As Western Europe becomes ever more orderly, ballsy Bucharest remains one of the roguish cowboys of the wild wild East. Long time city chronicler, Craig Turp, offers his tips for riding the Romanian rodeo… Few cities in Europe do chaos as well as the Romanian capital. The thousands of identikit, communist-era apartment blocks…
Custom painted sneakers, upcycled skateboards and Romanian designed streetwear… Duncan Rhodes calls in on the Sole & Shape expo and meets the cool kids on the cutting edge of Bucharest’s urban fashion. Oh God those Romanian shots are strong, I lament, dragging myself with great difficulty from under the eider of…
With e-readers and online markets threatening book shops with extinction around the world, Duncan Rhodes is intrigued to discover that Bucharest’s “librării” have evolved to become curators of all things cultural and cool…
In the latest of The Editor’s Travels, I ruminate about spring time travels and look forward to a forthcoming trip to Romania. Plus of course there’s all the latest news from the blog… Greetings from Barcelona. I’m back in my second home after a spell in London, and the weather…