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Xpat Explainer: Bálint Nap in Hungary - Valentine's Day
- 7 Feb 2024 6:52 AM
- community & culture
As we all know, Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate with your significant other, perhaps a time to revisit memorable places and enjoy a romantic dinner. It has only been celebrated in Hungary since 1990 however, and the equivalent of Valentine here is the name Bálint, whose name day falls on 14 February.
'Hungarian Art Between 1896 & World War II' Exhibition @ National Gallery Budapest
- 6 Jan 2024 4:33 PM
- community & culture
This exhibition currently cannot be visited. The central rooms on the second floor of the museum give place to the twentieth-century art which presents the most decisive artists and endeavours from the period between the turn of the century and the end of World War II.
Tejföl: Is Sour Cream the Very Essence of Hungarianness?
- 27 Dec 2023 7:36 AM
- food & drink
Not so long ago, I interviewed the son of the great Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó. The musician had escaped to the United States with his family in 1956. His brother had already told me they had embraced America and its culture with open arms and turned their back on “Hungarianness.”
Mikulás: Saint Nicholas’s Day Traditions In Hungary On 6 December
- 6 Dec 2023 2:04 PM
- community & culture
According to Hungarian custom it is Saint Nicholas (Mikulás) who comes bearing gifts for children on his name day, December 6th.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 2.
- 6 Dec 2023 12:22 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Rising Stars, Place of Arts Budapest, 10 – 12 November
- 7 Nov 2023 12:44 PM
- entertainment
What are the Rising Stars concerts about? The discovery, the surprise, the promise of major new talent. But also about other things, of course. It is about internationality, as the young artists are presented by ECHO, the European Concert Hall Organisation, across the continent.
Free Entry: New Planet Budapest Expo Now Open
- 28 Sep 2023 6:55 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- entertainment
Former President János Áder opened the Planet Budapest 2023 sustainability expo on Wednesday. Climate change, water crises, diminishing bio-diversity, the exhaustion of arable land and deforestation were “the big, enduring, common stress situations of mankind”, Áder, the event’s founder and chief patron, said in his opening address, adding that the situation was unprecedented.
NATO Innovation Body Meetings Hosted in Hungary this Week
- 19 Sep 2023 7:16 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- tech
Budapest is hosting the meetings of two NATO innovation bodies from Sept 18 to 22 as part of a NATO Innovation Week, the defence ministry said.
'150 Years of Jewish Budapest' Event Series Begins
- 4 Sep 2023 7:49 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
A programme series celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of the city of Budapest and joining the European Days of Jewish Culture got under way in the capital.
Xpat Explainer: Bálint Nap in Hungary - Valentine's Day
- 7 Feb 2024 6:52 AM
- community & culture
As we all know, Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate with your significant other, perhaps a time to revisit memorable places and enjoy a romantic dinner. It has only been celebrated in Hungary since 1990 however, and the equivalent of Valentine here is the name Bálint, whose name day falls on 14 February.
'Hungarian Art Between 1896 & World War II' Exhibition @ National Gallery Budapest
- 6 Jan 2024 4:33 PM
- community & culture
This exhibition currently cannot be visited. The central rooms on the second floor of the museum give place to the twentieth-century art which presents the most decisive artists and endeavours from the period between the turn of the century and the end of World War II.
Tejföl: Is Sour Cream the Very Essence of Hungarianness?
- 27 Dec 2023 7:36 AM
- food & drink
Not so long ago, I interviewed the son of the great Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó. The musician had escaped to the United States with his family in 1956. His brother had already told me they had embraced America and its culture with open arms and turned their back on “Hungarianness.”
Mikulás: Saint Nicholas’s Day Traditions In Hungary On 6 December
- 6 Dec 2023 2:04 PM
- community & culture
According to Hungarian custom it is Saint Nicholas (Mikulás) who comes bearing gifts for children on his name day, December 6th.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 2.
- 6 Dec 2023 12:22 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Rising Stars, Place of Arts Budapest, 10 – 12 November
- 7 Nov 2023 12:44 PM
- entertainment
What are the Rising Stars concerts about? The discovery, the surprise, the promise of major new talent. But also about other things, of course. It is about internationality, as the young artists are presented by ECHO, the European Concert Hall Organisation, across the continent.
Free Entry: New Planet Budapest Expo Now Open
- 28 Sep 2023 6:55 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- entertainment
Former President János Áder opened the Planet Budapest 2023 sustainability expo on Wednesday. Climate change, water crises, diminishing bio-diversity, the exhaustion of arable land and deforestation were “the big, enduring, common stress situations of mankind”, Áder, the event’s founder and chief patron, said in his opening address, adding that the situation was unprecedented.
NATO Innovation Body Meetings Hosted in Hungary this Week
- 19 Sep 2023 7:16 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- tech
Budapest is hosting the meetings of two NATO innovation bodies from Sept 18 to 22 as part of a NATO Innovation Week, the defence ministry said.
'150 Years of Jewish Budapest' Event Series Begins
- 4 Sep 2023 7:49 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
A programme series celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of the city of Budapest and joining the European Days of Jewish Culture got under way in the capital.