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Xploring Budapest: Tomb of Gül Baba
- 28 Feb 2024 6:27 AM
- getting around
Gül Baba was an Ottoman-Turkish soldier-monk, that is a dervish, who arrived to Buda in the middle of the 16th century and he was buried outside the city limits of then where his honorary monument is also situated.
Now On: Mega Travel Exhibition at Hungexpo Budapest
- 21 Feb 2024 6:23 PM
- travel
This very special annual Travel Exhibition offers new interactive programmes this year, and thanks to which Hungary’s leading tourism exhibition will provide new opportunities for visitors of all ages to gain new experiences and travel inspiration between 22 - 25 February.
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.
Xploring Budapest: Tomb of Gül Baba
- 28 Feb 2024 6:27 AM
- getting around
Gül Baba was an Ottoman-Turkish soldier-monk, that is a dervish, who arrived to Buda in the middle of the 16th century and he was buried outside the city limits of then where his honorary monument is also situated.
Now On: Mega Travel Exhibition at Hungexpo Budapest
- 21 Feb 2024 6:23 PM
- travel
This very special annual Travel Exhibition offers new interactive programmes this year, and thanks to which Hungary’s leading tourism exhibition will provide new opportunities for visitors of all ages to gain new experiences and travel inspiration between 22 - 25 February.
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.