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Insider’s Guide: Hungarian National Museum in Budapest
- 17 Aug 2023 9:06 AM
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Predating Budapest’s many landmarks unveiled in the later 1800s, the Hungarian National Museum was built in the ten years before the Uprising of 1848 – in fact, it is indelibly linked to those momentous events. In our continuing series proving the backstories to Budapest’s great landmarks, we look at this former seat of government, now housing a comprehensive display showing the history of ...
Insider’s Guide: Top 7 Statues in Budapest with Fascinating Backstories
- 11 Jul 2023 7:29 AM
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Poets, composers and statesmen proudly stand around Budapest, their likenesses centrepiecing the city’s main squares and boulevards. But what about the more unusual figures, the statues and installations whose stories have you wondering how and why they got there?
Insider’s Guide: Garden of Philosophers in Budapest – Go for a Wander & Ponder
- 13 Jun 2023 6:50 AM
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Gellért Hill is best known for the hotel of the same name at the bottom, and the Statue of Lady Liberty at the top. Halfway up, however, is a lesser-known sight whose inspiration is nothing less than the common understanding of all world religions.
Top 5 Cool Fountains in Budapest
- 12 Aug 2022 8:02 AM
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What better way to cool off in the middle of the city than a gushing fountain, romantic for couples, refreshing for kids who can skip through some of them. Budapest even has a musical one!
Top 5 Bike Rides in Budapest
- 8 Jun 2022 12:42 PM
- https://welovebudapest.com/en
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With summer here it’s a good time to take out your bike, or hire one, suggest WeLoveBudapest. Here are five top routes to inspire you to discover cycle-friendly Budapest on two wheels, including hill rides and riverfront trips.
Budapest Photos: Special Hidden Mini Statues
- 7 Mar 2022 9:44 AM
- https://budapestflow.com/
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What do a murdered squirrel, a tiny tank and Hungarian puppet have in common? No, this isn’t some weird riddle; they are all the artistic antics of Mihály Kolodko, a guerilla-sculptor, a Ukranian citizen with Hungarian origins, who was born in the Transcarpathian city of Uzhhorod (Ungvár).
Xploring Budapest: Garden Of Philosophy
- 7 May 2019 11:33 AM
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This inspiring monument on Gellért Hill, by sculptor Nandor Wagner, consists of eight bronze statues, symbolizing the different religions of the world.
"Homeless Jesus” Sculpture Unveiled
- 13 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
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Cardinal Péter Erdõ consecrated the statue of a homeless Jesus laying on a bench near the church on Horváth Mihály tér in Budapest’s Eighth District on Tuesday.
Fungarian: The Woman With The Palm Leaf In Budapest
- 4 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
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This iconic landmark of Budapest panorama was unveiled seventy years ago, on April 4 1947. The memory of celebrating April 4 as an official holiday until 1990 is kept in Hungarian collective consciousness mainly through Communist songs composed for the event, like ÁPRILIS 4-RŐL SZÓLJON AZ ÉNEK (‘the song should sound about April 4’).
Insider’s Guide: Hungarian National Museum in Budapest
- 17 Aug 2023 9:06 AM
- getting around
Predating Budapest’s many landmarks unveiled in the later 1800s, the Hungarian National Museum was built in the ten years before the Uprising of 1848 – in fact, it is indelibly linked to those momentous events. In our continuing series proving the backstories to Budapest’s great landmarks, we look at this former seat of government, now housing a comprehensive display showing the history of ...
Insider’s Guide: Top 7 Statues in Budapest with Fascinating Backstories
- 11 Jul 2023 7:29 AM
- getting around
Poets, composers and statesmen proudly stand around Budapest, their likenesses centrepiecing the city’s main squares and boulevards. But what about the more unusual figures, the statues and installations whose stories have you wondering how and why they got there?
Insider’s Guide: Garden of Philosophers in Budapest – Go for a Wander & Ponder
- 13 Jun 2023 6:50 AM
- getting around
Gellért Hill is best known for the hotel of the same name at the bottom, and the Statue of Lady Liberty at the top. Halfway up, however, is a lesser-known sight whose inspiration is nothing less than the common understanding of all world religions.
Top 5 Cool Fountains in Budapest
- 12 Aug 2022 8:02 AM
- https://welovebudapest.com/en
- getting around
What better way to cool off in the middle of the city than a gushing fountain, romantic for couples, refreshing for kids who can skip through some of them. Budapest even has a musical one!
Top 5 Bike Rides in Budapest
- 8 Jun 2022 12:42 PM
- https://welovebudapest.com/en
- getting around
With summer here it’s a good time to take out your bike, or hire one, suggest WeLoveBudapest. Here are five top routes to inspire you to discover cycle-friendly Budapest on two wheels, including hill rides and riverfront trips.
Budapest Photos: Special Hidden Mini Statues
- 7 Mar 2022 9:44 AM
- https://budapestflow.com/
- getting around
What do a murdered squirrel, a tiny tank and Hungarian puppet have in common? No, this isn’t some weird riddle; they are all the artistic antics of Mihály Kolodko, a guerilla-sculptor, a Ukranian citizen with Hungarian origins, who was born in the Transcarpathian city of Uzhhorod (Ungvár).
Xploring Budapest: Garden Of Philosophy
- 7 May 2019 11:33 AM
- http://visitbudapest.travel/
- getting around
This inspiring monument on Gellért Hill, by sculptor Nandor Wagner, consists of eight bronze statues, symbolizing the different religions of the world.
"Homeless Jesus” Sculpture Unveiled
- 13 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- getting around
Cardinal Péter Erdõ consecrated the statue of a homeless Jesus laying on a bench near the church on Horváth Mihály tér in Budapest’s Eighth District on Tuesday.
Fungarian: The Woman With The Palm Leaf In Budapest
- 4 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- getting around
This iconic landmark of Budapest panorama was unveiled seventy years ago, on April 4 1947. The memory of celebrating April 4 as an official holiday until 1990 is kept in Hungarian collective consciousness mainly through Communist songs composed for the event, like ÁPRILIS 4-RŐL SZÓLJON AZ ÉNEK (‘the song should sound about April 4’).