• Hungary Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Toxic Sludge Disaster

    • 5 Oct 2015 4:06 AM

    “We must name those responsible, continue building, and return, every year, to remember,” state secretary for regional administration, Zoltán Kovács, said in Kolontár, in western Hungary, on Sunday, marking the fifth anniversary of the country’s worst industrial disaster, a toxic sludge spill that killed ten and injured hundreds. The ruling Fidesz MP who represents the district said the government had acted with great speed after the disaster and spent 30 billion forints (EUR 95m) on the clean-up and reconstruction.

  • ‘Balance’, Budapest Circus, On From 3 October

    • 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM

    Reviving traditions – Troupe Teibler - "Everybody takes their place in the team". The audience can see real Hungarian spirit and along with it or just for this reason also a traditional production in the performance of the Troupe Teibler, who set as an aim to revive one of the most classic Hungarian acrobatic stunts, the teeterboard act.

  • Pálinka & Sausage Festival, Buda Castle, 2 – 4 October

    • 30 Sep 2015 12:30 PM

    More than 400 distillates await pálinka-lovers here at one of the most spirited festivals of the autumn season. The Pálinka and Sausage Festival will be held in the courtyards of the majestic Buda Castle. Enhanced by an exciting gastro selection, desserts made with pálinka will have their own special place at the festival, including pálinka bonbons and cream desserts.

  • Apparat, Millenáris Budapest, 2 November

    • 30 Sep 2015 9:00 AM

    Berlin-based electronic musician Apparat - aka Sascha Ring - presents a selection of his soaring scores for film and theatre. In 2012, Apparat (Sascha Ring) began a new scope of activity with the theater. He composed the music for a production of Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ by Sebastian Hartmann, one of the most influential theater directors in the German speaking area. After the performance at the renowned Ruhrfestspiele and the Leipzig Theater, the work received the distinction of being invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen, which is the German-language theater equivalent of an Oscar for the movies. Apparat’s music was released as an album on Mute.

  • Oktoberfest Budapest, 1 - 4 October

    • 30 Sep 2015 4:30 AM

    The world's biggest beer festival will visit Budapest again this year. You can experience the feeling of the real Bavarian Paulaner 'Oktoberfest Big Tent' brought here from Munich for the third time.

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