• Great Race 3 In Budapest, 1 May

    • 30 Apr 2015 1:50 AM

    Formula-1 cars roaring in the heart of Budapest? Yes, this is called the Great Race after all! Apart from being a generally spectacular event for audiences of all ages, it has the specific aim of bringing the 'F1 Race Circus', and all motor sports, closer to the public - literally! This event has by now become a tradition in the Hungarian capital, so much so that the drivers of the touring car championship cancelled their Friday test day just to be able to attend this inner city show - which also features special 'sky races' too!

  • Budapest Scottish Church: A Brief History

    • 28 Apr 2015 9:00 AM

    Described by expats today as a small but active English speaking congregation with a big heart, based in the centre of Budapest, it's history goes way back...Back in 1839 two Scottish missionaries John Duncan and Dr. Alexander Ketih set out for Palestine to reach out to the Jews. Riding on camels, one of them fell off the camel’s back, broke his leg and they were forced to return home. However, when they were on a boat traveling from the Black Sea up the Danube, they both fell ill and had to stop in Budapest.

  • Wayne McGregor + Random Dance In Budapest, 25 April

    • 25 Apr 2015 6:00 AM

    Atomos is the newest full-length work by cutting-edge contemporary choreographer and Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor, who has now been leading his company through a radical trajectory of work for 20 years. Imagining the indivisible order created through uncuttable structures and interwoven with an architectural manipulation of bodies, the choreography of Atomos grows from the form of the atom.

  • Video: Former U.S. Ambassador To Hungary Launches Book About Her Experiences

    • 23 Apr 2015 1:35 AM

    Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a U.S. Ambassador? Find out first hand at a party on 6 May in San Francisco, CA, to celebrate Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis' memoir called 'Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest'. You can also learn details in the video below, and read all about it in a new book, by the first Greek-American woman ever to serve as a U.S. ambassador, in which Kounalakis draws back the curtain on what it is like to represent the U.S. government abroad, as well as how American embassies around the world function.