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Budapest Amusement Park Faces Final Season
- 12 Feb 2013 8:02 AM
- entertainment
The Amusement Park in the City Park will re-open on March 15 for its last season, due to run until September 30. The park is to be closed and the space given over to the expansion of the adjacent zoo, with staple rides such as the antique carousel and roller coaster remaining.
Rebirth Of Budapest's Castle Gardens
- 7 Feb 2013 10:35 AM
- property
The southern tip of the Buda Castle Hill in District 1 will be completely renovated, beginning this month, in the framework of an EUR 31-million project by Swietelsky-WHB and the local municipality, emphasizing the tradition and heritage of the location. Underground parking, escalators to the Royal Palace on the hill, elevators to the Castle Terraces overlooking the river, a new tram stop, the ...
Invitation: Buddha-Bar Budapest Asian Lunar New Year’s Eve Party, 9 February
- 6 Feb 2013 8:01 AM
- specials
Buddha-Bar welcomes the Year of the Snake with the Asian Lunar New Year’s Eve Party on 9th of February, which is also the official pre-party of the Lunar New Year Festival. Upon this occasion, on the 9th of February, the Buddha-Bar Restaurant, featuring Pan-Asian cuisine offers a four-course speciality menu selection, followed by fortune cookies and a traditional Chinese tea ceremony, only for ...
Xpat Opinion: The Invisible Exhibition In Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Having first heard about a museum for the blind in the UK over 20 years ago, I was intrigued by the Invisible Exhibition (Lathatatlan Kiallitas) that has been touring Hungary for some time, and is now hosted in Building B at the Millenaris Park. We first met Misi (our guide), who showed us how to write braille on a peg board and then on a typewriter-type machine... Braille letters are constructed ...
Congestion Charge In Budapest By 2015?
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
On Tuesday this week Budapest Mayor Tarlós announced that motorists will have to pay to enter Budapest by 2015. Speaking on Hungarian HírTV he justified the action by blaming the Socialists, claiming they signed an undertaking to this effect when negotiating EU subsidies for the forthcoming M4 metro line - which is due for completion in 2014 at earliest.
Xpat Opinion: Babysitting Trip To Elevenpark Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Last weekend I had the pleasure to help babysit 4 year old Bogyo. As expected, she likes everything pink, including Hello Kitty, Strawberry Shortcake, but especially, especially My Little Pony. Since then, I have learned through Wired Magazine that there is a subculture of adult male computer geeks called 'Bronies' that love the My Little Pony cartoon, and find deep philosophical meanings in it.
Tata Wins Hungarian Landscape Award
- 5 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas presented the accolade to the winner of the Hungarian Landscape Award competition, the Tata-based Által Brook Catchment Area Restoration and Development Association, at a ceremony in Tata on Friday. Second prize was awarded to Szentes local authority for its programme to restore the wildlife of the Kurca watercourse.
First Holocaust Denial Conviction In Hungary
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first verdict meted out for denial of the Holocaust has become final yesterday as the Budapest Court upheld a lower court ruling. A court last June 12 sentenced the 42-year-old defendant to an 18-month prison term, suspended for three years, and ordered him placed under supervision of a probation officer.
Invitation: Anglican Worship In English, Svábhegy In Budapest, 3 Feb
- 31 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Saint Margaret’s Anglican Episcopal Church, Budapest, has begun offering Anglican worship in English at Svábhegy in the beautiful Buda Hills on the first Sunday of each month. The services will be held at 10:30 am in the chapel of the Protestáns Szakkollégium at Eötvös út 35, in the Twelfth District, approximately one kilometer north of the Svábhegy Cogwheel (Tram 60) stop. Ample parking is ...
Budapest Amusement Park Faces Final Season
- 12 Feb 2013 8:02 AM
- entertainment
The Amusement Park in the City Park will re-open on March 15 for its last season, due to run until September 30. The park is to be closed and the space given over to the expansion of the adjacent zoo, with staple rides such as the antique carousel and roller coaster remaining.
Rebirth Of Budapest's Castle Gardens
- 7 Feb 2013 10:35 AM
- property
The southern tip of the Buda Castle Hill in District 1 will be completely renovated, beginning this month, in the framework of an EUR 31-million project by Swietelsky-WHB and the local municipality, emphasizing the tradition and heritage of the location. Underground parking, escalators to the Royal Palace on the hill, elevators to the Castle Terraces overlooking the river, a new tram stop, the ...
Invitation: Buddha-Bar Budapest Asian Lunar New Year’s Eve Party, 9 February
- 6 Feb 2013 8:01 AM
- specials
Buddha-Bar welcomes the Year of the Snake with the Asian Lunar New Year’s Eve Party on 9th of February, which is also the official pre-party of the Lunar New Year Festival. Upon this occasion, on the 9th of February, the Buddha-Bar Restaurant, featuring Pan-Asian cuisine offers a four-course speciality menu selection, followed by fortune cookies and a traditional Chinese tea ceremony, only for ...
Xpat Opinion: The Invisible Exhibition In Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Having first heard about a museum for the blind in the UK over 20 years ago, I was intrigued by the Invisible Exhibition (Lathatatlan Kiallitas) that has been touring Hungary for some time, and is now hosted in Building B at the Millenaris Park. We first met Misi (our guide), who showed us how to write braille on a peg board and then on a typewriter-type machine... Braille letters are constructed ...
Congestion Charge In Budapest By 2015?
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
On Tuesday this week Budapest Mayor Tarlós announced that motorists will have to pay to enter Budapest by 2015. Speaking on Hungarian HírTV he justified the action by blaming the Socialists, claiming they signed an undertaking to this effect when negotiating EU subsidies for the forthcoming M4 metro line - which is due for completion in 2014 at earliest.
Xpat Opinion: Babysitting Trip To Elevenpark Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Last weekend I had the pleasure to help babysit 4 year old Bogyo. As expected, she likes everything pink, including Hello Kitty, Strawberry Shortcake, but especially, especially My Little Pony. Since then, I have learned through Wired Magazine that there is a subculture of adult male computer geeks called 'Bronies' that love the My Little Pony cartoon, and find deep philosophical meanings in it.
Tata Wins Hungarian Landscape Award
- 5 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas presented the accolade to the winner of the Hungarian Landscape Award competition, the Tata-based Által Brook Catchment Area Restoration and Development Association, at a ceremony in Tata on Friday. Second prize was awarded to Szentes local authority for its programme to restore the wildlife of the Kurca watercourse.
First Holocaust Denial Conviction In Hungary
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first verdict meted out for denial of the Holocaust has become final yesterday as the Budapest Court upheld a lower court ruling. A court last June 12 sentenced the 42-year-old defendant to an 18-month prison term, suspended for three years, and ordered him placed under supervision of a probation officer.
Invitation: Anglican Worship In English, Svábhegy In Budapest, 3 Feb
- 31 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Saint Margaret’s Anglican Episcopal Church, Budapest, has begun offering Anglican worship in English at Svábhegy in the beautiful Buda Hills on the first Sunday of each month. The services will be held at 10:30 am in the chapel of the Protestáns Szakkollégium at Eötvös út 35, in the Twelfth District, approximately one kilometer north of the Svábhegy Cogwheel (Tram 60) stop. Ample parking is ...