122 result(s) for gyula spa
The Budapest M4 Metro: A Study In Inefficiency And Waste
- 1 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
Originally conceived in 1972 as a means for transporting commuters between Budafok (south-west Budapest) and downtown Pest, the decision to build the Budapest M4 metro was made in May 1991 during the first Demszky administration. Nol.hu writes that the project was started without permits, without the consent of owners, without the necessary management, and without moneymoney. With the exception ...
Ceremonial Programs In Budapest On 15 March
- 13 Mar 2014 10:55 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.
Organisers Of European Mobility Week In Hungary Awarded
- 11 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
It was thanks to the organisers’ outstanding performance among others that a record number of Hungarian local authorities registered on the international website of the one-week campaign this year. There were 129 local authorities altogether to join the series of events in September, whereby Hungary came third among the 47 registering countries, Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner ...
Hungary's Flower Festival In Debrecen, 16 - 21 August
- 8 Aug 2013 2:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Debrecen Flower Festival is the best-known cultural event in Debrecen, and also one of the biggest in Hungary. In the past years, it has expanded into a week-long extravaganza of entertainment. It has earned both domestic and international renown for the past four decades. The event won the Prize of Excellence in the category of special festivals in 2009. This is the most popular touristic ...
St. Stephen's Basilica In Budapest
- 7 May 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
St. Stephen's Basilica of Budapest, which was built in neo-renaissance and classicist style, is one of the most beautiful and most significant spiritual and tourist sights of Hungary firstly because of the respect for St. Stephen the founder of Hungary and secondly because of its compelling beauty.
Xpat Opinion: Hungaricums Are Not Completely Hungarian
- 11 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- shopping
During the fall of 2011 a whole team within the Ministry of Agriculture was busy preparing a bill that was supposed to protect Hungary’s national treasures. Half a billion forints was set aside for this purpose. The members of the thirteen-member committee went from county to county to gather items deemed worthy of inclusion on this list. These national treasures are varied, from the Holy Crown ...
9th International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 19 - 22 April
- 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM
- community & culture
After last year’s special Guest of Honour presence, when in honour of Hungary’s EU presidency, as the first among international book fairs, we invited the other 26 member states of the European Union besides Hungary, their belles-lettres book publishing and one author from each country, this year the Guest of Honour will not be a single country either, but the cultural region of the Scandinavian ...
Invitation: 'Art Deco & Modernism', Museum of Applied Arts Budapest, Until 30 September
- 16 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The two decades that followed World War I brought many changes and subtle differences to interior design. This exciting period was marked by a diversity, owing to the simultaneous presence of elegant art deco (which moderated the powerful effects of “classic modernism” that was hallmarked by the Bauhaus), eclecticism, which had a profound effect on popular taste in Hungary, and the pseudo-rustic ...
Xpat Review: Fiktív Really Is One Of Budapest’s Coziest Pubs
- 22 Sep 2010 8:40 AM
- food & drink
Walk along the busy bar-filled street of Krudy Gyula u., just off Mikszáth Kalmán Tér, and you’ll bump into one of Budapest’s least known pubs – and certainly one of its coziest. The Fiktív Pub has been on the corner of Horánszky u. since 2007, but it’s already one of the most popular places in this resurgent area of the 8th District. I popped in on a cool and rainy Saturday evening, and found ...
The Budapest M4 Metro: A Study In Inefficiency And Waste
- 1 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
Originally conceived in 1972 as a means for transporting commuters between Budafok (south-west Budapest) and downtown Pest, the decision to build the Budapest M4 metro was made in May 1991 during the first Demszky administration. Nol.hu writes that the project was started without permits, without the consent of owners, without the necessary management, and without moneymoney. With the exception ...
Ceremonial Programs In Budapest On 15 March
- 13 Mar 2014 10:55 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.
Organisers Of European Mobility Week In Hungary Awarded
- 11 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
It was thanks to the organisers’ outstanding performance among others that a record number of Hungarian local authorities registered on the international website of the one-week campaign this year. There were 129 local authorities altogether to join the series of events in September, whereby Hungary came third among the 47 registering countries, Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner ...
Hungary's Flower Festival In Debrecen, 16 - 21 August
- 8 Aug 2013 2:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Debrecen Flower Festival is the best-known cultural event in Debrecen, and also one of the biggest in Hungary. In the past years, it has expanded into a week-long extravaganza of entertainment. It has earned both domestic and international renown for the past four decades. The event won the Prize of Excellence in the category of special festivals in 2009. This is the most popular touristic ...
St. Stephen's Basilica In Budapest
- 7 May 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
St. Stephen's Basilica of Budapest, which was built in neo-renaissance and classicist style, is one of the most beautiful and most significant spiritual and tourist sights of Hungary firstly because of the respect for St. Stephen the founder of Hungary and secondly because of its compelling beauty.
Xpat Opinion: Hungaricums Are Not Completely Hungarian
- 11 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- shopping
During the fall of 2011 a whole team within the Ministry of Agriculture was busy preparing a bill that was supposed to protect Hungary’s national treasures. Half a billion forints was set aside for this purpose. The members of the thirteen-member committee went from county to county to gather items deemed worthy of inclusion on this list. These national treasures are varied, from the Holy Crown ...
9th International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 19 - 22 April
- 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM
- community & culture
After last year’s special Guest of Honour presence, when in honour of Hungary’s EU presidency, as the first among international book fairs, we invited the other 26 member states of the European Union besides Hungary, their belles-lettres book publishing and one author from each country, this year the Guest of Honour will not be a single country either, but the cultural region of the Scandinavian ...
Invitation: 'Art Deco & Modernism', Museum of Applied Arts Budapest, Until 30 September
- 16 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The two decades that followed World War I brought many changes and subtle differences to interior design. This exciting period was marked by a diversity, owing to the simultaneous presence of elegant art deco (which moderated the powerful effects of “classic modernism” that was hallmarked by the Bauhaus), eclecticism, which had a profound effect on popular taste in Hungary, and the pseudo-rustic ...
Xpat Review: Fiktív Really Is One Of Budapest’s Coziest Pubs
- 22 Sep 2010 8:40 AM
- food & drink
Walk along the busy bar-filled street of Krudy Gyula u., just off Mikszáth Kalmán Tér, and you’ll bump into one of Budapest’s least known pubs – and certainly one of its coziest. The Fiktív Pub has been on the corner of Horánszky u. since 2007, but it’s already one of the most popular places in this resurgent area of the 8th District. I popped in on a cool and rainy Saturday evening, and found ...