8 result(s) for jews in hungary in Getting around
Insider’s Guide: Top 7 Statues in Budapest with Fascinating Backstories
- 11 Jul 2023 7:29 AM
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Poets, composers and statesmen proudly stand around Budapest, their likenesses centrepiecing the city’s main squares and boulevards. But what about the more unusual figures, the statues and installations whose stories have you wondering how and why they got there?
Top 7 Scenic Tram Rides in Budapest
- 30 Jun 2023 9:22 AM
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It’s a sightseeing tour for free – or rather, for the cost of less than €1 for a ticket on Budapest public transport. Of the city’s tram routes from 1 to 69, some glide alongside the Danube, others ascend the verdant slopes of Buda or past foothills once covered in vineyards.
Photo Guide: Best Of Budapest Architecture
- 22 Nov 2019 10:02 AM
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Budapest brims with beautiful buildings of every style. From neo-gothic churches to Ottoman bathhouses, the largest synagogue in Europe and even ordinary flats.
Uniquely Hungary: Csepel Island
- 27 Jan 2019 7:59 AM
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By Anne Zwack: There are people who have been living all their lives in Budapest who have never even been to the Csepel Island. The reasons for this are obscure as the centre of Csepel is ten minutes drive from the Palace of Arts. The island was the first stopping place for the invading Magyars and is called Csepel after Arpad’s groom.
Uniquely Hungary: The Ugliest Statue In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 1 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
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At a time when statues are going up all over Budapest I would like to nominate a candidate for the ugliest statue in town. You should drive up above the Gellért Hotel to the corner of Minerva and Pipacs utca where the one time Swedish Legation is located.
Budapest Road Named After Spanish Diplomat Who Saved Jews During Holocaust
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
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A road in Aquincum, in the third district of Budapest, was named at a ceremony after Angel Sanz Briz, a Spanish diplomat who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Addressing the ceremony, Gergely Gulyás, deputy speaker of parliament, noted that the diplomat saved over 5,000 Hungarians. As such, he was the embodiment of the Spanish saying “Do good, regardless of whom you do it to,” Gulyás ...
A Great Opportunity To Visit The British Embassy In Budapest, 15 - 16 September
- 14 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
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On the occasion of the Raoul Wallenberg year in Hungary the British Embassy in Budapest opens its doors to the general public and welcomes all interested guests during the European Heritage Days on the weekend of 15-16 September 2012.
A Gorgeous Weekend In The Countryside
- 29 Apr 2010 2:00 AM
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"Finally a gorgeous weekend in the countryside. We still had to put a fire in the buboskemence the first night, but the sun was shining and we were actually in shorts! The Bodva River flood came up to the fence, and left about 45cm of ground water in the basement, but otherwise the house was thankfully untouched, as were our immediate neighbors. The birds are out in mass, especially the annual ...
Insider’s Guide: Top 7 Statues in Budapest with Fascinating Backstories
- 11 Jul 2023 7:29 AM
- getting around
Poets, composers and statesmen proudly stand around Budapest, their likenesses centrepiecing the city’s main squares and boulevards. But what about the more unusual figures, the statues and installations whose stories have you wondering how and why they got there?
Top 7 Scenic Tram Rides in Budapest
- 30 Jun 2023 9:22 AM
- getting around
It’s a sightseeing tour for free – or rather, for the cost of less than €1 for a ticket on Budapest public transport. Of the city’s tram routes from 1 to 69, some glide alongside the Danube, others ascend the verdant slopes of Buda or past foothills once covered in vineyards.
Photo Guide: Best Of Budapest Architecture
- 22 Nov 2019 10:02 AM
- https://likelocals.blog/
- getting around
Budapest brims with beautiful buildings of every style. From neo-gothic churches to Ottoman bathhouses, the largest synagogue in Europe and even ordinary flats.
Uniquely Hungary: Csepel Island
- 27 Jan 2019 7:59 AM
- getting around
By Anne Zwack: There are people who have been living all their lives in Budapest who have never even been to the Csepel Island. The reasons for this are obscure as the centre of Csepel is ten minutes drive from the Palace of Arts. The island was the first stopping place for the invading Magyars and is called Csepel after Arpad’s groom.
Uniquely Hungary: The Ugliest Statue In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 1 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
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At a time when statues are going up all over Budapest I would like to nominate a candidate for the ugliest statue in town. You should drive up above the Gellért Hotel to the corner of Minerva and Pipacs utca where the one time Swedish Legation is located.
Budapest Road Named After Spanish Diplomat Who Saved Jews During Holocaust
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A road in Aquincum, in the third district of Budapest, was named at a ceremony after Angel Sanz Briz, a Spanish diplomat who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Addressing the ceremony, Gergely Gulyás, deputy speaker of parliament, noted that the diplomat saved over 5,000 Hungarians. As such, he was the embodiment of the Spanish saying “Do good, regardless of whom you do it to,” Gulyás ...
A Great Opportunity To Visit The British Embassy In Budapest, 15 - 16 September
- 14 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
On the occasion of the Raoul Wallenberg year in Hungary the British Embassy in Budapest opens its doors to the general public and welcomes all interested guests during the European Heritage Days on the weekend of 15-16 September 2012.
A Gorgeous Weekend In The Countryside
- 29 Apr 2010 2:00 AM
- getting around
"Finally a gorgeous weekend in the countryside. We still had to put a fire in the buboskemence the first night, but the sun was shining and we were actually in shorts! The Bodva River flood came up to the fence, and left about 45cm of ground water in the basement, but otherwise the house was thankfully untouched, as were our immediate neighbors. The birds are out in mass, especially the annual ...