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6 Must-Visit Bars in Budapest’s Craft Beer District
- 1 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- food & drink
By Andrew Davison: In the space of just about 18 months, Budapest’s IX district has grown from one that had pretty much no reason to visit, into an almost Mecca for craft beer lovers, thanks to the variety of great bars that have started to pop up there. By Back in April, we went to the first D9 indoor craft beer festival, visiting 18 places and having a great time along the way. If you’re ...
Video: Red Bull's Air Race Back In Budapest, 16 - 17 July
- 30 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The iconic Chain Bridge in Budapest will once again feature in the Red Bull Air Race calendar, when the World Championship heads to the Hungarian capital for 2016. As one of the most popular stops, Budapest always pulls in a monumental crowd to witness the racing action. In 2009, 650,000 spectators lined the banks of the Danube, and when the city earned a spot in the 2015 race season, fans ...
Liberty Bridge Closed For Nearby Renovations Until End Of August
- 17 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s Liberty Bridge in the central part of the capital will be closed starting on Thursday until the end of August while renovation work is carried out on nearby tram tracks and platforms. Budapest transport centre BKK said the renovation works will affect the schedules and routes of trams running through St Gellért Square, Móricz Zsigmond Square, Bartók Béla Road and Fehérvári Road in the ...
Unique Heritage Transport Services In Budapest
- 26 May 2016 9:08 AM
- getting around
From May 2016 to the end of September, transport and history fans can get the chance to travel aboard vintage trams christened Danube Heritage and Thermal Heritage as well as the Snow White vintage boat at weekends. The Danube Heritage tram runs on the route of tram 2 in Pest which was chosen as one of the ten most beautiful tramlines in the world, while the Thermal Heritage tram runs in Buda on ...
Xpat Opinion: The Anti-Hungarian Conspiracy: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton And George Soros
- 21 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I’m sure that Viktor Orbán harbors ill feelings toward Bill and Hillary Clinton–and that’s probably putting it mildly. Hillary Clinton, when Secretary of State, wrote a letter to him a few days before the parliamentary vote on the new constitution. In it Clinton expressed her regret that her talk with Orbán in June of 2011 and “the constructive comments offered by the U.S. government … have not ...
'Freedom Fighter', A Lecture By Victoria Phillips, 20 May
- 19 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
While modern dancer Martha Graham claimed throughout her career that she was not political, between 1955 and 1987 she performed under the ageis of the State Department for every seated president in over 25 nations. This presentation will explore her tours in West Berlin, 1957, Poland and Yugoslavia, 1962, and East Berlin in 1987 – side-by-side with President Ronald Reagan as he declaired that the ...
Learning & Development In Forest School @ Happy Kids Budapest
- 20 Apr 2016 10:00 AM
- specials
The importance of play, play in Forest Schools
Play begins in a very early age, with constantly repetitive movements and acts (schemas) - clapping hands in time to music, playing games like pat-a-cake, and rhythmically move to sounds. It progresses into active play during the nursery years and into rough-and tumble play during the school years. All types of play, from physical play to role ...
Play begins in a very early age, with constantly repetitive movements and acts (schemas) - clapping hands in time to music, playing games like pat-a-cake, and rhythmically move to sounds. It progresses into active play during the nursery years and into rough-and tumble play during the school years. All types of play, from physical play to role ...
Olympic Bid Logo Presented In Budapest
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Organisers of Budapest’s 2024 Olympic bid unveiled their logo at a media ceremony on top of Gellért Hill on Thursday. The logo displays an image of the Statue of Liberty atop a green hill, looking onto a series of waves representing the Danube in the colours of the Olympic rings.
French-Hungarian Painting Pays Tribute To Paris Terrorist Attack Victims
- 6 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A French and a Hungarian artist have joined together to pay tribute to the victims of last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The painting by Marie-Claude Eisenbeth-Combeau and László Albert illustrating French-Hungarian friendship was presented to French Ambassador Eric Fournier by László Szabó, Hungarian foreign affairs state secretary, in Albert’s home town of Kaposvár, in south-western ...
6 Must-Visit Bars in Budapest’s Craft Beer District
- 1 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- food & drink
By Andrew Davison: In the space of just about 18 months, Budapest’s IX district has grown from one that had pretty much no reason to visit, into an almost Mecca for craft beer lovers, thanks to the variety of great bars that have started to pop up there. By Back in April, we went to the first D9 indoor craft beer festival, visiting 18 places and having a great time along the way. If you’re ...
Video: Red Bull's Air Race Back In Budapest, 16 - 17 July
- 30 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The iconic Chain Bridge in Budapest will once again feature in the Red Bull Air Race calendar, when the World Championship heads to the Hungarian capital for 2016. As one of the most popular stops, Budapest always pulls in a monumental crowd to witness the racing action. In 2009, 650,000 spectators lined the banks of the Danube, and when the city earned a spot in the 2015 race season, fans ...
Liberty Bridge Closed For Nearby Renovations Until End Of August
- 17 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s Liberty Bridge in the central part of the capital will be closed starting on Thursday until the end of August while renovation work is carried out on nearby tram tracks and platforms. Budapest transport centre BKK said the renovation works will affect the schedules and routes of trams running through St Gellért Square, Móricz Zsigmond Square, Bartók Béla Road and Fehérvári Road in the ...
Unique Heritage Transport Services In Budapest
- 26 May 2016 9:08 AM
- getting around
From May 2016 to the end of September, transport and history fans can get the chance to travel aboard vintage trams christened Danube Heritage and Thermal Heritage as well as the Snow White vintage boat at weekends. The Danube Heritage tram runs on the route of tram 2 in Pest which was chosen as one of the ten most beautiful tramlines in the world, while the Thermal Heritage tram runs in Buda on ...
Xpat Opinion: The Anti-Hungarian Conspiracy: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton And George Soros
- 21 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I’m sure that Viktor Orbán harbors ill feelings toward Bill and Hillary Clinton–and that’s probably putting it mildly. Hillary Clinton, when Secretary of State, wrote a letter to him a few days before the parliamentary vote on the new constitution. In it Clinton expressed her regret that her talk with Orbán in June of 2011 and “the constructive comments offered by the U.S. government … have not ...
'Freedom Fighter', A Lecture By Victoria Phillips, 20 May
- 19 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
While modern dancer Martha Graham claimed throughout her career that she was not political, between 1955 and 1987 she performed under the ageis of the State Department for every seated president in over 25 nations. This presentation will explore her tours in West Berlin, 1957, Poland and Yugoslavia, 1962, and East Berlin in 1987 – side-by-side with President Ronald Reagan as he declaired that the ...
Learning & Development In Forest School @ Happy Kids Budapest
- 20 Apr 2016 10:00 AM
- specials
The importance of play, play in Forest Schools
Play begins in a very early age, with constantly repetitive movements and acts (schemas) - clapping hands in time to music, playing games like pat-a-cake, and rhythmically move to sounds. It progresses into active play during the nursery years and into rough-and tumble play during the school years. All types of play, from physical play to role ...
Play begins in a very early age, with constantly repetitive movements and acts (schemas) - clapping hands in time to music, playing games like pat-a-cake, and rhythmically move to sounds. It progresses into active play during the nursery years and into rough-and tumble play during the school years. All types of play, from physical play to role ...
Olympic Bid Logo Presented In Budapest
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Organisers of Budapest’s 2024 Olympic bid unveiled their logo at a media ceremony on top of Gellért Hill on Thursday. The logo displays an image of the Statue of Liberty atop a green hill, looking onto a series of waves representing the Danube in the colours of the Olympic rings.
French-Hungarian Painting Pays Tribute To Paris Terrorist Attack Victims
- 6 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A French and a Hungarian artist have joined together to pay tribute to the victims of last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The painting by Marie-Claude Eisenbeth-Combeau and László Albert illustrating French-Hungarian friendship was presented to French Ambassador Eric Fournier by László Szabó, Hungarian foreign affairs state secretary, in Albert’s home town of Kaposvár, in south-western ...