It's not your usual wedding scene - brides in frothy white gowns running around the centre of town at midnight.

An added twist of eccentricity? They have just been "abducted".

It's one of Romania's more colourful customs: bride-napping.

And the tradition of snatching the bride from under the nose of groom and guests with the wedding party in full swing is getting bigger, brasher and an increasingly common sight in the Romanian capital - the Balkans' undisputed party town.