist – at least not in its
current guise. A Paris-style embankment
lined with painters and bookstands is
planned, along with new cafés, a children’s
art workshop, and one of the biggest openair
cinemas in the world built on the steps
of the Central House of Artists.
But what will become of the many
eclectic sculptures currently housed in the
Art Park? Chances are most of them will
vanish. They’re mostly in a sad state of
disrepair, and seem to have been randomly
placed but it’s still something to pose for a
photo next to Stalin’s larger-than-life bust,
while Evgeny Chubarov’s cluster of 300
sculpted heads – a rememberance to
victims of Soviet rule – is very moving.
A pitfall of ‘regeneration’ is that some of
the past is lost but, by and large, Moscow’s
parks – especially those of the larger,
greener variety – will only be enhanced by
the plans.
I spend a day in the vast landscape of
Izmailovsky – six times larger than its New
York equivalent, Central Park – wandering
the ancient birches and old buildings,
dating back to the 14th century.
Peter the Great spent some of his
childhood in the old Izmailovsky village,
igniting a passion for sailing which
eventually led to Russia’s emergence as a
leading maritime power. A little neglected
and staid, the park hasn’t recently lived up
to Peter’s legacy, but already the illegal
stalls are gone, free Wi-Fi has been
introduced, along with new outdoor
furniture, and an open-air cinema is
emerging in time for summer.
Another large park, Kolomenskoe, has
long been a firm favourite with Muscovites
and needs only the lightest of touches.
Located farther down the Moskva River,
where it loops inwards from the southwest,
I hire a bike and strike paths among
its different hilled levels, working up a
good appetite.
The reward is a glorious picnic of grilled
meats and salads purchased near the
entrance, and eaten under the shade of
one of the biggest oaks. Afterwards I look
around the clutch of little wooden houses
that were recently added, as examples of
traditional professions like metalwork and
carpentry. Then, drawn by a harmonious
Clockwise from top left:
Dismantling the big
wheel in Gorky Park; one
of the grand pavilions
in Kolomenskoe Park;
silver birch trees in
Izmailovsky Park which
is six times larger than
Central Park in New York
park events in
moscow this summer
7 July: More Amore,
Moscow Hermitage Garden
Relax on sunloungers with a
picnic and enjoy the craft stalls
and children’s workshops, plus
barbecues and live music.
13 August: Adrenalin Games,
Gorky Park
Extreme sports enthusiasts will
enjoy stunts and contests from
skaters, BMX-ers, dirt-bikers, all
soundtracked by hot DJ LOC DOG.
5-10 September: Moscow
International Book Fair,
All-Russian Exhibition Centre
Every year this literary festival
focuses on a different country
– last year was Italy.
19-23 September:
Art Moscow, Central House
of Artists
Founded in 1995, this is the
biggest contemporary art fair in
Eastern Europe. Rub shoulders
with rich buyers while sampling
the best of new Russian talent.
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inging in the distance, I discover a
highlight of the park: its old church, and
am lucky enough to hear a spectacular
bell concert.
In contrast to Kolomenskoe Park,
Kapkov has his work cut out with the All-
Russian Exhibition Centre, commonly
known as VDNKh, which suffered a similar
fate to other parks after the fall of
communism. First, there was the rapid
dilapidation of the kiosks, then the 71
pavilions, each dedicated to a different
Soviet Republic, were blighted by an
incongruous mix of cheap shops.
With its exhibitions and museums on
space travel and aeronautics, it still has
promise, and I’m more than a little
hypnotised by the soaring triumph of Vera
Mukhina’s restored sculpture of a hammerwielding
worker and windswept farm-girl,
epitomising the earlier conception of the
park as a tribute to agricultural and
industrial achievement. But just how to
tackle the dizzying hybrid of new and old
values here?
Victory Park, another commemorativestyle
park, is free of this contradiction – it’s
a straight-faced celebration of Russia’s
wartime resilience. I reach it by Fili metro
station, a former village long since
swallowed up by Moscow. This was where
General Kutuzov held his military council
deciding to abandon the city to the French
after the Battle of Borodino in 1812.
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important position, for the city keys. He
waited in vain before eventually being
forced to retreat. A 140m obelisk now
bursts out of this high ground,
commemorating Russia’s victory in the
so-called Great Patriotic War, 1941-45. I
see it in the distance long before arriving
at its foot.
The main parade leading up to the
obelisk is a pristine concrete landscape,
probably the last example of Soviet
triumphal architecture, lightened by the
rustle of 1,418 fountains, one for each day
of the war. At the end of the parade I finally
reach the slim needle that pierces the sky,
reaching so high that looking up strains my
eyes in the dazzling sunlight. It’s covered in
reliefs of Russian soldiers struggling against
the Nazis, while Nike, goddess of victory,
reigns at the summit. The main rolling
green expanse of the park sprawls beyond
this hill, immaculately laid out with many
trees and curious statues.
Though I find it fascinating, Muscovites
don’t regard Victory Park for its splendour
but for being one of the best parks for
skating. I see countless girls in tiny shorts
exposing toned, bronzed legs zipping
around, paying little heed to the sobering
monuments. Rather than walk, everyone
seems to travel by wheels in this city, be
they rollerskates, bicycles or skateboards.
It’s an apt symbol of Moscow’s atmosphere
– one of high-speed progress and
confident modernity.
Of all the planned innovations, the ‘green
route’ across Moscow is perhaps the most
exciting. The aim is to connect up green
spaces across the city, providing a
pedstrianised, grassed and planted path
through the busy roads and traffic. Its
heart will be at the new Zaryadie Park
Victory Park (top): Where Muscovites catch the sun
or relax in the shadow of triumphal architecture; Café
Pushkin (above): Take tea Moscow-style
development, planned for the site of the
colossal old Rossiya Hotel, near the Kremlin.
Before my departure, I return to near
where I began at Patriarch’s Ponds having
stopped for a bite to eat at the famous
Café Pushkin. Refreshed by tea with lemon,
salmon dumplings and traditional meat
pies, I find a steady stream of people
viewing a photography exhibition running
along the wide grassed boulevard of
Tverskoy. It reminds me that, apart from
the parks, this huge, urban city is peppered
with green spots like this one, and there
always seems to be something going on.
As I linger before a photograph, thinking
how pleasant the sunshine feels slanting
through the leafy trees overhead, a hip young
Muscovite couple ask me for a light for their
cigarettes, and we strike up a conversation. I
quickly learn of their fascination for
foreigners – and that they relish any chance
to speak English. They suggest a place to
drink nearby, but I’ve a plane to catch. As I
make my way to the airport, I think about
that word again: ‘chilly’. It certainly doesn’t
fit the Moscow I’ve found.
FR
Ecrins de verdure
Jadis magnifi ques, les parcs de Moscou sont
en train de retrouver leur gloire d’antan, grâce à
un mélange d’argent neuf et d’idéaux anciens.
Par Darren Loucaides
Il est une facette de Moscou que l’on oublie souvent
et qui pourtant vaut le détour : la glorieuse “Ceinture
verte” de la ville, ces parcs magnifi ques qui apportent
un écrin d’oxygène autour du centre historique.
Inauguré dans les années ’20, le parc Gorky était
destiné à cultiver le peuple, et en effet, le théâtre et le
cinéma de son pavillon hexagonal ont attiré des foules
de Moscovites. Arrivé aux années 2000, il avait perdu
son aura, mais des améliorations conséquentes sont en
cours, et ce en partie grâce à un fi nancement du milliardaire
Roman Abramovich, propriétaire du FC Chelsea.
Empreints de sérénité, les Etangs du Patriarche - qui
constituent le décor des premières pages du roman
satirique russe Le Maître et Marguerite – sont loin
d’être le seul lieu où profi ter de la chaleur estivale.
Kolomenskoïe a longtemps été l’un des véritables
favoris des Moscovites. Situé plus loin en contrebas du
fl euve Moskova, il tire son principal attrait de sa vieille
église, où l’on peut assister à des concerts de cloches
spectaculaires.
Le parc de la Victoire est un véritable hommage à la
résistance de la Russie lors de la guerre. Un obélisque
de 140m de haut y pointe vers le ciel, commémorant
la victoire de la Russie dans ce que les Soviétiques ont
appelé la Grande Guerre Patriotique (1941-1945).
Mais les Moscovites ne s’intéressent pas au parc de
la Victoire pour sa splendeur, mais plutôt parce qu’il est
un des meilleurs endroits pour patiner.
De retour aux Etangs du Patriarche, près du fameux
Café Pouchkine, un fl ot incessant de spectateurs
regarde une exposition de photographies, le long
du boulevard planté d’herbes sauvages. Cela me
rappelle que cette énorme cité urbaine regorge
d’espaces verts comme celui-ci, et qu’il s’y passe
toujours quelque chose...
NL
Leven in het park
De ooit prachtige Moskovietse parken worden
in ere hersteld. Door Darren Loucaides
Mouskou, Europa’s grootste stad, beweert meer parken
te hebben dan eender welke wereldstad. Een groot deel
wordt momenteel gerenoveerd in het kader van een
ambitieus stadsproject.
Het Gorky park opende in 1920 met het oog op het
bijbrengen van cultuur aan de bevolking. Het theater en
de bioscoop en het Hexagon paviljoen trokken tal van
Moskovieten aan. Tegen de jaren 2000 was het park in
vervalling geraakt, maar vandaag ondergaat het belangrijke
verbeteringen, mede dankzij de steun van Roman
Abramovich, miljardair en eigenaar van FC Chelsea.
De rustige Vijvers van de Patriarch, schouwspel van
de openingspagina’s van de Russische satirische roman
De Meester en Margarita, is nagenoeg de enige plek
waar u kunt genieten van het zomerweertje.
Kolomenskoe was lange tijd de uitgesproken favoriet
van de Moskovieten. Iets verder stroomafwaarts de
Moskva rivier vindt u als hoogtepuunt een oude kerk,
waar spectaculaire klokconcerten worden ingericht.
Het Park van de Overwinning, een ander historisch
park, brengt ontegensprekelijk ode aan de Russische
weerstand tijdens de oorlog. Een 140 meter hoge, naar
de hemel gerichte obelisk herdenkt er de Russische
overwinning in de zogeheten Grote Patriottische oorlog
(1941-1945).
Maar de Moskovieten gaan niet naar het Park van de
Overwinning voor zijn pracht en praal, maar voor zijn
skatepark, dat een van de beste is.
Opnieuw in de Vijvers van de Patriarch, vlakbij het
beroemde Café Pushkin, bezoekt een continue mensenstroom
een fototoonstelling die langsheen de brede
grasboulevard loopt. Het doet me eraan denken dat
deze stad bulkt van deze groene plekjes en er steeds
iets te beleven valt.
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Cameroon’s sporting chances have grown
over the last half century, and with some
strong contenders in the squad for
London 2012, will this be Cameroon’s
year? Gavin Mortimer takes a closer look
at the country’s Olympic hopefuls as
Brussels Airlines lies the team to London
C
ameroon’s Olympic history, like that of the
nation’s in general, begins in the 1960s. In
1964, three years after the country gained
independence from Britain and France to become a
Federal Republic, Cameroon competed in the Tokyo
Games. The plucky one-man team, consisting of track
and field sprinter David Njitock, didn’t return with any
medals but at the 1968 Games in Mexico City, Joseph
Bessal struck silver in the welterweight boxing.
Boxing has been a traditional strength of Cameroon
sport and in the 1984 Los Angeles Games Martin
Ndongo-Ebanga took home a bronze in the men’s
lightweight division. Then in the 2000 Sydney Games
came the men’s fabulous victory in the football,
defeating a Spain side that included Xavi and Carles
Puyol, both of whom went on to play in the winning
2010 World Cup Spanish team.
The decade that followed the 2000 Olympics
belonged to the brilliant Françoise Mbango, who won

Hugo Mamba-Schlick
Born 1 February 1982
Event Men’s triple jump
Best performance 17.14m (a national
record) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
in New Delhi, India
Best Medal Silver medal at the 2010
Commonwealth Games
Did you know As well as winning a silver
medal at the Commonwealth Games
Mamba-Schlick also carried the Cameroon
flag at the tournament’s opening ceremony.
But, despite his pride in his country,
Mamba-Schlick was actually born in Sarcelles,
a suburb of Paris. Though he returned to
Cameroon for a few years, Mamba-Schlick
came back to France aged nine to live with
his uncle in Brest in Brittany. It was in the
pretty harbour city that Mamba-Schlick first
discovered his talent for jumping. jumping.
Later he joined Rennes athletics
club when he moved to the city
to study. He is now based in
Cherbourg, France, and
competes for the
AS Tourlaville.
Delphine Bertille Atangana
Born 16 August 1984
Event Women’s 100m sprint
Personal best 11.24s for the 100m
(2003)
Best medal 100m bronze at the 2010
Commonwealth Games
Did you know Delphine comes from
Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon,
which is known as ‘the city of seven
hills’ in a country that calls itself ‘Africa
in miniature’ miniature due to its varied climate,
culture and vegetation. Situated on a
750m-high forested plateau, Yaoundé
has a population of approximately
1.7million and has many natural tourist
attractions as well as being the political
hub of the country.
The Nachtigal Falls, 50km east of
Yaoundé, is one of the highest rapid
waterfalls on the planet, while the
village of Akok Bekoé is also within
travelling distance of a series of six
grottoes known as the Grottoes of the
Pygmies. In Yaoundé itself there are
numerous museums and monuments
and the legendary indoor market at
Mokolo gives visitors a genuine fl avour of
Africa. Though Yaoundé is 160km inland,
its high altitude means that temperatures
are usually pleasant despite the city’s
proximity to the equator.
Joseph Jo Mulema
AFRICA
Born Bo 13 September 1983
Event Eve Welterweight (under 69kg) boxing
Personal Pe best Reached the last eight of the
2008 20 Olympics
Best Be medal Gold at the 2011 All-Africa Games
Did you know Joseph comes from Douala,
Cameroon’s Ca
largest city and its commercial
capital. cap Owing to the thriving petroleum
industry, ind there are many bar, cafés and
restaurants res along the city’s waterfront in
which wh to kick back and enjoy a cool beer if
the heat becomes too much. A few kilometres
up the coast from Douala is the beach resort
of Limbe, famous for its black volcanic sand
and cool Atlantic waters (not to mention its
120-year-old 120 stunning Botanical garden).
For those who prefer their sand softer and
more mo golden, try the resort of Kribi about
80km 80 to the south of Douala. If you want
something som a little more energetic than a
beach, bea head to Buea, between Limbe and
Douala, Do home to Mount Cameroon, at 4102
metres me the highest peak in West Africa. But
bring bri your walking boots!
Far left: Kribi
beach, south
of Douala,
hometown of
Olympic boxing
hopeful Joseph
Mulema, left
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triple jump gold at both the 2004 and 2008
Games. At the Beijing Games Mbango
jumped 15.39m, a new Olympic record and
the second longest leap in history.
Alas, Mbango has now jumped over to
France, becoming a French citizen in 2010.
That was, no doubt, one of the reasons for
the decision of Cameroon’s National
Olympic and Sports Committee to bestow
its inaugural Etoile D’Or (Golden Star) award
on footballer Roger Milla earlier this year.
The former striker, a member of the 1984
Olympic squad, received his accolade for his
inspiring example to Cameroon sport.
Of course, the country fares better at the
All-Africa Games (also held every four
years) and in September 2011 the
Cameroon squad won 33 medals, including
eight golds and five silver, placing 8th out
of 41 nations in the final medal table. One
Yaoundé, a city of 1.1 million, is the capital of
Cameroon and home to sprinter Delphine Atangana
FR
Yes we Cam
Gavin Mortimer nous présente trois athlètes
camerounais, porteurs d’espoir pour une prochaine
médaille olympique
L’histoire olympique du Cameroun commence dans les
années 1960. En 1964, trois ans après son indépendance,
le pays prend part aux Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo.
La courageuse équipe composée du seul sprinter David
Njitock, rentre bredouille, mais aux Jeux de Mexico
City en 1968, Joseph Bessal remporte une médaille
d’argent en boxe.
La décennie qui suivit les Jeux Olympiques de 2000
fut celle de Françoise Mbango, brillante médaillée d’Or
dans le triple saut aux Jeux de 2004 et de 2008. A Pékin,
Mbango enregistra même un saut record de 15,39 m.
Malheureusement, elle concourt désormais pour la
France, depuis qu’elle a acquis la nationalité française
en 2010. Cela a sans aucun doute pesé sur la décision
du Comité olympique camerounais d’accorder sa
première Etoile D’Or au footballeur Roger Milla, plus tôt
cette année. L’ancien attaquant, membre de l’équipe
olympique de 1984, a reçu cette reconnaissance pour
son exemple inspirant dans le monde sportif au Cameroun.
Depuis les 48 ans que le que le Cameroun participe
aux compétitions olympiques, il doit encore se
surpasser et rapporter plus que les deux médailles
gagnées jusqu’à présent. Sa chance pourrait-elle
tourner à Londres ? Jetons un œil sur ses trois meilleurs
athlètes olympiques.
Delphine Bertille Atangana Naissance : 1984 ;
Discipline : le 100 m femmes ; Médaille : Bronze pour le
100 m, Jeux du Commonwealth 2010 ; Le saviez-vous :
Delphine est originaire de Yaoundé, la capitale du
Cameroun, la « ville des sept collines ».
Joseph Mulema Naissance : 1983 ; Discipline : boxe
poids mi-moyen (sous 69 kg) ; Médaille : Or aux Jeux
Africains 2011 ; Le saviez-vous : Joseph vient de Douala,
plus grande ville et capitale économique du Cameroun.
Hugo Mamba-Schlick Naissance : 1982 ; Discipline :
triple saut masculin ; Médaille : Argent aux Jeux du
Commonwealth 2010 ; Le saviez-vous : Mamba-Schlick
est né à Sarcelles, un faubourg du nord de Paris.
NL
Yes we Cam
Gavin Mortimer heeft het over de 3 Kameroense
topkandidaten voor een Olympische medaille
De Olympische geschiedenis van Kameroen start begin
jaren 60. In 1964, drie jaar nadat het onafhankelijk werd
van Frankrijk en Engeland, nam Kameroen deel aan de
Olympische Spelen van Tokio. De eenmansploeg bestaande
uit atleet David Njitock haalde toen geen medaille
binnen. In 1968 in Mexico Stad was het echter wel prijs toen
Joseph Bessal zilver behaalde in weltergewicht boksen.
Het decennium na de Olympische Spelen van 2000
staat op naam van de briljante hinkstapspringster
Françoise Mbango, die de Spelen won in 2004 en 2008.
Mbango sprong tijdens de Spelen in Beijing 15,39 m.
Jammer genoeg werd Mbango in 2010 een Frans
burger. Ongetwijfeld een van de redenen waarom het
Kameroense Nationale Olympische- en Sportcomité
besloot om zijn eerste Etoile d’Or award eerder dit jaar
te overhandigen aan voetballer Roger Milla.
In de 48 jaar dat Kameroen al meedingt in de Spelen,
heeft het slechts 2 medailles gewonnen. Keert hun
geluk in Londen? Hieronder vindt u een overzicht van de
3 Kameroense beloftevolle atleten.
Delphine Bertille Atangana Geboren op: 16 augustus
1984; Sport: 100 m sprint voor vrouwen; Best medaille:
brons tijdens de Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Joseph Mulema Geboren op: 13 september 1983;
Sport: Weltergewicht (onder 69kg) boksen; Beste
medaille: goud tijdens de All-Africa Games in 2011.
Hugo Mamba-Schlick Geboren op: 1 februari 1982;
Sport: hinkstapspringen voor mannen; Beste medaille:
zilver tijdens de Commonwealth Games in 2010.
of those golds was won by the Cameroon
women’s football team, beating Ghana in
the final, and the Lionesses will be present
at the London Olympics. Not so the men.
Despite winning gold at the 2000 Sydney
Games, and reaching the quarter-finals of
the 2008 Olympics (with a team that
included Arsenal midfielder Alex Song and
Marseille star Stéphane Mbia), Cameroon
failed to qualify for London leaving the
women to carry the football flag.
In the 48 years it’s been competing in
the Olympics, Cameroon has yet to win
more than two medals at a Games. But
with the talented Atangana, Mamba-
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When the crowds get too much, we all need some imaginative alternatives to
New York’s biggest tourist attractions. Fernanda Moore inds them

T
here are eight million stories
in the naked city – so why
does everyone stick to the
same tired dozen or so? Fact is, New
York’s main attractions mostly live up to
their hype which means that many
visitors never venture beyond them. But
these iconic sights can, especially in
summer, feel busy, overtouristy and tired.
Happily, you don’t have to stray far from
the beaten path to find a less crowded, less
hectic, less expensive and less mainstream
New York state of mind. Below is a solid list
of alternatives that easily match the Big
Apple’s biggest venues: not pallid
substitutes, simply lesser-known
attractions that locals quietly prefer.
✗ EMpire State Building
✔ TRY THE Top of the Rock
If you want to ascend a skyscraper (and
who doesn’t?), skip the Empire State,
where the lines are hideous and the roof
deck is often inexplicably closed. Besides,
it’s better to view the city’s most iconic
building from the 70th floor of Nelson
Rockefeller’s art deco masterpiece –
whose vastly superior views (an
unobstructed 360 degree panorama
including Central Park) make up for its
slightly smaller stature. Ticketing is sane
and simple: simply go online and book a
time slot (no worries if you miss it,
rescheduling’s a snap). There is an added
thrill, of course, if you’re a fan of the
comedy show 30 Rock.
30 Rockefeller Plaza, entrance on 50th
Street between 5th and 6th Avenues; open
8am- midnight every day. Admission: adults
$25/€20, senior citizens $23/€18, children
$16/€12.50. topoftherocknyc.com
✗ The Metropolitan
Museum of Art
✔ TRY The Morgan or
the Frick
The Met is magnificent, but it’s also
massive. If a manageably sized, beautifully
curated museum housed in a Gilded Age
mansion appeals, you’ve got two excellent
options in Manhattan.
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Above: The opulent East Room at the Morgan Library;
Left: Walk the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to DUMBO;
Below: Rockefeller Plaza has 360-degree views from the top
NEW YORK
Wedged between Fifth and Park
Avenues at East 37th Street, the Morgan
Library and Museum was built to house
Pierpont Morgan’s fabulous collection of
books, art, and manuscripts. The library may
be the most beautiful interior space in New
York. This summer, an exhibit of drawings
from Renaissance Venice shares space
with the luminous permanent collection.
225 Madison Avenue, open Tuesday to
Sunday. Admission: adults $15/€11.80, senior
citizens and children aged 10-16 $10/€7.80,
free for under 10s, +1 212 685 0008,
themorgan.org
Further up near Central Park, the Frick
Collection showcases a formidable
collection of Old Master paintings, most of
which are still arranged according to Henry
Clay Frick’s original whim. The building and
its adjacent gardens are anachronistically
luxurious. Don’t miss the Holbein portraits
of Sir Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell,
hanging on opposite sides of a fireplace in
the Living Hall.
1 East 70th Street, open Tuesday to
Sundays. Admission: adults $18/€14, senior
citizens $15/ €11.80, students $10/€7.80; no
children under 10. +1 212 288 0700, frick.org
✗ The High Line
✔ Walking across the
Brooklyn Bridge
The High Line is a wonderfully revealing
urban walk. However, navigating its narrow
boardwalk on a summer weekend can feel
like a cattle call. Instead, stroll across New
York’s oldest, most beautiful bridge on foot
from Manhattan.
When you touch down in Brooklyn, head
downhill toward the brand new Brooklyn
Bridge park – which has lawns for sprawling,
meandering paths, a carousel, a playground
and the excellent Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
on Fulton Landing. Grab a cone and explore
the waterfront, then head east to charming
DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan
Bridge Overpass) for supper and dessert.
Try Al Mar at 111 Front Street which
makes a mean smoked salmon sandwich,
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followed by the artisanal chocolates at
Jacques Torres at 66 Water Street which
bring a whole new meaning to death by
chocolate. Alternatively, across the way,
Almondine at 85 Water Street may possibly
be the best bakery in New York.
Forget Magnolia.
Get on to the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
at Centre Street on the Lower East Side
✗ The Statue of Liberty
✔ Governor’s Island
This summer the entire statue is closed
for repairs, but no matter, the colossal
statue is best appreciated from a distance,
and there’s no better view than from
Governor’s Island.
The city of New York bought the island
from the Coast Guard for a dollar in 2003.
It’s an astonishing spot – smack in the
middle of the harbour. With unparalleled
views of the city, the island feels like a ghost
town tricked out by thoughtful patrons.
Wandering through the shuttered
buildings and oddly rural meadows feels
transgressive and thrilling – who knew this
place existed? Take the free five-minute
ferry ride across the harbour, and,
depending on when you visit, you’ll find
games, races, swims, a Jazz-age party,
concerts, art, sculpture, food festivals,
gardening exhibitions, hands-on classes,
miniature golf, performances, scavenger
hunts, walking tours, and more. (Practically
everything, by the way, is free.)
Snag a hammock at Picnic Point and
watch the ships go by in front of the Statue
of Liberty, almost close enough to touch.
Food trucks ensure you won’t go hungry
and rotating art exhibits (many of which
encourage participation) guarantee you’ll
never be bored.
Open every summer weekend from
10am-7pm; activities vary by date, so check
the website. Ferries run every half-hour
from 10 South Street in Manhattan, and
continuously from Pier 6 in Brooklyn; you can
also take the East River ferry (nywaterway.com).
govisland.com
✗ SoHo
✔ Williamsburg
Sadly, SoHo, crammed with chain stores,
choked with tourists and traffic is no longer
boho. Instead, check out Brooklyn’s
Williamsburg, an artsy enclave overflowing
with hipster boutiques, bodegas and bars,
with the streets still retaining an authentic
edge of shabby cool.
You can get there by subway (get off at
Bedford Avenue on North 7th Street), but
the fabulous East River Ferry is by far the
best way to go. Disembark at North
Williamsburg. Right next to the ferry landing
there’s street food galore at Smorgasburg
every Saturday; the same spot on Sundays
Above: Just a fi ve-minute ferry ride, Governor’s
Island is a great place for picnics with concerts, food
trucks and hammocks; Below: Bargemusic puts on
free classical concerts every Saturday at 3pm
hosts Brooklyn Flea, the city’s best outdoor
market for art, vintage clothing, tchotchkes,
plus more incredible food.
Bedford Avenue is the main drag; while
every storefront beckons, try Catbird, at
219 Bedford, for jewellery; and the
unmarked Malin on North Sixth, between
Bedford and Driggs for expertly curated
vintage clothes.
The new gastropub Allswell, at 124
Bedford Ave (chef Nate Smith comes from
Greenwich Village’s renowned Spotted Pig)
is presently getting rave reviews. Burgers
are delicious and dirt cheap at Pop’s, at 167
North 8th Street and the speakeasy Hotel
Delmano down North 9th at the corner of
Berry makes lovely vintage cocktails. Don’t
forget to explore beyond Bedford; even
edgier shops abound on the
neighbourhood’s limits.
Williamsburg can be found at the end of the
Williamsburg Bridge. For East River ferry
schedules, visit nywaterway.com; for
Smorgasburg and Brooklyn Flea, visit
brooklynflea.com
✗ The Lincoln Center
✔ Bargemusic
Classical music loses something in the
formal, often pricey environs of a concert
hall. Just under the Brooklyn Bridge, a
renovated 1899 coffee barge moored at
Fulton Landing presents a year-round
series of first-rate chamber music concerts
in an absolutely stunning space.
On Saturdays at 3pm there’s a free
family concert. The barge itself is intimate
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✗ Summer concerts in
Central Park
✔ Prospect Park
Summerfest
Central Park is justifiably famous for
outdoor shows, but unless you’ve scored
the (often eye-wateringly expensive)
tickets months in advance, you’re out of
luck. However, Brooklyn’s Prospect Park,
another of Frederick Law Olmstead’s
verdant city oases, hosts outdoor events all
summer long. Best of all, they’re free.
Bring a picnic or don’t – dozens of food
and drink carts will make it easy to
improvise once you’re there, and join locals
on the lawn in front of the Prospect Park
Bandshell for shows ranging from movie
sing-alongs to avant-garde dance to ballet
to rap to punk to blues and everything in
between. Some highlights: gospel giants
Sweet Honey in the Rock (8 July), postpunk
favourites Wild Flag and Mission of
Burma (3 August) and Lyle Lovett (11
August). Six benefit concerts, whose ticket
prices help underwrite the free shows, take
place over the course of the summer, and
this year include Wilco and Sigur Rós.
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The hustle of Times Square is hard to resist but can
soon overwhelm, so seek refuge in peaceful Bryant
Park just two blocks east
✗ Times Square
✔ Times Square
Yes, it’s tacky and noisy and crowded. Yes,
the chain stores and restaurants (Red
Lobster? Applebees?) are more Milwaukee
than Manhattan. But for over-the-top
American kitsch and vulgarity, there’s simply
nothing to rival Times Square – which is
why you can’t, in good conscience, miss it.
But you can outsmart the mob by
slipping into the Renaissance Hotel (2
Times Square) and taking the elevator to
the second-story R Lounge. The bar juts
like the prow of a ship over Times Square;
get a window table, order a beer and enjoy
all the neon with none of the noise.
Then walk two blocks south east to the
lovely Bryant Park, midtown’s prettiest
public space. Play ping-pong or bocce (a
type of boules) under the trees, read a
bestseller or magazine – the outdoor
Bryant Park Reading Room works on the
honour system – or join nearby office
workers for a picnic on the grass. Locals
use midtownlunch.com to find restaurants;
its twitter feed gives constant food-trucklocation
updates – an excellent idea.
The park backs up to the main branch of
the New York Public Library, recently
spiffed up for its centenary. Its hushed, cool
interior (don’t miss the Rose Reading Room
on the third floor) is the perfect antidote to
the chaotic bustle you left behind on 42nd
Street. This, of course, is New York in a
nutshell: utter chaos to blissful calm, all in
the space of a few blocks.
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New york: de l’autre côté
A un moment donné, tout visiteur a besoin de
trouver une alternative aux principales attractions
touristiques de New York, dit Fernanda Moore
Voici des alternatives moins courues et moins chères
aux sites emblématiques.
Non : The Empire State Building Visitez : Top of the Rock
Evitez l’Empire State, avec ses queues interminables.
Mieux vaut voir ce célèbre building depuis le 70ème étage
du Nelson Rockefeller, chef d’œuvre de l’art déco. 30
Rockefeller Plaza, entrée sur la 50th Street entre les 5th
et 6th Avenues ; topoftherocknyc.com
Non : The Metropolitan Museum of Art Visitez : The Morgan
Le Met est une splendeur, mais démesuré. Si vous préférez
un musée de taille abordable, essayez le Morgan Library
and Museum. Ce manoir de l’âge d’or héberge la
fabuleuse collection de livres et de manuscrits de
Pierpont Morgan. 225 Madison Avenue, themorgan.org
Non : The High Line Oui : la traversée du Pont de Brooklyn
La High Line est une magnifi que promenade urbaine,
dont les chemins étroits peuvent vite être peuplés le
week-end. Traversez plutôt le plus ancien pont de New
York depuis Manhattan. Rejoignez la Promenade du Pont
de Brooklyn à Centre Street dans le Lower East Side
Non : La Statue de la Liberté Oui : Governor’s Island
Cet été, la statue est fermée pour rénovation. Appréciez-la
de loin, et notamment de Governor’s Island. Le lieu est
étonnant – en plein milieu du port. Sans mentionner les
concerts, les expositions, les snacks ambulants et les
hamacs pour le pique-nique. govisland.com
Zappez : SoHo Visitez : Williamsburg
C’est triste, mais avec ses chaînes de magasins et ses
touristes, SoHo n’est plus vraiment bobo. Faites plutôt
un tour du côté de Williamsburg à Brooklyn, qui
déborde de boutiques trendy et de bars, les rues
conservant ce côté authentiquement délabré.
Williamsburg se trouve à l’extrémité du Pont de
Williamsburg (ou station de métro Bedford Avenue).
NL
New york: ANDERS BEKEKEN
Hieronder vindt u een aantal alternatieven
voor de New Yorkse toeristische trekpleisters
De New Yorkse iconen zijn tijdens de zomer vaak
drukbezocht en vermoeiend. Gelukkig hoeft u niet zo
ver te zoeken naar alternatieven voor deze hot spots.
Don’t: The Empire State Building Do: Top of the Rock
Een beter alternatief om het grootste icoon van de stad te
bewonderen. Vanop de 70ste verdieping van dit art Deco
meesterwerk van de hand van Nelson Rockefeller heeft
u een prachtig en weids uitzicht. topoftherocknyc.com
Don’t: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Do: The Morgan
Houdt u van een qua oppervlakte goed te doen, mooi
onderhouden museum gevestigd in een herenhuis uit
het Gouden Tijdperk? Probeer dan zeker the Morgan
Library and Museum, dat werd gebouwd voor het
bewaren van de indrukwekkende verzameling boeken
en manuscripten van Pierpont Morgan.themorgan.org
Don’t: The High Line Do: Een wandeling over the Brooklyn
Bridge. Kies voor een wandeling te voet vanuit Manhattan
over de oudste en mooiste brug van New York. Brooklyn
Bridge Promenade, Centre Street, Lower East Side
Don’t: The Statue of Liberty Do: Governor’s Island
Deze zomer is het volledige standbeeld gesloten voor
onderhoudswerken. Maakt niet uit want u kunt het
beeld het beste bewonderen vanop afstand. Governor’s
Island biedt het allerbeste uitzicht. De stad New York
kocht het eiland in 2003 voor een dollar van de Kustwacht.
Een prachtige plek, middenin de haven. govisland.com
Don’t: SoHo Do: Williamsburg
Ga een kijkje nemen in Williamsburg, een kunstzinnige
buurt in Brooklyn die bulkt van de hippe boetiekjes en
bars. De straten ademen hier nog een authentiek cool
sfeertje uit. Williamsburg vindt u aan het einde van de
Williamsburg Bridge (Metro Bedford Avenue).
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Boyd Farrow rounds up the latest news from the business world across Europe
BMW appeals against
Swiss fine
A European trade war is heating up between the Swiss and the
Germans, after Switzerland’s Competition Commission hit BMW
with a SFr156m (€130m) fine for imposing unfair restrictions on
savvy Swiss customers who try to buy the cars abroad. The
Munich-based motor group says it “categorically rejects” the
charges and would appeal, thundering that the accusation was
“incomprehensible”.
The investigation followed complaints by Swiss consumers that
they had been prevented from buying BMW cars or Minis from
foreign dealers. A clause in BMW’s dealer contracts in the
European Economic Area forbids sales of new vehicles outside
the region – thus including Switzerland.
Probes into international companies are fairly routine in
Switzerland, as Swiss prices are often much higher than in
Germany, France or Italy, reflecting higher Swiss costs and the
willingness of Swiss consumers to pay more. These longstanding
discrepancies became pronounced as the Swiss franc soared.
Last summer, the franc briefly touched near parity against the
euro before the Swiss National Bank was forced to impose a floor
of SFr1.20 against the common currency in September.
The Competition Commission insists that it has examined
allegedly restrictive trading practices and unfair pricing for many
items, including cameras and toothpaste.
euro crisis propels Portuguese
executives to Angola
As Portugal’s economy worsens, thousands of the country’s
executives are heading to Angola, Portugal’s former colony. Close
to 150,000 Portuguese have already obtained visas for Angola,
and more than 10% of clients at Lisbon employment agency, Ema
Partners International, have been placed there in the last year.
In Angola’s booming pharmaceutical industry, senior
executives are being offered monthly salaries of €8,000-10,000.
While Portugal has needed an IMF bailout and has a jobless rate
of 14.9%, Angola has developed into a major oil
producer with rich diamond deposits. Indeed, it
is using some of those petrodollars to buy up
Portuguese government-owned firms that
have to be privatised quickly. Angolans are
buying into Portuguese media outfits, prime
beach property and real estate in Lisbon.
But Portuguese heading to the Angolan
capital, Luanda will get a shock – rents in
good areas start at €12,000 per month,
many foreigners live in closed communities,
travel in armoured cars and employ bodyguards.
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Stockholm to invest in metro
to cut commuting time
Stockholm’s Chamber of Commerce is stepping up its campaign
to expand the city’s metro system by claiming that those working
in the capital commute for an average of 6.4 working weeks each
year – more time than they spend on vacation.
“We think it’s unreasonable. It’s ineffective that we’re putting
more time into sitting still in queues instead of being free or working,”
Maria Rankka, the CEO of the Chamber told Svenksa Dagbladet.
The average commute in the greater Stockholm area is 34
minutes each way, according to a study carried out by
consultancy WSP for the Chamber. This is attributed to slow
public transport — a revelation that will leave people living in
London or Moscow bemused.
WSP says commuters using public transport travel at an
average 20km/h, whereas car drivers enjoy an average speed of
36km/h and suggests that taking the car is not considered to be
the status symbol it once was.
“Because there is a continuing growth in travel and, as space is
limited, there must be a growth in public transport,” Rankka told the
paper. “It’s in the metro that we should invest the most money.”
Czech Republic to legalise vanity licence plates
The Czech Republic has come up with a quick way of raising extra cash.
The coalition government has cleared a proposed law making it possible
for citizens to buy vehicle licence plates of their choice at an extra cost
compared to the current lucky dip of plates available.
The price for being allowed to select your licence plate will be
Kč 10,000 (€400) compared with the current
standard costs of Kč 1,400 (€55).
“This change has come as a result of
increased demand from the public, and at
the same time we are promising to limit
the potential for corrupt practice during
the allocation of registration plates,” the
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in
digits
€80bn
The amount
withdrawn from
Greece since the start
of the euro crisis
95
The percentage of the
250 largest global
companies now
reporting on
their corporate social
responsibility activities
£3.018bn
Or €3.75bn: what it
cost BSkyB and BT
to buy the live
broadcasting rights to
football’s English
Premier League
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The above-normal
recording of the water
level at the Punta
della Salute on the
Grand Canal in Venice
last month. When the
level reaches 120cm,
a quarter of the city is
under water
‘Homeless Billionaire’
eyes ailing German
drugstore chain
Normally the idea of a homeless guy sniffing around
a drugstore raises concerns, but in Germany it is
raising hopes. The US-German billionaire Nicolas
Berggruen, known as the “homeless billionaire”
because he reportedly lives exclusively in hotels,
has confirmed his interest in buying the carcass of
mammoth German drugstore chain, Schlecker, for
between €100m and €150m.
The 50-year-old socialite has a habit of buying up
insolvent German retailers, having bought Germany’s
leading department store chain, Karstadt, in October
2010. Karstadt’s fortunes have since improved and
the deal is being held up as a model takeover.
Schlecker has around 10,000 anxious employees
in 3,200 stores hoping that Berggruen will throw
some spare change in their direction.
According to a report in the Stuttgarter
Nachrichten, Berggruen Holdings has already
submitted a business plan for the chain which is
shouldering huge losses and thousands of damage
claims from former employees. The search for
someone to rescue the drugstore, noted a German
analyst, has been going on for some time.
ministry said in a statement. The shift to “vanity” plates will be
accompanied by a shake-up of the registration system, bringing in a
unified system combining technical, ownership and police records in
one database. It’s still not clear when the new system will take effect.
“We are working on the assumption that it will be six months after the
proposal is given final legislative clearance,”
Novák added. That means it is likely to take
effect in mid-2013, at the earliest.
At the moment the most visible signs of
special licence plates in the Czech Republic is
the array of special combinations given to
ministers, top officials and the head of state.
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Russian anti-corruption fund raises millions
Russian entrepreneur turned political
activist, Alexei Navalny, pictured, has
tapped some of the country’s highestprofile
business leaders to contribute
to his Anti-Corruption Fund, unveiling
a ‘Navalny credit card’, which would
put 1% of all purchases made with the
card toward the fund.
“The Anti-Corruption Fund has
reached agreements with 11 prominent
businessmen and five public figures,
raising 4.4 million rubles (€110,000),
and another 4 million are already
promised for the second half of the
year,” Navalny told business daily
Vedomosti. “The donors are not
under contractual obligation to give to
the fund, but many have promised to
contribute regularly,” he added.
Donors include Roman Borisovich,
vice-president of Russia’s largest
insurance group, Rosgosstrakh; Alfa
Group’s strategic planning director,
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“The fight [with corruption] should
be a part of being a citizen for every
normal person,” fund contributor
Borisovich told Vedomosti. “This is not
a political project, but a civil debt owed
by people. It is necessary that the
leadership of the country supports this
fight, and there is nothing illegal about
donations,” added Sergei Filonov.
Naturally, all this irritates President
Putin. The Duma Deputy, Ilya
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conference class
Long established on the cultural tourist trail, Poland’s second
city Krakow is set to expand into the buoyant conference
market with a state-of-the-art venue, finds Ken Symon
K
rakow has long had a reputation
as a must-visit place on the
European tourist trail, particularly
for those with an interest in history. That
reputation has now been added to by the
Polish city’s growing renown as a place for
hosting conferences.
For small to medium-sized meetings, the
variety of venues is impressive. They range
from the Slowacki Theatre which can seat
600 people, to the National Museum with
space for 1,000, to the Jagiellonian
University and the University of Economics,
which can cater for 1,200 and 2,500 guests
respectively.
But there are now plans for a purposebuilt
professional conference centre with
space for more than 25,000 people.
Ola Pietra, co-owner of travel company
DMC Poland, whose clients include
companies putting on conferences,
product launches and incentive trips, says:
“There has been a feeling in the past that
Krakow has been a bit overshadowed by
Warsaw in the Polish conference market,
but with the new conference centre that
will change. It is in a very good location
quite close to the town, another good
reason to come to Krakow.”
The new conference centre will add to
Krakow’s existing merits of compactness,
charm and rich history. Most of the
conference venues and the tourist sights
are found in the heart of the historic old
town or just on the edge of it, a few
minutes’ walk away from all the main
hotels. This means that there are few of the
transport hassles that can be the bane of a
conference visitor’s life in many other
European cities.
“The great thing about Krakow is that
it is not a huge city where you have to
transfer everywhere by coach,” says Pietra.
“And it is only half an hour from the airport
into the city centre. Often our clients ask us
about an acclimatisation tour by coach but
we are happy to tell them that it’s simply
not necessary. The city is really compact
Below: Rynek
Główny is the main
square in Krakow

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theBusiness
Jagiellonian University
is a popular conference
venue in Krakow
so you can walk around and see all the
main sights easily.”
It was this easy access to hotels and
tourist attractions of the old town that led
Richard Green of London’s Sunday Times
to refer to Krakow as “wonderful,
welcoming and walkable”.
Marcela Rajtorova, of leading Czech
conference company Guarant International
– which is organising the European Society
of Veterinary Ophthalmology conference in
Krakow in September – sums up the city’s
attraction as a conference centre: “Krakow
is the most beautiful city in Poland. It has a
phenomenally rich history from the period
of empire to the war period – from the
castle to the unique Jewish district – both
of which are well preserved. It is also a city
of universities and young people and its
culture and night life is well-organised for
visitors. And, of course, it is very accessible
from most European cities.”
Krakow is indeed a city of universities –
it is home to four of them as well as 24
higher education institutions with more
than 20,000 students in total.
The life sciences make up a large section
of the education sector and alone lay claim
to 3,700 scientists, 16,000 students and 13
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of the 30 Polish-based scientists most
often cited in scientific journals. The life
science cluster is a big contributor to the
convention and events life of the city.
The higher education base not only gives
Krakow its brainpower, but also provides
clientele for the city’s thriving nightlife.
This, in turn, has led to a host of clubs and
bars being launched which only close their
doors as the sun is coming up.
“The old town is a lovely place in the
evening,” says Ola Pietra. “There are lots of
cafes, restaurants and clubs that range
from student dive bars to high-end five-star
service.”
But for someone in Krakow on a work
conference who fancies a complete change
of scene, then a visit to the famous salt
mines is recommended. The Wieliczka
mine, 15km from the city centre, is
fascinating – the tour goes 150m
underground to reveal lakes, chapels and
amazing salt carvings.
The 800-year old salt mine, accessed by
walking down 360 steps feels like entering
a vast underground city. Anyone who has
visited will understand why it is a UNESCO
World Heritage site – just one more reason
to visit the buzzing city of Krakow.
FR Congrès très classe
Cracovie est rapidement devenue la
destination de congrès numéro un. Par Ken Symon
Longtemps réputée pour ses circuits touristiques et
historiques, Cracovie a également acquis récemment
une réputation grandissante de place de congrès.
Pour des petites ou moyennes réunions, la multiplicité
des lieux est impressionnante. Cela va du Théâtre
Slowacki, qui compte 600 places, au Musée National,
qui en recense 1.000, en passant par l’Université
Jagiellonian et l’Université Economique, qui peuvent
accueillir respectivement 1.200 ou 2.500 hôtes.
Et il y a actuellement des projets pour construire un
centre de congrès professionnels, qui pourrait recevoir
plus de 25.000 personnes. Il viendra compléter la liste
des qualités si souvent vantées de Cracovie : sa
concentration, son charme et son riche passé.
On trouve la plupart des lieux de conférence et des
sites touristiques au cœur de la vieille ville historique
ou juste en dehors, à quelques minutes de marche des
principaux hôtels. Il y a donc peu de complications liées
au transport, à la différence de beaucoup d’autres
villes européennes.
C’est justement cet accès aisé aux hôtels et intérêts
touristiques qui a conduit Richard Green, du Sunday
Times de Londres, à faire référence à Cracovie comme
étant « exceptionnelle, chaleureuse et accessible ».
Marcela Rajtorova, de Guarant International, une des
plus importantes sociétés tchèques organisatrices de
congrès, qui orchestrera le colloque de la Société
européenne d’Ophtalmologie vétérinaire à Cracovie en
septembre, résume bien les avantages de cette ville de
conférence : « Cracovie est la plus jolie ville de Pologne.
Elle possède une histoire phénoménalement riche,
depuis la période empire jusqu’à la guerre – du château
à l’unique ghetto juif – les deux étant très bien
conservés. C’est aussi une cité universitaire, avec une
vie culturelle et nocturne très animée pour les visiteurs.
Et bien sûr, elle est facilement accessible de la plupart
des villes européennes. »
NL Topontmoetingslocatie
Krakow wordt steeds meer erkend als
ontmoetingsplek. Door Ken Symon
Krakow had lang de reputatie van Europese toeristische
topbestemming, zeker voor geschiedenisliefhebbers. Maar
daarnaast staat deze Poolse stad sinds kort ook steeds –
en steeds meer – bekend als gaststad voor conferenties.
De indrukwekkend brede waaier aan
ontmoetingscentra biedt ruimte voor kleine tot
middelgrote conferenties. Het Slowacki Theater biedt
plaats aan 600 personen, het Nationale Museum heeft
een capaciteit voor 1000 personen en de Jagiellonische
Universiteit en de Faculteit Economie kunnen
respectievelijk 1200 en 2500 gasten opvangen.
Daarnaast zijn er momenteel plannen om een speciaal,
professioneel ontmoetingscentrum te bouwen met een
capaciteit voor pas van meer dan 25000 personen.
De meeste vergaderlocaties en toeristische
trekpleisters bevinden zich middenin het historische,
oude stadscentrum, op slechts enkele minuten wandelen
van de belangrijkste hotels.
Richard Green van de Londense krant The Sunday
Times verwees naar Krakow als “prachtig, verwelkomend
en toegankelijk” en baseerde zich op de gemakkelijke
toegang tot de hotels en de toeristische plekjes van het
oude stadscentrum.
Marcela Rajtorova, werkzaam voor Guarant
International, de belangrijkste Tsjechische
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september, somt de voordelen op van Krakow als
conferentiestad: “Krakow is de mooiste stad in Polen en
heeft een rijke geschiedenis; van het Poolse rijk tot de
oorlogsperiode. Zowel het kasteel als de unieke Joodse
stad zijn goed bewaard gebleven. Daarnaast is het een
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LOUISE
Upmarket Louise has big, wide
boulevards, pavement cafés, and
some of the best shopping in
Brussels.
SLEEP Le Berger (24 Rue du Berger,
(0) 2510 8340, lebergerhotel.be, rooms
from €120) is a decadent, 1930s
rendezvous destination recently
brought up to date with a lively ground
floor bar-brasserie and live jazz in the
evenings. The 50 rooms are
idiosyncratic (baths in the corridors,
TVs papered in original 30s wallpaper)
but comfortable. The hotel is brilliantly
located for visiting the upper town.
EAT L’Epicerie (Rue Keyenveld 56,
(0) 2513 7184) looks like an ordinary
corner shop – you can buy floorcloths,
chewing gum and toothbrushes – but
it’s also an excellent tiny Thai
restaurant with a single dish of the day
– an aromatic curry or stir-fry served in
an earthenware pot with jasmine rice
(€14). JB (24 Rue du Grand Cerf
(0) 2512 0484) is a great value,
traditional Franco-Belgian restaurant in
a quiet back-street near the Egmont
Park, with regularly changing set menus
from €25 full of local, seasonal produce.
INFO
Brussels Airport is
15km north-east
of the city in
Zaventem.
Train
Trains depart every
15 minutes at peak
times for Brussels’
three main stations.
The journey takes
25 minutes and
costs €5.40.
Bus
The bus station is
one level below the
arrivals hall. The no.
12 (weekdays) and
no. 21 (weekends) to
the city centre
depart every 30
minutes; one-way
tickets cost €3.50.
Taxi
The journey to the
centre costs €45
and takes around
25 minutes.
Tourist info
The main offi ce
is at 2 Rue Royale,
(0)2 513 89 40,
(visitbrussels.be).
Senteurs d’Ailleurs is
dedicated to perfume
CULTURE The Vendôme (18 Chaussée
de Wavre) is a friendly two-screen
arthouse cinema with an adventurous
programme of homegrown and foreign
films. On Saturdays, there are
simultaneous screenings of movies for
kids and grown-ups, making for
harmonious family outings.
SHOP Senteurs d’Ailleurs (1A Place
Stéphanie). Everyone in this opulent
perfumery is passionate about
fragrance. Ask for a recommendation or
browse the selection of niche brands
including Frédéric Malle, Serge Lutens
and Ormonde Jayne. Bellerose (5 Place
Stéphanie) is the flagship store for
funky, utilitarian Belgian men, women
and childrenswear label. Located in an
echoing, industrial space with a
fabulous recycled paper playhouse for
kids to the rear.
LATER Under the giant glitterball in the
basement of the Louise shopping
centre, Louise Gallery (Galeries Louise,
level -1) is the biggest club in Brussels,
and one of the dressiest. It’s a little bit
Eurotrash-y and a lot of fun.
TIP The Apéros Urbains is a peripatetic
pop-up bar open every Friday night. It’s
basically a big outdoor party/bar in a
different place each week with free
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Go to their website (aperos.netevents.
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CHÂTELAIN
Châtelain is one of Brussels’ most
coveted areas: it’s compact and
friendly with quirky shops and
relaxed dining.
SLEEP Odette en Ville (25 rue du
Châtelain, (0) 2640 2626, chez-odette.
com/en_ville, rooms from €250) is a
boutique hotel in a 1920s town house,
next to the Place du Châtelain. The 8
rooms are elegantly monochrome, with
retro touches, like big, Bakelite rotary
dial phones. There’s a buzzing terrace
to the front and the generous Sunday
brunch is popular with locals and
tourists alike.
EAT Mamma Roma (5 Rue du Page,
2544 1402) This mini-chain of pizza ‘al
taglio’ (by the slice) is a Brussels
institution: go early to avoid the queues.
Two slices of pizza (try the ‘Tartufo’ –
thinly sliced potatoes and truffle cream)
and a drink are only €7.50.
CULTURE Open afternoons only, it’s
worth making time for the Horta
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€7), a perfectly preserved art nouveau
masterpiece.
SHOP Moss & Bros (58 rue de
l’Acqueduc) The softest Italian ballet
slippers, fine linen pyjamas, and kitsch
Belgian themed ‘Bshirts’ tops: there’s
always something in this shop window
to make you stop and stare covetously.
MyTable (73-75 rue de l’Acqueduc) is a
brilliant new kitchen shop which sells
utensils, cake decorations and gifts.
TIP The Wednesday afternoon and
evening food market on the Place du
Châtelain is a Brussels must: it’s
packed with locals, tourists and buskers
and there are plenty of stalls selling
snacks and drinks, for a lively aperitif.
Schaerbeek
Nicknamed the ‘City of Donkeys’, in
honour of the mules that
transported sour cherries for the
city’s Kriek beer, Schaerbeek has
wonderful art nouveau architecture
and a vigorous cultural life.
SLEEP Hotel Bloom (250 Rue Royale,
(0) 2220 6611, hotelbloom.com,
doubles from €75) is a cheery,
unpretentious modern hotel near the
Botanique cultural centre. There’s free
Wi-Fi, a gym and each room features a
different fresco.
EAT Les Trouvailles de Louise (290
Rue Josaphat, (0) 470 569 595) This
tearoom serves huge sandwiches,
quiches and cakes and sells foodie
treasures from across the world. Owner
Louise serves a mean cooked breakfast
and hosts monthly themed dinners.
CULTURE Botanique (236 Rue
Royale). The cultural centre of the
French-speaking community in Brussels
still feels like the greenhouse it used to
be – the corridors are filled with plants
and shallow ponds with goldfish. Now
it’s a brilliant indie and rock music
venue, and home to regular exhibitions.
This month catch Behind the Curtain –
Aesthetics of the Photobooth.
LATER Bowery (650-652 Chaussée de
Louvain) is the bar-restaurant of the
vast new high-fashion Smets Concept
Store. Open until midnight at weekends
with a big menu of cocktails and
excellent service.
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place ste-catherine
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RUE BLAES / BLAESSTRAAT
RUE HAUTE / HOOGSTRAAT
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RUE DE LAEKEN / LAKENSESTRAAT
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RUE DU LOMBARD / LOMBARDSTRAAT
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BLVD A.MAX / A.MAXLAAN
UCCLE
Uccle is vast and leafy – it contains
some of the city’s best parks and
gardens – and the eating and
drinking isn’t too shabby either.
EAT Daniel Bouchéry was at the
Michelin-starred Bistrot du Mail in
Brussels before striking out on his own.
His eponymous restaurant Bouchéry
(812A Chausée d’Alsemberg, (0) 2332
3774) is a clean, simple space. The
short menu reflects that and is full of
clear, bright flavours and makes
ingenious use of local foraged plants
such as borage and wild garlic.
gare centrale
centraal station
SHOP Collégram (293 Rue
Vanderkindere) is a fabulously inventive
children’s shop full of colourful, original
toys and decorative bits and pieces.
The intricately decorated paper lanterns
in the shape of aquatic creatures, and
the cuddly wall-mounted ‘hunting
trophies’ are seriously tempting for kids
of all ages.
TIP Take a trip out to village-like
St Job, a corner of the countryside in
the heart of the city. The allotments and
wild gardens of the Plateau Avijl are a
lovely place for a walk and there are
plenty of good cafés and restaurants for
a lazy lunch on the cobbled square.
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Dinant is clustered around the huge oniondomed
collegiate church of Notre Dame
RIVE DROITE
Heavily restored after the war-time
ravages of 1914, the east bank of
the Meuse, around the Charles de
Gaulle Bridge and Notre Dame is
effectively the centre of old Dinant.
SLEEP Hotel Ibis Dinant (Rempart
d’Albeau 16, (0) 82 21 1500,
accorhotels.com, rooms from €86) is
located at the south end of the town,
and the most central you’ll find. Good
river views, free Wi-Fi and easy access
to the Dinant Casino, if you fancy a spot
of gambling.
EAT Café Leffe (Rue Sax 2, (0) 82 22
23 72) may be part of a Belgian beer
chain but it’s open seven days a week
and its location is perfect, overlooking
the river and the Charles de Gaulle
Bridge. It serves typical brasserie food,
expect to pay €25 for two courses.
Le Café Des Arts Dinant (Place Reine
Astrid 15, (0) 82 22 80 94) below the
Citadel’s funicular, is a more stylish
place to dine and has a small menu.
Nice terrace with cathedral views in the
summer months.
CULTURE La Maison de Monsieur
Sax (Rue Sax 37) offers free admission
to the house where the inventor of the
saxophone, Adolphe Sax, was born. His
many musical innovations are explained
as fans, from Charlie Parker to Bill
Clinton and Lisa Simpson, have their
say about why the saxophone was their
instrument of choice. A statue of the
INFO
Brussels Airport is
about 110 km north
of Dinant.
Train
Trains depart from
airport level 1 every
15 minutes peak
time for Brussels’
three main stations.
Change at Brussels
Nord. The journey to
Dinant takes around
2 hours and costs
€15.70 one-way.
Taxi
Airport taxis from
Brussels to Dinant
are always in excess
of €200. Journey
time 1h 25.
Tourist offi ce
The main tourist
offi ce is at Avenue
Cadoux, 8, (0) 82 22
28 70, (dinanttourisme.com).
man himself sits on a bench outside.
Sadly the musical inventor Sax spent
much of his life in poverty and didn’t live
to see his instrument become popular
world-wide. If you want to continue the
musical pilgrimage go to Place des
Chasseurs Ardennais (Rue Saint-
Jacques) nearby, where you will find a
giant saxophone water sculpture. The
Leffe Jazz Nights also take place this
month (19-22 July, dinantjazznights.
org) in Dinant. Performers inlude the
legendary ‘Barefoot Lady’, Rhoda Scott,
Jimmy Cobb and Olivia Ruiz.
SHOP Fabrique de Couques de
Dinant Thonon (Rue Grande 130)
sells the local speciality, couques, a
decorative honey-flavoured biscuit. The
origins of which go back to the late 15th
century when, during the Siege of
Dinant by Charles, Duke of Burgundy,
the Copères (townspeople) only had
honey and flour to eat.
TIP Couques de Dinant are the
toughest biscuits in Europe – so hard
they can break your teeth so don’t bite.
Break off a piece and dunk it in your tea
or coffee. Alternatively hang up the
larger ones, Dinant-style, as unusual
room decorations.
RIVE GAUCHE
The other side of the Meuse is more
rural and sometimes referred to as
‘La Merveilleuse’ after a gigantic
underground cave complex which
was only discovered in 1904. There
The River Meuse
fl ows through Dinant
are good views back to Notre Dame
and the Citadel.
SLEEP La Merveilleuse (Charreau des
Capucins 23, (0) 82 22 91 91;
lamerveilleuse.be, rooms from €95) has
free parking, free Wi-Fi and the best
views of Dinant. It is a sympathetic
conversion of an old Victorian convent
with a bar in the cloister.
EAT Le Monaco (Rue de la Station
24, (0) 82 22 52 19) is very much a
locals’ café bar, enlivened by a
dartboard and one-armed bandit. In
summer the tables outside make it a
good place to sit and people-watch.
It stays open late.
CULTURE The Grotto la Merveilleuse
has been open to the public ever since
it was discovered. Short tours, of under
an hour, take you underground where
stalagmites and stalactites sprout amid
subterranean waterfalls. Kayaking is
very popular in the summer months in
the area around Dinant. Lesse Kayak
(Rue du Vélodrome 15, lessekayaks.be),
are based a couple of kilometres from
the city centre and their excursions
take place on the winding River Lesse
which flows past medieval castles,
parks and prehistoric caves. Kayak
hire starts at €17.
Shop Les Cafes St Médard (Rue de la
Station 4) was opened in 1983 by
Michel and Nadine Maquet who sell
coffee that is dried using the traditional
artisanal method known as torrefaction.
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don’t miss the Gentse Feesten (14–23 July), a
festival of concerts and street shows
KOUTER
Normally home to the city’s daily
flower market, this large open
square takes on a totally new
persona in July as one of the mainstage
sites for the Gentse Feesten.
SLEEP Hotel Onderbergen
(Onderbergen 65, (0)9 223 6200,
hotelonderbergen.be, rooms from €85)
offers spacious boutique-style rooms,
with hand-painted wallpaper, at very
reasonable prices. Meanwhile, the new
Logid’Enri (201 Brabantdam, (0)9 328
8093, logidenri.be, rooms from €99)
has five spartan, but high-spec design
rooms. Try and book the suite which
has a free-standing bathtub beside a
modern fireplace.
EAT Gwenola (Voldersstraat 66,
(0)9 233 1739) is a real Ghent classic
which hasn’t changed its time-worn
décor since it first started dishing up
its delicious Breton pancakes over 50
years ago. For fast, filling, fare head to
Slagerij Aula (24 Voldersstraat, (0)9
225 0514), a respected butchers
that serves hot bar-top lunches
(11.30am-2.30pm). This is where to
lunch if you want to rub shoulders
with the locals.
CULTURE Stadsbrouwerij Gruut (Grote
Huidevettershoek 10) is Ghent’s only
city brewery. Open since 2009, it brews
five beers – each unique because grut,
a mixture of herbs, is used instead of
INFO
Brussels Airport is
67km south-east of
Ghent.
Train
Direct trains depart
at 14 minutes past
the hour every hour
Monday-Friday and
19 minutes past
every hour
Saturday-Sunday
from platform 1 on
level 1. Journey time
is 90 minutes and
a standard single
ticket costs
€11.80, or a
weekend return €15.
Taxi
A taxi from the
airport will cost
roughly €130 and
take 50 minutes.
Tourist offi ce
The main offi ce has
moved from the
Belfry to the
renovated Oude
Vismijn at
Sint-Veerleplein 5
(0)9 266 56 60,
(visitgent.be).
hops. Tours can be organised through
the tourist office, or you can visit the
on-site café direct. Get well into the
festival spirit by trying the mighty 9%
Inferno.
LATER El Negocito (Brabantdam 121)
guarantees a lively night. It may be a
little scruffy, but the Chilean owner,
Juan Carlos, organises free latin/jazz
concerts Monday to Wednesday, and
stocks a huge range of rums.
TIP Look out for local tipple Roomer –
a fragrant elderflower-flavoured aperitif
prepared by two Ghent brothers who
revived their grandmother’s recipe. Buy
a bottle at the Groot Vleeshuis
(Groetenmarkt 7).
VRIJDAGMARKT
Eleven-year-old emperor-to-be
Charles V once flooded this historic
square – which has served as the
city’s main marketplace since 1199
– to create a huge skating rink for
the town residents.
SLEEP Studiomie (Bomastraat 20,
(0)497 432 642, studiomie.be, room
from €115) is a brand new one-of-akind
capsule B&B with a view of the
Ghent skyline, a mezzanine bed and
kitchenette. Perks include a breakfast
basket, a bottle of chilled cava, free
internet and two bikes. A sleeker option
is the Snooz Inn (Ham 89, (0)496 24
14 26, snoozinn.be, room from €85),
Ghent’s lively riverside is
great for people watching
a one-room B&B with a king-size bed,
projector TV, and chromotherapy
rain shower.
EAT Simon Says (Sluizeken 8, (0)9
233 0343) serves deliciously rich coffee
in elegant Turkish coffee pots alongside
sandwiches and cakes. Look out for
works by Panamarenko – a famous
Belgian sculptor.
CULTURE Dulle Griet
(Grootkanonplein), a 15th-century fivemetre
long red cannon, stands just to
the west of the square. Once the largest
in Europe, it was purchased at great
cost from the town of Oudenaarde, but
the barrel cracked on the first firing and
it has sat in Ghent, rather uselessly,
ever since.
LATER White Cat (Drongenhof 40) is a
basement funk/jazz nightclub on the
edge of the fashionable Patershol
district. Despite the name, it is most
famous for its fish-tank bar.
Alternatively, take up the shoe
challenge at De Dulle Griet (50
Vrijdagmarkt). The proprietor demands
the payment of one shoe if you order
the Kwak beer and you only get it back
when you return the hourglass-shaped
tankard in which the beer is served.
TIP Accommodation gets booked up
well in advance due to the festival. If
you’re struggling, contact Visit Gent
(visitgent.be) and they will search all
the hotels, check availability and book
hotels for you free of charge.
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Da Giovanni
The interior of Da Giovanni speaks volumes. The wine bottles, the checkered
tablecloths, the lampshades, the replicas of the Italian masters. All making the Da
Giovanni a top Italian restaurant.
The restaurant is already fifteen years old, which is not surprising: the charming
waiters let your admire their fine accent, the chefs perform a show on the dough
while rhythmically moving in the background, others decorate the pastry in a jiffy
and Pizza is made with the speed of light in a stone oven. Whoever loves Italian
cuisine will be delighted, basics like Pasta and Pizza are available here, as are the
more elaborate dishes such as Pesci et Carni.
If the food and the entertainment value haven’t yet convinced you, consider the
location. In the historic center of Antwerp, near the cathedral, and the Green City
Market. Immerse yourself in an authentic Italian atmosphere.

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this month Explore the history of theatre,
ships and pottery in the city’s many museums
CITY CENTRE
Classic squares and lanes lined with
historic buildings form the scenic
heart of Athens.
SLEEP Contemporary O & B Athens
Boutique Hotel is close to the main
sights (Leokoriou 7, 210 331 2940,
oandbhotel.com, rooms from €150).
EAT Enjoy Mediterranean souvlaki
(skewered pork with herbs) on the
terrace at upmarket Dionysos Zonar’s
(Rovertou Galli 43, 210 923 3182).
CULTURE Visit the ruins at
Kerameikos. The archaeological site
straddles the city walls to the northwest
of Acropolis hill.
SHOP Join locals in buying everything
from fashion to cosmetics in the Attica
shopping complex (Panepistimiou).
LATER Relax over cocktails in the
stylish Atrium Bar. Its roof garden is a
great place to view the city at night
(Rovertou Galli 4).
PALAIÓ FALIRO
This coastal district, south of
Athens, is famous for its beaches,
trendy seafront cafés and marinas.
SLEEP 4-star Coral Hotel Athens
INFO
Brussels Airlines
fl ies into Athens
International
Airport, Elfthérios
Venizélos located
approximately 33km
(20 miles) from the
city centre at Spáta.
Bus
Airport buses to
Plateía Syntágmatos
leave at 10-minute
intervals. The
journey time is
around 50 minutes,
and costs €3.20.
Taxi
The cost of a taxi for
the same journey is
around €25.
Train
Catch the metro and
light railway trains
to Plateía
Syntágmatos which
take about 35
minutes, cost €6.
Tourist Information
The Tourist
Information Offi ce
can be found at
Dionysiou
Areopagitou Street
18-20, 210 331
0392,(gnto.gr).
offers Mediterranean-themed
guestrooms, a gym and indoor pool
(Poseidonos Avenue 35, 210 981 6441,
coralhotel.gr, rooms from €74).
EAT Dine on octopus croquettes or
seafood saganaki (sautéed seafood) at
the charming Caldera fish restaurant,
which overlooks the bay (Leoforos
Poseidonos 54A, 210 9829 647).
TIP The Georgios Averof, a restored
warship, is moored in the Palaió Faliro
bay and has been converted into a
floating nautical museum.
LYKAVITTOS
Dominated by Lykavittos Hill with
the 19th-century Chapel of St
George and an open-air theatre on
its peak.
SLEEP Zafolia Hotel has stylish
guestrooms, a rooftop pool and a
choice of restaurants (Alexandras
Avenue 87-89, 210 6449 002,
zafoliahotel.gr, rooms from €88).
EAT Retro café-restaurant Union offers
a tempting selection of grills with
musical accompaniment (Didotou 5).
CULTURE Displays of costumes, sets,
playbills, photographs and memorabilia
from Greek theatre dating back to the
A dramatic view
of the Acropolis
19th century are displayed in the
Theatrical Museum (Akademias 50).
SHOP If you love rifling through books
and shelves of music then make for
Didotou, a thoroughfare with side
streets full of small shops.
LATER Relax with locals at Baraki tou
Vassili, a cosy venue where musicians
play sets from indie through to jazz
most evenings (Didotou 3).
TIP Take the Lykavittos Funicular to
the top of Lykavittos Hill for one of the
best views of the Athens skyline.
VOÚLIAGMENI
In the foothills of the Hymettus
mountain range, Voúliagmeni has a
dramatic coastline, sandy Blue Flag
beaches and fish restaurants.
SLEEP The Plaza Voúliagmeni Hotel
has an elegant feel, freshly decorated
guestrooms and an atmospheric lounge
(Litous Str 14, 210 9670 196, plazavouliagmeni.com,
rooms from €68).
EAT Dine on the freshest fish at
Lambros Restaurant (Leoforos
Poseidonos Ave 20, 210 8960 144).
TIP The ruins of the 6th-century BC
Temple of Apollo Zoster can be seen
next to the Astir Hotel.

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81,471,834 +49 18°C
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Berlin comes alive in summer as the parks fill
up with sun-lovers, musicians and families
MITTE
The city centre district has enough
to keep you busy for days: there are
world-class museums, shops,
restaurants, nightlife and both
modern and pre-war districts to
wander through.
SLEEP New, but deliciously oldfashioned,
The Dude (Köpenicker
Straße 92, (0)30 411 988 177,
thedudeberlin.com, rooms from €169)
guarantees strict privacy, and has a
classic designer interior with wooden
floors and brass beds.
EAT Típica (Rosenstraße 19, (0)30 25
099 440) is an excellent Mexican
restaurant: you can create your own
tortilla dishes with meat, vegetable and
salsa options, or go for the enchilladas
and quesedillas.
CULTURE If you like electronic music,
you’ll love the new B-Parade on 21 July.
This massive, free, outdoor festival
features 200 DJs who play on 50 trucks
that roll around Tiergarten Park. The
action starts at 2pm and doesn’t end
until around midnight.
TIP The famous Reichstag
parliamentary building can only be
visited if you register online several
days in advance (bundestag.de/
htdocs_e/visits).
KREUZBERG
Traditionally a district of workers,
immigrants and students,
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Tegel Airport is 8km
north-west of the
city centre.
Bus
Route TXL connects
Tegel Airport with
Hauptbahnhof
(main) station, Mitte
(the city centre) and
Alexanderplatz. Bus
X9 connects Tegel to
Zoo Bahnhof station
in the western city
centre. Journeys
take about 20
minutes, €2.30.
Taxi
A taxi into the city
centre takes about
20 minutes and
costs around €20.
Tourist offi ces
At the Brandenburg
Gate, Hauptbahnhof
station,
Kurfürstendamm 21
and at the Reichstag
(0)30 250025,
(visitberlin.de).
Kreuzberg is fascinating to explore,
from the genteel streets around
Bergmannstrasse to the graffiticlad
buildings around
Oranienstrasse. The food and
nightlife scene is excellent too.
SLEEP Try indoor urban camping at
Hüttenpalast (Hobrechtstrasse 66,
(0)30 37 30 58 06, rooms from €65)
just south of Kreuzberg, where vintage
GDR caravans and wooden huts offer
quirky accommodation. The complex
includes a vegetarian café and garden.
EAT Try authentic dumplings and other
exotic Chinese dishes at the new Long
March Canteen (Wrangelstraße 20,
(0)178 88 49 599), where the design is
as important as the quality of the food.
For an affordable lunch try the Tuesdayto-Friday
€5 special at Hudson’s
(Boppstrasse 1, (0)1577 682 7829);
there are English cakes and scones,
if you want to pop in for a spot of
afternoon tea.
CULTURE The Jewish Museum
(Lindenstrasse 9-14), is in an amazing
building designed by Daniel Libeskind. It
presents the long history of Jews in
Germany, from medieval times to
today. Dark ‘voids’ throughout provide
space for contemplation.
TIP There’s no better way to get to
know Kreuzberg and the adjacent
Neukölln district than with Finding
Berlin (findingberlin-tours.com). This
unique tour takes you inside shops,
The Reichstag – a
must-see in Berlin
but register online
in advance to visit
businesses and cafés to chat with the
owners about their lives and livelihoods
– providing a real insight into the city
and its people. They also offer tours on
vintage racing bikes.
FRIEDRICHSHAIN
The workers have long moved from
this former East Berlin district and
Friedrichshain is now a happening
and well-visited area, with some
great food and nightlife and a
bustling Sunday fleamarket.
EAT One of the best cafés in town,
Factory Girl! (Simon-Dach-Straße 10)
has great lemonade, breakfasts,
sandwiches and cakes; book or arrive
early to bag a table at weekends.
Another great place for lunch or cake is
the spacious Café Michelberger
(Warschauer Straße 39), part of a hotel
but unlike any lobby-café you’ve seen.
CULTURE A beautiful hall inside a
former pumping station on the
riverside, Radialsystem V
(Holzmarktstraße 33) stages everything
from concerts to dance. In July the
A L’Arme! Festival is taking place
bringing contemporary jazz to the city
and featuring famous jazzers such as
New York trumpeter Peter Evans.
SHOP Tausche (Krossener Strasse 19)
sells modern, made-in-Berlin, shoulder
bags with exchangeable covers so you
can adapt the bag to your mood or even
the season.
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bilbao
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+34 18°C
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besides that building, bilbao offers visitors a
dazzling aRray of restaurants and lively bars
CASCO VIEJO
The historic heart of Bilbao offers
culture, great shopping and lots of
places to enjoy Basque cuisine.
SLEEP The centre of Bilbao can be
noisy in the summer. If you are seeking
somewhere peaceful, the Hotel Sirimiri
(3 Plaza de la Encarnación, 944 330
759, hotelsirimiri.es, doubles from €80)
is well located for a good night’s rest.
The comfortable rooms have TV, Wi-Fi
and good bathrooms.
EAT Take your pick from one of more
than a dozen outdoor restaurants in
Plaza Nuova. Zorgin and Zuga are two
of the best with excellent summer
dishes such as grilled fresh sardines.
CULTURE Discover some of Bilbao’s
art and architectural heritage inside
the splendid Santiago Cathedral
(1 Plaza Santiago).
SHOP Sombreros Gorostiaga (9 Calle
Victor) is dedicated to headwear.
Choose a cool trilby, a traditional Basque
beret or something more original and
deflect the summer sun.
LATER Not your average bar, is one
way to describe retro-styled Muga
(8 Calle Maria Muñoz), where you’ll find
alternative music and culture.
INDAUTXU AND
AROUND
Take time out to discover this great
shopping area across the river. The
INFO
Land in style at the
Santiago Calatravadesigned
airport
12km from the
city centre.
Taxi
A single journey for
up to four
passengers costs
around €25 and
takes 15 minutes.
Bus
Bizkaibus A3247,
leaves from in front
of the arrival hall
from 6.20am to
11pm every 20
minutes. The route
goes through Gran
Via in the centre of
town before arriving
at Termibús which
connects with the
Metro and local
trains. A one-way
ticket costs €1.35.
Tourist Information
You’ll fi nd a tourist
information stand in
the arrivals hall of
the airport, and a
larger offi ce in the
town centre at Plaza
Ensanche 11, 944
795 760, (bilbao.
net/bilbaoturismo).
wide streets and towering trees are
a pleasant contrast to the old town.
SLEEP For those who want to be
pampered in grand 19th-century style,
Hotel Carlton (2 Plaza Moyua, 944 162
200, hotelcarlton.es, doubles from
€109) offers five-star comfort. Enjoy a
glass of La Rioja in the lounge under the
beautiful stained glass cupola.
EAT Bascook (8 Calle Barroeta
Aldamar, 944 009 977) is good value
for money. The excellent menu, from
chef Aitor Elizegi, includes clams, fresh
asparagus and caramelised pork.
SHOP Summer attire is on hand at
Kukuxumusu (27 Calle Rodriguez
Arias). The designer T-shirts come
adorned with Spanish motifs: bulls,
fiestas and flamenco dancers.
LATER Enjoy the summer nights with a
cocktail in hand, on the rooftop terrace
at Yandiola (4 Plaza Arriquibar).
THE RIVER
Bilbao’s river is its lifeblood. From
its shaded pathways you can see
some of the city’s most impressive
contemporary architecture.
SLEEP The contemporary-styled rooms
of the Hesperia Bilbao (28 Campo
Volantín, 944 051 100, hesperia-bilbao.
com, doubles from €89) have
spectacular views of the Guggenheim
Museum. The ground floor bar is the
The Guggenheim, Bilbao’s
defi ning building
perfect place to unwind with an icy mojito.
CULTURE Don’t miss the special
exhibition, David Hockney – A Bigger
Picture, at the Guggenheim Museum
(2 Calle Abandoibarra). Over 200
recent works by this celebrated British
artist are on show displaying Hockney’s
50-year fascination with capturing
particular landscapes. Includes
Hockney’s recent iPad drawings of his
beloved Yorkshire landscape.
LATER Catch the breeze and sip a glass
of Pacharán, the local liqueur, on the
open-air terrace at Café Guggenheim
(2 Calle Abandoibarra) while watching
the passing people parade.
TIP Time moves at a slower pace during
the summer. Take lunch at 3pm, enjoy a
siesta and then dine around 9pm.
SANTURTZI AND
THE PORT
The charming fishing village of
Santurtzi is just a 15-minute train
ride away from Abando Station.
EAT Right on the water’s edge at the
port, you’ll find the Restaurante de
Cofradia de Pescadores (944 610 211)
which serves excellent fish and seafood.
CULTURE Stroll along the waterfront to
enjoy the many sculptures by Basque
artists such as Amadeo Gabino.
TIP Be at the port in late afternoon to
see the fishing boats come in loaded
with fresh fish. It’s a great spectacle.
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9,976,062 +36 18°C
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on summer days relax with a picnic in the park
and later explore the bars and restaurants
ELIZABETH TOWN
The Old Jewish Quarter is known
for its synagogue, the largest in
Europe, as well as its many ‘ruin
bars’, quirky watering holes
decorated with mismatched
furnishings.
SLEEP The Boscolo New York Palace
(Erzsébet körút 9-11, (0)1 886 6111,
budapest.boscolohotels.com, rooms
from €96/29,000 HUF) is one of the
city’s swankiest hotels. Be sure to visit
the attached historic New York Cafe.
Continental Hotel Zara (Dohány
utca 42-44, (0)1 815 1000,
continentalhotelbudapest.com,
rooms from €65/19,500 HUF) is a
fine alternative, with modern rooms
and a rooftop pool.
EAT Kő leves (Kazinczy utca 35, (0)1
322 1011) is a fun restaurant with a mix
of Hungarian, Jewish, and international
dishes. The tiny M. Étterem (Kertész
utca 48, (0)1 322 3108) is a bistro with
walls entirely covered in drawings on
brown paper.
LATER Kő leves Kert (Kazinczy utca
37-39, next door to the restaurant) is a
fun, friendly place with swings by the bar.
TIP The Gouba Bazaar (enter at Király
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Ferihegy Airport is
16km south-east of
the city centre.
Bus
The 200E to
Kobanya-Kispest
metro leaves every
10 to 30 minutes
until 11pm, taking 25
minutes. Tickets
cost €1.10/HUF 320.
Train
A railway connects
Terminal 1 to
Nyugati (Note: since
29 May, this year, all
airlines operate
from Terminal 2 so
take bus 200E to
connect to Terminal
2). The journey from
city centre takes 25
minutes, trains are
frequent, and cost
€1.30/HUF 370.
Taxi
A taxi to the centre
takes about 30
minutes; the price is
€14-€24/HUF
3,800-6,500. Or
take the airport
minibus, from €10/
HUF 3,200.
Tourist Offi ce
Offi ce at Sűtő St 2,
1 438 8080,
(budapestinfo.hu).
utca 13 or Dob utca 16) is a Sunday
fleamarket featuring local designers.
WATER TOWN
This Buda neighbourhood lies next
to the Danube, below the Castle.
SLEEP Lánchíd 19 (Lánchíd utca 19,
0680 012 236, designhotels.com,
rooms from €78/23,500 HUF) is a
sleek design hotel next to the Danube.
Nearby, the Art’otel (Bem Rakpart
16-19, (0)1 487 9487, artotel.hu, rooms
from €60/18,000 HUF) features the
works of Donald Sultan.
EAT Atakám (Iskola utca 29, (0)1 781
4129) is a friendly bistro decorated in
soft tones serving modern Hungarian
cuisine. Roma Ételbar (Csalogány
utca 23-24, (0)1 201 4545) serves
hearty Hungarian comfort food.
CULTURE Take a dip in the steaming
thermal waters at the Király Fürdő
(Fő utca 84).
SHOP Pick up a bottle of local wine at
Bortársaság (Lánchíd utca 5) and
gourmet picnic fixings at Baldaszti’s
(Lánchíd utca 5/7/9).
LATER Grab a beer at the Lánchíd
Söröző (Főutca 4), a longtime
neighbourhood hangout.
Taking a dip in a
thermal bath is a
Budapest tradition
MARGARET ISLAND
The green heart of the city is a haven
for the active, as well as those who
just want to find a relaxing spot in
the shade. Especially popular with
locals at the weekend, the island’s
attractions include a zoo, a lido and
a variety of leafy romantic walks.
SLEEP The Danubius Grand Hotel
Margitsziget (0)1 889 4700,
danubiushotels.com, rooms from
€82/25,000 HUF) has a hunting-lodge
ambience, while the Danubius Health
Spa Resort (0)1 889 4752,
danubiushotels.com, rooms from
€78/23,500 HUF) revolves around an
extensive thermal spa.
EAT Holdudvar (0)1 236 0155) is a
restaurant with full bar and a nightly DJ,
music, art exhibitions, and open-air
movies. For something simpler, the
island has plenty of lángos (a local
bread) and ice cream stands.
CULTURE The Palatinus pool has
children’s pools and one thermal pool,
while the Hajos Alfréd pool is geared
towards serious lap-swimmers. Rent a
bringóhintó, a four-wheeled bike for
four, to cruise around the island or
climb the art nouveau water tower.

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copenhagen
denmark
5,529,888 +45 16°C
Danish Krone (DKK)
Five times daily
Cathy Strongman
Endlessly light evenings, glistening water
and packed parks – this is July in Copenhagen
CITY CENTRE
With its pretty cobbled streets,
spires and grand buildings, as well
as kooky independent shops and
bustling outside cafés, the city
centre is perfect to explore on foot.
SLEEP Hotel Kong Arthur (Nørre
Søgade 11, 33 11 12 12, kongarthur.dk,
rooms from €155/DKK1,150) is a
family-run boutique hotel and spa with
views across the city’s lakes, only a
10-minute walk from the centre. Hotel
Christian IV (Dronningens Tværgade
45, 33 32 10 44, hotelchristianiv.dk,
rooms from €73/ DKK 545) offers
pleasant, no-frills accommodation right
in the centre of town.
CULTURE Copenhagen Jazz Festival
(jazzfestival.dk, 6-15 July) sees the
streets, squares, jazz clubs and concert
halls of Copenhagen fill with live music
and impromptu dance displays as more
than 250,000 visitors enjoy 1000
events taking place throughout the city.
For a more tranquil experience jump
aboard a 60-minute Canal Cruise
(departs from Nyhavn) during which a
multi-lingual guide will show you some
of Copenhagen’s most famous sites.
LATER Ruby (Nybrogade 10) is a
sophisticated cocktail bar with a cosy
garden hidden out back. Make the most
of the light summer evenings at Friday
Rock (Vesterbrogade 3) the open-air
concerts at Tivoli Gardens featuring
both Danish and international bands.
INFO
Copenhagen Airport
is 8km south of the
city centre.
Train
A train from
Terminal 3 to the
city centre costs
€4.80/DKK36 and
takes 13 minutes,
with stops at all the
major urban
stations.
Metro
The metro also
leaves from Terminal
3 and goes to
Nørreport station,
leaving every four to
six minutes during
the day and every
15 minutes at the
night. The journey
takes 14 minutes
and costs €4.80/
DKK36.
Taxi
A taxi to the city
centre will cost
approximately €34/
DKK250 and takes
20 minutes.
Tourist info
The main tourist
offi ce is situated
opposite Tivoli
Gardens,
70 22 24 42,
(visitcopenhagen.
com).
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TIP Sunday brunch is a big thing in
Denmark with cafés offering great deals
on plates of cheese, meats, pancakes
and other delights.
ISLANDS BRYGGE
The harbour front area of central
Copenhagen has been transformed
from a neglected industrial
docklands into a fashionable
neighbourhood with sensitively
renovated buildings, bold
contemporary architecture and a
waterfront park.
SLEEP Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel
(Amager Boulevard 70, 33 96 50 00,
radissonblu.com/scandinaviahotelcopenhagen,
rooms from €118/
DKK880) has spacious rooms with high
speed internet, a health club and
fantastic views of the city. CPH Living
(Langebrogade 1C, 61 60 85 46,
cphliving.com, rooms from €135/
DKK1000) is a unique houseboat hotel
with a communal sundeck overlooking
the harbour.
EAT Nose Wise (Vestmannegade 4)
is a laid-back café offering coffee,
cake, alcoholic drinks and tasty
sandwiches. For a more formal option
Aristo (Islands Brygge 4) is a modern
restaurant on the harbour front serving
filling dishes like burgers and ravioli and
also offers an a la carte menu.
CULTURE Harbour Bath (Islands
Brygge 7).Take a dip in this free open-
Summer entertainment
in Copenhagen
air swimming pool that floats in the
city’s harbour. Afterwards join the
locals sunbathing on the adjacent lawn.
FREDERIKSBERG
An independent municipality
within Copenhagen, this well-to-do
district has some of the city’s most
picturesque parks and streets as
well as fashionable shops, bars
and restaurants.
EAT Chai Wong (Thorvaldsensvej 2)
the little sister to Michelin star Kiin Kiin,
is an intimate restaurant which serves a
great mix of Asian dishes at reasonable
prices. To experience hearty Danish
cooking served in a traditional interior
try Sans Souci (Madvigs Allé 15).
SHOP nué (Gammel Kongevej 111) and
Zornig (Gammel Kongevej 153) are just
two of the many trendy clothing
boutiques lining this street and selling
both Danish and international brands.
For more thrifty finds head to
Frederiksberg fleamarket (behind
Frederiksberg town hall, Smallegade 1)
held every Saturday and Sunday during
the summer.
LATER Vinstue 90 (Gammel Kongevej
90). This old-school bar, a local
favourite since 1916, serves ‘slow beer’,
a draught beer that takes 15 minutes
to pour. For a livelier, more urbane
atmosphere, head to Salon 39
(Vodroffsvej 39) where expert barmen
mix potent drinks.
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florence
italy
61,016,804
Euro (EUR)
daily
+39 18°C
Donald Strachan
With major arts festivals over, Florentines
and visitors turn to simpler pleasures in July
SAN NICCOLÒ
This tiny Oltrarno (the ‘other side
of the River Arno’) neighbourhood
still has a local feel to it, and only
fully comes to life as dusk rolls in.
EAT Zeb (Via San Miniato 2, 339 560
8779) is one of a new generation of
Tuscan delis that offer affordable dining
right at the counter. There’s a 1950s
Scandinavian feel to the decor, and
the menu usually features classic
combinations prepared simply, to allow
the ingredients to shine. Closed on
Wednesdays.
LATER Oltrarno is where you’ll find
Florence’s best outdoor nightlife, and
the corner of Via San Miniato and Via
San Niccolò is lively until late. Il Rifrullo
(Via San Niccolò 55r) has been serving
great cocktails for three decades. Fuori
Porta (Via Monte alle Croci 10) has the
better wine list if vino is your thing.
TIP For the best panorama of the city,
make your way to the steps in front of
San Miniato al Monte (Viale Galileo) at
twilight. From its perch high above
Oltrarno you can see the whole
Renaissance city laid out below.
SANTA MARIA NOVELLA
Santa Maria Novella has gradually
transformed from a neighbourhood
of transients to one of Florentine
society’s hippest hangouts.
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INFO
Florence’s Peretola
(or Amerigo
Vespucci) airport is
5km north-west of
the city centre.
Bus
The Vola in bus
service departs the
terminal every 30
minutes. The
journey to
Florence’s main bus
station, next to
Santa Maria Novella
train station, takes
25 minutes. Tickets
cost €6 single, €10
return.
Taxi
A taxi from the
airport takes around
15 minutes and
costs between €20
and €23 depending
on the day and time.
Tourist offi ce
The most
convenient
information offi ce is
in the Loggia del
Bigallo, Piazza San
Giovanni, 055
288496,
(fi renzeturismo.it).
SLEEP Rosso 23 (Piazza Santa Maria
Novella 23, 055 277300, hotelrosso23.
com, rooms from €109) has affordable,
stylish rooms right on Florence’s
priciest square. If you want to blow the
budget, JK Place (Piazza Santa Maria
Novella 7, 055 2645181, jkplace.com,
rooms from €270) is the area’s most
fashionable address.
CULTURE The Museo di Santa Maria
Novella (Piazza Santa Maria Novella) is
set around the church’s ‘green cloister’.
Renaissance painter Paolo Uccello
provided the frescoes, the most famous
of which is The Deluge. Ironically, the
paintings were almost destroyed by the
Great Arno Flood of 1966 – you can still
see the high-water mark on the walls.
SHOP The Officina Profumo-
Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella
(Via della Scala 16) is devoted to the
ancient art of creating fragrances. The
shop, run by the Dominicans since 1612,
sells Florence’s finest perfumes, soaps,
and essential oils.
CENTRO STORICO
The warren of streets wedged
between Piazza del Duomo and
Piazza della Signoria follow a grid
first laid out by the Romans.
Narrow and atmospheric, the
streets provide welcome shade
from the fierce July sun.
SLEEP La Dimora degli Angeli (Via
juLY 2012
Florence has a magical
atmosphere in the evenings
Brunelleschi 4, 055 288478,
ladimoradegliangeli.it, rooms from
€110) is a family-run bed and breakfast
whose individually decorated rooms
come with a dash of modern baroque
elegance.
EAT There’s more to city-centre dining
than traditional trattorias and hearty
fare. At Ora d’Aria (Via dei Georgofili
11r, 055 2001699), Michelin-starred
chef Marco Stabile brings his trademark
light, contemporary touch to Tuscan
ingredients. The lunchtime tasting
menu is good value.
CULTURE Americans in Florence:
Sargent and the American
Impressionists (until 15 July) graces
the Renaissance Palazzo Strozzi
(Piazza Strozzi) with works by painters,
including John Singer Sargent and
JAM Whistler. Thursday evenings are
half-price.
LATER Context Travel (contexttravel.
com) runs the best expert-led walks
around the city. Their Florence Evening
Introduction runs throughout July, and
leads you on an evening stroll of the
historic centre and cleverly avoids the
fiercest of the summer heat. It costs
€40 per person.
TIP Do as locals do and drink your
coffee at the bar (al banco), especially
around Florence’s marquee piazzas.
Different prices apply if you choose to
sit outside and people-watch – and they
can be eyewateringly expensive.
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Marseille
FRAnCE
62,814,223
Euro (EUR)
+33 23°C
three times daily
Kathryn Tomasetti
celebrate Bastille Day (14 July) in style and
catch marseille’s dazzling firework displays
LE PANIER
A warren of twisting alleys and tiny
piazzas, Le Panier is Marseille’s
original Old Town.
EAT La Kahena (2 Rue de la
République, (0)4 91 90 61 93) is one of
the city’s oldest Tunisian restaurants
and sits just east of Le Panier. It serves
up to 10 different types of couscous
within its buzzing, blue-tiled interior.
Chez Etienne (43 Rue de Lorette, no
telephone or reservations) is a
Marseillaise institution. Drop in for its
super-simple selection of just two pizza
toppings – “Mozzarella or anchovy,
monsieur?” How about both?
CULTURE The Festival de Marseille’s
(festivaldemarseille.com) theatre and
dance performances take place at Le
Panier’s Esplanade Villeneuve-
Bargemon until 6 July.
TIP The Marseille City Pass (marseilletourisme.com,
€22/1 day, €29/2 days)
is ideal for first-time visitors to the city.
The pass allows free entrance to all of
the city’s municipal museums and a
return ferry trip to the Château d’If in
Marseille’s sun-kissed bay.
VIEUX PORT AND EAST
Marseille’s historical port is the
city’s hub. Here bars, clubs and
restaurants keep going until late.
SLEEP Casa Honoré (123 Rue Sainte,
(0)4 96 11 01 62, casahonore.com,
INFO
The Marseille
Provence Airport is
located 25km west
of the city centre.
Bus
Shuttle buses
(navette
marseilleaeroport.
com) run every
15-20 minutes from
the airport to
Marseille’s
Saint-Charles train
station. Tickets cost
€8.50, and the
journey takes
approximately 25
minutes.
Taxi
Alternately, a taxi
from the airport will
set you back around
€50 and takes about
half an hour to get
to the city centre.
Tourist Information
The Offi ce du
Tourisme is based at
4 la Canebière, (0)8
26 500 500,
(marseille-tourisme.
com).
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rooms from €150) is a stylish bed and
breakfast owned by fashion designer
Annick Lestrohan. Four contemporary
rooms look out over the sleek courtyard
swimming pool.
CULTURE Festival Jazz des Cinq
Continents (festival-jazz-cinqcontinents.com,
17-25 July) draws bigname
jazz acts from around the globe.
Many of the concerts take place in the
gardens surrounding Palais
Longchamp.
SHOP At the port’s fish market (Quai
des Belges, daily 8am-1pm) top-notch
chefs and local foodies arrive early to
battle it out for the morning’s finest
scorpion fish, octopus and red mullet.
Le Four des Navettes (136 Rue Sainte)
is the city’s most authentic spot to
sample traditional navettes. This
landmark bakery claims to have
invented these sweet, orange-water
biscuits back in 1791.
LATER La Caravalle (34 Quai du Port)
possesses a petite portside balcony:
snag a table early for sunset aperitifs,
bowls of nibbles and sublime sunset
views over the Vieux Port.
ALONG THE CORNICHE
Stretching southwards from the
Vieux Port, Marseille’s seafront
Corniche snakes past the beachy
Plages du Prado, all the way south
to the port of Pointe Rouge.
SLEEP Hôtel Péron (119 Corniche JF
There’s plenty to see in
Marseille’s bustling port
Kennedy, (0)4 91 31 01 41, hotel-peron.
com, rooms from €70) is a funky
budget option: this waterside hotel’s
walls are covered with unique murals
painted during the 1960s.
EAT Tourists rarely make it to Vallon
des Auffes, but it’s worth detouring
along this colourful creek that pokes
inland from the JF Kennedy Corniche.
L’Epuisette (156 rue du Vallon des
Auffes (0)4 91 52 17 82), a Michelinstarred
restaurant with panoramic
views of the Château d’If, is the place to
try grilled lobster and Marseille’s
renowned bouillabaisse fish stew. Chez
Fon Fon (140 Vallon des Auffes, (0)4 91
52 14 16) is equally elegant but easier
on the wallet, with specialities that
include garlic-grilled squid or crab and
beetroot millefeuilles.
CULTURE Within pretty Parc Borély
(Avenue du Prado), you can rent a
buggy and cruise through the gardens,
or captain your own rowboat around the
park’s little lake.
LATER L’Escale Borély (avenue Pierre-
Mendès-France) is a lively enclave of
low-key restaurants, carnival rides and
raucous bars that spill on to the Prado
waterfront.
TIP The Parc National des Calanques
lies just south of Marseille. If the city’s
summer heat becomes oppressive,
spend an afternoon here, hiking the
forest trails and splashing in the
turquoise waters of its bays. Buses 21
and 23 run from the centre of Marseille.
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PORTO
portugal
10,760,305
Euro (EUR)
daily
+351 20°C
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July is hot in Porto, so linger in the cafés and
outdoor restaurants to feel the river breeze
CLÉRIGOS
This area is a magnet for Porto’s
trendy crowd.
SLEEP Hotel Infante de Sagres
(Praça D. Filipa De Lencastre 62, 223
398 500, hotelinfantesagres.pt, rooms
from €112) is a boutique hotel that will
appeal to those who like a mix of
modern and old. Don’t worry about the
lively crowds that congregate around
the bar on the street outside – the hotel
has great double-glazing so you won’t
hear a thing once inside your room.
EAT Café Guarany on the corner with
Avenida dos Aliados is the ideal spot
to start a day of sightseeing with an
expresso and some of their sinful pastry
specialities.
LATER Make your way to Rua Galerias
de Paris and drop in to one of this
street’s many clubs or visit Café au Lait,
a small club one street up.
SANTA CATARINA
AND RIBEIRA
Call into a historic café before
exploring the city’s riverside area
where a summer music festival
takes place this month.
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INFO
Francisco de Sá
Carneiro Airport is
15km north-west of
the city centre.
Metro Line
E serves the airport
and runs from
6am-1.30am. The
station is located
just outside the
terminal and the
journey to the city
centre takes 30
minutes, €1.70.
Bus
There are also
regular buses into
the city, €1.70.
Taxi
The journey into the
city centre should
cost about €20.
Tourist offi ce
25 Rua Clube
dos Fenianos,
22 339 3472,
(portoturismo.pt).
EAT Temperatures by midday can
easily exceed 30°C in July. To benefit
from a bit of a river breeze, walk
downhill to the Ribeira area and find a
nice spot for lunch. Adega de São
Nicolau (Rua São Nicolau 1, 22 200
8232) is a good choice both in terms of
temperature and atmosphere. With a
nice view to the river and the iconic
D Luis bridge, here you can taste some
of the best regional cuisine and try fine
Portuguese wine at affordable prices.
CULTURE The Majestic (Rua Santa
Catarina 112) dates back to 1921 and is
considered the most beautiful café in
the country. Its fine artwork and
architecture attracts a balanced
combination of locals and tourists.
SHOP Eureka (Rua de Passos Manuel
67), just around the corner from The
Majestic, stocks shoes designed by
renowned Portuguese fashion designers
and the factory’s own brand at pretty
good bargain prices.
LATER Located in an old market,
Hard Club moved to Mercado Ferreira
Borges in the historical centre of Oporto
after nine years in the south bank of
Gaia. Here you can find all sorts of
events and activities in a club offering a
lounge area, auditorium, recording
Prepare for tomorrow’s world with an
Unique on the Côte d’Azur, Mougins School
IGCSE and A-Level
Cool down by the
River Douro
studio and book and record store.
TIP If you like the music of Garbage,
The Cult, Kaiser Chiefs or Billy Idol,
or want to discover Portuguese artists,
such as Pedro Abrunhosa or Os
Azeitonas, take to the south bank
in Gaia for the Festival Marés Vivas
(18-21 July).
BOAVISTA
West of the city centre this stylish
area is home to the city’s best live
music venue and a stunningly
contemporary museum.
SLEEP Sheraton Hotel & Spa (Rua
Tenente Valadim 122, 220 404 000,
sheratonporto.com, rooms from €144)
has spacious rooms in one the most
affluent areas of the city.
CULTURE Casa da Música (Avenida
da Boavista, 604-610, casadamusica.
com) is one of the best places to attend
a concert in the city, from classical
music to contemporary performances.
Fundação de Serralves Modern Art
Museum (Rua Dom João de Castro
210, serralves.pt). The elegant art deco
villa, designed by the famous architect
Álvaro Siza, sits in a huge park – perfect
for relaxing on a summer’s afternoon.

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PRAGUE
Czech Republic
10,190,213 +420 17°C
Czech Koruna (CZK)
three times daily
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From beer gardens to music festivals, prague
offers plenty of fun this summer
STARE MESTO
Start your journey wandering the
cobbled lanes of the city’s medieval
‘old town’, filled with great
restaurants, cultural relics and,
later on, lively nightlife.
SLEEP Unitas House (Bartolomejska
9, (0)224 230533, unitas.cz,rooms
from €149/CZK3,786) lies in the heart
of the city centre, conveniently close
to major attractions and public
transit connections.
EAT Ambiente Brasileiro (U Radnice
8/13, (0)224 234474) has a tasty allyou-can-eat
salad bar. But the big draw
is the impressive meat selection,
ranging from chicken to duck to pork
and beyond. For a fixed rate, you can
try them all.
CULTURE Prague Proms, an
international music festival dedicated to
jazz, classical and Hollywood pomp, is
headquartered at the historic Municipal
House (Namesti Republiky 5). Concerts
are being staged until 21 July. Crowdpleasing
nights include ‘Hollywood
Night’ when the Czech National
Symphony Orchestra will perform
famous movie themes from Star Wars
to The Simpsons.
LATER Ice Pub Prague (Smetanovo
nabrezi 198) is made completely out of
ice and is very, very cold. But don’t
worry about bundling up, staff provide
guests with thermal jackets and gloves.
INFO
Ruzyne
International Airport
is 10km from the
city centre.
Bus
The no.119 runs
between the airport
and Dejvicka metro
station (line A)
every seven to 20
minutes, the journey
takes about 25
minutes. Tickets
cost about €1.39/
CZK34 and are valid
for 90 minutes on all
buses, trams and
metros. Or take the
airport shuttle bus
to V Celnici St which
takes 30 minutes
and costs ¤6/
CZK130.
Taxi
A taxi to the city
centre takes about
30 minutes and
costs around €24/
CZK 600 – but
always negotiate
before you set off.
Tourist offi ce
The main offi ce is at
Old Town Square, 1,
221 714 444,
(czechtourism.com).
After enjoying a beer or high-end
cocktail head upstairs to the dance
floors of the city’s biggest nightclub,
Karlovy Lazne.
VINOHRADY
Just a 10-minute walk from the city
centre, this trendy district has
some of the best beer gardens in
the capital. Dining options here are
markedly cheaper than those on
the typical tourist routes.
SLEEP Hotel Galileo (Bruselská 3,
(0)222 500129, hotelgalileoprague.
com, rooms from €82/CZK2,075) has a
fabulous summer terrace as well as a
sizeable meeting and event space,
making it a good option for both the
business and leisure traveller.
EAT Las Adelitas (Americká 8, (0)222
542031) is a Mexican restaurant with
reasonably priced burritos, enchiladas
and taco dishes – don’t miss the mango
margaritas. The Tavern (Chopinova 26,
no telephone) is another small eatery
that fills up quickly and for good reason
– its burgers (veggie ones included) are
among the best in town.
CULTURE Riegrovy sady is not only a
great place to sunbathe, the expansive
park is also home to the area’s largest
beer garden. Meanwhile, Havlíčkovy
sady’s wood-beamed wine pavilion,
Vinicni Altan, sits in the middle of its
own working vineyard, a popular spot
The Prague Proms take
place this month at
Municipal House
on balmy mid-summer days.
SHOP The Prague Thrift Store
(Sumavska 29) is one of the city’s
largest second-hand shops.
TIP Internet Caffe Ocean
(Jugoslavska 10) is open late for those
who need to stay connected.
MALA STRANA
Down the hill from Prague Castle,
the ‘little quarter’ is not to be
missed. Packed with grand palaces,
romantic boutique hotels and
riverside pubs, this upscale
neighbourhood never disappoints.
SLEEP Hotel U Zeleného hroznu
(Jánsky vrsek 11, (0) 257 211775,
uzelenehohroznu.cz, rooms from €107/
CZK2,719) provides the perfect setting
for a romantic getaway. Each one of its
eight rooms is intricately decorated
after a Czech historical figure, like
novelist Franz Kafka and opera singer
Ema Destinnova.
EAT Hergetova Cihelna (Cihelná 2b,
(0)296 826103) provides diners with
panoramic views of the Old Town and
Charles Bridge, and serves a range of
dishes such as seafood, salads and
pasta. A cheaper option, and a vegetarian
favourite, is Gopal (Nerudova 32,
(0)604 434931) near the castle steps.
LATER Booze Bar (Jansky vrsek 2) is a
cosy spot and has a cocktail menu
that’s hard to beat in this part of town.
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CITY CENTRE
The heart of the city offers a variety
of culture-focused destinations,
shops and cafés. You’ll see all the
sights walking along Dizzengof, the
centre’s main street.
SLEEP Dedicated to Israeli Art, Artplus
Hotel (Ben Yehuda 35, (0)3 542 5555,
rooms from €180/NIS 871, atlas.co.il/
art-hotel-tel-aviv) is only a few steps
from the beach and the beachfront
promenade. Five famous local artists
created the murals that set the tone of
each floor’s décor.
EAT Start your day in the gourmet deli
Delicatessen (Yehuda Halevi 79/81,
(0)3 968 1010), or enjoy a generous
Italian brunch at La Repubblica (Mazeh
3, (0)3 647 0247).
CULTURE In 2003 a UNESCO
Committee declared Tel Aviv’s unique
historical architecture a World Heritage
site. Take a casual city tour with
Tarbush ((0)3 510 6076), guided by
a talented staff of actors/tour guides
introducing visitors to the history of
Tel Aviv and Jaffa via amusing stories,
humour and role playing.
SHOP From antique Soviet space
helmets to vintage dresses, old books
INFO
Ben Gurion Airport
(TLV) is 15km
south-east of
Tel Aviv.
Train
Station located on
Level S of the
Landside Building,
adjacent to the
Greeters’ Hall. Train
stops at Ha’Hagana
eight minutes from
airport), Ha’Shalom
(13 min), and
Savidor (18 min).
A ticket costs
€3/NIS15.
Taxi
Services are
regulated; taxi
companies operate
under permission.
Fare is €24/NIS120
to €30/NIS 150,
Journey duration is
20-60 minutes,
depending on traffi c
and time of day.
Tourist Offi ces
The main branch is
situated at Herbert
Samuel 46, (0)3
5166188. Closed
on Saturdays.
(visit-tlv.com).
and jewellery, the Second Hand
Vintage Market (Dizzengoff Square,
every Friday from 9am-5pm) sells
pretty much everything.
LATER Tel Aviv has a bustling night-life
scene which is not to be missed, and
most bars and clubs are open all night,
every night. The Block club (Derech
Shlomo (AKA Salame) 157) has one of
the best sound systems in the world
and hosts cutting edge, international,
DJs each week. For casual drinks and
great music, visit one of the hip crowd’s
trendy bars Soda Bar (Nachlat
Benyamin 43), Shesek (Lilenblum 17)
and Har Sinai (Har Sinai 2), each with
their own line-up of local DJs. Don’t
bother showing up at clubs before
midnight and make sure to bring
sunglasses as you may end up leaving
after sunrise.
TIP Most of Tel Aviv’s cafés offer free
Wi-Fi. Just ask for the password.
SOUTH-WEST
NEVE TZEDEK
The Neve Tzedek neighbourhood is
packed with restaurants, cafés,
bars and boutiques. Being just a
short walk from the beach to the
west, a short walk from old Jaffa to
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the south, and with the heart of Tel
Aviv to the north, it can easily serve
as your holiday headquarters.
SLEEP To maximise your Neve Tzedek
experience, book into The Varsano
(Hevrat Shass 16, (0)77 554 5500,
rooms from €270/NIS 1300,
thevarsano.com) for beautiful luxury
suites in one of the neighbourhood’s
oldest historical houses.
EAT For your morning coffee or a late
drink, lunch or an after show dinner, the
terrace at Suzanna (Shabazi 9,
(0)3 517 7580) captures the lively spirit
of the neighbourhood. Don’t forget to
book early for dinner at sundown at top
restaurant Herbert Samuel (Koifman
6, (0)3 516 6516).
CULTURE Summer Dance at Suzanne
Dellal Centre (Yechiely 5) is the annual
encore showcase of the best of Israeli
contemporary dance, showing each
night during July.
TIP July is the start of Tel Aviv’s official
rock concert season. This year’s
highlights include Guns’n’Roses,
Morrissey and Chris Cornell, among
others. Tickets tend to sell out fast so
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Red-hot passion
Brussels Airlines and Belgian fashion label Xandres collaborate
to create a new look for the airline’s New York Ambassadors
To celebrate Brussels Airlines’ first route crossing the Atlantic, the airline has
once again collaborated with leading Belgian fashion brand Xandres, a true
quality label and loyal partner of the airline for over a decade, to create a
new look that will undoubtedly capture passengers’ attention. About 100
Brussels Airlines employees, the airline’s New York Ambassadors, will swap
their traditional blue and white uniform for a red-hot eye-catching number,
as well as carry a bag with the words “I’ll Take Manhattan”.
The airline and Xandres have opted for a young, elegant and trendy design
with a nod to the glamorous early years of aviation. The new uniform is
easily recognised and stands out in a crowd thanks to the striking red colour
which clearly exudes passion.
In addition to the Brussels-New York JFK route, the New York
Ambassadors will also fly on other routes, and have a presence on the
entire Brussels Airlines network of over 70 destinations, stretching from
Kinshasa to Tel Aviv and from Moscow to Porto.
Brussels Airlines flies to New York JFK daily.
For more info about Xandres,
please visit xandres.be
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Rouge passion
Brussels Airlines collabore avec le label de mode belge Xandres pour le
nouveau look de ses New York Ambassadors
Pour célébrer le premier vol transatlantique de Brussels Airlines, la compagnie aérienne a
de nouveau collaboré avec la célèbre griffe belge Xandres, un véritable label de qualité
et un partenaire fidèle depuis une décennie, pour créer un nouveau look qui ne
manquera pas d’attirer l’attention des passagers. Une centaine de collaborateurs de Brussels
Airlines, rebaptisés les New York Ambassadors de la compagnie, vont échanger leur ensemble
bleu et blanc traditionnel contre un uniforme de couleur rouge passion complété par un sac
arborant les mots ‘I’ll Take Manhattan’. Voilà qui ne risque pas de passer inaperçu !
La compagnie aérienne et Xandres ont opté pour un style jeune, tendance et élégant avec un
clin d’œil au glamour des débuts de l’aviation. Ce nouvel uniforme est aisément reconnaissable
et se repère de loin grâce à sa couleur rouge évoquant la passion de nos équipages.
Les New York Ambassadors seront bien évidemment sur la ligne Bruxelles-New York JFK,
mais assureront également d’autres vols sur l’ensemble du réseau de Brussels Airlines
couvrant plus de 70 destinations, de Kinshasa à Tel Aviv en passant par Moscou et Porto.
Brussels Airlines vous propose désormais un vol quotidien vers New York JFK.
Pour de plus amples informations concernant Xandres, rendez-vous sur xandres.be
Om zijn eerste trans-Atlantische route feestelijk in te wijden heeft Brussels Airlines
opnieuw samengewerkt met het toonaangevende Belgische modemerk Xandres, al
meer dan tien jaar een trouwe partner van de luchtvaartmaatschappij. Samen hebben
ze een nieuwe look gecreëerd die ongetwijfeld de aandacht van de passagiers zal trekken. Een
honderdtal medewerkers van Brussels Airlines, de New York Ambassadors, ruilen hun
traditionele blauw-witte uniform in voor een opvallend vuurrood exemplaar en dragen een tas
met het opschrift “I’ll Take Manhattan”.
De luchtvaartmaatschappij en Xandres hebben gekozen voor een jong, elegant en modieus
design met een knipoog naar de glamoureuze beginjaren van de luchtvaart. Het nieuwe uniform
is zeer herkenbaar en opvallend dankzij de pittige rode kleur die een en al passie uitstraalt.
De New York Ambassadors zullen niet alleen op de vlucht Brussel-New York JFK te zien zijn,
maar op het hele netwerk van Brussels Airlines, dat meer dan 70 bestemmingen telt – van
Kinshasa over Tel Aviv tot Moskou en Porto.
Brussels Airlines vliegt dagelijks naar New York JFK.
Voor meer informatie over Xandres surft u naar xandres.be
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Xandres managing director,
Isabelle Santens
Vuurrode passie
Brussels Airlines en het Belgische modemerk Xandres creëren samen een nieuwe look
voor de New York Ambassadors
Welcome to
the Big Apple
Brussels Airlines now connects
Brussels Airport to New York JFK daily
On 1 June, Brussels Airlines’ inaugural
flight to New York JFK took to the
skies. The first transatlantic flight was
waved off by the US Ambassador to Belgium,
Howard Gutman, as well as the management of
Brussels Airlines and Brussels Airport. The
flight took off with a large number of
passengers on board, including numerous
transfer passengers from other European and
African destinations.
Passengers on board the first scheduled
flight to the US enjoyed Brussels Airlines’ new
cabins, and those travelling in Business class
were impressed by their premium seats with
adjustable cushion softness which could be
turned into fully horizontal flatbeds. The new
ergonomic seats in Economy class with
increased legroom and seating comfort were
greatly appreciated too. All passengers on
board were also delighted with the
revolutionary inflight entertainment system on
their individual touchscreen monitors.
Moreover, positive feedback was received
about the level of care and service shown by
the crew on board, and passengers gave the
thumbs up to the red uniforms worn by our
New York Ambassadors.
The scheduled daily route between Brussels
and New York JFK has been warmly welcomed
by both the travel industry and the Belgo-
American business world.
All set for the fi rst
Brussels Airlines
fl ight to New York

Clockwise: The Brussels Airlines plane receives
a water salute before taking off to New York;
US Ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman;
Brussels Airlines CEO, Bernard Gustin, cuts
the ribbon with the US Ambassador to Belgium
and the CEO of Brussels Airport
Bienvenue à Big Apple
Brussels Airlines relie désormais quotidiennement
Brussels Airport et New York JFK
Le 1er juin dernier, Brussels Airlines s’est envolé pour la première
fois vers New York. Ce vol inaugural a été salué par l’Ambassadeur
des Etats-Unis en Belgique, Howard Gutman, le management de
Brussels Airlines et de Brussels Airport. Ce premier vol a accueilli un
grand nombre de passagers à son bord, dont beaucoup provenant de
nos escales européennes et africaines.
Les passagers de ce premier vol vers les États-Unis ont été ravis de
découvrir les nouvelles cabines Brussels Airlines et les voyageurs en
classe Business ont été impressionnés par leur fauteuil transformable en
lit parfaitement plat, doté d’un matelas pneumatique permettant de régler
le moelleux du matelas à leur propre convenance. Les nouveaux sièges
ergonomiques en classe Economy offrant un plus grand confort d’assise
et davantage de place pour les jambes ont également été fort appréciés.
Enfin, tous les passagers ont été séduits par le système révolutionnaire
de divertissement à bord installé sur leur écran tactile individuel.
Nous sommes enfin très heureux d’avoir reçu des réactions très
positives sur le niveau de service de nos membres d’équipage et les
nouveaux uniformes rouges de nos New York Ambassadors.
Notre vol quotidien entre Bruxelles et New York JFK a reçu un accueil
très chaleureux, tant de la part de l’industrie du voyage que du monde
des affaires belgo-américain.
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Scannez ce code à l’aide de votre smartphone pour
réserver votre vol à destination de New York JFK ou
rendez-vous sur brusselsairlines.com
Welkom in de Big Apple
Brussels Airlines vliegt nu dagelijks tussen Brussels Airport
en New York JFK
Op 1 juni vond de openingsvlucht van Brussels Airlines naar
New York JFK plaats. De inhuldiging van de eerste vlucht
over de Atlantische Oceaan gebeurde in aanwezigheid van
de Amerikaanse ambassadeur, Howard Gutman, en het management
van Brussels Airlines en Brussels Airport. Het toestel steeg op met
een groot aantal passagiers aan boord, waaronder heel wat
transferreizigers uit andere Europese en Afrikaanse landen.
De passagiers van de allereerste vlucht naar de VS konden genieten
van de nieuwe cabines van Brussels Airlines. De reizigers in businessclass
waren in de wolken over de luxestoelen met regelbare
kussenzachtheid die ook nog eens konden worden omgetoverd tot
horizontale flatbeds. De nieuwe ergonomische stoelen in economyclass
met grotere beenruimte en verbeterd zitcomfort werden ook
sterk gewaardeerd. Alle passagiers aan boord waren bovendien
verrukt over het revolutionaire in-flight entertainmentsysteem op hun
individuele touchscreens.
Daarnaast werd er ook met lof gesproken over de service en goede
zorgen van de bemanning en vielen de nieuwe, rode uniformen van
onze New York Ambassadors erg in de smaak.
De lijnvluchten tussen Brussel en New York JFK werden alvast positief
onthaald door de reisindustrie en de Belgisch-Amerikaanse zakenwereld.
Scan deze code met uw smartphone om uw vlucht
naar New York JFK te boeken, of surf naar
brusselsairlines.com
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in partnership
Belgium invites the World
to Liège in 2017
Brussels Airlines supports Belgium’s bid to organise an
International Expo in Liège
Liège is the economic capital
of Wallonia and the beating
heart of Belgium’s third
largest conurbation with 600,000
inhabitants. Over the last 10 years,
it has rolled out an ambitious
redevelopment strategy with the
aim of spawning a service
economy focused on centres of
excellence. Liège is keen to build
on this positive momentum by
organising an event with an
international scope that will
welcome the world to discover the
success of the industrial and
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urban reconversion of the region.
With this aim, Belgium has
submitted a bid to organise an
International Expo in Liège in 2017.
Liège Expo 2017 is expected to
attract more than 6 million visitors,
generate a range of investments
that will create jobs and raise the
profile of the Liège region
internationally. The proposed site
for the Expo, Coronmeuse, enjoys
an exceptional location on the
banks of the River Meuse, right
next to the proposed tram line
that will provide a direct link to the
En 2017, la Belgique invite
le monde à Liège
Brussels Airlines soutient la candidature de la Belgique pour
l’organisation d’une Exposition internationale à Liège
Capitale économique de la Wallonie, Liège est au cœur de la
troisième plus grande agglomération urbaine de Belgique, avec
600.000 habitants. Ces dix dernières années, elle a déployé une
ambitieuse stratégie de redéveloppement aux fins d’engendrer une
économie de services focalisée sur des centres d’excellence. Liège tient à
accentuer cette dynamique positive en organisant un événement de
dimension internationale qui invitera le monde entier à découvrir la
réussite de la reconversion urbaine et industrielle de la région. C’est dans
cette perspective que la Belgique a soumis une candidature pour
l’organisation d’une Exposition internationale à Liège en 2017.
Liège Expo 2017 devrait attirer plus de 6 millions de visiteurs, générer
une gamme d’investissements créateurs d’emploi et élever la région de
Liège à un niveau international. Le site proposé pour accueillir l’Expo,
Coronmeuse, bénéficie d’une situation exceptionnelle sur les rives de la
Meuse, le long de la future ligne de tram qui se propose de fournir un
accès direct au centre-ville. Coronmeuse sera une oasis de verdure, avec
le projet de transformer ce site en éco-district lorsque Liège Expo 2017
fermera ses portes.
Il s’agit d’une excellente opportunité pour promouvoir les points forts
et l’expertise de la Belgique, et les diverses autorités belges ont apporté
tout leur soutien à cette candidature.
La ville organisatrice de l’Exposition internationale de 2017 sera
sélectionnée le 22 novembre 2012. Pour soutenir la candidature de Liège,
votez sur liege-expo2017.com
city centre. Coronmeuse will be a
green oasis, with plans to turn it
into an eco-district following the
close of Liège Expo 2017.
This is an excellent opportunity
to promote Belgium’s strengths
and expertise, and the various
Belgian authorities have lent their
support to the bid.
An artist’s impression
of the expo site
On 22 November 2012, the
organising city for International Expo
2017 will be selected. To support
Liège in this bid, please cast your
vote at liege-expo2017.com
België nodigt de wereld
uit in Luik in 2017
Brussels Airlines steunt de Belgische kandidatuur voor een
Internationale Tentoonstelling in Luik
Luik is de economische hoofdstad van Wallonië en het kloppende
hart van de met zijn 600.000 inwoners op twee na grootste
agglomeratie in België. De voorbije tien jaar heeft de stad een
ambitieus herstructureringsbeleid gevoerd met de bedoeling een
diensteneconomie voort te brengen die draait rond kenniscentra. Luik
bouwt graag voort op die positieve impuls door een internationaal
evenement te organiseren waarop de hele wereld het succes van de
industriële en stedelijke omschakeling van de streek kan komen
ontdekken. Met die doelstelling heeft België zich kandidaat gesteld
om in 2017 in Luik een internationale tentoonstelling te houden.
Naar verwachting zou Liège Expo 2017 meer dan zes miljoen bezoekers
aantrekken, een reeks investeringen in de hand werken die nieuwe banen
opleveren, en zou ze het imago van de Luikse regio internationaal versterken.
Coronmeuse, de voorgestelde locatie voor de internationale
tentoonstelling, kan bogen op een bijzondere ligging aan de oevers van
de Maas, vlak naast de voorgestelde tramlijn die een directe verbinding met
het stadscentrum zal bieden. Coronmeuse wordt een groene oase en zou
na afloop van Liège Expo 2017 omgevormd worden tot een ecodistrict.
Dit is een uitgelezen kans om de kwaliteiten en expertise van België
te promoten. De verschillende Belgische overheden hebben hun steun
aan de kandidatuur verleend.
Op 22 november 2012 wordt de stad gekozen die de internationale
tentoonstelling van 2017 zal mogen organiseren. Om Luik te steunen kunt u
uw stem uitbrengen op liege-expo2017.com
VENHOEVEN CS

Un hôtel adapté à
toutes les occasions
Thon Hotels offre une situation centrale et un
hébergement tout confort à Bruxelles
L
’un des trois plus grands opérateurs hôteliers de
Bruxelles, Thon Hotels, est présent dans la capitale
belge depuis 1995. Au mois d’avril dernier, la chaîne a
ouvert un hôtel 4 étoiles, le Thon Hotel EU, qui rejoint ainsi un
portefeuille de quatre hôtels et deux appartements meublés à
Bruxelles.
Le Thon Hotel EU propose 405 chambres modernes et
lumineuses ainsi qu’une infrastructure globale pour accueillir
réunions et conférences. L’hôtel possède également un
restaurant, un bar, un centre de fitness et un grand parking
souterrain, et il peut se targuer d’une situation idéale à
proximité du quartier européen, à quelques pas seulement de
toutes les institutions de l’UE.
« Notre groupe cible se constitue naturellement de
voyageurs d’affaires en déplacement dans la capitale
européenne. Mais les touristes qui viennent visiter la ville pour
le plaisir, le temps d’un week-end, sont aussi importants pour
nous. Bruxelles est en effet une destination attractive et nous
serons en mesure de proposer des offres « week-end » à des
prix raisonnables. Notre gamme d’hôtels répartis dans la ville
est très large, avec des hôtels situés à proximité de l’aéroport,
dans le centre-ville et dans le district UE », explique Nils Hauge,
Area Director de Thon Hotels dans le Benelux.
Outre le Thon Hotel EU, Thon Hotels propose à présent plus
de 1450 chambres dans la capitale de l’Europe.
Pour en savoir plus ou réserver une chambre, rendez-vous sur
thonhotels.com
A hotel for all occasions
Thon Hotels offers comfortable and central accommodation in Brussels
Thon Hotels, one of the three largest
hotel operators in Brussels, has had
a presence in the Belgian capital since
1995. In April, the hotel chain opened a 4-star
hotel, Thon Hotel EU, which joined its
portfolio of 4 hotels and 2 furnished
apartment properties already in the city.
Thon Hotel EU offers 405 light and
modern rooms, as well as comprehensive
meeting and conference facilities. The
hotel also boasts a restaurant, bar, fitness
centre and a large underground car park,
as well as an ideal location close to the EU
quarter that is within walking distance of
all EU institutions.
Een hotel voor alle
gelegenheden
“Our natural target group will be business
travellers to the EU capital. But city weekend
breaks for leisure travellers will also be
important for us. Brussels is an attractive
weekend destination, and we will be able to
offer reasonably priced weekend offers. Our
hotel range in the city is broad, with hotels at
the airport, in the city centre and in the EU
district,” explains Nils Hauge, Area Director of
Thon Hotels in Benelux.
With the addition of Thon Hotel EU, Thon
Hotels now offers more than 1,450 rooms in
the capital of Europe.
To find out more or book a room, please visit
thonhotels.com
Thon Hotels biedt comfortabel en centraal gelegen logies in Brussel
T
hon Hotels, een van de drie grootste hotelketens in Brussel, is al sinds
1995 aanwezig in de Belgische hoofdstad. De groep had al vier hotels en
twee complexen met gemeubelde appartementen, en in april is daar ook
nog het viersterrenhotel Thon Hotel EU bijgekomen.
Thon Hotel EU biedt 405 heldere, moderne kamers en ruime vergader- en
conferentiezalen. Het hotel kan ook bogen op een restaurant, een bar, een
fitnesscenter en een grote ondergrondse parkeergarage. Bovendien is het ideaal
gelegen vlak bij de Europese wijk, op wandelafstand van alle Europese
instellingen.
“Onze natuurlijke doelgroep bestaat uiteraard uit zakenreizigers die zich naar
de Europese hoofdstad begeven. Maar ook toeristen die een weekenduitstapje in
de stad willen maken, zijn belangrijk voor ons. Brussel is een aantrekkelijke
weekendbestemming en wij kunnen weekendarrangementen aanbieden voor
een redelijke prijs. Onze hotels liggen in de stad verspreid: aan de luchthaven, in
het stadscentrum en in de Europese wijk”, vertelt Nils Hauge, regiomanager van
Thon Hotels in de Benelux.
Met de aanwinst van Thon Hotel EU biedt Thon Hotels nu meer dan 1.450
kamers in de Europese hoofdstad.
Voor meer informatie of om een kamer te boeken surft u naar thonhotels.com
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b.foundation
Saving the children
A special spotlight on a project that will provide good
medical care to children living in D.R. Congo
A
large majority of children
living in the Democratic
Republic of Congo do not
have access to medical care or
surgery which requires a sanitary
environment meeting strict
hygiene standards.
Since 2002, the nongovernmental
organisation Chain
of Hope (Belgium) and its
Congolese partners have been
working hard to make these
services accessible again. The
NGO organises several medical
and surgical missions to Kinshasa
annually, and has invested in the
construction of a paediatric
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surgical and resuscitation unit
within the premises of the
Ngaliema Clinic in Kinshasa. At
present, construction costs are
financed by the Congolese
government while Chain of Hope
provides the medical equipment
and training to the local team.
All donations are welcome, and
your contribution will help
underprivileged children benefit
from good medical care.
A support fund has been set up to
make this service accessible to as
many children as possible.
In Belgium, please forward
your donations to the account
Sauvons des enfants
Coup de projecteur sur un projet qui apportera des soins médicaux de
qualité aux enfants de la République Démocratique du Congo
La grande majorité des enfants qui vivent en République Démocratique
du Congo n’ont pas accès aux soins médicaux ni à la chirurgie qui
réclame un environnement optimal au niveau des normes d’hygiène.
Depuis 2002, l’organisation non gouvernementale la Chaîne de l’Espoir
(Belgique) et ses partenaires congolais travaillent sans relâche pour rendre
ces services à nouveau accessibles. Chaque année, l’ONG organise plusieurs
missions médicales et chirurgicales à Kinshasa. Elle a également investi dans
la construction de nouveaux pavillons et la réhabilitation d’une unité de
chirurgie pédiatrique à la Clinique de Ngaliema, à Kinshasa. Tandis que les
coûts de construction sont financés par le gouvernement congolais, la
Chaîne de l’Espoir fournit du matériel médical et assure la formation du
personnel hospitalier local.
Si vous désirez soutenir ce projet, tous les dons sont bienvenus. Votre
contribution aidera les enfants les plus démunis à bénéficier de consultations
et de soins de qualité. Un fonds de soutien a été mis en place afin de rendre
ce service accessible au plus grand nombre d’enfants possible.
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check-in
Checking in for your Brussels Airlines
flight is simple and hassle-free
S’enregistrer sur son vol
Brussels Airlines n’a jamais été
aussi simple, sûr et efficace
Enregistrement en ligne Gagnez du temps à l’aéroport
■ Enregistrez-vous depuis Internet sur checkin.brusselsairlines.com. N’oubliez pas
d’imprimer votre carte d’embarquement au format pdf.
■ Une fois à l’aéroport, rendez-vous à l’un des points Bagages Drop Off de Brussels Airlines
pour y déposer vos bagages. Dirigez-vous ensuite directement vers la porte d’embarquement.
■ Disponible entre 24 heures et 1 heure avant le départ de votre vol.
Enregistrement Mobile
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recevoir directement votre carte d’embarquement sous forme d’un code barre 2D qui sera
scanné à l’aéroport.
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Brussels Airlines pour y déposer vos bagages. Dirigez-vous ensuite directement
vers la porte d’embarquement.
■ Disponible entre 24 heures et 1 heure avant le départ de votre vol.
Check-in Express Simple et rapide
■ Evitez les files d’attente et enregistrez-vous via nos bornes Express.
■ Ce service est disponible à Brussels Airport ainsi que dans une sélection
d’aéroports européens.
Enregistrement de votre vol retour Un service pratique
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Online check-in
Saves time at the airport
■ Visit checkin.brusselsairlines.com to
check-in. Remember to print the pdf
version of your boarding card.
■ Once at the airport, drop baggage off at
Brussels Airlines Baggage Drop Off
points, and proceed to the gate.
■ Available from 24 hours to one hour
before your flight.
Mobile check-in
Ideal for busy people on the move
■ Visit m.brusselsairlines.com from
your web-enabled mobile device.
The boarding pass will be sent to your
mobile device as a 2D barcode, which
can then be scanned at many locations
in airports.
■ Once at the airport, drop baggage off at
Brussels Airlines Baggage Drop Off
points, and proceed to the gate.
■ Available from 24 hours to one hour
before your flight.
Express check-in
Fast and simple
■ Speed through check-in with our
Express check-in kiosks.
■ This service is available at Brussels
Airport and selected European airports.
Return check-in
Added convenience
■ If you’re returning within 24 hours and
have a confirmed booking, you can
check in for your outbound and return
flights at the same time.
Inchecken voor uw vlucht
met Brussels Airlines kan
eenvoudig en zonder zorgen
Online check-in Bespaart tijd op de luchthaven
■ Check in via checkin.brusselsairlines.com. Denk erom de pdf-versie
van uw instapkaart af te printen.
■ Op de luchthaven zet u uw bagage af aan één van de drop-off points van
Brussels Airlines en loopt u meteen door naar de gate.
■ Beschikbaar vanaf 24 uur tot 1 uur voor het vertrek van uw vlucht.
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■ Ga naar m.brusselsairlines.com via uw mobiele toestel met
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■ Beschikbaar vanaf 24 uur tot 1 uur voor het vertrek van uw vlucht.
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safety
For your safety
and comfort
Welcome on board our fl ight today and
thank you for choosing Brussels Airlines.
Please read the information below
regarding smoking and safety regulations
on board. Should you have any questions,
please ask your cabin attendant.
Electronic devices
No personal communications or radio emitting
devices, such as portable telephones, radios,
GPS locators, games or remote-control toys,
may be used on board*. Please ensure that
your telephone is switched off before and
during the flight. Items such as personal
computers and electronic games may be used
during the flight, but must be switched off
during take-off and landing.
Smoking
In accordance with government regulations,
smoking is not permitted on any Brussels
Airlines flight. Passengers should be aware that
there are smoke detectors in the aircraft’s
toilets and that any breach of this rule may
incur penalties. Additionally, please note that
electronic cigarettes are prohibited on board
all our flights.
Safety procedures
You will find an information sheet on safety
procedures in your seat pocket. Please read it
carefully and please listen attentively to all
safety announcements and instructions
from the crew.
Alcohol
Passengers are not allowed to consume alcohol
they have brought with them or bought on
board. Alcohol may be served on board, but our
cabin crew will not serve any passenger who
they feel has already had too much to drink.
*For the complete list of items whose use is
restricted, please see your safety card located in
the seat pocket in front of you.
Pour votre sécurité
et votre confort
Nous vous souhaitons la bienvenue à
bord de notre vol, et vous remercions
d’avoir choisi Brussels Airlines.
Veuillez lire les informations suivantes
concernant les consignes de sécurité
et l’interdiction de fumer à bord. Pour
toute question, n’hésitez pas à vous
adresser à notre personnel navigant.
Appareils électroniques
Aucun appareil de communication ou émetteur
radio personnel, tel que téléphone portable,
radio, système GPS, jeu ou jouet
télécommandé ne peut être utilisé à bord*.
Veuillez vous assurer que votre téléphone est
bien éteint avant et pendant le vol. L’utilisation
des ordinateurs et jeux électroniques est
autorisée pendant le vol, mais ces appareils
doivent être éteints lors du décollage et de
l’atterrissage.
Interdiction de fumer
Conformément aux réglementations
gouvernementales, tous les vols Brussels
Airlines sont entièrement non-fumeurs. Nous
rappelons aux passagers que les toilettes de
l’avion sont équipées de détecteurs de fumée,
et que toute infraction à ce règlement peut
entraîner une amende. Veuillez également
noter que les cigarettes électroniques ne sont
pas autorisées sur nos vols.
Procédures de sécurité
Vous trouverez dans la poche de votre siège
une fiche d’information concernant les
procédures de sécurité. Veuillez lire cette
fiche et écouter attentivement toutes les
annonces et instructions de l’équipage en
matière de sécurité.
Alcool
Les passagers ne sont pas autorisés à
consommer l’alcool qu’ils ont emporté ou
acheté à bord. De l’alcool peut être servi
dans l’avion, mais notre équipage refusera de
servir tout passager qu’il soupçonne d’avoir
déjà trop bu.
*Pour la liste complète des appareils dont l’utilisation
à bord est interdite, veuillez consulter la fiche de
sécurité rangée dans la poche du siège devant vous.
Voor uw veiligheid
en comfort
We verwelkomen u graag aan boord van
deze vlucht en danken u om te vliegen
met Brussels Airlines. Lees aandachtig
onderstaande informatie over roken en
veiligheid aan boord. Als u vragen heeft,
kunt u die stellen aan het
cabinepersoneel.
Elektronische apparaten
U mag aan boord geen (communicatie)
apparaten gebruiken die radiogolven uitzenden,
zoals draagbare telefoons, radio’s, GPSapparaten,
spelletjes of speelgoed met een
afstandsbediening*. Zorg ervoor dat uw
telefoon is uitgeschakeld voor en tijdens de
vlucht. Elektronische toestellen zoals personal
computers en spelletjes mag u tijdens de
vlucht gebruiken, maar moet u uitschakelen
bij het opstijgen en landen.
Roken
In overeenstemming met de Belgische
wetgeving is roken verboden op alle vluchten
van Brussels Airlines. Wij wijzen u erop dat de
toiletten aan boord zijn uitgerust met
rookdetectoren. Een inbreuk op het rookverbod
kan bestraft worden. Tevens wijzen wij u erop
dat het gebruik van elektronische sigaretten
verboden is aan boord van al onze vluchten.
Veiligheidsprocedures
U vindt een informatieblad over
de veiligheidsprocedures in het opbergzakje
voor u. Lees het zorgvuldig en luister
aandachtig naar alle veiligheidsmededelingen
en instructies van het cabinepersoneel.
Alcohol
Passagiers mogen geen alcohol gebruiken die
ze hebben meegebracht of aan boord hebben
gekocht. Alcohol kan aan boord worden
geserveerd, maar ons cabinepersoneel zal geen
alcohol schenken aan passagiers die volgens
hen al voldoende hebben gedronken.
*In het opbergzakje voor u vindt u uw
veiligheidskaart met daarop de volledige lijst van
apparaten met gebruiksbeperkingen.
Useful telephone numbers in Europe
112 (emergency services requiring an ambulance, fire brigade or police); Child Focus 116 000 (missing children hotline)
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comfort
Your personal
wellbeing on board
Nowadays, for many passengers, fl ying
regularly is part of life. However, the body is
sensitive to change and fl ying still isn’t part
of a normal daily rhythm. Brussels Airlines
cares about your comfort, so here are a
couple of hints on how to keep your body
happy and healthy in the air.
Before
■ Drink plenty of water and avoid excessive
intake of alcohol, coffee and tea
■ Take time to have a stroll around the terminal
after check-in
■ A light snack is fine, but avoid heavy meals
before flying
■ Dress in loose, comfortable clothing
■ Apply moisturiser to keep your skin
feeling fresh
During
■ Drink plenty of water and avoid excessive
intake of alcohol, coffee and tea
■ Exercise helps you avoid cramps and is
good for circulation, even on short flights
(see below)
■ Don’t eat too much
Exercises
Stretch and flex your leg muscles, as well as your
arms, shoulders and neck, from time to time. This
will improve your general level of comfort and
stimulate your circulation. Stretch and rotate your
ankles and legs while sitting in your seat.
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Votre bien-être à bord
De nos jours, il est de plus en plus courant de
prendre l’avion régulièrement. Cependant, le
corps est sensible aux changements, et voler
implique toujours une modifi cation du rythme
normal. Pour Brussels Airlines, la question
de votre confort est une priorité. Voici donc
quelques conseils pour garder un corps léger et
équilibré jusque dans les airs.
Avant
■ Buvez beaucoup d’eau, évitez une
consommation excessive d’alcool, de
café et de thé
■ Prenez le temps de vous balader un peu dans
l’aérogare après l’enregistrement
■ N’hésitez pas à prendre un en-cas léger, mais
évitez les repas trop lourds avant d’embarquer
■ Portez des vêtements amples et confortables
■ Appliquez une crème hydratante pour garder
une peau fraîche
Pendant
■ Buvez beaucoup d’eau, évitez une
consommation excessive d’alcool, de
café et de thé
■ Faire de l’exercice permet d’éviter les
crampes et est excellent pour la circulation.
Essayez les exercices décrits ci-dessous
■ Ne mangez pas trop
Exercises
Etirez et fléchissez de temps à autre les muscles
de vos jambes, vos bras, vos épaules et votre
nuque. Cela améliorera votre confort général tout
en stimulant votre circulation. Etirez et dessinez de
petits cercles avec vos chevilles et vos jambes
lorsque vous êtes assis.
Uw persoonlijk
comfort aan board
Vandaag maakt vliegen voor heel wat passagiers
deel uit van het dagelijkse leven. Ons lichaam is
echter gevoelig voor verandering en vliegen kan
ons dagritme danig in de war brengen. Uw welzijn
ligt Brussels Airlines nauw aan het hart. Daarom
geven we u enkele tips om ook in de lucht uw
lichaam fi t en gezond te houden.
Vooraf
■ Drink veel water en vermijd overmatig
gebruik van alcohol, koffie en thee
■ Neem de tijd om na het inchecken even door
de terminal te wandelen
■ Een lichte snack mag, maar eet niet te zwaar
vóór u het vliegtuig neemt
■ Draag losse, comfortabele kleding
■ Gebruik een vochtinbrengende crème zodat
uw huid fris aanvoelt
Tijdens
■ Drink veel water en vermijd overmatig
gebruik van alcohol, koffie en thee
■ Oefeningen voorkomen krampen en zijn
goed voor de bloedsomloop. Probeer
onderstaande oefeningen
■ Eet niet te veel
Oefeningen
Strek en buig nu en dan uw benen, armen,
schouders en nek. U zult er zich beter door voelen
en het stimuleert de bloedsomloop. Strek en draai
uw enkels en benen terwijl u in uw stoel zit.
Stretch and rotate your ankles and legs while seated . Flex and stretch your calf muscles , as well as your arms , shoulders and neck periodically.
This will improve your general level of comfort and stimulate your circulation.
ILLUSTRATIONS: JULIE JOHNSON

in the air
Brussels Airlines aircraft are a regular sight taking off and
landing at Brussels Airport as well as at the 70 destinations
we serve across Europe and Africa. Check our fl eet line-up to
fi nd out more about the aircraft you’re fl ying on
Airbus A330-200
long haul flights
Number 2
Seats 230
Wingspan 60.30 m
Airbus A330-300
long haul flights
Number 5
Seats 284
Wingspan 60.30 m
Airbus A319
short haul flights
Number 12
Seats 141
Wingspan 34.09 m
Airbus A320
short haul flights
Number 4
Seats 168
Wingspan 34.10 m
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Length 58.40 m
Height 17.80 m
Cruising speed 870 km/h
Length 63.66 m
Height 16.91 m
Cruising speed 870 km/h
Length 33.84 m
Height 11.76 m
Cruising speed 850 km/h
Length 37.57 m
Height 11 m
Cruising speed 850 km/h
Boeing 737-300
short haul flights
Number 1
Seats 142
Wingspan 29.90 m
Boeing 737-400
short haul flights
Number 2
Seats 164
Wingspan 29.90 m
AVRO RJ85
short haul flights
Number 4
Seats 82
Wingspan 26.30 m
AVRO RJ100
short haul flights
Number 12
Seats 97
Wingspan 26.30 m
Number 3
Seats 76-78
Wingspan 28.42 m
Length 33.40 m
Height 11.13 m
Cruising speed 795 km/h
Length 36.45 m
Height 11.13 m
Cruising speed 795 km/h
Length 28.30 m
Height 08.50 m
Cruising speed 755 km/h
Length 31.00 m
Height 08.50 m
Cruising speed 755 km/h
Bombardier DH8-Q400
short haul flights
Length 32.84 m
Height 8.34 m
Max speed 667 km/h
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tel. +32 (0)2 752 9800 or hendriks.be
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Food
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SWEET MENU €4.00
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Waffl e with hot* or soft drink
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LUNCH MENU** €6.00
(2 items) Sandwich or Aïki snack with
soft or hot drink or soup
**Not available on our shortest fl ights
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Cheese €4.00
Tasty double deck sandwich with cheese
Bacon €4.00
Delicious sandwich with bacon, lettuce and tomato
**Not available on our shortest fl ights
HOT SNACKS
Aïki Pasta
Spirelli with creamy cheese
€4.00
Aïki Noodles chicken €4.00
Royco Minute Soup €2.50
SWEET SNACKS
M&M’s 250g €4.00
Celebrations Chocolate assortment 240g €4.00
Muffi n (vanilla/chocolate) €2.00
Lotus waffl e XL €2.00
Twix XL €2.00
SAVOURY SNACKS
Pringles (hot & spicy) €2.00
Pringles (salt) €2.00
Pringles (paprika) €2.00
Bifi XXL 40g €2.00
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is shown. Prices are subject to change without notice.
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ONLY
SOFT
Spa still water 50cl €2.50
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Coca-cola 33cl €2.50
Coca-cola zero 33cl €2.50
Fanta 33cl €2.50
Schweppes tonic 33cl €2.50
Lipton ice tea 33cl €2.50
Minute Maid orange juice 25cl €2.50
SPECIAL
Red Bull 25cl €3.00
•Energy drink
mySmoothie 25cl
•
€3.50
100% fruit inside •No preservatives •No additives
HOT
Drinks
Nescafé coffee €2.50
Nescafé decaf €2.50
Nescafé cappucino €2.50
Lipton tea (yellow label) €2.50
Hotcémel hot chocolate €2.50
BEERS
Maes beer 33cl €3.50
Carlsberg (New can) 33cl €3.50
Grimbergen blonde 33cl €3.50
ALCOHOL
Gordon’s gin 5cl* €4.00
Johnnie Walker red label whisky 5cl* €4.00
* + soft drink €6.00
WINE
White – Domaine BLOMAC Chardonnay 18.7cl €4.00
Red – Domaine BLOMAC Merlot 18.7cl €4.00
SPARKLING WINE
Not available on our shortest fl ights after 10am
Martini – Vino spumante brut 20cl €6.00
Gifts
Fun Plane Keyring with sound and lights €4.00
Finest Belgian chocolates Duc d’O 115g €4.00

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extra time: sport
tom watt on belgium’s olympic family, trekking in the moroccan desert and wimbledon
theathletes
Belgium’s fastest family may now be based
in the USA, but in this year’s Olympics,
they’ll be proudly representing their country.
Twin brothers Jonathan and Kevin Borlée
were early qualifi ers for London and they’ll
be hoping that their elder sister, Olivia, will
join them at the end of this month.
It’s a remarkable story but, perhaps, not
surprising. The Borlées’ father, Jacques,
was an Olympian who competed in the
400m in Moscow in 1980 and is his
children’s coach. Their mother, Edith, was
Belgian champion over 200m.
All three siblings competed in Beijing, with
Olivia winning silver with the 4x100m team,
and Jonathan and Kevin setting a new
national record with Belgium’s 4x400m
team in fi fth place. It remains to be seen
how they’ll fare against the world’s best in
London. What’s certain is that the residents
of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels – the
Borlées’ home town – will be cheering on
this local family of sporting heroes.
theticket
The All-England Club in Wimbledon will
always be one of sport’s iconic venues
especially after the investment of recent
years, such as Centre Court’s retractable
juLY 2012
roof. This year’s men’s tournament will
no doubt be fought out by the big four –
Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray – any
one of whom might, in another era, have
dominated the game in the same way that
the Belarusian, Victoria Azarenka, has
swept all before her in the women’s game
thus far in 2012 – aside from her shock
upset by Dominika Cibulkova in the French
Open last month.
The tournament will guarantee, as
always, drama and quality during the
course of the second week. The
atmosphere is unique, whether you’re
watching at Centre Court or happy to see
the action unfold on the giant screen on
The Hill. The Wimbledon Championship
remains the jewel in the Grand Slam crown
and is one of sport’s timeless spectacles –
one every sports fan, surely, would want the
chance to experience fi rst-hand.
theknowledge
Mention Morocco and horseriding
in the same breath and
you probably conjure up
romantic images from an old
adventure movie set in the
desert. If you’re visiting
Marrakech this summer, though,
don’t assume that you’d need to
be able to ride bareback on a
wild Arab stallion to look and feel
the part. There are several
equestrian centres dotted
around the city which cater to
every age and ability.
Perhaps the most picturesque
of them is the Club Equestre de
Palmeraie, attached to the swish
Palmeraie Golf Palace, a short
taxi ride from the centre of town.
At prices that won’t break the
bank and with experienced help
on hand, children will be able to
trot a pony round the large
paddock. As can you, of course.
That said, if you’ve ever
climbed into a saddle before, the
best bet is to head out from
Marrakech early – to avoid the
heat of midday – and spend a
few hours in equestrian heaven,
trekking past the date palms, the
imposing villas and the
atmospheric desert villages.
pgpmarrakech.com
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