10 result(s) for 1848 revolution in Getting around
Special Autumn Walks in the Most Famous Cemeteries of Budapest
- 1 Nov 2025 10:09 AM
- getting around
It might sound like a bizarre idea at first to go for a walk in a cemetery, but the most famous cemeteries of Budapest are more like parks with a unique atmosphere - where you can slow down, spend some quiet time with your thoughts, while viewing tombs and mausoleums of famous Hungarians.
Xploring Budapest Video: Pesti Vigadó
- 30 May 2025 1:13 PM
- getting around
A visit to Pesti Vigadó offers expats far more than just an evening of music or art; it’s a chance to step into a historic space that has hosted emperors, composers, and revolutionaries in Hungary.
Insider’s Guide: Budapest Zoo – Take a Walk on the Wild Side
- 21 Aug 2023 8:12 AM
- getting around
Budapest Zoo is one of the oldest of its kind. Set at the edge of City Park, it regularly announces the arrival of new-borns and stages special events all year round. One such is the Night of Zoos, scheduled for the end of summer every year.
Uniquely Hungary: Architecture In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 15 Oct 2020 7:26 AM
- getting around
If there was any doubt in your mind that Hungarians are individualists – a spirit somewhat dampened by history in the last century, but which is flowing back – you have only to walk the streets of Budapest where no two buildings appear to have been built in exactly the same style.
Fungarian: The Woman With The Palm Leaf In Budapest
- 4 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- getting around
This iconic landmark of Budapest panorama was unveiled seventy years ago, on April 4 1947. The memory of celebrating April 4 as an official holiday until 1990 is kept in Hungarian collective consciousness mainly through Communist songs composed for the event, like ÁPRILIS 4-RŐL SZÓLJON AZ ÉNEK (‘the song should sound about April 4’).
Kossuth Square Reopens Renewed On Saturday
- 13 Mar 2014 11:02 AM
- getting around
Hungary will celebrate one of its most important national holidays this Saturday, March 15. It’s the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, a freedom fight that became a war of independence against the Austrian Empire. The March 15 holiday is always special, but this year will be especially so because the festivities will include the reopening of the completely renovated Kossuth Square ...
Xplore Budapest: Gellért Hill
- 9 Jan 2014 7:00 AM
- getting around
Gellért hill is one of the most characteristic sights of Budapest, to say nothing of the fact that one of the most beautiful views over the capital opens from here. T
Xploring Budapest: The Citadella
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
"The Citadella is situated in the most beautiful point of Budapest, on the top of the Gellért Hill giving a fantastic view over the city. It was erected in 1854 by the Habsburgs, after the suppression of the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and war of independence, to keep an eye ont he the city. It is 220 meters long, 60 meters wide, the walls are 4 meters tall and the brought here 60 cannons. It ...
Transport Service Changes In Budapest On 15 March 2013
- 14 Mar 2013 2:00 AM
- getting around
On 15 March 2013, our national holiday, several events will be held in Budapest, due to which there will be road closures, among others, on the Lánchíd (Chain Bridge), on Múzeum körút, Kossuth Lajos tér, in Buda Castle, on Andrássy út, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Március 15. tér, as well as in the vicinity of Erzsébet híd and in the 16th and 18th districts. Tram lines 2, 47 and 49; bus lines 5, 7, 7E, ...
Special Autumn Walks in the Most Famous Cemeteries of Budapest
- 1 Nov 2025 10:09 AM
- getting around
It might sound like a bizarre idea at first to go for a walk in a cemetery, but the most famous cemeteries of Budapest are more like parks with a unique atmosphere - where you can slow down, spend some quiet time with your thoughts, while viewing tombs and mausoleums of famous Hungarians.
Xploring Budapest Video: Pesti Vigadó
- 30 May 2025 1:13 PM
- getting around
A visit to Pesti Vigadó offers expats far more than just an evening of music or art; it’s a chance to step into a historic space that has hosted emperors, composers, and revolutionaries in Hungary.
Insider’s Guide: Budapest Zoo – Take a Walk on the Wild Side
- 21 Aug 2023 8:12 AM
- getting around
Budapest Zoo is one of the oldest of its kind. Set at the edge of City Park, it regularly announces the arrival of new-borns and stages special events all year round. One such is the Night of Zoos, scheduled for the end of summer every year.
Uniquely Hungary: Architecture In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 15 Oct 2020 7:26 AM
- getting around
If there was any doubt in your mind that Hungarians are individualists – a spirit somewhat dampened by history in the last century, but which is flowing back – you have only to walk the streets of Budapest where no two buildings appear to have been built in exactly the same style.
Fungarian: The Woman With The Palm Leaf In Budapest
- 4 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- getting around
This iconic landmark of Budapest panorama was unveiled seventy years ago, on April 4 1947. The memory of celebrating April 4 as an official holiday until 1990 is kept in Hungarian collective consciousness mainly through Communist songs composed for the event, like ÁPRILIS 4-RŐL SZÓLJON AZ ÉNEK (‘the song should sound about April 4’).
Kossuth Square Reopens Renewed On Saturday
- 13 Mar 2014 11:02 AM
- getting around
Hungary will celebrate one of its most important national holidays this Saturday, March 15. It’s the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, a freedom fight that became a war of independence against the Austrian Empire. The March 15 holiday is always special, but this year will be especially so because the festivities will include the reopening of the completely renovated Kossuth Square ...
Xplore Budapest: Gellért Hill
- 9 Jan 2014 7:00 AM
- getting around
Gellért hill is one of the most characteristic sights of Budapest, to say nothing of the fact that one of the most beautiful views over the capital opens from here. T
Xploring Budapest: The Citadella
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
"The Citadella is situated in the most beautiful point of Budapest, on the top of the Gellért Hill giving a fantastic view over the city. It was erected in 1854 by the Habsburgs, after the suppression of the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and war of independence, to keep an eye ont he the city. It is 220 meters long, 60 meters wide, the walls are 4 meters tall and the brought here 60 cannons. It ...
Transport Service Changes In Budapest On 15 March 2013
- 14 Mar 2013 2:00 AM
- getting around
On 15 March 2013, our national holiday, several events will be held in Budapest, due to which there will be road closures, among others, on the Lánchíd (Chain Bridge), on Múzeum körút, Kossuth Lajos tér, in Buda Castle, on Andrássy út, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Március 15. tér, as well as in the vicinity of Erzsébet híd and in the 16th and 18th districts. Tram lines 2, 47 and 49; bus lines 5, 7, 7E, ...