• Xploring Budapest Video: National Theatre, Budapest

    Xploring Budapest Video: National Theatre, Budapest

    • 12 Jan 2023 8:14 AM

    Designed by Mária Siklós, the construction of the National Theatre was started on 14 September 2000, and was finished at a record-breaking pace in a mere 15 months. The first rehearsals of what would become the inaugural performance, The Tragedy of Man by Imre Madách, started on 2 January 2002, when the artists finally moved in.

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  • Xploring Budapest Video: Cave Church

    Xploring Budapest Video: Cave Church

    • 5 Jan 2023 1:29 PM

    This very special church in Budapest is inspired by Our Lady of Lourdes in France, and built into the rocks and caves of the Gellért Hill - as the video below shows.

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  • Top 5 Winter Experiences Around Balaton

    Top 5 Winter Experiences Around Balaton

    • 5 Jan 2023 9:06 AM

    The expansive Lake Balaton region offers a great variety of experiences in the colder season as well as in summer, as you can see in this handy one minute video.

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  • Motorway Prices Rise Steeply in Hungary

    Motorway Prices Rise Steeply in Hungary

    • 2 Jan 2023 10:25 AM

    The price of a one-month motorway vignette rose to Ft 8,900 from January 1, from Ft 5,210 in 2022, and the price of a one-year vignette to Ft 49,190 from Ft 46,850, according to data from toll system operator NÚSZ.

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