KUTAISI
Piotr Repinski, head chef at Baltic
Restaurant in London
Georgia is little known and rarely travelled
to by those from outside the old Soviet
Union but has some of the best food to be
found anywhere in Europe – a wonderful
fresh and zesty combination of Eastern
Mediterranean and Central Asian. There
are lots of wonderful dishes to choose from
but my favourite is a dumpling in the form of
pouch filled with diced meats, called
khinkali
.
In Kutaisi there’s a restaurant called Mirzaani
(
9
Rustaveli Street
)
and they
do the best khinkali around.
These dumplings are designed
to be eaten straight from the
pot with your fingers. You’ve
got to be careful though –
you can end up with juice all
over your face and clothes!
And while you’re in Kutaisi, you must see the
Opera House on Tsminda Nino Street. It’s
a truly stunning venue, inside and out. Each
roof holds a lion perched with its paw on a
globe, while on top of several columns stands
tall warriors holding a spear. It also hosts
some amazing Georgian performances.
OSLO
Tom Hall, Travel Editor,
Lonely Planet magazine
Oslo thaws for spring, so this
is the time to really enjoy the
pristine Baltic landscape.
The newly redeveloped arts district of
Tjuvholmen is the coolest place to hang
out – this is the first summer the Astrup
Fearnley Museum of Contemporary Art
(
Strandpromenaden 2, afmuseet.no
)
has been open. Cindy Sherman’s
conceptual portraits, themed
Untitled
Horrors
,
opens on 4 May, and lasts to
September. Even if you don’t stay in The
Thief (
Landgangen 1, thethief.com
)
hotel
next door, then go for rooftop drinks and
toast the archipelagos around you.
L JUBL JANA
Christopher Lukezic, marketing and
communications director for Airbnb
travel rentals, Eastern Europe
While my ancestry may make me biased,
Slovenia is one of my favourite countries, and
its capital – Ljubljana – is one of the world's
best-kept secrets. Devoid of the crowds of
summer tourists that you might encounter
in some other European cities, Ljubljana is
blessed with a village-like charm, and it has
some of the best food and
nightlife imaginable! While
Monday through to Friday
I’m at Airbnb, the weekends
I pursue my other passion
–
music. As a DJ, one of my
favourite spots in Ljubljana
is Klub K4 (
ul. Kersnikova 4,
klubk4.org
).
You’ll often find some of the
best DJs in the world playing there, but more
exciting is their continued effort to showcase
Slovenian DJs, making this club the perfect
destination for discovering new music.
S UMM E R C I T I E S
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