Posted: Mon 24th September
No sooner has the summer season finished than plans are afoot for next year, and with this in mind the date for next year's Notte Rosa extravaganza has already been announced. The night will be the first Saturday night of July (the 5th, to be exact). As was the case this year, the...
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Posted: Wed 12th September
September, I have to confess, is one of my favourite times in Rimini. The weather is still good, and warm (at least by Northern European standards!), and there is a certain calm in the air. The excitement and rush of the high-tourist season is replaced by a more relaxed tone, as visitors forsake ...
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Posted: Mon 10th September
Next week marks not just the official end to the summer season - when many of the beach facilities pack up for the coming winter - but also European Mobility week. European mobility week is a Europe-wide initiative, that started in 2002, and which aims to promote debate about sustainable ...
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Posted: Fri 31st August
The pop sensaiton of the year, Lebanese born Mika plays Rimini's 105 stadium in October as part of his Italian tour. The singer who's single Grace Kelly dominated the charts and Radio here in Italy earlier this year, started his singing career as a child - performing professionaly ...
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Posted: Thu 23rd August
Some had feared that Valentino Rossi's recent troubles with the Italian tax collectors, and his general lack of form, might have put a dampener on this year's San Marino & Riviera di Rimini Grand Prix, scheduled for the 2nd of September at the Misano World Circuit,near Rimini. Nothing could be f...
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Posted: Thu 23rd August
This saturday Italy's Serie B football championship kicks off, and Rimini face one of their main rivals Bologna. Bologna are rivals for two practical reasons - firstly, on a regional level the match is like a derby, and secondly because both teams have their eye on a promotion pl...
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Posted: Mon 20th August
The Slow food movement, founded over twenty years ago in Ialy has mushroomed into a huge international organisation promoting biodiversity and ethical approaches to eating. Rimini is a province famed for its great food, cooked from simple local ingredients. September is tradi...
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Posted: Tue 14th August
A special show dedicated to Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh will be staged in Rimini next week, as part of the annual 'Meeting' conference - a conference sponsored by the lay-Catholic organisation Comunione e Liberazione. Irish journalist and cultural commentator John Waters will read fro...
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Posted: Mon 13th August
Ferragosto is one of Italy's best loved and most eagerly awaited national holidays - falling annually, at the height of summer, on the 15th of August. The title Ferragosto is a contraction of the latin Feriae Augusti, a series of public holidays throughout August declared by the Emporor...
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Posted: Thu 9th August
Every year, between the 8th and 12th of August, the Perseid meteor showers are visible across the Northern Hemisphere. Observers looking at a clear sky are rewarded with often spectacular displays of shooting stars. In It...
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Posted: Thu 9th August
Walk along Rimini's Piazza Tre Martiri and you'll be impressed by the vitality of the square, the designer shops, the picturesque clock tower, or the 14th century chapel dedicated to St. Anthony. Go to the corner of the square that intersects with Via 4 Novembre and you...
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Posted: Mon 6th August
This week sees the start of the XXVth annual 800 festival - one of our favourite festivals in the region. The small town of Saludecio lies in the hills that border the regions of Emilia Romagna and the Marche, and is wonderfully picturesque. Less than an hour away from Ri...
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Posted: Mon 6th August
The Serie B football championship fixtures have been announced, with the first match for Rimini being an away game against regional rivals Bologna For Rimini it's seen almost as a derby, despite the fact that Bologna is in the Emilia side of Emilia-Romagna. The city is the region...
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Posted: Wed 1st August
The wonderfully impressive medieval castle town of Gradara, just outsdie Rimini, hosts an exhibition of work from the famous Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist Joan Miro. The prestigious exhibition (one in a series on twentieth-century artists, planned for Gradara), introduces visitor...
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Posted: Tue 31st July
On the 11th of August Rimini plays host to a number of special events promoted by the Cineteca di Rimini, the Province of Rimini, and the home movie association to celebrate world Home Movie day. An explosion in affordable technology ...
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Posted: Mon 30th July
Friday evening saw another evening of events at Rimini's Castel Sismondo - a wonderful opportunity to visit the impressive 15th Century castle. Local publisher Panozzo Editore held an evening dedicated t...
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Posted: Thu 26th July
Last year a new initiative got underway, bringing a very particular type of fashion show to a number of cities along the Adriatic Riviera. The 'Riviera delle mode' fashion show was a huge success, and takes place again this year, in an expanded format. The show goes on tour, starting i...
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Posted: Thu 26th July
World famous motor-racing driver Alex Zanardi appears at Rimini's Moby Cult festival, to present his book 'Alex guarda il cielo. Il mito dell'uomo antico. Le fiabe degli eroi moderni' Zanardi, who comes from nearby Bologna, started racing carts when he was just 13 years old. He...
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Posted: Wed 25th July
All across Italy this year various events are taking place to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Giussepe Garibaldi, one of the founders of modern Italy. Garibaldi fought for the unification of Italy from 1848 onwards, in varous wars and guises - first as a Republic...
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Posted: Wed 25th July
To celebrate the anniversary of the death of its most famous prisoner, Cagliostro, the fortress town of San Leo holds a two day festival celebrating Alchemy and the mystic arts. Cagliostro was a mysterious figure who came to fame throughout Europe during the 18th Century. He claimed knowl...
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