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Holocaust Memorial Year 2014 In Hungary Is Commencing
- 2 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
With 2014 approaching, the beginning of Holocaust Memorial Year in Hungary is also imminent. The year-long commemorative event aims to reach out to the widest possible range of Hungarian society and to help the public understand, remember and mend the scars of one of the greatest traumas of Hungarian history.
Hungary’s President Áder Advocates Patriotism In New Year Address
- 2 Jan 2014 3:06 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder pointed to the importance of “patriotism together with a joy of life” in his New Year’s address aired on Hungarian public television just after midnight. 2014 is still “another fair white page for us to write our own words, our own history on,” he said, and referred to developments in Hungary 25 years ago.
Invitation: New Year's Eve Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 31 Dec
- 28 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The music of Amadinda and Gábor Presser will once again see in the new year at the concert hall of the Palace of Arts. The former Lokomotiv GT frontman's Zenevonat (music train) will joyfully pass through valleys and over mountains, taking in the changing landscape of music history.
Now On: Chagall – Between War & Peace, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
- 27 Dec 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
This parallel exhibition surveys the works of two prominent artists, whose paths – whether running side by side or in opposite directions – reveal typically 20th-century life stories.
Now On: Gothic Sculptures From The Royal Palace Of Buda Exhibition, Budapest History Museum
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Royal Palace of Buda was a worthy equivalent of the Royal residencies of Europe. Its walls, gardens, wards were ornamented by beautiful decoration. Famous writers of history and ambassadors of the time praised it. The battles with the Ottoman Empire caused such a major destruction in the Palace that at the beginning of the 20th century those interested and the researchers could find nothing, ...
Now On: Light & Shadow: The 1,000-Year History Of Budapest
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The new permanent exhibition follows a winding path just as the Danube flows through the city. The blue-green color of the river on the walls of the exhibition guides us through the flow of time, from Roman prehistory and the time of the Hungarian conquest all the way to the present.
Now On: West Of Transylvania, East Of The Hungarian Great Plain, Museum Of Ethnography
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Fekete-Körös Valley is situated to the south-east of Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania) between the Apuseni Mountains (Munţii Apuseni) in Romania and the Great Hungarian Plain. The region was settled by Hungarians – with a focus on its fertile plateau – during the time of the Árpád Dynasty, while the first historical references to Romanian villages date to the end of the 16th century.
New Kids On The Block - Budapest's Winter Venue Collection
- 24 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
By We Love Budapest : One of the most enjoyable side effects of Budapest's search for its own identity is the seemingly endless mushrooming of venues. As a result, the city's improvement reached a point where sporting a stylish interior and running a cliché-heavy marketing campaign is not enough for any place to become successful. A ...
Invitation: Christmas Organ Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 Dec
- 19 Dec 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Balázs Szabó, our guide on an interesting workshop tour through the past of organ music, is still shy of his 30th year and yet has already followed a strikingly diverse career path engaged with both the history of the instrument and organ renovation. In providing a taste of the work of Max Reger and Karl Straube, he illuminates their relationship to the music of the “originator”, Johann Sebastian ...
Holocaust Memorial Year 2014 In Hungary Is Commencing
- 2 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
With 2014 approaching, the beginning of Holocaust Memorial Year in Hungary is also imminent. The year-long commemorative event aims to reach out to the widest possible range of Hungarian society and to help the public understand, remember and mend the scars of one of the greatest traumas of Hungarian history.
Hungary’s President Áder Advocates Patriotism In New Year Address
- 2 Jan 2014 3:06 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder pointed to the importance of “patriotism together with a joy of life” in his New Year’s address aired on Hungarian public television just after midnight. 2014 is still “another fair white page for us to write our own words, our own history on,” he said, and referred to developments in Hungary 25 years ago.
Invitation: New Year's Eve Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 31 Dec
- 28 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The music of Amadinda and Gábor Presser will once again see in the new year at the concert hall of the Palace of Arts. The former Lokomotiv GT frontman's Zenevonat (music train) will joyfully pass through valleys and over mountains, taking in the changing landscape of music history.
Now On: Chagall – Between War & Peace, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
- 27 Dec 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
This parallel exhibition surveys the works of two prominent artists, whose paths – whether running side by side or in opposite directions – reveal typically 20th-century life stories.
Now On: Gothic Sculptures From The Royal Palace Of Buda Exhibition, Budapest History Museum
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Royal Palace of Buda was a worthy equivalent of the Royal residencies of Europe. Its walls, gardens, wards were ornamented by beautiful decoration. Famous writers of history and ambassadors of the time praised it. The battles with the Ottoman Empire caused such a major destruction in the Palace that at the beginning of the 20th century those interested and the researchers could find nothing, ...
Now On: Light & Shadow: The 1,000-Year History Of Budapest
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The new permanent exhibition follows a winding path just as the Danube flows through the city. The blue-green color of the river on the walls of the exhibition guides us through the flow of time, from Roman prehistory and the time of the Hungarian conquest all the way to the present.
Now On: West Of Transylvania, East Of The Hungarian Great Plain, Museum Of Ethnography
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Fekete-Körös Valley is situated to the south-east of Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania) between the Apuseni Mountains (Munţii Apuseni) in Romania and the Great Hungarian Plain. The region was settled by Hungarians – with a focus on its fertile plateau – during the time of the Árpád Dynasty, while the first historical references to Romanian villages date to the end of the 16th century.
New Kids On The Block - Budapest's Winter Venue Collection
- 24 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
By We Love Budapest : One of the most enjoyable side effects of Budapest's search for its own identity is the seemingly endless mushrooming of venues. As a result, the city's improvement reached a point where sporting a stylish interior and running a cliché-heavy marketing campaign is not enough for any place to become successful. A ...
Invitation: Christmas Organ Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 Dec
- 19 Dec 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Balázs Szabó, our guide on an interesting workshop tour through the past of organ music, is still shy of his 30th year and yet has already followed a strikingly diverse career path engaged with both the history of the instrument and organ renovation. In providing a taste of the work of Max Reger and Karl Straube, he illuminates their relationship to the music of the “originator”, Johann Sebastian ...