There are always plenty of official/unofficial events in the lead up to the Notte Rosa, making it a great idea to get to Rimini ahead of the Summer’s biggest weekend festival. Amongst the events this year is a brilliant chance to see one of Italy’s premier indie-rock bands, Baustelle, performing an open-air gig in the […]
Rimini is obviously known for its fine beaches and summer sunshine – but occasionally, like anywhere, you can get caught out with a rainy day (most likely at the start and end of the summer season). Never fear – there’s plenty of great things to do in and around Rimini when it’s rainy and lounging […]
The Molo Street Parade 2014 has been announced! It will take place, along Rimini’s Port Canal and Seafront, on Saturday 28th of June. The event will have the same winning formula from 2012 and 2013, mixing up to 12 floating stages (fishing boats) with a cast of top Italian and international djs, and some wonderful […]
This last week has seen a gentle but definite drop in the temperatures, fewer people on the beaches, and that almost tangible soft melancholy in the air which signals the end of summer. The good news, though, is that the Autumn is actually one of the best times to visit Rimini and Emilia-Romagna in general, […]
The Pio Manzu conference, held each year in Rimini, has announced some of the panellists for this year’s workshops, on the weighty theme of ‘Nomad Power – Values,  Illusions,  Aspirations of Errant Youth‘. The conference this year has a particularly interesting line-up, given that amongst the  collection of high profile sociologists, business leaders, politicians, scientists, […]
When all hope had almost gone, as rescuers struggled through the rubble, back in April during the aftermath of the deadly Abruzzo earthquake, amazingly young Romagnola student Eleanora Calesini was pulled out from the carnage alive after being trapped for more than 42 hours. That was April 6th, and only now – after numerous operations […]
There’s a nice interview with Francesco Montanari, who runs one of our favourite restaurants, Empty Space, in local newspaper Chiamami Citta. Nice, because it gives you an insight into why Montanari’s restaurant (run with a number of friends) is such a special place. Francesco, before taking up the challenge of establishing a restaurant, worked as […]
Some good news: there’s a new re-mastered print of Federico Fellini’s masterpiece Amarcord, winner of the 1974 Oscar for best foreign film, as well as a Golden Globe and various other prizes. The film is perhaps the most personal of all Fellini’s works, and centre’s very much on his youth growing up in Rimini during […]
On the one hand it seems like the most surreal thing you’d ever see – not surprising given that it takes place on the beach within viewing distance of Federico Fellini’s beloved Grand Hotel – while on the other, once the competition is in full swing, it seems perfectly normal to watch thoroughbred horses galloping […]
It’s that time of year again, when it’s fully acceptable to do your utmost to make your friends/colleagues look ridiculous by playing pranks on them. April Fool’s day is celebrated with just as much vigour in Italy as elsewhere, though the tradition is known as the pesce d’Aprile (April Fish) rather than the english April […]
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