8 result(s) for street names in Getting around
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.
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.
New Names for Budapest District Sectors
- 16 Dec 2021 9:09 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- getting around
The Party Zone in Budapest’s Seventh District will be renamed the Király-negyed (Royal Quarter) after the local council approved a long-term cultural strategy for the district, it was announced on the district’s Facebook page.
On the Trail of Religions in Budapest
- 27 Oct 2021 6:13 AM
- getting around
Budapest is a city of diversity. It is enough to just look at the names of city parts and streets and study their history a little and you will immediately realise the multicultural diversity of Budapest, only to find it again in the variegation of the religions and places of worship.
Xploring Hungary: Pécs Region - Cultural Capital, Glorious Porcelain, Exquisite Wines
- 7 Sep 2020 8:50 AM
- getting around
The south-western part of the country has everything you need for a great trip. The castle of Siklós, the wines of Villány, the spa in Harkány and Pécs awaits you with a myriad of fabulous things to see and experience.
Fungarian: The Columbo Hoax
- 17 Nov 2016 1:00 AM
- getting around
Both foreigners and locals wonder how Peter Falk’s legendary Lieutenant Columbo and his pet basset hound landed right at the foot of the Pest side of Margaret Bridge. Whoever the mastermind of this idea was, must have fallen into the trap of the ’Everybody is Hungarian’ fallacy.
MOL Bubi To Be Launched In Budapest Today, 8 September
- 8 Sep 2014 9:02 AM
- getting around
MOL Bubi, the public bike-sharing system that is a new mode of public transport in Budapest will be launched on Monday, 8 September 2014. Tickets will be available for purchase from Monday morning at the touch-screen terminals of major docking-stations and the MOL Bubi website, while passes go on sale at BKK’s customer service centres.
Margit Bridge In Budapest Reborn, Flooded With Light
- 18 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- getting around
"The light is on! Car drivers and pedestrians along the Danube lift their heads towards the freshly installed new lighting poles on Margit Bridge, admiring with astonishment the spectacular lighting on the newborn Margit Bridge. Indeed, while final construction works on and around the bridge are still going on, one major step has been taken: to bring back to life the former aspect and beauty of ...
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.
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.
New Names for Budapest District Sectors
- 16 Dec 2021 9:09 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- getting around
The Party Zone in Budapest’s Seventh District will be renamed the Király-negyed (Royal Quarter) after the local council approved a long-term cultural strategy for the district, it was announced on the district’s Facebook page.
On the Trail of Religions in Budapest
- 27 Oct 2021 6:13 AM
- getting around
Budapest is a city of diversity. It is enough to just look at the names of city parts and streets and study their history a little and you will immediately realise the multicultural diversity of Budapest, only to find it again in the variegation of the religions and places of worship.
Xploring Hungary: Pécs Region - Cultural Capital, Glorious Porcelain, Exquisite Wines
- 7 Sep 2020 8:50 AM
- getting around
The south-western part of the country has everything you need for a great trip. The castle of Siklós, the wines of Villány, the spa in Harkány and Pécs awaits you with a myriad of fabulous things to see and experience.
Fungarian: The Columbo Hoax
- 17 Nov 2016 1:00 AM
- getting around
Both foreigners and locals wonder how Peter Falk’s legendary Lieutenant Columbo and his pet basset hound landed right at the foot of the Pest side of Margaret Bridge. Whoever the mastermind of this idea was, must have fallen into the trap of the ’Everybody is Hungarian’ fallacy.
MOL Bubi To Be Launched In Budapest Today, 8 September
- 8 Sep 2014 9:02 AM
- getting around
MOL Bubi, the public bike-sharing system that is a new mode of public transport in Budapest will be launched on Monday, 8 September 2014. Tickets will be available for purchase from Monday morning at the touch-screen terminals of major docking-stations and the MOL Bubi website, while passes go on sale at BKK’s customer service centres.
Margit Bridge In Budapest Reborn, Flooded With Light
- 18 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- getting around
"The light is on! Car drivers and pedestrians along the Danube lift their heads towards the freshly installed new lighting poles on Margit Bridge, admiring with astonishment the spectacular lighting on the newborn Margit Bridge. Indeed, while final construction works on and around the bridge are still going on, one major step has been taken: to bring back to life the former aspect and beauty of ...