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Where to Watch the World Cup 2010 – London Bars For All Nations

Published on Friday, April 30, 2010 in Features and General. 6 Comments

Being only once every four years, it’s hard not to get excited about the World Cup. We’ve compiled a list of London 2010 World Cup bars with venues for every nation to celebrate, support and bite our nails with the fans of every team in the tournament.

World Cup Bar ItaliaThe idea behind the challenge is to take in the atmosphere from all the different footballing nations. Venues like Bar Italia in Soho are pretty famous for the TV screens in the windows and the Italian fans lining the street with azure blue and espresso. There is more to the world’s biggest festival of football than just supporting your country at home or down the pub, this is a great opportunity to enjoy the carnival spirit of the Latin American nations, the noise and vibrancy of the African nations and the, well, orange-ness of the Dutch.

Bars, restaurants, cafes and even open houses are fair game. Basically, anywhere that we can be surrounded by people supporting whoever is playing, whether it be Algeria vs Slovenia or England vs U.S.A. Living in London offers people the chance to take in so many cultures, in my office alone we have managed to find different venues for half the matches.

World Cup 2010

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is shaping up to be a fantastic tournament. As usual, the English believe they finally have a team good enough to win and will rely on two or three players, Rooney, Stevie G and Lampard this time, Shearer and Sheringham in years gone by. Argentina barely qualified but boast the world’s best player in Messi and you just can’t bet against Maradona. There are the usual suspects of Brazil, Germany, Italy and the perennial under-achieving Holland. Right now Spain are on top of the world and with a fit Torres and Villa they look pretty formidable.

This year also has a great choice of underdogs. Africa has never had a World Cup winning country and with the tournament being played in South Africa it could make for an interesting tale. The Ivory Coast look dangerous, with the ever controversial Didier Drogba leading the line and top players like the Toure brothers Kolo and Yaya, Ghana may be an outside bet and if Essien is fit you never know.

London Bars

With the help of a few friends and the power of Facebook and Twitter we have amassed a list of venues. If you want to help us finish the list please tweet us your suggestions or post a comment below and we’ll update this page.

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Algerian Bars

Argentinan Bars
Santa Maria del Sur (Queenstown Road)

Australian Bars in London
Walkabout (Temple)
Walkabout (Shepherd’s Bush)
Beluschi’s (Borough)

Brazilian Bars
Guanabara (nr Covent Garden)
Rodizio Rico (Bayswater)
Rodizio Rico (Islington)
Made in Brazil (Camden)

Cameroon

Chile

Denmark
Nordic Bar (nr Oxford St)

England

French Bars
Les Bar des Amies (Clapham Junction)
Le Bouchon (Clapham Common)

German Bars
Bavarian Beerhouse (nr Old Street)
The Octoberfest Pub (Fulham)

Ghana
The Gold Coast Bar & Restaurnat (South Norwood)
The Gold Coast Bar (Brixton)

Greece – Greek Bars
Parsons Green (any suggestions?)
Halepi Restuarant (Bayswater)

Honduras

Italy – Italian Bars
Bar Italia (Soho)

Ivory Coast

Japan

Korea DPR
The Fountain (New Malden)

Korea Republic
The Fountain (New Malden)

Mexico – Mexican Bars
Mercado Bar & Cantina (Stoke Newington)

Netherlands – Holland – Dutch Bars
De Hems (Soho)
Lowlander (Covent Garden)

New Zealand – Kiwi Bars
The Southerner (Temple)

Nigeria
D’ Den, Kilburn
Mama Cala Bar, Wembley

Paraguay

Portugal
Bar Estrela (Stockwell)
Cafe Kick (Exmouth market)
Bar Kick (Shoreditch)

Serbia
Paya and Horse (Battersea)

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa
The Bok Bar (Covent Garden)
Puzzle Pub (Earlsfield)

Spain – Spanish Bars
Bodega De Tapas (Camden)
San Miguel’s (Edgware Road)

Switzerland – Swiss Bars
St. Moritz (Soho)

Uruguay

U.S.A. American Bars

Virgin Galactic Mothership Eve Completes Third Successful Test

Published on Monday, March 30, 2009 in General. 0 Comments Tags: space, virgin galactic.

The Virgin Galactic Mothership Eve, has successfully completed its third test flight. Spending over two and a half hours in the Troposphere at a maximum speed of 140 knots, the testing went beautifully. The positive outcome of these last few tests means that Virgin Galactic expect to be testing in space next year.

Virgin Galactic - White Knight 2 - Mothership Eve in flight testing

Mothership Eve flew at over 18,000 ft altitude and in subsequent testing, the White Knight 2 will soar to 50,000 ft of the next few months.

There were a further seven successful operations during this test period, which saw engine restarts during the flight and thrust asymmetry checks. It’s the largest all carbon composite aircraft in the world and many of the parts used to build the ship have been built using composite materials for the first time.

Speaking of the craft, Peter Siebold – pilot of all three tests for the ship, said:

“This is a truly remarkable aviation vehicle and, although it might look unique from the ground it is not strange to fly in any way and is in fact a great piloting experience.

Meanwhile, Sir Richard Branson confirmed his excitement for the project and hinted at when we might see it publicly launched:

I am looking forward to flying myself in Eve in the next few weeks before we attach SpaceShipTwo later in the year and begin test flights to space shortly afterwards! Virgin Galactic is central to our ambition at Virgin to become the world’s leading group in the operation of energy and environmentally efficient transportation, in the air, on the ground and in space.

Mothership Eve is the carrier and launch platform for Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, which is the successor to SpaceShipOne – the first spaceplane to complete a privately funded human spaceflight.

Public space flights, here we come!