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11 SNAPSHOTS 

The Snapshots section flags up events, 

exhibitions and news from a selection 

of the airline’s 15 base cities. This issue: 

an elegant Bucharest beerhouse (right), 

medieval dining in Krakow, Kiev’s weapons 

depot-turned art museum and a look 

ahead to Prague’s bohemian carnival. 

19 GADGETS 

The wireless boombox that uses solar 

power, Pierre Cardin’s leather-branded 

tablet, super-stylish headphones and a 

camera that directs you to tourist spots. 

11 

Contents 

27 

23 THE iPOD 

The MP3 that displaced the Walkman 

as the portable music device of choice 

recently marked its 10th anniversary. We 

explore the impact of the revolutionary 

product on listeners and the pop world. 

27 VENETIAN YACHTS 

Not a yacht in the traditional sense, more 

an incredibly chic speedboat. The Riva 

(main picture), seen in films such as Indiana 

Jones and the Last Crusade, The Talented 

Mr Ripley and Casino Royale, has been the 

epitome of glamour since the 1950s. 

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31 PARIS 

Use multimedia such as Twitter feeds, apps 

and websites to make your trip perfect. 

34 LONDON 

From the sleek consumerism of the West 

End to the edgy boho flavour of East End 

markets, we explore the UK capital. 

48 PRAGUE 

Now over half a century old, the Laterna 

Magika theatre continues to entertain and 

enthral as it did at its opening at Expo 58. 

54 WARSAW 

Acclaimed DJ Jakub Rene Kosik recalls the 

rise of alternative electro music in Poland. 

58 ROME 

Why the Pigneto is the fashionable area for 

bon viveurs and artists to hang out. 

48 

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61 SKOPJE 

Move over Belgrade, the new centre of 

European film-making is Skopje. 

66 ANDORRA 

Why skiers and snow-seekers should have 

the principality on their list of destinations. 

68 DESTINATION GUIDES 

Expert recommendations from our team 

of on-the-spot writers, giving unique and 

invaluable tips for enjoying selected cities. 

97 WIZZ AIR INFO PAGES 

All the latest Wizz Air news, the staff 

snapshot, information on baggage policies 

and booking. 

105 SHOPPING PAGES 

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THIS VERY BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR ALL OUR PASSENGERS 

is also an extremely active period for the airline. 

The arrival of 2012 sees us unveil new business plans along 

with an expansion of our network. 

Importantly for our passengers, we will be adding a new aircraft 

to our Warsaw base from April, boosting the amount of aircraft 

there to four and allowing us to increase the number of flights. 

This forms part of our recent deal to lease more new aircraft from 

next year, with one joining our Vilnius base. On top of the eight 

current destinations from the city, Wizz Air will introduce four 

new routes to Liverpool (UK), Paris Beauvais (France), Oslo 

Sandefjord Torp and Bergen (Norway), and will also increase 

frequencies on two existing routes from 27 May. 

And starting in December, we’re also adding Eindhoven to the 

list of destinations available from Riga International Airport, with 

two flights a week. This opens up the cities you can now fly to from 

Latvia to London Luton, Oslo Sandeford Torp and now Eindhoven. 

All this builds on the success of the airline where we were able to 

grow passenger numbers by a two-digit increase in 2011, despite 

rising oil prices and the general global economic uncertainty. This 

has resulted in Wizz Air being able to fly over 10.9 million people 

in the past 12 months, a testament to our growing commitment 

to affordable travel and to the loyalty of our passengers. Going 

forward into 2012, with the huge excitement building for the Euro 

2012 tournament and the London Olympics, the airline is set to go 

from strength to strength. 

Over this festive season and into January, our airports are 

bustling with enthused travellers visiting new destinations, 

those returning home to visit loved ones or passengers flying 

with Wizz Air on business trips. 

So on behalf of all of us here at Wizz Air, have an 

enjoyable flight, a great holiday season and a very happy 

New Year. 

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Events and news from Wizz Air’s 15 base cities 

YOU COULD SPEND 

DAYS IN CARU’ CU 

BERE SOAKING UP 

THE ATMOSPHERE. 

AND THE BEERS! 

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Budapest 

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BUCHAREST 

CARU’ CU BERE 

WHEN VISITING A CITY FOR 

the first time, it’s satisfying to get the 

‘wow’ factor. For a taste (literally) 

of the past, head to Caru’ Cu Bere 

on Stavropoleos Street, one of 

Romania’s oldest beerhouses, 

dating from 1879. The cavernous 

interior offers wooden staircases, 

stained glass windows and vaulted 

ceilings; in fact the entire building 

is steeped in history and culture. 

Live Romanian music merely adds 

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10-21 FEBRUARY 

PRAGUE COMES ALIVE WITH 

costume, celebration and tradition 

as the annual Bohemian Carnevale 

encompasses the city. From the 

smallest venues to magnificent 

squares and concert halls, you’ll 

witness extravagant theatricals 

telling of Czech legends. Look 

out for the Grand Defilé, a street 

event with lanterns and masks, the 

carnival dressing room Boudoir, 

and Cuisine d’Alchimiste, a feast 

at participating resturants. The 

Carnevale coincides with the 

traditional Czech Shrovetide or 

Masopust celebrations. 

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KRAKOW’S HISTORIC 

RESTAURANTS 

DINE WITH HISTORY 

NO VISIT TO KRAKOW CAN IGNORE the famous 

Market Square (Rynek Główny), the largest in Europe. 

It’s the focal point for the centre of the city and via 

Grodzka Street connects with the imposing Wawel 

Castle and its 13-ton Royal Sigismund Bell (it takes 

twelve people to ring it!). Built in 1257, the square 

quickly became the trading focus for the region. The 

Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) is also worth visiting. After all 

the sightseeing, eat like a local at Marmolada, with 

views out across the square. 

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Three other historic buildings house superb Italian 

cuisine in the city: Wesele, on Rynek Glówny 10, 

www.weselrestauracja.pl and Miod Malina, on ul 

Grodzka 40, www.miodmalina.pl and La Campana, 

on Kanonicza Street 7, www.lacampana.pl 



Snapshots 

KIEV 

THE MYSTETSKYI ARSENAL 

IF YOU’RE INTO CULTURE, KIEV IS THE 

place to be right now. The Mystetskyi 

Arsenal boasts over 50,000 square metres 

of exhibition space, and claims to be on 

course to be Europe’s largest art museum. 

The transformation of the former 

18th-century army garrison and latter-day 

weapons storage depot has been sweeping, 

and this gallery is now integral to the city. 

Eminent British curator David Elliott 

says that the Arsenal project “offers a 

new vision of the country, its art, and its 

place in the world”. Elliott, who has also 

transformed the art scenes of Istanbul, 

Tokyo and Sydney, adds: “In my opinion, 

the international art community’s 

perception of Ukraine as some kind of a 

post-Soviet hinterland has changed.” 

The Mystetskyi Arsenal is also gearing 

up to host Kiev’s first ever Art Bienniale, 

which will throw open its doors on 17 May. 

artarsenal.in.ua 

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SOULRA XL 

THE SOULRA XL CHARGES AND PLAYS 

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The wireless boombox relies on a 72-inch 

solar panel to harness the sun’s energy 

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offers eight hours of crystal-clear playback 

via a rechargeable lithium battery. It 

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GADGETS 

//CAMERA COMPASS 

FUJIFILM FINEPIX F600 EXR 

The latest compact camera from Fuji 

uses an onboard GPS system to let the 

adventurous tourist chart their snaps on a 

map. Nothing new in itself, but this clever kit 

adds an augmented reality element, which 

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a built-in database of over a million locations. 

It’s then easy to see exactly where you are 

via the 3-inch screen and how far away you 

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Funky-looking headphones that deliver impressive 

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audio assisted by the gold-plated stereo jack plug, 

while 15mm deep padded cups and adjustable 

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Available in five colours (black, orange, green, purple 

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DRAGON APX FRAMELESS GOGGLES 

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off-piste action. With fully interchangeable lenses and anti-fogging 

features, these futuristic looking ionised lenses react differently to 

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RADIO GAGA 

PURE MOVE 2500 PORTABLE 

DAB AND FM RADIO 

This iPod-inspired 

digital radio will pick 

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wherever you go, be it 

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20 presets (10 digital and 

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headphones, 

will come in handy when 

travelling, and a separate 

bass and treble control 

get the most from your 

music. A rechargeable 

battery pack is included 

that provides up to 14 

hours of listening – and 

can be recharged via a 

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PIERRE CARDIN 

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iPOD 

POCKET-SIZED 

POWERHOUSE 

The iPod is 10 years old. 

We explain how the first 

consumer icon of the 21st Century 

made Apple’s future rosy 

THE DEATH OF STEVE JOBS 

in October overshadowed the 

10th anniversary of the iPod. 

With 220 million sales and 

counting, it has been key to 

the success of Apple over the 

last decade. “It wasn’t the first 

MP3 player and it wasn’t the 

one with the biggest capacity, 

but it was the one that people 

actually wanted to buy,” says 

Jude Biersdorfer, author of 

iPod: The Missing Manual. 

//DESIGN 

Words Clive Morris 

“It was small, it had a beautiful 

design, it did the thing you 

wanted it to do – namely play 

music. It took Apple from 

being a computer company 

with around 2% of the market 

and turned it into a personal 

entertainment company, 

leading to the iPhone and iPad.” 

“It’s the first consumer icon 

of the 21st century,” suggests 

Michael Bull, author of Sound 

Moves: iPod Culture and 



iPOD 

Urban Experience. “With other 

MP3s, you had to kneel down 

and pray to get them to work. 

Steve Jobs understood that 

technology works by having 

fewer actions to get to where 

you want to go, and that every 

time you introduce an extra 

instruction, lots of people give 

up using it.” Apple designer 

Jonathan Ive’s scroll wheel 

dispensed with the buttons 

that afflicted other MP3s. The 

iPod epitomised Job’s quest for 

aesthetic perfection: “You know 

a product is good if you want to 

lick it,” he famously remarked. 

Around 2004/5, the product 

went mass market, following 

TV advertising and the 

founding of iTunes, which made 

it easier to legally download 

music. The iPod Classic was 

supplemented by the Shuffle 

(2005), Nano (2006) and 

Touch (2008). By April 2007, 


100 million iPods had been 

sold, making it the biggest 

selling digital music player 

ever, and making up a third of 

Apple’s revenue at that time. 

The iPod allows a “seamless 

experience”, Bull suggests. 

Users insulate themselves 

against both city noise and 

‘urban chill’ – bland city spaces 

with no personal significance 

– by retreating into an 

appropriate, personally selected 

playlist. “It allows users to 

micromanage their environment 

to their own emotions,” he says. 

Unlike its predecessor the 

Walkman, the iPod is not 

tied to youth culture, but 

penetrates every social level. 

It allows the older listener 

to covertly expand his tastes. 

“They didn’t want to go into a 

high-street record store to buy 

Britney Spears, but they could 

do it on iTunes,” argues Bull. 

FOLLOWING 

LONG-RUNNING 

LEGAL BATTLES, 

THE BEATLES’ 

BACK CATALOGUE 

BECAME AVAILABLE 

ON iTUNES IN 

NOVEMBER 2010. 

RIGHT: THE iPOD 

SHUFFLE IS THE 

ENTRY LEVEL 

DIGITAL PLAYER 

Singer Noel Gallagher 

is a recent convert, having 

consigned his vinyl records to 

a lock-up garage. On a state 

visit, Barack Obama presented 

the Queen with an iPod loaded 

with Broadway tunes. 

Yet not everyone is receptive. 

In 2010 Pink Floyd took legal 

action to prevent the download 

of individual tracks to “preserve 

the artistic integrity of the 

albums”. Surviving members 

of the Beatles long held out 

against iTunes, originally 

in a dispute over the Apple 

name. Rock elder statesman 

Paul Weller has sarcastically 

dubbed iPods “evil little fridges”. 

Luke Lewis, editor of British 

music magazine site NME.com, 

feels the iPod’s contribution to 

music has been “double edged”. 

“Its monetary and perceived 

value was reduced. When 

you’ve got so much music at 

your fingertips, does it mean as 

much to you?” He suggests the 

era of the iPod is over. “People 

have their music on their 

smart phones. They don’t have 

specific devices for music.” 

Biersdorfer disagrees. “There 

are always those who want 

a standalone device, either 

because they’ve already got a 

phone or because they don’t 

want to kill their phone battery. 

You don’t want to take your 

phone to the gym and have 

risk damaging it. The smaller 

players will always have a 

place with exercise fans.” 

WIZZ readers can get a 40% 

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A VENICE ICON 

Instantly recognisable from the city’s famous festivals and a host 

of Hollywood films, the Riva yacht continues to make waves 

Words Nick Bruno Photography Guido Cantini 

THE RIVA WENT FROM 

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS 

TO BECOME THE 

EPITOME OF GLAMOUR 


[ style icons ] 

RIVA YACHT 

RIVA MAY NOT BE A 

household name, but one 

glimpse of the sleek mahogany 

hull of a Riva yacht conjures 

up images of Venice, glamour 

and the movies. Along with 

the gondolier steering his 

way along the famous canals, 

the yachts are synonymous 

with the city. They’ve secured 

celluloid immortality thanks to 

a Brigitte Bardot photoshoot 

and various James Bond films. 

In 2012, Riva celebrates 170 

years of craft. Its evolution – 

from humble boatyard origins 

to timeless design icon to its 

current status as a luxury 

brand – comes from four 

generations of hard-working 

northern Italian artisans, met 

by hedonism and wealth. 

The Riva story begins in 1842 

on the shores of Lake Iseo, 


where Pietro Riva, a young 

carpenter newly arrived from 

Lake Como, impressed locals 

by repairing storm-damaged 

fishing boats. Pietro set up a 

yard renovating and building 

modest rowing boats. The 

business grew through his son 

Ernesto who had a passion 

for motorboats and tourist 

jaunts on the lake. (Ernesto 

died in 1907 after scaffolding 

collapsed at the yard.) The 

third-born son Serafino then 

steered the business into leisure 

boating and the motorboatracing 

craze. In the 20s and 

30s, Serafino filled sports 

pages, racing streamlined Rivas 

with engines. 

Post-war production of the 

mahogany beauties took off 

when ambitious Carlo Riva took 

the helm, opening the modern 

Cantieri Riva plant. A design 

genius, showman and quality 

control freak, he heralded the 

global luxury brand, opening 

a showroom in New York 

peddling yachts to sheiks and 

the nouveau chic. 

In the 1950s and early 60s, 

Riva models such as Tritone, 

Ariston, Florida and Aquarama 

THE RIVA CAME OF AGE IN 

THE 1950s WHEN IT WAS 

ADOPTED BY BOTH SAINT- 

TROPEZ AND HOLLYWOOD 

were playthings of La Dolce Vita 

lifestyle. The glamour and vice 

captured by Fellini’s film and 

tracked by the first paparazzi 

spilled into the hedonism of the 

late 60s Saint-Tropez society 

shenanigans. A legendary 

photoshoot of Brigitte Bardot 

lounging around her Rivas was 

splashed across the pages of

RIVA WATER TAXIS ALLOW 

EVERYONE A TASTE OF 

THE HIGH LIFE UPON 

ARRIVAL IN VENICE 

Paris Match. Playboy Gigi Rizzi 

famously said that Bardot 

changed her Riva with each 

new love affair. 

Riva, Venice and the movies 

got their first major combined 

outing in the 1954 film Mambo 

where a Riva Ariston cuts 

down canals to a swinging 

soundtrack. Since then Riva 

boats have starred in Bond 

films (including GoldenEye 

and Casino Royale), the Italian 

Job remake, The Tourist with 

Johnny Depp and The Talented 

Mr Ripley. In Indiana Jones and 

the Last Crusade‚ the Campo 

San Barnaba chase has even 

been immortalised in a Lego 

computer game, complete with 

blocky Harrison Ford, Venetian 

bridge and Rivas. After George 

Clooney starred in Ocean’s 

Twelve alongside Brad Pitt and 

a classic 1962 Aquarama, he 

ordered an Aquariva for his 

Lake Como villa’s mooring. 

At the Venice Film Festival, 

posing in shades aboard a Riva 

continues to be de rigueur. 

The 70s brought a new 

American owner, fibreglass 

innovations and calendars with 

scantily clad models sprawled 

on boats. Riva may have 

abandoned its artisan roots 

and some taste, producing 

the flashy-red Ferrari 32 

speedboat, but current owners 

the Ferretti Group claim to 

have restored the vigorous 

design ethos of Carlo Riva. At 

the recent London Frieze Art 

Fair, artist Christian Jankowski 

exhibited a limited edition 

Aquariva Cento as part of a 

provocative installation, the 

Finest Art on Water, priced at 

€65m as a yacht or €75m as 

an artwork for just having his 

signature on it! 

For those without €700,000 

for a standard model, Venice 

is the place to admire classic 

Rivas at close hand. Hotel 

Cipriani guests can play 

the film star while stroking 

dashboard knobs and 

upholstery on the Riva shuttle 

that cuts through the Canale di 

Giudecca waters. For a stylish 

entry into the floating city, 

take a standard water taxi ride 

from the airport quay. Set aside 

around €150 for the privilege 

though and you can pretend to 

be one of Hollywood’s finest. 

www.riva-yacht.com 

Venice is known for its festivities: 

St Stephen’s Day is on 26 

December, then, approaching 

Easter, it’s the Carnival of Venice. 

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Design 

classics 

Aquarama 

Launched in 1962 at Milan 

International Nautical Fair 

with the slogan ‘Sun, Sea, 

Joy of Living’ the Aquarama 

is Carlo Riva’s masterpiece. 

Designer Giorgio Barilani 

helped build the prototype 

with its 8.02m x 2.62m hull 

and twin 185hp Chris-Craft 

petrol engines that could 

reach speeds of 73km/h. 

Aquariva Super 

The heir to the Aqurama’s 

throne and designed by 

Officina Italiana Design, 

this marries Riva’s tradition 

with power (below). George 

Clooney has one parked at his 

Villa Oleandra on Lake Como. 

Smooth lines, mahogany and 

maple decks, and leather 

trimmings say eleganza while 

380hp Yanmar motors bellow 

‘Ciao for now, paparazzi!’ 

Iseo 

The recently unveiled 27-foot 

runabout Iseo recalls cute 

50s-60s models Ariston and 

Florida. A hybrid engine 

version with ZEM (Zero 

Emission Mode) cruising 

option is particularly suitable 

for calmer sailing conditons 

and leisurely piloting. 


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A MULTIMEDIA 

PARIS 

The world’s gone digital, so if you are 

visiting the City of Light, here 

are the essential mobile apps, websites 

and Twitter feeds you need to get 

the most out of your trip 

Words Adam Hartley Illustration Christos Hannides 

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PARIS 

THE TOP FIVE APPS 

METRO 

The Metro Paris Subway for 

iPhone (69p) or the free 

Metro Paris for Android are 

essential apps if you plan to 

spend more than a few days 

in the city and want to learn 

how to get about the place 

quickly, cheaply and with a 

minimum of fuss. 

DAVID LEBOVITZ 

Local gourmets speak highly 

of the best blog for dining in 

Paris. This US ex-pat pastry 

chef is hailed for his recipe 

books, dining out guides and 

The Sweet Guide to Paris, a 

quirky look at the Parisian’s 

rules of social conduct. 

www.davidlebovitz.com/paris 

TIME OUT PARIS 

Another freely available 

app for Android and iPhone, 

and an essential download. 

Local experts tell you almost 

all you could need to know 

about the French capital. 

Not only that, the app is 

entirely offline, so you won’t 

rack up roaming charges. 

GOGOPARIS.COM 

The website that offers an 

insider guide to Parisian 

fashion, food, arts, culture 

and gossip and goings-on 

around town. It follows 

the success of the London 

equivalent, and even has 

its own iPhone app (€4.99) 

and print guide (€13.90) for 

those who want the latest 

tips when they are away from 

a Wi-Fi connection. 

www.gogoparis.com 


TRIPADVISOR PARIS 

A superb free source of info 

for Android-toting visitors, 

with thousands of users 

offering their own thoughts 

on the best (and worst) 

restaurants, attractions, and 

places to stay. It’s fast, works 

offline and is packed with 

self-guided tours. 

THE TOP WEBSITES, BLOGS AND TWITTER FEEDS 

BLOG DE BETTY 

Many visit the French capital 

for its food and art. However, 

there are numerous travellers 

for whom all of that is merely 

secondary to the true lure 

of Paris, fashion. Which is 

why hardcore fashionistas 

need to bookmark this. For 

those in the know, it could be 

described as the equivalent 

of the London-based Susie 

Bubble’s Style Bubble blog. 

www.leblogdebetty.com 

MUSÉE DE LOUVRE 

Free from iTunes App Store, 

with versions in French and 

English, this official app is an 

art-lover’s delight. You can 

you take a virtual and audio 

tour of the immense palace 

of paintings, view videos or 

simply check out thousands 

of great works of art. 

MY LITTLE PARIS 

A great site favoured by 

expats for culture tips, 

restaurant reviews and an 

inside track into what’s going 

on in the city, from the best 

shamanic massages to the 

latest Parisian Nap Bar; a 

cocoon of subdued lighting 

and ambient music where 

you can rest your weary 

traveller’s feet for an hour 

or two in the afternoon. 

www.mylittleparis.com 

MICHELIN GUIDE 

The Paris guide (£2.99 for 

iOS) is in English, French, 

German, Italian and Spanish. 

With online maps, augmented 

reality functions (a kind 

of virtual reality receptive 

to camera phone pictures) 

you can also share finds via 

Twitter, email or Facebook. 

TONIGHT IN PARIS 

Members of the hipster 

Twitterati set can check this 

out for updates offering ideas 

for what to do and where 

to be seen. It can be a bit 

leftfield, though, and might 

not be to everyone’s taste, 

with its focus on the best 

parties, private sales, getting 

on the VIP guest lists and 

the event of the night. 

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DRESS BY NEXT, 

COAT BY MONKI, 

SUNGLASSES BY 

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LONDON 

Two points of the compass linked by the Thames. 

From the chic and sophisticated Savile Row in 

the West End to the vibrant and vintage East 

End, this is a London tour steeped in history 

Words Piers Townley Photography Mariano Herrera 


A BUSTLING 

SATURDAY 

Jump straight into the heart 

of English tailoring at 1 Savile 

Row, just around the corner 

from Piccadilly Circus, where 

Gieves & Hawkes has aquired a 

reputation for stylish suits that 

originated some 240 years ago. 

“They’re true pioneers of 

sartorial splendour,” says 

British designer Jonathan 

Thomas, who has dressed their 

windows. “Masters in the craft 

of tailoring. They dressed 

Lord Nelson, Dr Livingstone 

and Elvis. It’s this that has 

established the brand as 

quintessentially British.” 

Nearby is the Burlington 

Arcade, the first covered 

shopping street in Britain, 

complete with red carpet, 

uniformed doormen and a host 

of posh English brands from 

Church’s shoes to Penhaligon’s 

perfumery stores. 

At the southern end of 

the Arcade sits the Royal 

Academy of Arts, a must on 

any culture lover’s visit to the 

English capital. The Arcade 


LONDON 

TOP: THE VIEW ACROSS THE MILLENNIUM BRIDGE TO THE NORTH BANK 

OF THE THAMES AND ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL. ABOVE: WESTMINSTER TUBE 

STATION (ORIGINALLY CALLED WESTMINSTER BRIDGE), OPENED IN 1868 

SHE WEARS: LEATHER JACKET BY SANDRO, TEE SHIRT BY ANTHROPOLOGIE, 

JEANS BY WRANGLER 

HE WEARS: COAT BY PAUL & JOE, SHIRT BY SANDRO, VEST BY TOPMAN, 

JEANS BY LEVIS, HAT BY HACKETT 

hark back to the birth of 

London’s consumerism. Turn 

left and the curve of Regent 

Street, now twinkling with the 

famous Christmas Lights, is 

its modern incarnation. Check 

out the high street names 

and January sales, but if you 

prefer to stick to art, high-end 

art gallery the Haunch of 

Venison off New Bond Street is 

currently showing The Mystery 

of Appearance exhibition with 

British post-war masters such 

as Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon 

and David Hockney. 

Just off Regent Street you’ll 

find old Victorian pubs as you 

cross over to Carnaby Street, 

once an icon of 60s fashion and 

culture. See the new store from 

Oasis singer Liam Gallagher, 

Pretty Green, and a steady 

procession of big names such 

as Puma, North Face, Muji and 

Gola. The street bustles with 

photo-snapping visitors and 

busy winter shoppers, so escape 

the crowd by ducking into 

the renovated Marlborough 

Street Magistrate’s Court 

where Keith Richards and 



LONDON 

BEG BEN IS ACTUALLY THE 

NAME OF THE BELL INSIDE 

THE FAMOUS CLOCK 

TOWER, THE LARGEST 

FOUR-FACED CHIMING 

CLOCK IN THE WORLD 

PAGE OPPOSITE, HE WEARS: COAT BY FAKE 

LONDON, SCARF BY ALEXANDER McQUEEN 

AT SELFRIDGES, VEST BY TOPMAN, 

HAT BY HACKETT 

A SATURDAY 

ALTERNATIVE 

Start early at the two-mile 

stretch of the world-famous 

Portobello market in Notting 

Hill. Browse and buy a vast 

array of antiques, curiosities 

and vintage and second-hand 

clothes, along a street lined 

with boutique shops and 

individually painted buildings. 

www.portobelloroad.co.uk 


Mick Jagger defended their 

reputations on drug charges 

back in the late 60s and early 

70s. Christine Keeler testified 

over sex allegations that led 

to the Profumo Affair, while 

John Lennon was charged with 

exhibiting erotic pictures (case 

dismissed). It’s now a hotel, bar 

and restaurant, but head for the 

back bar and you can sit and 

drink in refurbished jail cells. 

Once refreshed, the stunning 

Tudoresque facade of Liberty, 

the original department store, 

just opposite, dominates the 

area, and was voted the ‘best 

London shop’ (again) recently 

by Time Out magazine. 

It’s about a 15-minute walk 

down towards the Thames from 

here, passing through Trafalgar 

Square and the lions at the 

foot of Nelson’s Column (said 

to wake up from their 140-year 

sleep if Big Ben strikes 13!). A 

walk across the Golden Jubilee 

Bridges, now 10 years old, that 

flank the Hungerford Bridge 

will refresh your soul with 

beautiful views of the city’s 

banks in both directions. Then 

you’ll reach the Southbank 

Centre with its host of concert 

halls, cinemas and galleries – 

there’s enough going on here 

to keep anyone occupied for 

weeks. Impossible-to-miss 

local sights include the London 

Eye, Westminster Bridge and 

the Houses of Parliament. 

It’s the perfect breathing 

space because back across the 

bridge and up in Soho is the 

best start to the perfect night 

out. It has an energy all of its 

own. Here London’s many pubs 

brim with history: The Coach 

and Horses with its long list of 

famous writers and journalists, 

on Greek Street, where you’ll 

also find Hungarian restaurant 

Gay Hussar, The French House, 

a favourite with bohemians 

and theatre actors, on Dean 

Street, or The Ship, a noisy and 

lively music pub on Wardour 

Street. You can’t go wrong 

with any of these if you want a 

taste of London life peppered 

with history. And if you do 

get bored, you’re flanked by 

a dazzling array of nightlife, 

theatre and restaurants, with 

Chinatown and Covent Garden 

just around the corner.

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A LAID-BACK 

SUNDAY 

Head to the east of the city 

centre on the Sunday for a 

taste of a more independent 

market scene. Start off at 

Columbia Road, with its famous 

flower market, on the edge 

of Shoreditch. This East End 

Sunday tradition transforms 

the atmospheric street into a 

busy hub of scent and colour 

as stallholders jostle for your 

attention. The road is also lined 

with over 60 boutique and 

independent shops, from the 

children’s clothing of Bob & 

Blossom to the contemporary 

art of Nelly Duff and the 

Lesley Davy Gallery. Begin 

at the far end of the street at 

Laxeiro for a perfect Spanish 

breakfast at this family-run 

café. The more adventurous 

could stop by at the famous 

pub The Royal Oak about 

halfway down that does 

a brisk trade for curing 


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ABOVE: THE AREA 

AROUND BRICK LANE AND 

THE RENOVATED OLD 

TRUMAN BREWERY 

BUSTLES WITH SOME 

OF THE CAPITAL’S BEST 

VINTAGE CLOTHING 

SHOPS 

LEFT: STREET MUSICIANS 

PERFORMING ON 

COLUMBIA ROAD 


LONDON 

Sunday hangovers with a 

Bloody Mary. 

The Brick Lane area to the 

south and east of here has 

a rich history of thriving and 

changing communities and now 

houses some of the capital’s 

best design, clothing and chic 

shops and galleries. Just a 

short 15-minute walk south 

takes you to the Old Truman 

Brewery buildings, standing a 

stone’s throw from the famous 

Spitalfields market and Brick 

Lane. A hive of bars, clubs, 

restaurants and independent 

shops, the Brewery is also 

home to the UpMarket (off 

Hanbury Street) on Sunday, 

which showcases new and 

unique clothing, furniture and 

craft design. The renovated 

buildings now have some of 

the best vintage clothing shops 

in the capital and one of the 

UK’s best independent record 

stores, Rough Trade East. Of 

course, you’re in England so it 

has to be fish ’n’ chips for lunch 

(Brick Lane was once home 

to London’s best curry houses, 

but they’re now somewhat 

in decline). Hanbury Street 

is home to Poppies of 

Spitalfields (pictured next 

page), an immaculate and 

funky pop décor take on the 

traditional restaurant. 

The East End is home to 

a number of beautiful white 

marble churches built by 

Nicholas Hawksmoor in 

the 18th Century. See the 

sleek lines of the steeple of 

Christ Church Spitalfields on 

Commercial Road. Hawskmoor 

was a clerk to Sir Christopher 

Wren, who designed St Paul’s 

Cathedral, and later became 

a renowned architect in his 



LONDON 

own right. The pure white lines 

of the church are tarnished 

with some of London’s murky 

history: Jack the Ripper killed 

many 19th-century prostitutes 

in the surrounding streets. 

Its alleyways and pubs, 

particularly The Ten Bells, are 

all entwined with the mix of 

fact and fiction of his sinister 

legend which terrorised the 

city back in 1888 and continues 

to resonate today. 

The streets alongside it, 

especially Fournier and Puma 

Court, have buildings and 

pathways preserved as they 

were back in Jack’s day. Take 

in a ghoulish but educational 

Ripper guided walk: many 

of the locations are now 

redeveloped but you’ll hear 

great tales of London’s legends 

and ghoulish past. 

Spitalfields market, next 

to the church, has gone from 

vegetable wholesaler to stylish 

shopping centre but retains a 

mix of established independent 

clothing shops and iconic 

British brands such as Fred 

Perry. Every Sunday it hosts 


SHE WEARS: SHIRT AND JACKET BY TOPMAN, TROUSERS BY 

OASIS, SOCKS BY FALKE, SHOES BY DUNE, BRACELET BY 

RELIGION, HAT IS STYLIST’S OWN 

HE WEARS: SHIRT BY ANTIPODIUM, HAT BY HACKETT, 

WAISTCOAT, BELT AND TROUSERS BY TOPMAN, COAT 

MARTYN BAL, SHOES BY SWEAR


LONDON 

RIGHT: THE CLASSIC LONDON PUB 

INTERIOR OF THE MARKET COFFEE 

HOUSE IN SPITALFIELDS 

a Traders Market with a mix 

of British designers. One, Tatty 

Brown, recently won headlines 

as the favourite of Harry Potter 

actress Emma Watson. 

From Spitalfields it’s a short 

trip from Liverpool Street 

station (or hop on one of the 

frequent red buses) past the 

financial centre to London 

Bridge and superb views out 

across the Thames. Close by is 

the now quiet Borough Market, 

closed on Sundays but a must 

on any other day, Southwark 

Cathedral, and the peaceful 

stroll along the south bank of 

the river. You’ll pass the Globe 

Theatre, rebuilt on its original 

1599 site, on the way to the 

Millennium Bridge and Tate 

Modern. This cathedral to art 

(opposite St Paul’s Cathedral 

to God) is now showing the 

acclaimed cinematic British 

artist Tacita Dean’s installation 

in the jaw-dropping, 

immense Turbine Hall. 

A SUNDAY 

ALTERNATIVE 

For an exciting journey up 

the River Thames, take a 

riverboat to Greenwich. 

Most offer a spoken word 

tour and you’ll get a chance 

to soak up the history of the 

riverside trade and legends 

of the docks as you pass 

from the City of London 

boundaries towards the 

historic Maritime Museum. 

Greenwich Park then 

beckons for an idyllic stroll. 

www.thamesriverservices. 

co.uk/www.nmm.ac.uk 


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PRAGUE 

A THEATRE FULL 

OF WONDER 

Language is no barrier at the Laterna 

Magika theatre – it has captivated 

visitors to Prague for over 50 years 

REVOLUTIONARY IN CONCEPT, 

striking in appearance and radical in 

its history, Prague’s Magic Lantern 

is no ordinary theatre. Enter the stunning 

glass-fronted modernist building for a 

glimpse of the silent performances that 

have captivated audiences and made a 

groundbreaking contribution to the visual 

arts. This winter, its new productions are all 

set to dazzle, including the sell-out show 

The Legends of Magic Prague. 

When television was still black-andwhite, 

the Laterna Magika was the 

original pioneer of new media, providing 

parallel projections onto several screens 


Words Peterjon Cresswell Photo Petr Našic 

as cinematic backgrounds to mime artists 

and ballet movement. Fifty years on, 

the Laterna Magika uses the very latest 

lighting techniques. Movable screens 

change the sets and transport the 

projections around the stage, providing 

a foreigner-friendly show of contemporary 

dance, artistic movement, mime, gesture 

and black comedy to packed houses. 

Here, the impenetrability of the Czech 

language to foreigners is no obstacle to an 

evening of imaginative entertainment. 

As the Lantern’s Zdenek Prokes puts it, 

“We continue to search for productions 

using new projection techniques 

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PRAGUE 

WONDERFUL CIRCUS, 

A DAZZLING 

PRODUCTION BY THE 

LATERNA MAGIKA 


THE ACCLAIMED DESIGN OF THE 

LATERNA MAGIKA BUILDING 

THE ATMOSPHERIC PRODUCTION, 

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PRAGUE 

with the same line of thought to develop 

the original idea.” 

Hit shows such as Wonderful Circus 

featuring clowns, pantomime and black 

theatre, greatest hits package Cocktail 008 

and Casanova (about the famous lothario) 

make entertaining use of film, dance, music 

and lighting to offer an all-round visual 

experience unique in Central Europe. 

Over five decades, the Laterna Magika 

has involved some of the most notable 

names in Czech visual culture. These 

include Czech-American director Milos 

Forman of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 

fame, surrealist filmmaker Jan Švankmajer 

and, in a more roundabout way, playwright 

Vaclav Havel. Beery debates hosted by 

Havel and his establishment-bashing 

associates took place at the venue, lending 

it a key role in the 1989 Velvet Revolution. 

It was at the Brussels World Fair, known 

as Expo 58 (another legacy is the Atomium 

monument), that Czech director Alfréd 

Radok and stage designer Josef Svoboda 

set up a brave artistic experiment at 

odds with the heavy-duty nature of the 

Communist regime back home. Thanks also 

to the selfless support of Czech exhibition 

chairman František Kahuda, Radok and 

Svoboda’s Magic Lantern, a multi-media 

construct marrying film and theatre, 

helped ensure that the Czech pavilion was 

swamped by crowds, with the original two 

performances a day upped to five or six. 

Following on from their success in 

Brussels, Radok and Svoboda transferred 

their new attraction back to Prague, where 

it headed the burgeoning experimental 

scene. According to Prokes: “In its time, 

the Laterna Magika has been fortunate 

enough to have cooperated with a long 

line of extraordinary artistic personalities. 

These have ranged from stage managers 

to actors, dramatists to directors, who have 

been changing the face of the Laterna 

Magika up to the present day, searching for 

the best way to take best advantage of this 

specific theatre and its possibilities to tell a 

simple story by using different media.” 

The Laterna Magika later moved to 

its current home under the umbrella 

of the National. It toured the globe 

with productions that were considered 

ahead of their time. Artistic director 


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PRAGUE 

THE LATERNA MAGIKA 

BUILDING IS JUST 

ONE OF THE CITY’S 

RICH ARCHITECTURAL 

DELIGHTS. OTHERS 

INCLUDE THE ŽOFIN 

PALACE, RIGHT & 

BELOW RIGHT, AND 

THE SMETANA MUSEUM, 

BELOW LEFT 

Svoboda was then at the cutting edge of 

a special wordless medium that combined 

projections with live stage action of dance, 

pantomime and black-light theatre. He is 

best known for his productions of Firebird 

in Copenhagen and Carmen in New York. 

“The Magic Lantern enjoyed a second 

golden age with the shows that were 

devised for Expo 67 in Montreal and 

Expo 70 in Osaka, taking them round the 

world,” says Prokes. 

The National Theatre closed – ironically 

with a performance of Alois Jirasek’s 

The Lantern– in 1977. It was renovated 

under architect Zdenek Vávra, and timed 


to reopen on the exact centenary of its 

inauguration, 18 November, 1983. Vavra 

erected a glittering glass radical design 

structure, the Magic Lantern. 

As the 1980s drew to a close, many of 

Prague’s liberal thinkers from the field of 

drama, film and literature, some associated 

with the Laterna Magika, were of one mind. 

The Laterna Magika became the unofficial 

headquarters of the Civic Forum, the 

political movement that would gain 

mass support in late 1989. The Theatre’s 

building became the focal point, with 

artists and performers on the balcony 

joining the celebrations of the cheering 

crowds when the political regime collapsed. 

Today, less than 10 minutes’ walk from 

where those momentous events took place, 

the Laterna Magika stages an eclectic 

programme, much of it child-friendly. The 

big hit of 2011 has been Legends of Magic 

Prague, inspired by urban myth and city 

fable, while Wonderful Circus has been 

performed more than 6000 times since its 

premiere back in 1977. 

“We are currently working on a new, 

original performance for the spring season 

2013,’ concluded Prokes. “We always like 

to keep ahead of things.” 

www.laterna.cz 

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WARSAW 

THE HIT LIST 

Acclaimed Warsaw DJ and producer 

Jakub Rene Kosik shares his pick 

of the Polish clubs 

WHAT STARTED OUT AS AN 

eight-year-old’s interest in 

computer bleeps turned into an 

all-out obsession with electronic music 

for Jakub Rene Kosik. “I was very young 

when I took my first steps into composing 

music on the Amiga (personal computer),” 

recalls Poland’s electronic dance scene star. 

His first taste of club life came when he 

was but in his early teens. “In 1997 I went 

to a ‘real music’ night club in Wrocław, 

called Liverpool. It was a techno party, 

where I met people fascinated by dance 

music. I arranged a meeting with the 

promoters and two weeks later I was 

playing my first live act.” 

For Jakub, DJ-ing was a natural 

progression to making music, and DJ 

parties were an important source of new 

sounds for Polish youth. In the late 90s the 

Warsaw 

DeLite Club, a futuristic 

venue in the city centre, 

spins the latest electro. 

www.deliteclub.com 

Nearby is Powie˛kszenie, 

a great undergound club. 

The first-floor speakeasy 

has live bands with electro 


Words Martin Klipp 

Jakub’s top Polish parties 

DJs in the basement. 

www.klubpowiekszenie.pl 

Poznan 

SQ is legendary in the 

dance music scene and 

acknowledged as one of 

the top hundred clubs in 

the world. www.sqklub.pl 

internet was a rare luxury in Poland and 

the main focus was on mainstream artists. 

“Access to quality music was very difficult. 

Electronic dance music parties, where 

DJs spun imported vinyls, were the only 

opportunity to hear alternative sounds. It 

made every party an event,” recalls Jakub. 

Nonetheless, the electronic dance music 

scene in Poland blossomed, with big events 

set up under licence from major European 

dance brands. Soon Jakub was hitting the 

main stages of Creamfields Poland and 

playing to thousands. “Once I started, I 

couldn’t stop,” he enthuses. 

Jakub’s current focus is on a progressive 

house album under his own name and an 

ambient, chill-out album from his alias, 

Magic Between Us. Both will be released 

on his own label, Traquency Records. 

www.jrk.pl 

Rzeszów 

Chilli showcases the most 

ambitious Polish artists 

every Wednesday. 

www.chilliklub.pl 

Wrocław 

Browar Mieszczanski is 

an abandoned brewery 

building adapted for mass 

parties and revered for its 

huge sound system. 

www.browar.wroc.pl 

Kraków 

Cien is well known for its 

crazy crowds of beautiful 

people. www.cienklub.com 

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JOIN THE CLUB 

Cementing Poland's reputation as a party destination, 

these top nightspots have your clubbing needs covered, 

from business drinks to dancing, bands and karaoke 

DREAM CLUB, 

SOPOT 

DREAM CLUB IS A UNIQUE COMBINATION of a disco 

and a club. This is the most popular club in Tricity, with four 

fantastic bars and 1000m 2 of floorspace. Located in a characterful 

Sopot building - The Krzywy Domek (or Crooked House) – Dream 

Club has huge ‘crooked’ windows looking out over the busiest street 

in the area, Monciak. In this incredible atmosphere, DJs perform 

with the most popular artists – and it all happens at the one party! 

The club is intended for customers over 21 years old; open Thursday 

to Saturday, from 10pm to 4am. 

Krzywy Domek, 53 Monte Cassino, Sopot, 

+48 605 500 800, www.dreamclub.pl 

CRIME STORY, RESTAURACJA & CLUB 

MUZYCZNY, POZNAN 

IF YOU'RE LOOKING for a discreet place to talk about business, 

Crime Story makes the perfect venue. Here, tough guys don't leave 

hungry, with bloody T-bone steaks that'll satisfy any appetite. 

And ladies – don’t be afraid; the wide-ranging menu includes 

sophisticated penne, chicken dishes and salads from the Bonny 

& Clyde kitchen. Those hungering for music will find four separate 

rooms (including two for smokers) opening at 9.30pm, with karaoke 

on weekends. Plus, 11 large screen TVs offer plenty for football 

fans. It's a crime not to visit Crime Story. 

68 Stary Rynek, Poznan, 

+48 61 852 93 38 

KLUB POMARANCZA, KATOWICE 

THE ENTERTAINMENT THEATRE POMARANCZA CLUB in 

Katowice is one of the best clubs in Central and Eastern Europe, 

equipped with an ultra-modern visual system based on LED 

technology that will make your jaw drop! There are three levels 

with three independent dance floors, two VIP rooms, six bars and 

an American Big Steak restaurant – what else do you need? That’s 

not all; Club Pomarancza is offering a unique, must-see experience 

of musical shows based on theatre and circus performances. 

Present your Wizz Air boarding pass to receive 

a VIP offer: 'entrance + drink - 50%', valid 

until 31 January, 2012. 

Ul. Matejki 3, Katowice, 

+48 513 600 300, www.klubpomarancza.pl

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ROME 

THE VINTAGE AND 

RETRO CLOTHING 

STORE, LI BOH 

ROME’S LOCAL GEM 

First Trastevere, then Testaccio. Now any visitor to Rome 

should investigate its latest trendy quarter, Pigneto 

THE PIGNETO TRIANGLE IS A 

19th-century suburb of zigzagging, 

sun-bleached low-rise houses and 

apartments built for working class Romani. 

The ‘village’, as some locals call it, is 

outside Rome’s historical centre. 

The hundred or so market stalls along 

Via del Pigneto, the main street, are open 

each morning and are at the heart of 

this community. It’s where you’ll find a 

grandmother shaking a melon next to her 

ear to make sure it’s fresh, but also the 

new young Pigneto hipsters. 

Come midday, these students, artists, 

actors and poseurs congregate in Bar Necci, 


Words Marc Zakian Photography Sean Finelli 

hoping some of its romance will rub off on 

them. Necci has been here since 1924, and 

has earned its credentials. It was once the 

hang-out of local boy Pier Paolo Pasolini, 

who shot part of his debut film here. The 

wall of the bar sports a black and white 

photograph of President Obama shaking 

hands with Necci’s chef. 

The restaurant menu (printed in the 

style of a 70s photo-romance) includes 

snacks, dinner and drinks. But order a 

Coke and they will bring you the Roman 

drink, Paoletti Spuma. “It’s what the bar 

served when it first opened,” explains 

Massimo, one of the owners. “We’d rather 

provide Italian drinks than give money 

to a large corporation.” 

At restaurant Primo Pigneto, Marco 

Gallotta is also sticking to tradition. 

The fast-speaking owner is more of an 

underground food-artist than a traditional 

chef. You won’t find his restaurant on the 

internet. “If people want to eat here, 

then they will decide for themselves,” 

he reasons. Serving only high-quality 

ingredients from independent producers, 

he uses three different types of tomato to 

make his amatriciana sauce. In the kitchen 

you’ll find 12 varieties of olive oil, each one 

matched to a particular dish.

Another artisan success story is La 

Gelateria Del Pigneto. “We serve Sicilian 

gelato, using traditional recipes,” enthuses 

ice-cream maker Filippo. “Each morning 

we buy fresh fruit, and then make our 

gelato by hand.” Filippo is a local boy who 

gave up a career as a surveyor to make ice 

cream. He also helps Bangladeshi kids 

with their homework outside the shop. “I’m 

not concerned about money,” he says. 

“If I were, I would have set up next to the 

Colosseum. I am interested in the quality 

of life and the community I live in.” 

Food, books and culture are often 

served together in Pigneto. At Lo Yeti 

café and library the owners buy their 

ingredients each morning from Pigneto 

market. They offer panini, vegan cake and 

Aurelia coffee (an obscure Roman brand) 

TANTALISE YOUR 

TASEBUDS AT BAR NECCI 

CONTEMPORARY 

JEWELLERY DESIGN AT 

R – 01 – IOS 

to hipsters and families with kids, and along 

with the food there’s a library, theatre and 

regular poetry events. 

Hobo on Via Ascoli Piceno is a wine bar 

and café for bibliophiles. Its owners source 

the food from local farms, handpicking 

all the ingredients themselves. There are 

shelves of music books for customers to 

browse, reflecting co-owner Francesco 

Accolla’s background as a composer. With 

live music, and DJ sets, Hobo really gets 

going in the evening. 

Pigneto’s shops reflect the mix of old 

and new that characterises the area. Li Boh 

is a retro and vintage clothes and furniture 

store run by Maria Claudia Catelli. She 

opened Li Boh because she loves the area’s 

friendliness. “Pigneto is a small country 

within the city, where we all work together,” 

she says. “When a delivery comes, the guys 

will always stop to help me unload – they 

never accept money from me.” 

R – 01 – IOS is the flagship store of two 

Italian designers, Roberta Paolucci and 

Paolo Giacomelli. The pair specialise in 

silver, gold and bronze jewellery, frequently 

fused with hand-carved crystals. The pieces 

are displayed in the shop’s beautifully tiled 

mosaic interior. Prices range from €100 

to €1000. Further along the road is 

Ex Merceria, which sells limited edition and 

hand-made Italian clothes. 

One of Pigneto’s biggest fans is Rome 

guide Sean Finelli. “It’s an area that 

MAKE A NOTE 

Pigneto 41 

Via del Pigneto 46, 

+39 06 701 382 

www.primoalpigneto.it 

Bar Necci 

Via Fanfulla da Lodi 68, 

www.Necci1924.com 

La Gelateria Del Pigneto 

Via Pesaro 11 

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ROME 

maintains its values and traditions,” he 

says. “The people who work here are 

dedicated to producing quality. 

“There aren’t many places in Rome 

where you can go into just about any 

restaurant and be sure of a good meal. 

And if the shops and boutiques are a bit 

more expensive, it’s because they are 

producing individual hand-made works. 

But the best part is that it’s one of the 

most friendly places in the city.” 

So if you’ve tired of following in tourists’ 

footsteps in Rome, take a taxi to Via del 

Pigneto and join the alternative crowd who 

are enjoying one of the city’s most quirky 

and dynamic neighbourhoods. 

Lo Yeti 

Via Perugia 4, www.loyeti.org 

Hobo Café 

Via Ascoli Piceno 3 

Ex Merceria 

Via del Pigneto 57, 

+39 06 9811 86615 

Li Boh 

Via del Pigneto 52, +39 06 7030 

4648, www.liboh.it 

R – 01 – IOS 

Via del Pigneto 39a, 

www.ioselliani.com 

Guided Tours: Sean Finelli 

www.TheRomanGuy.com 


WWW.PANKFILM.MK 

THE RIGHT DIRECTION 

Skopje stakes its claim on the 

international cinema scene 

WHILE MANY MOVIE CRITICS 

tend to see Belgrade as the 

crucible of filmmaking in the 

Balkans, the lesser-known Macedonian 

capital of Skopje is now emerging as a 

contender for cinematic recognition. 

Nearly two decades after the Oscarnominated 

success of Milcho Manchevksi’s 

Words Peterjon Cresswell 

Before the Rain, a new Macedonian director, 

Vladimir Blaževski, is drawing attention. 

His latest work is Punk’s Not Dead, a black 

comedy in documentary style set around 

Skopje and the Balkans. It has received a 

2012 Oscar award nomination. Blaževski 

and cinematographer Popov depict the 

region emerging from the ruins of former 

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SKOPJE 

MACEDONIAN DIRECTOR 

MILCHO MANCHEVKSI’S 

EERIE FILM, MOTHERS 


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SKOPJE 

Yugoslavia beset by well-meaning NGOs 

(non-governmental organisations), and 

steeped in nostalgia for the counterculture 

of the pre-war days, a sentiment 

still ingrained in the hearts and minds 

of the punk generation. The film centres 

on ageing cult musician Mirsa, played by 

Jordan Simonov, who went on to win Best 

Male Lead at the Montenegro Film Festival. 

Mirsa is tempted out of a dreary retirement 

by the prospect of an NGO-sponsored 

band reunion. He risks dangerous border 

crossings and mobster attention to 

re-recruit former band members in Serbia 

and Bosnia, giving the film the atmosphere 

of a gang-centred road movie. 

Punk’s Not Dead recently picked up the 

East of the West prize at the Karlovy Vary 

Film Festival in the Czech Republic. It is 

at the forefront of a lot of pared back, 

gritty European cinema that’s deliberately 

shunning big production techniques to 

deliver more idiosyncratic films. 

At the same time, the now globally 

established Manchevski has earned further 

international acclaim for his latest film, 

Mothers, which screened at the Berlinale 


2011. The eerie, collage-like film depicts a 

trio of odd events in a small town. 

All this is happening at an exciting 

cinematic time for the city. In Skopje, 

the Macedonian Cinematheque (www. 

maccinema.com) runs a dedicated and 

impressive archive of national film history 

in expansive premises on ul Nikola Rusinski, 

and is it simply the best place in the city 

to catch a movie. Shows often sell out. 

The collection here includes 72,000 

artefacts, posters, stills and photos, 

relating to Macedonian film production 

since 1905. The Cinematheque has 

also digitalised the entire catalogue of 

Macedonian film pioneers, the Manaki 

Brothers, the first cinematographers in the 

Balkan region. Milton and Janaki Manaki 

first filmed in their hometown of Bitola – 

site of today’s annual cinematographers’ 

film festival that takes place in October. 

Looking to the future, Blaževski and 

Darko Popov, producer of Punk’s Not 

Dead, have set up a Skopje-based 

production and co-production company, 

Pank Film. Current projects include State 

of Shock, a dynamic black comedy by 

ABOVE: SCREEN SHOT FROM THE ACCLAIMED 

DOCUMENTARY-STYLE DRAMA MOTHERS BY MILCHO 

MANCHEVSKI, PICTURED BELOW 

Andrej Kosak that looks at present-day 

Slovenia with a critical eye. 

Other Balkans directors with movies of 

note in 2012 include Teona Mitevska, Darko 

Mitrevski and Aneta Lesnikova, all currently 

in the spotlight in some part due to Skopje 

and Macedonia’s continuing success. 

Catch up on the latest films at the 

Skopje Film Festival (www.skopjefilmfestival. 

com.mk) 15-20 April. 

WWW.PANKFILM.MK

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ANDORRA 


WE ADORE 

ANDORRA 

Head out from Barcelona to Andorra 

for the perfect ski break 

A 

SHORT TRIP FROM BARCELONA 

airport, Andorra gives other 

European snow resorts a run for 

their money this winter. The peaks in 

Europe’s sixth smallest nation (it’s officially 

a self-governing principality) reach over 

3,000m, and the ski resorts (ranging from 

1,500m to 2,905m), offer a huge variety 

of snow conditions to test all capabilities. 

Factor in a mild climate, days of sunshine 

comparable to the Costa Brava, and a long 

snow season with chairlifts open until a 

week after Easter, and what’s not to like? 

For the first time last season, Andorra 

also hosted Polish acting and singing 

celebrities during their Polish Days event: 

Magda Schejbal, Maria Niklińska, Michał 

Milowicz, Antek Pawlicki and Marek 

Włodarczyk. This season, Polish Days will 

take place in the last week of March and 

will include the giant slalom event on the 

famous La Portella del Mig in the Arcalis. 

GRANDVALIRA 

This is the region’s biggest ski resort 

in the Pyrenees, with 200km of 

interconnected routes and best of all, 

most hotels are right alongside the 


chairlifts. The quality of the pistes and the 

organisation of the skiing here have won 

Soldeu the location of the prestigious 

FIS World Cup on 11-12 February. 

The El Tarter Snowpark is a haven 

for freestyle boarders and skiers with 

competitions held throughout the 

season with the highly anticipated World 

Snowboarding Tour taking place here in 

March. In December the Andros Trophy, 

a car and motorbike ice race, takes place 

here. It’s a superb spectator sport and a 

unique competition to witness. 

VALLNORD 

The second largest ski resort of Andorra, 

with 100km of ski routes, just 15km 

from the capital, Andorra La Vella. The 

famous North Valley has three sectors: 

Arinsal, Pal and Arcalis, famous for the 

most picturesque routes in the whole 

of the Pyrenees with some outstanding 

Mediterranean restaurants located on 

the slopes. Vallnord is also family friendly. 

It offers several excellent snow parks for 

children. Pal and Arinsal even offer 

special magnetic vests so your child is 

100% safe on the chairlifts. 

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ABOVE LEFT: SKI-PARAGLIDING IS ONE OF THE MOST 

MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES YOU COULD EVER TRY. 

LEFT: THE PICTURESQUE TOWN OF CANILLO 

This season Grandvalira six-day ski pass 

holders can ski Vallnord for free, (with a 

skibus €20 fee per person). You can also 

take the adventure of a lifetime with a 

helisking package. Two helicopter flights 

and two guided rides downhill cost €150 

per person which is about half the price 

of heliskiing in the Alps. You’ll get top 

quality equipment, avalanche training and 

excellent pilots, plus the amazing views 

are second to none. 

OFF PISTE 

It’s not all skiing, snowmobiles, dog 

mashing or ice diving. Andorra La Vella, 

just 20km from the resorts, offers a vast 

array of duty-free shopping. Don’t miss the 

award-winning Caldea Thermal Spa, one 

of the most famous thermal water spas in 

Europe with ice baths, saunas, mood rooms 

and outdoor lagoon to sample over three 

hours. This winter, Andorra has it all. 

www.skiandorra.ad, www.grandvalira.com, 

www.vallnord.com. Ski holiday 

packages include, flight, bus, seven days 

accommodation and six-day skipass. 

www.infoski.pl. This season it offers Gdańsk, 

Poznań, Warsaw and Katowice departures. 


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www.barcelonaturisme.com Euro www.tob.co.rs Serbian Dinar 

Getting to the centre 

We provide a shuttle bus transfer 

between the airport and any address 

within Barcelona city centre. The cost 

is €18/€36 (return). 

A slice of the city 

Barcelona’s Christmas market, the 

Fira de Santa Llúcia, is near the 

cathedral from late November until 

late December. It is the place to pick 

up the bizarre caganer – the pooping 

figurine that ‘graces’ every Catalan 

nativity scene – and other trinkets. 

The Cavalcada dels Reis (The 

Parade of the Three Kings) on 

5 January is more carnival-esque. 

Eating out 

Now is the time to try roast goose 

and pears or pork and prunes from 

cheap and cheerful Can Culleretes 

(C/Quintana 5, +34 93 317 3022, 

www.culleretes.com), Barcelona’s 

oldest restaurant. At the other end of 

the scale, the 24th floor Dos Cielos 

(+34 93 367 2070) at ME Hotel offers 

futuristic fare with eye-popping views. 

City suggestions 

The new Las Arenas shopping centre 

(www.arenasdebarcelona.com) is a 

former bullring revamped by Norman 

Foster and is perfect for stocking up 

on Christmas presents. Up the road 

CaixaForum (http://obrasocial. 

lacaixa.es) in Montjuïc is a dazzling 

contemporary art gallery. 

And finally… 

Head to Bobby Gin (www.bobbygin. 

com) for a cocktail from Alberto 

Pizarro, who won the Cocktail Theatre 

and The Stars category at the World 

Class International Competition 2011. 

Words Tara Stevens 


BARCELONA-BELGRADE 




within Belgrade city centre. The cost 

is €7/€14 (return) 


Christmas is celebrated in the 

Orthodox fashion, with Christmas Eve 

on 6 January and Christmas Day on 

7 January. At midnight on Christmas 

Eve, logs are burned outside churches, 

which fill with celebratory singing the 

following day. Many venues will be 

shut around this time. 

Eating out 

For that real Belgrade experience, 

Tabor on Blvd Kralja Aleksandra 348 

has thick, grilled meats such as 

pljeskavica patties with creamy 

kajmak. www.restorantabor.com. Set 

on the Danube, the upscale Zabar is a 

houseboat venue known for its classic 

takes on much-loved domestic dishes, 

its house-style turkey, chicken and sea 

bass. www.zabar.co.rs 


The Museum of Yugoslav History at 

Boticeva 6 covers the former republic 

and displays gifts to Tito, including 

works by Goya and Dutch masters. 

www.mij.rs. The Orthodox Christmas 

and New Year period is the best time 

to visit the colossal, neo-Byzantine 

Church of St Sava, Serbia’s largest 

place of worship, its cross being the 

highest point in Belgrade. 


For a night of boisterous punk music, 

Zagreb’s fun-loving Hladno Pivo 

return to Belgrade at the Sports Hall 

on 2 December. www.hladnopivo.hr. 



Brno 

www.brno.cz 

Euro 


The bus to Brno leaves approximately 

every half-hour, taking 20 minutes, 

and costs about €1. A taxi into town is 

about €10, and takes 20 minutes. 


The Christmas Market at Freedom 

Square is worth a look. On 15 

January, Australian Pink Floyd 

kickstarts 2012 with a hypnotic show. 

Eating out 

The ribs keep them coming back to 

the legendary Pivovarska alehouse 

(Mendlovo namesti 158/20, www. 

pivovarskabrno.cz). Modern Varna 

(Solnicní 3a, www.restauracevarna. 

cz) serves good Czech-style food. 


Join the artsy dance crowd at Trojka 

(Dominanske 9, www.3trojka.cz). On 

Friday nights, head to the Brooklyn 

Rock Club (Bašty 6, www.rcbrooklyn. 

com), where it’s heavy and hard. 

And finally... 

The art deco Villa Tugendhat is soon 

to reopen after renovations. 

Words Brien Barnett 

Brussels 

www.brusselsinternationalbe 

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between the airport (Charleroi South) 

and any address within Brussels city 

centre. The cost is €30/€60 (return). 


See the Christmas Laser Show 

on Grand Place and the Christmas 

Market on Saint Catherine’s Square. 

Eating out 

If in the EU quarter, try the freshly 

made sandwiches at Energie (2 Place 

de Londres, +32 25 12 24 20). In 

the evening, Bonsoir Clara (www. 

bonsoirclara.be) serves international 

cuisine with stained-glass décor. 


Shop while you sip soup at Arthur – 

a boutique which doubles as a cute 

little café (www.arthur.be). 


Keep some change on you! Some 

bars and restaurants will charge 

you between 20-50 cents to use the 

toilet, even if you’re a customer. In 

nightclubs, it can be €1. 

Words Poppy Bullock 

Bucharest 

www.bucharest.inyourpocket.com Leu 


We provide two types of airport 

transfer: a point-to-point transfer 

between airport and city centre, and 

a personalised taxi service between 

airport and any address in the city 

centre. It is €3.50/€7 (return) for the 

former and €19/€38 for the taxi. 


Bucharest never looks better than 

when covered in snow. While 

Romanians tend to spend Christmas at 

home with family, expect clubs, pubs, 

bars and streets to be packed with 

revellers on New Year’s Eve. 

Eating out 

In temperatures often below -10˚C, 

you will be needing big, solid portions 

of tasty local food. Head to Crama 

Domneasca in Old Town (Strada 

Selari 13-15, +40 (0)726 32 2004, 

www.cramadomneasca.com) for home 

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baked bread, pork steaks and mutton 

chops (all mains are around 15-22 

lei; €3.50-€5). A little bit classier is 

Les Bourgeois around the corner on 

Str Smardan 20, where the pears in 

red wine and cinnamon sauce are a 

winter warmer. www.lesbourgeois.ro 


With a glorious white frame provided 

by the snow, the narrow, streets of 

Old Town are perfect for exploring. 

Look out for craft stalls on Str 

Lipscani, street food on Str Selari and 

underground clubs and pubs on Str 

Gabroveni, including Mojo, probably 

the city’s best live music venue. 


Romania’s lethal national spirit tuica 

is often served boiled (tuica fiarta) 

during winter. The less brave can opt 

for mulled wine (vin fiert). 

Words Craig Turp 

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BUDAPEST-CORK 

Budapest 

www.budapestinfo.hu Hungarian Forint 


We provide a point-to-point bus 

transfer, between airport (Ferihegy 1) 

and city centre (Deák Ferenc Square). 

The cost is €4/€8 (return). 


In the run-up to Christmas, central 

Vörösmarty tér is transformed into a 

winter wonderland of stalls, open-air 

concerts, and outlets offering mulled 

wine and sweet treats. Goods are 

guaranteed home-made. The windows 

of the main café on the square, the 

Gerbeaud (www.gerbeaud.hu), 

become a giant advent calendar. 

Eating out 

Newly opened, the Pavillon de Paris 

provides a Hungarian take on classic 

French cuisine in bucolic surroundings 

near the river. www.pavillondeparis. 

hu. Another newbie, downtown 

Paulaner’s Platz, offers the famous 

Bavarian brew of the same name, plus 

classic German sausage, chops and 

schnitzel. www.platz.hu 


While Christmas in Budapest tends to 

be a low-key, family affair, everyone 

cuts loose on New Year’s Eve. Every 

club, bar and restaurant puts on some 

kind of special night – check www. 

szilvesztertipp.hu for details. The 

morning after, try a long, post-party 

soak in the Széchenyi Baths, steam 

rising over the warm, thermal water. 

www.szechenyibath.com 


The André Kertész Retrospective 

at the National Museum exhibits the 

Hungarian photographer’s work. Until 

31 December, www.mnm.hu 


Cluj-Napoca Cork 

www.cluj4all.com Leu www.corkcity.ie Euro 



transfer between airport and city 

centre. The cost is €3.50/€7. 


Visit I Love Cluj, the Facebook page 

that has more daily users, comments 

and of course the all-important ‘likes’ 

then any other such page in Romania. 

Eating out 

Toulouse (Piata Unirii 12, 0264 

312543) is a swanky new pub on the 

main square, open from 10am to the 

last customer. The killing and carving 

of a pig is hugely popular with the 

locals at winter and Casa Ardeleana 

is the only restaurant in the region to 

do so. www.casaardeleana.com 


The sophisticated visit Diesel Club 

at Piata Unirii 17, www.dieselclub.ro. 

Or head to After Eight at Str Samuel 

Brassai 12, www.aftereight.ro. It’s the 

students’ favourite dance club. 


Visit www.zilesinopti.ro to keep up to 

date on seasonal events. 

Words Shajjad Rizvi 


Bus Éireann Air Coaches depart from 

Arrivals at regular intervals, and take 

25 minutes to reach the centre (€4.50 

single/€7.70 return. Fares may be 

cheaper online). www.buseireann.ie 


The Grand Parade offers a Christmas 

market, and the Cork On Ice skating 

show at Mahon Point ends 22 Jan. 

Eating out 

Greenes on McCurtain Street (www. 

greenesrestaurant.com) does great 

things with locally caught seafood. 

Italian food venue Scoozi’s (www. 

scoozis.ie) is for pasta ‘n’ pizza lovers. 


The English Market has artisan food 

stalls and the Farmgate Café, with 

delicacies like tripe and drisheen. 

Culture vultures will love the 

Crawford Art Gallery on Emmet 

Place. www.crawfordartgallery.ie 


The rock scene is based around 

Cyprus Avenue (www.cyprusavenue. 

ie), a pub on Caroline Street. 

Words Stuart Clark


DORTMUND-GDANSK 

Dortmund 

www.dortmund.inyourpocket.com Euro 


The airport shuttle bus takes 22 

minutes and costs €6. 

A slice of city 

You can’t miss the Christmas market 

that occupies Dortmund’s city streets 

and squares until 23 December. 

www.weihnachtsmarkt-dortmund.de 

Eating out 

In the cosy Kreuzviertel district 

try Mosaïque at Vinckeplatz 1 for 

excellent post-revolutionary Tunisian 

cuisine, www.restaurant-mosaique.de. 

Or visit Barrock (Kreuz Straße 87) 

for its international dishes and the 

lively drinks scene at night. 


At the Museum of Art and Cultural 

History there’s an exhibition on 

historical Christmas tree decorations. 

Until 15 January. 


Roncalli's Winter Dream circus 

show is 22 December – 1 January 

(www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de). 

Words Jeroen van Marle 

Frankfurt 

www.frankfurt.de Euro 


There is a bus service running 

between the airport and Frankfurt’s 

main train station. Tickets cost 

€13/€18 (single/same day return). 


Frankfurt’s German Film Museum, 

which sits on the river bank, is finally 

back up and running after renovation. 

www.deutsches-filminstitut.de/ 

filmmuseum. But you could also head 

down to site if only to get a unique 

view of Franfurt’s skyline from within 

the museum’s four walls. 

Eating out 

A wide array of World and German 

food, vegetables, cheeses and 

delicacies, are just a stone’s throw 

away at the Kleinmarkthalle. The 

original building was destroyed in 

1944, but there is a reason why this 

place remains an all-time favourite. 

www.kleinmarkthalle.com. Open 

8am-6pm weekdays, until 4pm 

Saturday. For a juicy T-bone steak 

head down to M-Steakhouse. Locals 

love it, and rate it as the best place in 

town. www.the-steakhouse.de 


Frankfurt is known for its picturesque 

Christmas markets. Whether 

you are looking for gifts, or just 

interested in some mulled-wine and 

aimless meandering, head down to 

the Römerberg area to see one of 

Germany’s biggest street fairs. 


If you find it hard to stomach group 

tours but would still like a detailed 

guide of the city, the tourism board 

and a company called iTours have 

come up with the perfect compromise. 

Listen to the experts on your iPhone 

or iPod touch at your own pace. www. 

frankfurt-tourismus.de 

Words Ana Rego 

Gdansk 

www.gdansk-life.com Złoty 



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The Baltic Opera and Ballet (www. 

operabaltycka.pl) is worth a visit for 

culture fans. Prokofiev’s Cinderella is 

4 December – 17 January. 

Eating out 

Try the famed fish and seafood of the 

Baltic through Asian interpretations 

at Rucola in Sopot (rucolasopot.pl) 

or at the luxurious Philharmonic 

Restaurant in Gdansk’s Old Town 

(www.restauracjafilharmonia.pl). 


Gdansk’s Old Town looks picturesque 

with a dusting of snow. Enjoy mulled 

wine and a shopping at the Christmas 

Market on Dlugi Targ Street. 


Save a a lot of hassle with a Tourist 

Card, available at Tourist Information 

points across the metropolis. 

Words Dana Dramowicz


KATOWICE/KRAKOW 


www.cracow-life.com Złoty 


We provide two point-to-point 

transfers, one between the airport 

and Katowice city centre and one 

between Katowice airport and 

Krakow city centre. The cost is 

€6/€12 (return) to/from Katowice 

city centre and €13/€26 (return) to/ 

from Krakow city centre. 


Krakow undergoes its annual 

transformation into winter wonderland 

this month, with the opening of the 

legendary Christmas Market. Stalls 

sell traditional handicrafts, mulled 

wine, and the speciality of Poland’s 

highlanders – a grilled smoked sheep’s 

cheese called oscypek, served with 

cranberry sauce. Open until the end 

of December, the Market is the best 

place to pick up a few locally made 

gifts and soak in the city’s renowned 

fairy-tale atmosphere. 

Eating out 

Warm up with a bowl of red beet 

borscht, or barszcz as its known in 

Poland, at award-winning restaurant 

Wesele, a cosy, folk-inspired spot 

on Krakow’s Market Square (Rynek 

Główny). www.weselerestauracja.pl. 

Or try something a little different 

at Katowice’s Little Hanoi... And 

More, a fantastic Vietnamese 

restaurant and lounge bar at ul 

Staromiejska 4 serving some of the 

most authentic Asian cuisine in this 

part of Poland. www.littlehanoi.pl 


Head to ul Lipowa 4 in Krakow to 

check out the newest addition to 

its cultural map, MOCAK – the 

Museum of Contemporary Art, 

home to insightful, forward-thinking 

art from Polish and international 

artists. www.mocak.com.pl 


Don’t miss a visit to Krakow’s majestic 

Wawel Castle, home to Poland’s 

royalty until the 17th Century. 

Words Dana Dramowicz 

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www.discover-ua.info Hryvnia 


A minibus out side the terminal will 

take you to Kharkivska metro station 

for 15 hryvnia. The metro downtown 

is then only 0.5 hyvrnia. 


There is a distinctly feminine, 

wedding cake feel to much of Kiev’s 

architectural ensemble and this is 

the never better experienced than 

during the New Year holiday period, 

when a gentle layer of snow is all 

but guaranteed. Head to Park Slava 

(Arsenal Metro) for the best photos 

of the Kiev panorama. 

Eating out 

Formerly home to Heaven nightclub, 

Dom (7 Hrynchenka Street, +38 044 

353 4040) is a stylish yet understated 

disco-turned-eatery. It is a good bet 

as a first stop on a big night out, and 

seafood is a speciality. Walk down 

the ancient streets of Andrijivskiy 

Uzviz and you'll find Kult Ra – a 

Ruthenian club and restaurant. Relax 

in the first floor while reading one of 

the library books and on the second 

try dishes from the variety of organic 

food made according to old Slavic 

receipes. Volodymirska Street 4, 

www.kultra.org 


The holiday period literally 

revolves around Independence 

Square, which plays host to 

Ukraine’s national Christmas tree 

(known today locally as the New Year 

tree). You’ll encounter a festive 

mood throughout January 

and also occasional fireworks! 

Protasov Yar ski slope is one of 

Kiev’s hidden gems. This city centre 

ski slope is not going to excite 

expert skiers but it is enormous 

fun – particularly during the floodlit 

evening sessions which run daily 

until 10pm. That said, weekday 

mornings have fewer crowds. If you 

want to feel at home here, try Kiev 

Apartments for great variety of fully 

serviced apartments, long and short 

stay, in the centre. www.KievApts.com 


Each winter the mighty Dnipro River 

freezes over and Ukrainians rush onto 

the ice to indulge in ice fishing. This 

seemingly sedate pastime is actually 

an extreme sport. If the issue of ice 

fishing happens to arise after the 

second bottle of vodka, you would be 

wise to politely decline. 

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Station) in cooperation with Green 

Line. The cost is €11.50/€23 (return). 


The V&A’s Postmodernism exhibition 

is until 15 January. See the revamp 

of Exhibition Road, plus the Natural 

History Museum Ice Rink, open 

until 8 January. www.nhmskating.com 

Eating out 

Just two streets behind the Wallace 

Collection art gallery in Marylebone, 

Trishna serves exquisite Indian food. 

Try the Hariyali Bream and the Dorset 

Brown Crab, or opt for the Koliwada 

tasting menu, £34.50 for five courses. 

The sommelier, Sunaina, is very cool, 

as well. www.trishnalondon.com 

Suka, the Malaysian restaurant at the 

Sanderson Hotel near Oxford Street, 

serves street-food dishes inspired by 

Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Tawau, 

with a gourmet twist. Perfect for cold 

evenings! www.sandersonlondon.com 


Pop-up bars don't come any more 

‘up’ than Sky Lounge (Nido Tower, 

9 Frying Pan Alley, +44 (0)203 137 

3938) near Liverpool Street Station. 

Stunning views of the City include the 

Gerkin. Open Tuesday to Friday, 5pm 

until midnight, until mid-April. 


The Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at 

the National Gallery displays nine of 

his 13 remaining paintings. Tickets are 

available on the day, but prepare to 

queue for an hour. Until 5 February. 

Words Piers Townley/Clive Morris 

Madrid 

www.aboutmadrid.com Euro 




in the centre for €18/€36 (return). 


One of Madrid’s biggest parties of the 

year takes place on 1-2 January, with 

the gay-friendly all-night clubbing 

fest known as the Space of Sound 

Festival. Eric Prydz, Sven Väth and 

James Holden will be playing out for 

a crowd of around 15,000 people. 

www.spaceofsoundfestival.com 

Eating out 

At Christmas the Spanish like to 

feast on shellfish, and there’s no 

better place for that than Ribeira 

do Miño (Calle Santa Brígida 1), 

which specialises in platters piled high 

with all types of crustaceans. www. 

marisqueriaribeiradomino.com. 

But if it’s a meatier feast you’re after, 

try Casa Patas (C/Cañizares 10), 

which offers classics such as Iberian 

jamón or oxtail, with flamenco 

performances following your meal. 

www.casapatas.com 


The Plaza Mayor hosts the city’s 

biggest Christmas market, with plenty 

of toys and costumes for the kids to 

enjoy, as well as street entertainers. 

But for luxury shopping, head to 

Calle Serrano, Madrid’s poshest 

street, for all the designer labels. 


If you’ve got a sweet tooth, pick up 

some turrón, a rock-hard kind of 

nougat, which is stuffed with almonds 

and sometimes coated in chocolate. 

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transfer between the airport 

(Bergamo) and Milan city centre. The 

cost is €9.50/€19 (return). 


On 7 December, it’s the feast of 

patron saint Ambrose. A market, 

O bej, O bej!, is near Sforza Castle. 

Eating out 

Al Vecchio Aratro (20 Via Boiardo, 

+39 02 261 9137) offers value dishes 

such as rocket tagliatelle with scampi 

and curry. Overlooking a famous 

canal, El Brellin is great for Sunday 

brunch. www. brellin.it 


With Wi-Fi, Bar Magenta has beers 

and sandwiches. www.barmagenta.it 

For New Year, Alcatraz offers buffet, 

Champagne and 12 hours of non-stop 

music. www.alcatrazmilano.com 


L’Artigiano, 3-11 December, is 

Italy’s largest crafts exhibition. Entry 

is free. www.artigianoinfiera.it 

Words Charles Searson 

Oslo 

www.visitoslo.com 

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(Sandefjord Torp) and Oslo city 



Winter in Oslo is all about peace and 

goodwill. On 10 December, it hosts 

the Nobel Peace Prize at City Hall. 

Eating out 

Restaurant Eik is a trendy, popular 

fusion venue in Hotel Savoy. www. 

restauranteik.no. For more casual 

eating, Brasserie ConSenzo (www. 

consenzo.no) has a menu inspired by 

French, Italian and Asian cuisine. 


The Annual Christmas Fair at the 

Norwegian Museum of Cultural 

History is on the first two weekends 

of December. Or visit the Designers’ 

Christmas Market at DogA Norsk 

Design, 3-4 December. www.doga.no 


The Narvisen Ice Rink in the heart 

of the city has free admission. 

Words Steve O’Rourke 

Paris 

www.parisinfo.com Euro 



between the airport (Beauvais) and 

any address within Paris city centre. 

The cost is €29/€58 return. 


Paris resists tacky and errs on the 

glamorous side in the festive season. 

For a classic frosting of Christmas 

lights, crash a cocktail at the head of 

the Champs-Élysées. If tat’s your 

game, the market at La Défense has 

all the snowglobes you can carry. 

Come January, head to Boulevard 

Haussmann for quality shopping. 

Eating out 

Mavrommátis does traditional 

Greek food (42 rue Daubenton, 

www.mavrommatis.fr), a nice break 

from French cuisine, and two-course 

menus start at €21. Chill out by the 


MILAN-PARIS 

glass dome in Printemps’ Brasserie 

(above) with a dish and coffee for €24 

(level 6 of Printemps, 64 Boulevard 

Haussmann, www.printemps.com). 


If you’re looking for art with a twist, 

try the Maillol Museum at 61 rue de 

Grenelle (www.museemaillol.com), 

a recreation of a Pompeii household. 

One of the more authentic jazz bars in 

this city is Bar Baiser Salé, which 

has the genre’s memorabilia lining 

cellar walls, plus mix of locals and 

expats. It is at 58 rue des Lombards. 

www.lebaisersale.com 


Don’t forget if you ask for a normal 

coffee, you’ll get espresso. If you’re 

after a longer version with milk, ask 

for a ‘café Americain’. 

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Poznan 

www.poznan-life.com 

Złoty 


Take an Express Line train to the 

Central Railway Station – it takes 30 

minutes. Or take the 59 bus to Baltyk. 


Zamek, the ‘Castle’ cultural centre, 

hosts concerts, films, exhibitions and 

more. www.zamek.poznan.pl 

Eating out 

Experience top Polish culinary talent 

at Hugo, a modern new restaurant 

with ambitious interpretations of 

established Polish and international 

flavours (www.hugorestaurant.pl). 

Chłopskie Jadło on the Old Town 

Market Square has rustic, hearty 

Polish fare. www.chlopskiejadlo.pl 


Jazz lovers should try Blue Note on 

ul Kosciuszki (www.bluenote.poznan. 

pl). SQ Club in the Stary Browar is 

electronic music. www.sqklub.pl 


Grzaniec is a seasonal hot drink 

flavoured with honey and spices to 

help warm you up at Christmas. 


Prague 

www.prague-life.com 

Koruna 


We provide a personalised Wizz taxi 

service between the airport and any 

address within Prague city centre. The 

cost is €10.50/€21 return.. 


Rihanna plays the O2 Arena on 7 

December. Christmas markets return 

and the Three Kings procession 

marks the holiday end on 5 January. 

Eating out 

Artisan (www.artisanrestaurant.cz) 

is refreshingly modern with Italianstyle 

cuisine. Cowboys (Nerudova 40, 

Praha 1) is set in a traditional pivnice 

with steaks and seafood, along with a 

long wine list. www.kampagroup.com 


Perched high atop Wenceslas Square 

Duplex (www.duplex.cz), a club for 

the party elite. From on high we head 

low to Agharta Jazz Club (Železná 

16, Praha 1, www.agharta.cz). 

And finally ... 

Until early January, go ice skating 

near the centre at Ovocny Trh. 

Words Brien Barnett 

Riga 

www.virtualriga.com Lats 


Bus 22 leaves opposite the terminal 

every 10-30 minutes and takes half 

an hour to reach Abrenes Street in the 

city centre. It costs 0.70 lats (€1). 


Cirque du Soleil brings its signature 

production, Saltimbanco, to Riga 

Arena, 22-23 December. Head to the 

Riga Freedom Monument to see 

fireworks usher in New Year’s Eve. The 

Nutcracker continues at the Latvian 

National Opera throughout January. 

Eating out 

To keep out the cold, head to 

Vilhelms Kuze, on Jekabu ielua 

20-22. It’s a pre-World War II 

coffee bar with black and white floor 

tiling, upright piano and an art deco 

ambience. The Kuze family that owned 

the building was deported to Siberia 

in 1941, but this venue, opened by 

surviving relatives, is a rebirth. Try 

International calls from 1p per minute 

Plus get free unlimited UK calls and texts 

to anyone on ø when you top up £15 

Visit your local corner store or ø shop 

the hunter’s salad, and take away a 

box of hand-made truffles, especially 

the Black Balsam variety (see ‘And 

finally…’, below). www.kuze.lv 


Temperatures can reach -10˚C, and 

are particularly bitter at the end of 

January. On the plus side, tourists 

are few and discounts aplenty. Head 

to the ice rink in Liv Square in the 

Old Town. A few months ago, the 

historical cinema reverted to its 

original name, Splendid Palace. 

Opened in 1923, its baroque and 

rococo-style architecture is striking. 

www.splendidpalace.lv 


Black Balsam is a national herbal 

liqueur that’s an acquired taste, often 

sampled in cocktails, coffee or ice 

cream. Come winter, add it to hot 

blackcurrent juice – soothing! 

Words Clive Morris


ROME 

Rome 

www.wantedinrome.com 

Euro 


We do point-to-point bus transfers 

between the airports (both Ciampino 

and Fiumicino) and Rome city centre 

(Termini Station). It is €8.50/€17 

(return) to/from Fiumicino and 

€6/€12 (return) to/from Ciampino. 


Piazza Navona is made into a festive 

market, there are Christmas trees at 

St Peter’s and Piazza Venezia, and a 

ice rink at Castel Sant’Angelo. 

Eating out 

La Taverna dei Fori Imperiali does 

traditional dishes such as canelloni. 

www.latavernadeiforiimperiali.com. 

La Tavernaccia is run by a native 

Roman chef who proudly serves local 

cuisine. www.latavernaccia.com 


Il Chioschetto bar (44 Piazzale di 

Ponte Milvio) offers views of the Ponte 

Milvio bridge from a riverside terrace. 


For indulgence at a top men’s salon, 

try Wonderfool.www.wonderfool.it 

Words Marc Zakian 

Skopje 

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A taxi to the centre takes 30 minutes 

and is 1200 denars (€20). There’s no 

public transport from the airport. 

A slice of city 

In the dark depths of winter, locals 

duck into cosy cafés, or head out of 

town a Macedonia’s ski resort. 

Eating out 

For meat dishes and fine wines in 

a 19th-century wooden house, 

try Stara Kuka (Pajko Maalo 14). 

starakuka.com. Away from the centre, 

Den i Nok (Day and Night) at Skupi 1 

is a glam restaurant with traditional 

food and views of the River Vardar. 


The old bazaar area beneath the 

fortress fascinates visitors with its 

monumental medieval buildings. 


Whether you believe or not, attending 

an Orthodox church service is always 

impressive. The celebrations around 

Christmas and New Years (held on 

7 January) are open to visitors. 

Words Jeroen van Marle 

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We provide a personalised Wizz taxi 

service between the airport and any 

address within Sofia city centre. The 

cost is €16/€32 (return). . 


December is the time to visit Sofia’s 

fittingly festive churches, and enjoy 

the Christmas lights laden throughout 

town. The city nightclubs come into 

their own throughout January. 

Eating out 

Fast-food Bulgarian style? Choose 

your food by gramme from behind the 

counter and then tuck in at one of the 

tables. Ambitious salads and heartier 

casseroles are all served up at 

Tavite at ul. William Gladstone 58. 

Slightly further out, but perfect for 

Bulgarian entertainments, Edno 

Vreme is perched on the edge of the 

Ariana Lake. The national fare and 

traditional show attract plenty of 

locals to watch the folk dances. 

www.ednovreme-ariana.com 


This year saw the opening of the 

Museum of Socialist Art. It hosts 

a great stock of Socialist realism 

art. During the winter the chance 

to warm up in a spa is a welcome 

luxury. Sofia’s most spectacular is at 

the Kempinski Zografski Hotel on 

James Bourchier Boulevard. Massage 

and aromatherapy options augment 

the sauna and swimming facilities. 

www.kempinski.com 


If you’re visiting Sofia with children 

then you’ll find the locals welcoming 

to little ones. But if they team a slew 

of compliments on your beautiful 

offspring with spitting sounds don’t be 

disconcerted – it’s a local custom to 

ward away the evil eye. 

Words Catherine Quinn 

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Flygbussarna Airport coaches, 249 

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about 80 minutes. 


The Meat-Free Monday initiative is 

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boutique hotels, Nordic Light Hotel 

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Newcomer Bar Central (83 

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such as Spätzle and Wiener Schnitzel, 

in a space decked out in plywood… 

City suggestion 

Kungsträdgården is a beautiful 

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Fika (a coffee and cinnamon roll) 

is popular now. Vetekatten (55 

Kungsgatan) is a tea-room with 

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Words Victoria Larsson 


The airport is six miles from the city 

centre. Taxis are available outside the 

Arrivals area. Or take bus 26 to the 

centre, with stops at Badea Cartan 

Square and the Continental Hotel. 


For a slice of history, try the National 

Army Museum King Ferdinand I. 

Eating out 

The chic and trendy Acropolo Tavern 

at Aristide Demetriade 1 (at the Food 

Court at Iulius Mall) specialises in 

Greek fare. Raise a glass of pastitsio 

and opt for the house specialties. 

The Opera restaurant at Hotel 

Timisoara, (www.hoteltimisoara.ro) 

has an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. 


Visit the Baroque Palace (also 

known as Palace of the Former 

Prefecture) at Piata Unirii 1 for a 

sense of 17th-century Timisoara. 


The Full Monty premieres on 28 

December 2011 at the National 

Theatre. www.evive.ro 

Words Adriana Neagu 


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Eating out 

Don Pepe on Coronca (+40 07 4002 

3811 ) has traditional Romanian food 

with live music. Gala Restaurant 

at 1 Decembrie 1918 Avenue, 39 

(+40 0265 264 537) has game menu 

specialties, www.galarestaurant.ro 


The Cornesti Plateau lies 488m 

above sea level and 197m above the 

city. It offers a panoramic view of 

Mures river valley, and Mures Zoo. 


On 14 December, Strauss Forever is 

performed at the Palace of Culture by 

the Johann Strauss Ensemble. 

Words Adriana Neagu 

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We provide a point-to-point low-cost 

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a shuttle bus to any address in the city 

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point-to-point transfer and €10/€20 

(return) for the shuttle transfer. 


To discover the history of amber, visit 

Gintaro Muziejus-Galerija (Šv. 

Mykolo 8). www.ambergallery.lt 

Eating out 

For Armenian fare, try Achtamar 

(Konarskio 1/2, www.achtamar.lt/). 

Its expressionist brick walls and vivid 

lighting is the setting to sample treats 

like khorovats (grilled meat) and 

tolma (stuffed grape leaves). 


YZZY (Gaono 10) has one-off or 

custom-made items by locals, now at 

a discount price. www.yzzy.lt 


The Contemporary Arts Centre 

(Vokieciu 2, www.cac.lt) is the largest 

of its kind in the Baltic states. 

Words Xav Judd 

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Warsaw enjoys a particularly peaceful 

atmosphere in the winter months, 

and there’s no better place to enjoy 

the snowy tranquility than the Old 

Town, which also hosts the annual 

Christmas Market (open until 2 

January). Pick up a few hand-made 

ornaments for the tree back home, 

or simply take a walk through the 

beautifully decorated city centre. 

Eating out 

If the Christmas Market food is 

not your thing, try U Kucharzy at 

Ossolinskich 7. Serving Polish cuisine 

with a sophisticated, yet down-toearth 

approach, U Kucharzy is often 

touted as Warsaw’s best restaurant 

by those in the know. www.gessler.pl 


Glam up at Teatr Wielki, home to 

the National Opera and Ballet, one 

of Poland’s top artistic institutions. 

www.teatrwielki.pl. Feeling a little 

more adventurous? Head to primeval 

Kampinos Park just north of Warsaw, 

where you can even participate a 

horse-drawn sleigh ride in the snow. 


Vegetarian in the meat-loving land 

of Warsaw? Many veggie-specific 

restaurants have popped up in recent 

years, but there’s no need to avoid a 

good traditional Polish meal. Look 

for meat-free favourites like potato 

pancakes with mushrooms or pierogi 

dumplings with potatoes and cheese. 


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(John, key account manager, 37 years) 


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Take the number 406 bus which leaves 

every 20 minutes, and takes that 

amount of time to get to the Central 

Railway station. It costs 2 złoty. 


The seasonal atmosphere peaks at the 

Christmas Market in the Old Town 

Market Square until 23 December. 

Eating out 

For an express, budget-friendly lunch, 

Bazylia on Kuznicza 42, can’t be beat 

and is the go-to spot for students. 

bazyliabar.pl. Or try a green coffee 

(with walnuts, nutmeg and ginger) at 

vegan heaven café Kalaczakra, down 

the road at number 29a. 


Visit the City Museum in the Baroque 

Royal Palace (Pałac Królewski) 

at Kazimierza Wielkiego 35. www. 

muzeum.miejskie.wroclaw.pl 


The New Year’s Eve celebrations take 

place on the Old Town Square, with 

fireworks at midnight. 

Words Dana Dramowicz

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NEWS 

AFTER SIX MONTHS AND 

more than 80,000 votes, Wizz 

passengers have selected the 

fairest and the finest of Wizz 

Air’s cabin crew. These aren’t 

models – the 14 new Wizz 

Ambassadors are all working 

crew and any one of them 

could be on your flight. 

The Wizz Ambassadors, 

two each from Bulgaria, 

Romania, Poland, Serbia, 

Hungary, Ukraine and the 

Czech Republic, were chosen 

entirely by Wizz passengers 

through Wizzair.com’s buzzing 

Facebook fan page. The 

competition was open to male 

and female cabin crew, but the 

votes put two ladies at the top 

of the list for each country. 

Wizz magazine joined 

seven excited Ambassadors at 

Katowice Airport in August for 

their first photo shoot. “Getting 

seven working cabin crew, 

a first officer and an empty 

aircraft in the same place at 

the same time was a major 

logistical challenge,” said Attila 


WIZZ AIR’S 

FINEST 

Is there a Wizz Air Ambassador 

on your flight? 

Words Jamie Stokes Photography Michał Dembiński 

Dankovics, Wizz Air’s Head of 

Marketing. “We have just an 

hour before this plane must be 

refuelled for its next flight.” 

“We are very pleased with 

the Ambassador programme," 

continued Dankovics. “Two 

hundred cabin crew took part 

and tens of thousands in our 

Facebook community voted. 

Social networking is a great 

way to involve our customers in 

the personal side of Wizz – we 

want our passengers to feel 

part of the family,” he added. 

And how do the Ambassadors 

feel about their new-found 

fame? Strikingly bright and 

convivial Alicya Markowicz 

(above, second from left), one 

of two Polish Ambassadors, 

said, “It’s a great adventure to 

represent the ‘pink family’ – 

that’s what I like to call it!” 

Vivacious and energetic 

Romanian Ambassador Liana 

Sarmasan (above, far left) said: 

“I’m thrilled that my face will 

be representing Wizz Air!” 

All seven Ambassadors 

at the shoot said a big thank 

you to everyone who voted for 

them. “I was surprised, but 

very happy to win,” said Czech 

Ambassador Simona Tumova 

(above, second from right). 

“This has been a great way to 

make new friends and connect 

with our many passengers,” 

added Kateryna Mokshyna 

from Ukraine. 

First Officer Javid Karim 

(above, centre), was keen to 

point out that cabin crew 

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coffee with a smile. “They 

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WIZZ AIR’S TEAM CONSISTS 

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Height: 11,76 m 

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Fuel capacity: 23,859 l 

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WIZZ AIR STAFF, NEWS AND INFORMATION 

NAME: ANNA KOZAKOWSKA 

POSITION: HUMAN RESOURCES 

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place in a city? 

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by local people. Thanks to 

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unavailable for tourists. 

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If you travel with hand luggage only, make sure that it does not exceed 

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Thanks to the numerous 

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I love Spain and one day I 

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the country but haven’t had 

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My next destination will be 

Alicante and Valencia. 

What is your 

favourite route? 

I enjoy landing in Barcelona. 

Seeing the coastline reminds 

me of fantastic holidays. 

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BUDAPEST’S CASTLE 

How long have you been 

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I joined Wizz Air in 

January 2005 so I’ve had 

an opportunity to see the 

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I was based in Katowice 

and then I moved to our 

Budapest headquarters. 

Which is your favourite 

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I like Rome, Barcelona, 

Madrid and Paris. But my 

favourite is Budapest. I’m 

still discovering new things 

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architecture and design to 

cultural events and leisure 

activities in the city. 

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€4 

MINERAL WATER 

sparkling / still 0,5 L 

BURN ENERGY DRINK 

RUM / VODKA / WHISKY 

0,05 5 L 

NEW 

€4 

€3 

€2 

€2.50

CAPPUCCINO 

HOT CHOCOLATE E 

BAKE ROLLS 

garlic / pizza 

€3 

TRIANGLE/BAGUETTE E 

SANDWICH* 

€4 

€2 

€1 

€2.50 

SALTED, CRUNCHY 

PEANUTS 

COFFEE 

DECAFFEINATED 

25g 

€2 €2 

€3 

WARNING: CONTENTS WILL BE HOT 

VIGYAZAT: AZ ITAL FORRÓ 

UWAGA: ZAWARTO ´ SĆ BEDZIE GOR ˛ACA 

€1 

SNICKERS 

PRINGLES 

PRING 

43g 

TWIX 

HOT TEA 

€3 

€1 

SOUP 

FOOD & DRINK 

€3 

BUN/CIABATTA 

SANDWICH* 

* WE HAVE SELECTED A VARIATION OF FILLINGS 

FOR OUR SANDWICHES, PLEASE ASK THE CREW 

WHAT IS AVAILABLE ON TODAY’S FLIGHT. 

* OFERUJEMY WIELE RODZAJÓW KANAPEK. 

NASZA ZAŁOGA Z PRZYJEMNO´SCI ˛A UDZIELI 

PAŃSTWU INFORMACJI, CO JEST DOSTE˛ PNE 

PODCZAS DZISIEJSZEGO LOTU. 

CROISSANT 

M&M’s 

125g 

SIZE MAY VARY 

€2 

€2 


FRAGRANCES 

WOMANITY 

Jasmin Noir 

EDP 30ml 

High Street Price €69 

Save €29 


€40 

TRAVEL 

RETAIL 

EXCLUSIVE 

€52 

GIVENCHY 

Very Irresistible 

EDT 50ml + 

15ml FREE 

CALVIN KLEIN 

CK One 

EDT 100 ml 

High Street Price ¤46 

Save €8 

€38 

UNISEX

CREDIT 

PACO RABANNE 

LADY MILLION 

EDP 50 ml 


Save €9 

NEW 

€52 

€39 

PACO RABANNE 

1 MILLION 

EDT 50ml 


Save €10 


FRAGRANCES AND WIZZ AIR GIFTS 

CALVIN KLEIN 

CK Men’s miniatures coffret 

Obsession, Eternity, CK Free, 

Euphoria, CK One 

EDT 5x5ml 

NEW 

TRAVEL 

RETAIL 

EXCLUSIVE 

PREMIERE COLLECTION 

COFFRET MINIATURES 

6 miniatures: Paloma Picasso, Miracle, Trésor, 

Anais Anais, Loulou and Lauren. 

€30 

TRAVEL 

RETAIL 

EXCLUSIVE 

€37 

110 WIZZ MAGAZINE // DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12


MODEL AIRCRAFT 

€14 

€10 


PLUSH AIRCRAFT 

KEY RING AND FRIDGE 

MAGNETS SET 

REMOTE 

CONTROLLED 

PLANE 

€19 

€12 

€15 

MONEY BOX 

€11 

INFLATABLE 

AIRCRAFT 

€9 

FUN PLANE AIRPORT SET 



€13 

KOLORIMAGE KIT 

€12 

TEDDY BEAR EAR 

TEDDY BEAR 

€13 

WIZZ SWEETWHEELS 

€11 

SMALL 

SHELLY 

TURTLE 

TRAVEL 

RETAIL 

EXCLUSIVE 

€5

TRAVEL 

RETAIL 

EXCLUSIVE 

ELLA MORISSA 

i 

€39 

Magic Box 

Selection of four pairs of dual tone earrings 

and matching necklaces with zircons, 

two red pouches offered. 

BREO 

CHILDREN, WATCHES & JEWELLERY 

Trendy watch made 

with a material called 

Tourmaline, which is a 

mineral widely used as a 

semi-precious gemstone. 


Save €8 

NEW 

€12 

PRODUCT SELECTION 

Due to limited space onboard, we apologise if your choice is no longer available when you order your preferred 

food and beverages. Product selection may vary from country to country. 

PAYMENT 

We are accepting the following credit cards: Visa, MasterCard. In case of credit card payment, passenger must provide proof of identification. 

Cash payment can be made in Euro(bank notes and coins €1 wsand €2). 

Other Currencies(Bank note only): British pound, Bulgarian Leva on Bulgarian flights,Czech Kroner on Czech Flights, Hungarian Forints on Hungarian flights, 

Lithuanian Litas on Lithuanian flights, Polish Zloty on Polish flights, Romanian Lei on Romanian flights, Serbian Dinar on Serbian flights, and Swedish Kroner 

on Swedish flights. 

All prices are quoted in Euro as the base currency. Return change will be given in Euro unless local currency is available. Passengers are prohibited from 

consuming alcoholic beverages which they have supplied themselves .Please make sure that you receive a receipt for your purchase. 


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