167 result(s) for ice age
Kafka And Son Is Coming To Budapest On 18 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- entertainment
At the age of 36 Franz Kafka was still living at home, a petty bureaucrat, a failed artist and timid Jewish son. Ruling and ruining his life was his overbearing father, Hermann. What to do? Kafka wrote, in this case a 50 page letter to his father in which he reveals deep connections between his life and his fiction. As he confesses in the letter “All my writing was about you.” Adapted from this ...
Xpat Event Report: Rosalia – Rosé Wine Festival In Budapest
- 13 May 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
On a lovely sunny afternoon in Buda, we went along to the Rosalia Rosé wine festival. In “Gesztenyés kert” and on the terrace of the chic Larus Restaurant, a wide variety of wines, red, white and especially rosés, was waiting for wine-lovers. They ranged from “natural”, ice, bio to more quality mainstream.
VOLT: It Is Good Everywhere, But The Best In Sopron, Hungary
- 10 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
It is now confirmed that VOLT Festival will take place at the well-known Lővér Camping at Sopron, Hungary. At todays press conference many more have been revealed, especially about the visuals of the event, new venues and programs and also a special focus on environmental protection. Telekom will stay the main sponsor of the event with a line-up of 30 all-stars. VOLT Festival takes place between ...
Advent Fair By The Basilica In Budapest In 2012
- 21 Dec 2012 10:35 AM
- shopping
Christmas markets have a long tradition in Hungary over the weeks of advent and this fair has a lot more to it than just Christmas shopping. It attempts to create community atmosphere, despite the lately popular trends of shopping together, the Advent Fair by the Basilica creates a place where people can spend some time together in the holiday spirit and enjoy a wide range of cultural, ...
Xpat Opinion: Budapest’s Top 5 Skating Rinks
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- sport
By local expat Adri Bruckner: The holidays and winter wouldn’t be complete with a few rounds around a scenic skating rink, and warming up afterwards with a cup of hot chocolate or mulled wine! Budapest has some great places for a skate, all with skate rental, lessons, opportunities to rent rinks for parties, and a good time to be had by all. I think I’ve been to every rink in the city, since I ...
Xpat Report: 2012 Summer Olympics
- 25 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
With the Summer Olympics in London almost upon us, I have been trying to remember anything from past events. I would like to think that the first Olympics I remember was 1972 when swimmer Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals. However, I am probably confabulating this since I was about 5 years old and do not remember anything about the tragedy in Munich. Olga Korbut, who my dad had a massive crush on, ...
Xpat Interview Two: Peter Zwack: RIP
- 6 Jul 2012 12:00 PM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat interview? I have triumphantly survived yet another important birthday. The company has also triumphantly survived the crisis and we have just come out with a new product, Unicum Szilva.
Invitation: Solaris, National Concert Hall Budapest, 17 May
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Despite his young age, Australian-born Ben Frost has entered music history as one of the leading decipherers of contemporary experimental and electronic music, and it is no accident that his name is mentioned increasingly often as an important source of inspiration in interviews with musicians. He has lived and worked in Iceland since the early part of the last decade as part of Bedroom ...
Invitation: Brilliant Corners, Trafó Budapest, 28 -29 April
- 28 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"Brilliant Corners" is a new piece for 10 dancers to an original score by Emanuel. The work explores the forces, both mechanical and human, which generate the choreographic substance. The ever evolving structures are a direct manifestation of these forces and as such, hold revealing qualities and possible insights.
Kafka And Son Is Coming To Budapest On 18 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- entertainment
At the age of 36 Franz Kafka was still living at home, a petty bureaucrat, a failed artist and timid Jewish son. Ruling and ruining his life was his overbearing father, Hermann. What to do? Kafka wrote, in this case a 50 page letter to his father in which he reveals deep connections between his life and his fiction. As he confesses in the letter “All my writing was about you.” Adapted from this ...
Xpat Event Report: Rosalia – Rosé Wine Festival In Budapest
- 13 May 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
On a lovely sunny afternoon in Buda, we went along to the Rosalia Rosé wine festival. In “Gesztenyés kert” and on the terrace of the chic Larus Restaurant, a wide variety of wines, red, white and especially rosés, was waiting for wine-lovers. They ranged from “natural”, ice, bio to more quality mainstream.
VOLT: It Is Good Everywhere, But The Best In Sopron, Hungary
- 10 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
It is now confirmed that VOLT Festival will take place at the well-known Lővér Camping at Sopron, Hungary. At todays press conference many more have been revealed, especially about the visuals of the event, new venues and programs and also a special focus on environmental protection. Telekom will stay the main sponsor of the event with a line-up of 30 all-stars. VOLT Festival takes place between ...
Advent Fair By The Basilica In Budapest In 2012
- 21 Dec 2012 10:35 AM
- shopping
Christmas markets have a long tradition in Hungary over the weeks of advent and this fair has a lot more to it than just Christmas shopping. It attempts to create community atmosphere, despite the lately popular trends of shopping together, the Advent Fair by the Basilica creates a place where people can spend some time together in the holiday spirit and enjoy a wide range of cultural, ...
Xpat Opinion: Budapest’s Top 5 Skating Rinks
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- sport
By local expat Adri Bruckner: The holidays and winter wouldn’t be complete with a few rounds around a scenic skating rink, and warming up afterwards with a cup of hot chocolate or mulled wine! Budapest has some great places for a skate, all with skate rental, lessons, opportunities to rent rinks for parties, and a good time to be had by all. I think I’ve been to every rink in the city, since I ...
Xpat Report: 2012 Summer Olympics
- 25 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
With the Summer Olympics in London almost upon us, I have been trying to remember anything from past events. I would like to think that the first Olympics I remember was 1972 when swimmer Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals. However, I am probably confabulating this since I was about 5 years old and do not remember anything about the tragedy in Munich. Olga Korbut, who my dad had a massive crush on, ...
Xpat Interview Two: Peter Zwack: RIP
- 6 Jul 2012 12:00 PM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat interview? I have triumphantly survived yet another important birthday. The company has also triumphantly survived the crisis and we have just come out with a new product, Unicum Szilva.
Invitation: Solaris, National Concert Hall Budapest, 17 May
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Despite his young age, Australian-born Ben Frost has entered music history as one of the leading decipherers of contemporary experimental and electronic music, and it is no accident that his name is mentioned increasingly often as an important source of inspiration in interviews with musicians. He has lived and worked in Iceland since the early part of the last decade as part of Bedroom ...
Invitation: Brilliant Corners, Trafó Budapest, 28 -29 April
- 28 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"Brilliant Corners" is a new piece for 10 dancers to an original score by Emanuel. The work explores the forces, both mechanical and human, which generate the choreographic substance. The ever evolving structures are a direct manifestation of these forces and as such, hold revealing qualities and possible insights.