10 result(s) for regime change in Getting around
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
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A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
The Evolution of Hungary's Railway System: 30 Years of Closures & Reopenings
- 3 Jan 2024 9:27 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
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Governments have closed almost 2,000km of railway lines since 1990, leaving approximately 5,900km of track for passenger traffic in Hungary, Telex reports.
Budapest Soon To Be 150
- 18 Apr 2023 1:37 PM
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By Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com. The Hungarian capital will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Obuda – on 17 November 1873 – much happier than during its two earlier big birthdays.
Xploring Budapest: Lesser Known Statues, Not in Tourist Brochures - Photos
- 23 Mar 2022 4:02 PM
- https://budapestflow.com/
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While the Liberty Statue and Little Princess appear on thousands of blogs and Instagram feeds every year, not all of the city’s statues are so familiar. Daniel Cochran from @statuesofbudapest takes a look at the sculptures that didn’t make it into the tourist brochures.
Buda’s Castle District - Europe’s Grandest Reconstruction Project
- 3 Mar 2022 1:55 PM
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It’s surprising that the dramatic restoration of Buda’s castle and palace complex to its early twentieth century glory hasn’t attracted more attention, reports Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com.
Rebirth Of Budapest’s Magnates’ Quarter
- 14 Apr 2021 6:45 AM
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The start of restoration work on Budapest’s once elegant, neo-classical first department store, the 1926 Corvin Áruház, is the latest piece of good news for the inner part of the Józsefváros, christened about twenty years ago the Palotanegyed, or Palace District, reports Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com.
9 Romantic Hideaways In Hungary
- 24 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
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A cottage in the middle of a flower garden in a small village, a Provence style intimate lodge at the stem of the vine-lands and a shack at the edge of the forest that makes you feel like you’re in the British countryside.
Ópusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park Becomes A Hungarian National Memorial Site
- 6 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
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The Ópusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park was declared a National Memorial Site on the Day of National Unity. Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár declared that the Day of National Unity is also the day of real Europeanness and the day of regime change without compromise.
Kossuth Tér – One Of Budapest’s Most Important City Squares – Is Being Returned To Its Former Glory
- 16 Mar 2012 8:06 AM
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"The reconstruction of Kossuth tér in Budapest has begun in accordance with the decision made by the National Assembly. More than twenty years on from the change of regime, after the completion of the work in spring 2014, we will be able, finally, to give the nation a square that respects the traditional pre-1944 look of the square, while also meeting the needs of the 21st century. The square ...
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
The Evolution of Hungary's Railway System: 30 Years of Closures & Reopenings
- 3 Jan 2024 9:27 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- getting around
Governments have closed almost 2,000km of railway lines since 1990, leaving approximately 5,900km of track for passenger traffic in Hungary, Telex reports.
Budapest Soon To Be 150
- 18 Apr 2023 1:37 PM
- getting around
By Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com. The Hungarian capital will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Obuda – on 17 November 1873 – much happier than during its two earlier big birthdays.
Xploring Budapest: Lesser Known Statues, Not in Tourist Brochures - Photos
- 23 Mar 2022 4:02 PM
- https://budapestflow.com/
- getting around
While the Liberty Statue and Little Princess appear on thousands of blogs and Instagram feeds every year, not all of the city’s statues are so familiar. Daniel Cochran from @statuesofbudapest takes a look at the sculptures that didn’t make it into the tourist brochures.
Buda’s Castle District - Europe’s Grandest Reconstruction Project
- 3 Mar 2022 1:55 PM
- getting around
It’s surprising that the dramatic restoration of Buda’s castle and palace complex to its early twentieth century glory hasn’t attracted more attention, reports Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com.
Rebirth Of Budapest’s Magnates’ Quarter
- 14 Apr 2021 6:45 AM
- getting around
The start of restoration work on Budapest’s once elegant, neo-classical first department store, the 1926 Corvin Áruház, is the latest piece of good news for the inner part of the Józsefváros, christened about twenty years ago the Palotanegyed, or Palace District, reports Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com.
9 Romantic Hideaways In Hungary
- 24 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
A cottage in the middle of a flower garden in a small village, a Provence style intimate lodge at the stem of the vine-lands and a shack at the edge of the forest that makes you feel like you’re in the British countryside.
Ópusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park Becomes A Hungarian National Memorial Site
- 6 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Ópusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park was declared a National Memorial Site on the Day of National Unity. Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár declared that the Day of National Unity is also the day of real Europeanness and the day of regime change without compromise.
Kossuth Tér – One Of Budapest’s Most Important City Squares – Is Being Returned To Its Former Glory
- 16 Mar 2012 8:06 AM
- getting around
"The reconstruction of Kossuth tér in Budapest has begun in accordance with the decision made by the National Assembly. More than twenty years on from the change of regime, after the completion of the work in spring 2014, we will be able, finally, to give the nation a square that respects the traditional pre-1944 look of the square, while also meeting the needs of the 21st century. The square ...