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• Tirana Rocks

  
  February 08,2010Albania

  Tirana's lake will soon be upgraded with the realisation of the daring Tirana Rocks project, designed by Rotterdam architects MVRDV.
  
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• Chopin's Warsaw

  
  February 05,2010Poland

  Spring sees the country toast Chopin with champagne; Poland’s greatest composer, and Warsaw’s favourite son. Yes, Frederic Chopin would have been 200 this year, and you’ll find Warsaw pulling out the stops to celebrate hi
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• Rijeka Carnival

  
  February 05,2010Croatia

  It’s a long haul to Easter, so chase away those winter blues with a big dose of colour, noise and general bad behaviour – in Croatia it's time for Carnival
  
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• 50th Kurentovanje

  
  February 04,2010Slovenia

  From humble beginnings back in 1960, the Kurentovanje festival in Ptuj has grown into a two week Carnival extravaganza and is one of the truly must-see events on the Slovenian cultural calendar.
  
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• Bucharest Earthquake of 1977

  
  February 01,2010Romania

  At 21:22, on the evening of March 4, 1977, Bucharest was hit by an earthquake measuring a whopping 7.3 on the Richter scale. More than 1,500 people were killed by the quake, including a number of celebrities, most notably comedian Toma Caragiu, at the time the most popular actor in the country.
  
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• Riga Valentines

  
  January 31,2010Latvia

  Although your average Joe or Jānis could probably care less about Valentine’s Day, you can bet that his girlfriend expects something special on February 14 whether it be a candlelit dinner or, God forbid, expensive jewellery.
  
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• Lithuania: Destination Downhill

  
  January 27,2010Lithuania

  Escape to the snowy hillocks of Anykščiai with our in-depth guide to the town’s winter sports resort and its other major sightseeing sensations. 
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• Ski Romania: Poiana Brasov

  
  January 25,2010Romania

  Poiana Brasov, Romania's top ski resort, is currently enjoying its best snow for years. We have a guide to the resort, and Romania's winter capital Brasov, right here.
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• District of Mutual Respect

  
  January 15,2010Poland

  To Wrocław's other accolades you can add one more curiousity: within a mere 400 metres of the city’s historic Old Town one can find the houses of worship of four different religious denominations – a spatial and spiritual arrangement unique in Poland, and as far as we’re aware, all of Europe.
  
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• Rog's Pony

  
  January 15,2010Slovenia

  Relics of old Yugoslavia, Rog bikes are still all over the place in Ljubljana. Here's our tribute to this iconic, if comically inefficient, bicycle.
  
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• Ich bin ein... Belfaster?

  
  January 04,2010Northern Ireland

  What do you call someone from Belfast? No, it's not the start of a really bad joke: we really want to know.
  
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• Lost Warsaw

  
  December 18,2009Poland

  Warsaw was once touted as the Paris of the East. Almost all of its most elegant buildings, alas, were lost in the madness that was 20th century Poland. In Your Pocket presents a rundown on a few of the city's lost architectural gems. 
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