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World Service,03 Oct 2013,11 mins

Romania and Finland

From Our Own Correspondent

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Far off the beaten track - in both architectural and culinary terms. Tessa Dunlop takes a look at photographer Andrei Pandele's archive, which reveals how the Ceausescu regime wrecked Bucharest's historic districts and made life a misery for millions of Romanians. Mark Bosworth tangles with the bizarre Finnish delicacy salmiakki - a salted liquorice originally cooked up by pharmacies making cough medicine. It's an acquired taste: repellent to many outsiders, but Finns still hunger for it, and hanker after it when they're abroad. PHOTO CREDIT: Andrei Pandele Presenter: Pascale Harter Producer: Polly Hope

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