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'Funky Festival', MVM Dome Budapest, 27 June
- 14 May 2024 5:46 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are delighted to announce the 2024 Funky Festival, where the heavyweights of Funky music will gather.
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.
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.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 4.
- 9 Feb 2024 6:15 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.
Planck Manuscript Sells for Price Massively Exceeding Expectations At Bookstore Auction In Hungary
- 29 Jan 2024 10:12 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- community & culture
A manuscript of German physicist Max Planck sold for Ft 34 million at the latest auction of the Központi Antikvárium bookstore, greatly exceeding expectations. The starting price was Ft 1.6 million.
Square in Front of Budapest Synagogue Temporarily Renamed October 7 Square
- 9 Jan 2024 10:24 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Theodor Herzl Square in front of the Dohány Street Synagogue has been renamed October 7 Square for two weeks in memory of the victims of the attack by Hamas terrorists.
Aegon Hungary Changes Name to Alfa
- 8 Aug 2023 1:21 PM
- http://www.dteurope.com/
- business
From August 1, 2023, Aegon Hungary General Insurance Plc. will continue its activities under the name Alfa Vienna Insurance Group Plc.
Top 7 Beautiful Bridges in Budapest
- 1 Aug 2023 7:18 AM
- getting around
As you may know, the capital of Hungary is divided by the Danube, with hilly Buda on the west bank and Pest on the east. Seven bridges that span the river are notable architectural sights in their own right - the focus this quick guide is on what makes each of them special.
7 Top Modern Statues In Budapest
- 6 Jul 2023 12:35 PM
- getting around
Some of these statues may be new even for Aboriginal Budapesters. Nowadays there is a small specialist agency that assists anyone who would like to erect a new public artwork anywhere in Budapest.
'Funky Festival', MVM Dome Budapest, 27 June
- 14 May 2024 5:46 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are delighted to announce the 2024 Funky Festival, where the heavyweights of Funky music will gather.
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.
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.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 4.
- 9 Feb 2024 6:15 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.
Planck Manuscript Sells for Price Massively Exceeding Expectations At Bookstore Auction In Hungary
- 29 Jan 2024 10:12 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- community & culture
A manuscript of German physicist Max Planck sold for Ft 34 million at the latest auction of the Központi Antikvárium bookstore, greatly exceeding expectations. The starting price was Ft 1.6 million.
Square in Front of Budapest Synagogue Temporarily Renamed October 7 Square
- 9 Jan 2024 10:24 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Theodor Herzl Square in front of the Dohány Street Synagogue has been renamed October 7 Square for two weeks in memory of the victims of the attack by Hamas terrorists.
Aegon Hungary Changes Name to Alfa
- 8 Aug 2023 1:21 PM
- http://www.dteurope.com/
- business
From August 1, 2023, Aegon Hungary General Insurance Plc. will continue its activities under the name Alfa Vienna Insurance Group Plc.
Top 7 Beautiful Bridges in Budapest
- 1 Aug 2023 7:18 AM
- getting around
As you may know, the capital of Hungary is divided by the Danube, with hilly Buda on the west bank and Pest on the east. Seven bridges that span the river are notable architectural sights in their own right - the focus this quick guide is on what makes each of them special.
7 Top Modern Statues In Budapest
- 6 Jul 2023 12:35 PM
- getting around
Some of these statues may be new even for Aboriginal Budapesters. Nowadays there is a small specialist agency that assists anyone who would like to erect a new public artwork anywhere in Budapest.