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Drinking With Budapest Students: In & Around Corvinus University
- 22 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
By We Love Budapest: Where do university students go out to drink? Based on our booze-infused memories, they’re willing to throw in one or eight beers basically anywhere, but some bars have become university-, and even faculty-specific. We’ve already introduced the favourite bars of the students of ELTE's Faculty of Arts and Humanities and ...
Invitation: Instru-Mentor - The World Makes Music, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 16 Nov
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The stars of this series are the “tools” of music themselves: The instruments. Children will get the chance to familiarise themselves with these instruments in the context of authentic live music and with the assistance of expert musicians. In this semester, we once again return to the world at large, introducing children to the folk music and rarely seen instruments of various parts of the globe ...
Invitation: Gala Concert - 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra, Budapest, 30 Dec
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Every year on December the 30th, the day of the MUSIC-WINE Festival at the Budapest Congress Center, the audience can enjoy the grandiose concert of the world known and unique 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra. The two part show includes famous tunes by Strauss, Rossini, Khachaturian, Brahms, Bizet, Liszt and Tchaikovsky as well as folklore tunes interpreted in the special and unique instrumentation ...
Inauguration Of The Park Of Fiddler Gypsies In Józsefváros, Budapest
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The formerly unnamed public park in the 8th District of Budapest has been named after Fiddler gypsies, commemorating worldwide-known gypsy musicians. At the ceremony, monuments of eight gypsy fiddlers have been inaugurated, and also speeches were given by Deputy Mayor Miklós Csomós, Máté Kocsis, Mayor of Józsefváros district, and József Raduly, member of Budapest General Assembly, initiator of ...
Advent Celebration At The Basilica In Budapest
- 12 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The festive decoration lights up for the third time in front of the Basilica where hot delicacies and a skating rink evokes Christmas atmosphere. The Basilica is dressed into colorful and magnificent lights every night – in every half an hour a video show covers the huge facade and tells about Christmas themes. Special surprises will await visitors this year, too.
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Proving How Gutsy You Are Is Your Strongest Drive – Ultra Runner Says
- 28 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- sport
Szilvia Lubics of Hungary has won this year’s Spartathlon with an all time record for women. She ran 246 kilometers between Athens and Sparta in 28 hours, shaving an hour from her own record of two years before.
Coming Up: St Martin’s Day Festival, Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest
- 28 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
This all-day annual festival in Budapest's downtown Castle is an enjoyable event for adults and kids alike. St Martin’s Day (the day of Martin of Tours, in Hungarian Marton Nap) is a Goose & Wine themed cultural festival at Vajdahunyad Castle, the home of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum with many children activities.
Invitation: Martin’s Day Wine Festival, Budapest, 8 - 10 November
- 24 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- specials
The St. Martin’s Day Wine Festival was organised for the first time in 2011 by Danubius Hotel Gellért. They wanted to show that the Gellért is also an excellent place for the relaxed atmosphere of a festival, precisely because of its unique character and the contrast. Close to 50 Hungarian wineries presented their best wines. In addition to new, artisanal and fine old wines from the smallest up ...
Drinking With Budapest Students: In & Around Corvinus University
- 22 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
By We Love Budapest: Where do university students go out to drink? Based on our booze-infused memories, they’re willing to throw in one or eight beers basically anywhere, but some bars have become university-, and even faculty-specific. We’ve already introduced the favourite bars of the students of ELTE's Faculty of Arts and Humanities and ...
Invitation: Instru-Mentor - The World Makes Music, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 16 Nov
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The stars of this series are the “tools” of music themselves: The instruments. Children will get the chance to familiarise themselves with these instruments in the context of authentic live music and with the assistance of expert musicians. In this semester, we once again return to the world at large, introducing children to the folk music and rarely seen instruments of various parts of the globe ...
Invitation: Gala Concert - 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra, Budapest, 30 Dec
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Every year on December the 30th, the day of the MUSIC-WINE Festival at the Budapest Congress Center, the audience can enjoy the grandiose concert of the world known and unique 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra. The two part show includes famous tunes by Strauss, Rossini, Khachaturian, Brahms, Bizet, Liszt and Tchaikovsky as well as folklore tunes interpreted in the special and unique instrumentation ...
Inauguration Of The Park Of Fiddler Gypsies In Józsefváros, Budapest
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The formerly unnamed public park in the 8th District of Budapest has been named after Fiddler gypsies, commemorating worldwide-known gypsy musicians. At the ceremony, monuments of eight gypsy fiddlers have been inaugurated, and also speeches were given by Deputy Mayor Miklós Csomós, Máté Kocsis, Mayor of Józsefváros district, and József Raduly, member of Budapest General Assembly, initiator of ...
Advent Celebration At The Basilica In Budapest
- 12 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The festive decoration lights up for the third time in front of the Basilica where hot delicacies and a skating rink evokes Christmas atmosphere. The Basilica is dressed into colorful and magnificent lights every night – in every half an hour a video show covers the huge facade and tells about Christmas themes. Special surprises will await visitors this year, too.
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Proving How Gutsy You Are Is Your Strongest Drive – Ultra Runner Says
- 28 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- sport
Szilvia Lubics of Hungary has won this year’s Spartathlon with an all time record for women. She ran 246 kilometers between Athens and Sparta in 28 hours, shaving an hour from her own record of two years before.
Coming Up: St Martin’s Day Festival, Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest
- 28 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
This all-day annual festival in Budapest's downtown Castle is an enjoyable event for adults and kids alike. St Martin’s Day (the day of Martin of Tours, in Hungarian Marton Nap) is a Goose & Wine themed cultural festival at Vajdahunyad Castle, the home of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum with many children activities.
Invitation: Martin’s Day Wine Festival, Budapest, 8 - 10 November
- 24 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- specials
The St. Martin’s Day Wine Festival was organised for the first time in 2011 by Danubius Hotel Gellért. They wanted to show that the Gellért is also an excellent place for the relaxed atmosphere of a festival, precisely because of its unique character and the contrast. Close to 50 Hungarian wineries presented their best wines. In addition to new, artisanal and fine old wines from the smallest up ...