Are you in a romantic mood this 14th February, with all the shops stacked with candlelight, chocolate, love cards, teddy bears and flowers? Why not make the stadium or the outdoors your love nest this Valentine’s week, make it a love celebration to remember and stand out from the crowd?
Valentine’s Week in Romania
Dear Romanian couples, here’s a list with the places you could impress your better half with and enjoy some atypical romantic sceneries, whilst also feeling good about integrating sport in your lifestyles, either as a participant or as a fan. There are some alternatives to the ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ – we’d argue not only in the time spent, but also in excitement!
For all the handball lovers out there, here’s a chance to feel the passion lived and breathed by the players of the Romanian national sport:
15-Feb, 5:00 PM – HC Zalau VS CS Rapid Bucuresti (Ladies)
15-Feb, 6:30 PM – CSM Bucuresti VS Magura Cisnadie (Ladies)
15-Feb, 4:45 PM – SCM Politehnica Timisoara VS CSA Steaua Bucuresti (Men)
15-Feb, 5:30 PM – CSM Bucuresti VS CS Politehnica Iasi (Men)
15-Feb, 6:00 PM – CS Minaur Baia Mare VS CSM Fagaras (Men)
15-Feb, 6:00 PM – CSU Suceava VS Dinamo Bucuresti (Men)
15-Feb, 6:00 PM – AHC Dobrogea Sud VS CSM Focsani 2017 (Men)
If you’re a football aficionado, you might find one of the following fixtures of interest:
15-Feb, 10:05PM: FCSB VS Lazio Roma, a totally out-of-the-box Valentine treat with a Europa League signature.
16-Feb, 6:00 PM: Gaz Metan Medias VS SC Juventus Bucuresti
16-Feb, 8:45 PM: FC Voluntari VS CSU Craiova
17-Feb, 2:00 PM: ACS Sepsi VS Concordia Chiajna
17-Feb, 8:45 PM: CFR Cluj VS Astra Giurgiu
18-Feb, 6:00 PM: ACS Poli Timisoara VS CSM Politehnica Iasi
18-Feb, 8:45 PM: FC Dinamo VS FCSB, Romania’s biggest grudge match.
If you’re a volleyball fan, or simply would like to taste what this sport has to offer, these are the matches you should attend:
14-Feb, 5:00 PM: CSA Steaua Bucuresti VS CS Arcada Galati, a battle between the first and third places in the Men’s Volleyball Championship;
14-Feb, 3:00 PM: CSM Bucuresti VS CSM Lugoj (Women’s Volleyball Championship);
14-Feb, 7:30 PM: CS Dinamo Bucuresti VS CSM Volei Alba Blaj (Women’s Volleyball Championship).
End the Valentine’s week with a spicy bike race around the Dobrogea landmarks, by joining the 21 km ‘Hell of the East’ event organised by Constanta cycling team.
*All times are in Romanian Local Time.
Valentine’s Day in Poland
Dear Polish couples, make some romantic plans with your special one and try one of the following top-notch experiences:
14-Feb, 6:00 PM: Slask Wroclaw VS Pogon Prudnik (Men’s Basketball Championship);
14-Feb, 7:30 PM: Nysa Klodzko VS Spojnia (Men’s Basketball Championship);
14-Feb, 6:00 PM: Zaglebie VS Kobierzyce (Women’s Handball Championship);
14-Feb, 6:30 PM: Start Elblag VS Kielce (Women’s Handball Championship);
14-Feb, 6:00 PM: Wisla Plock VS Zaglebie (Men’s Handball Championship);
14-Feb, 6:30 PM: Wybrzeze Gdansk VS Stal Mielec (Men’s Handball Championship);
14-Feb, 7:30 PM: Szczecin VS Azoty Pulawy (Men’s Handball Championship).
Quarterfinals of the Women’s Volleyball Polish Cup:
14-Feb, 5:00 PM: LKS Lodz VS Rzeszow
14-Feb, 6:00 PM: Pila VS Bydgoszcz
14-Feb, 6:30 PM: Radom VS Chemik Police
14-Feb, 7:00 PM: Budowlani Lodz VS Bielsko-Biala
*All times are in Polish Local Time.
Valentine’s Day in Bulgaria
Dear Bulgarian lovebirds, if you feel stuck for ideas for things to do or places to go this Valentine’s day, check out the following sport events going on in your country:
14-Feb, 6:00 PM: Levski VS Balkan (Men’s Basketball)
14-Feb, 6:00 PM: Rilski Sportist VS Academic Bultex (Men’s Basketball)
14-Feb, 7:15 PM: Buzun VS Ruschuk (Futsal Premiere League)
14-Feb, 8:15 PM: FK Ruse VS Ultrapack (Futsal Premiere League)
14-Feb, 8:30 PM: Grand Pro VS Varna City (Futsal Premiere League)
14-Feb, 8:30 PM: Mag Mladost VS Lokomotiv Varna (Futsal Premiere League)
14-Feb, 9:15 PM: Razgrad VS Lokomotiv GO (Futsal Premiere League)
*All times are in Bulgarian Local Time.
Valentine’s Day in Hungary
Dear Hungarian lovers, looking for somewhere special to spend a few hours next to your special one? Here are a couple of diverse options for you:
14-Feb, 6:00 PM: DVSC Korvex VS Gyor (Women’s Handball)
14-Feb, 6:00 PM: DEAC VS Kaposvari (Men’s Basketball)
*All times are in Hungarian Local Time.
