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Record Crowd At This Year’s Sound Festival In Hungary
- 16 Jul 2012 4:00 AM
- entertainment
The 6th edition of Heineken Balaton Sound ended on Monday morning after a truly intensive 5 days of non-stop fun. The weather was not always in favor of Central Europe’s biggest beach party, still a total of 108 000 fans visited the event, setting a new record. Heineken Balaton Sound is renowned to be a quality event and lived up to the expectations also this year, in spite of mixed weather ...
Qatar Airways Named Best Airline In The World For Second Consecutive Year
- 13 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
Qatar Airways has once again triumphed at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards, winning three top accolades including the main award World’s Best Airline for the second year running. The Doha-based carrier retained the coveted title of Airline of the Year 2012 and notched up two further awards – Best Airline in the Middle East for the seventh consecutive year and the Best Airline Staff Service ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary: Arrogance And Ignorance By Karl Pfeifer
- 12 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A few words by way of introduction. Karl Pfeifer is an Austrian journalist (born in Baden bei Wien) with Hungarian roots. After the Anschluss his family moved to Hungary where he spent the next five years until 1943. He speaks Hungarian and is the correspondent for the weekly Hetek, the publication of the Hít Gyülekezete (Faith Church). I might add that Karl is a regular reader of Hungarian ...
Report: 7th Budapest Pride Event In Budapest
- 11 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The 7th Budapest Pride March, an event which boasts a long history, took place in Budapest in early July. The first organized LGBTI film festival (1993) was preceeded by a picnic in 1992. The significant traditions of the Pride Festival have gradually intertwined with film and other artistic programmes.
Xpat Opinion: Best Ice Cream In Budapest - By Treehugger Dan
- 11 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- food & drink
If you are American, you probably also miss the hell out of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. But I found a great ice cream place recently. There is a little hole-in-the-wall place called Fragola at Nagymezo u. 7 past the Radnoti Theater and next to a fruit and veg stand that has the best ice cream I have ever had in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: By Treehugger Dan: Balaton Swim 2012
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
After doing my first Balaton Swim with Kevin Jackson 3 years ago for charity (raising money for the Hungarian Fair Trade Campaign), I have impatiently been waiting to do a second. Two years ago, after many weather postponements, the event was cancelled. Last year I had to pull out with 3 slipped disks. In what must be a first, the event this year went off without a hitch the first try, thus ...
Bruce Willis's Die Hard 5 Set On Fire In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2012 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Early this morning a twenty-eight meter wooden building burned down on the Die Hard 5 set at Kiskunlacháza airport. Current information indicates that during a shoot involving a fire, a helicopter fanned the flames which decame dangerously out of control, spreading rapidly due to wind crated by the aircraft. Szigetszentmiklós fire-fighters attended the scene, brought the flames under control and ...
Invitation: 'Day Of Tourism ' In Veszprém, West Hungary, 7 July
- 6 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
On 7 July we offer families and all visitors interesting and interactive programmes. This is the third time we organise the 'Tourism Day' in Veszprém in order to promote tourism and Veszprém. The programmes will take place around the new Tourinform Office (Old Town square 2.) this Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00.
Invitation: 2nd Nufolk Festival – Enjoy World Music In Budapest
- 30 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- entertainment
The best Hungarian world music bands give concerts between 27 and 30 June 2012 at the 2nd Nufolk Festival in Kobuci Kert, Óbuda. One of the nicest open air bars in Budapest provides 12 concerts in 4 days by internationally acclaimed bands like Besh o droM, The Balkan Fanatik, Napra, Kerekes Band and Ferenczi György és a Rackajam.
Record Crowd At This Year’s Sound Festival In Hungary
- 16 Jul 2012 4:00 AM
- entertainment
The 6th edition of Heineken Balaton Sound ended on Monday morning after a truly intensive 5 days of non-stop fun. The weather was not always in favor of Central Europe’s biggest beach party, still a total of 108 000 fans visited the event, setting a new record. Heineken Balaton Sound is renowned to be a quality event and lived up to the expectations also this year, in spite of mixed weather ...
Qatar Airways Named Best Airline In The World For Second Consecutive Year
- 13 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
Qatar Airways has once again triumphed at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards, winning three top accolades including the main award World’s Best Airline for the second year running. The Doha-based carrier retained the coveted title of Airline of the Year 2012 and notched up two further awards – Best Airline in the Middle East for the seventh consecutive year and the Best Airline Staff Service ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary: Arrogance And Ignorance By Karl Pfeifer
- 12 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A few words by way of introduction. Karl Pfeifer is an Austrian journalist (born in Baden bei Wien) with Hungarian roots. After the Anschluss his family moved to Hungary where he spent the next five years until 1943. He speaks Hungarian and is the correspondent for the weekly Hetek, the publication of the Hít Gyülekezete (Faith Church). I might add that Karl is a regular reader of Hungarian ...
Report: 7th Budapest Pride Event In Budapest
- 11 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The 7th Budapest Pride March, an event which boasts a long history, took place in Budapest in early July. The first organized LGBTI film festival (1993) was preceeded by a picnic in 1992. The significant traditions of the Pride Festival have gradually intertwined with film and other artistic programmes.
Xpat Opinion: Best Ice Cream In Budapest - By Treehugger Dan
- 11 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- food & drink
If you are American, you probably also miss the hell out of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. But I found a great ice cream place recently. There is a little hole-in-the-wall place called Fragola at Nagymezo u. 7 past the Radnoti Theater and next to a fruit and veg stand that has the best ice cream I have ever had in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: By Treehugger Dan: Balaton Swim 2012
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
After doing my first Balaton Swim with Kevin Jackson 3 years ago for charity (raising money for the Hungarian Fair Trade Campaign), I have impatiently been waiting to do a second. Two years ago, after many weather postponements, the event was cancelled. Last year I had to pull out with 3 slipped disks. In what must be a first, the event this year went off without a hitch the first try, thus ...
Bruce Willis's Die Hard 5 Set On Fire In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2012 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Early this morning a twenty-eight meter wooden building burned down on the Die Hard 5 set at Kiskunlacháza airport. Current information indicates that during a shoot involving a fire, a helicopter fanned the flames which decame dangerously out of control, spreading rapidly due to wind crated by the aircraft. Szigetszentmiklós fire-fighters attended the scene, brought the flames under control and ...
Invitation: 'Day Of Tourism ' In Veszprém, West Hungary, 7 July
- 6 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
On 7 July we offer families and all visitors interesting and interactive programmes. This is the third time we organise the 'Tourism Day' in Veszprém in order to promote tourism and Veszprém. The programmes will take place around the new Tourinform Office (Old Town square 2.) this Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00.
Invitation: 2nd Nufolk Festival – Enjoy World Music In Budapest
- 30 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- entertainment
The best Hungarian world music bands give concerts between 27 and 30 June 2012 at the 2nd Nufolk Festival in Kobuci Kert, Óbuda. One of the nicest open air bars in Budapest provides 12 concerts in 4 days by internationally acclaimed bands like Besh o droM, The Balkan Fanatik, Napra, Kerekes Band and Ferenczi György és a Rackajam.