• Travel Back In Time At The Bikal Renaissance Theme Park, Hungary

    • 15 Oct 2013 9:00 AM

    The Middle Ages and Renaissance Theme Park in Bikal (close to Pécs city) opened its doors in 2010 for visitors who want to discover life in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance periods in Hungary. The 7.5 hectare park is divided into five large parts – the Village, the Old Town, the Main Square, the Knight’s Palace, and the Jousting Arena – where visitors can explore 35 amazing buildings, learn traditional handicraft making, and be part of various interactive programmes.

  • Cancelled: Budapest's First 'Renaissance & Medieval Festival'

    • 10 Oct 2013 12:01 PM

    History is set to come alive in the Buda Castle this weekend with a medieval themed festival held around the Royal Palace. It's the first of its kind in this magnificent venue, it promises historical games and challenges, medieval style dresses and tools... As it's a family event there won’t be any beheading, burning and boiling, garroting, flogging or impaling, so don't expect to re-live the horrors of the Middle Ages. On offer will be food and drinks in keeping with the times of the good old Hungarian Kingdom. Renaissance live music will provide the sound-scape for this exciting new event - read on for details about its craft beers, jesters, tamed falcons, 'Medieval Traders’ Market', and lots more.

  • Sonic Map Of The Budapest’s Ruin Pub Quarter

    • 10 Oct 2013 11:45 AM

    Once Jewish quarter now nightlife hot spot, the centre of Budapest’s 7th district has raised some eyebrows this summer. It’s more than just a landmark area with hoards of drunks consuming premium wheat beer. It’s a densely packed startup scene of blooming characteristic enterprises such as cafes, restaurants, pubs and - wait for it - the signature ruin bars in the backyards of abandoned houses. Eastaste had set to map out the sonic branding strategies of the Ruin Pub Quarter.

  • 28th Budapest International Marathon Madness

    • 10 Oct 2013 11:30 AM

    This Budapest Marathon will be held for 28th time this Sunday, sponsored by SPAR. As well as the main event, also available are The Riska Minimarathon, Danone Fun Run and Spar Walking and Family Run which are shorter distance runs giving an opportunity for everyone to participate regardless of age or ability so that even whole families can share in the mad marathon atmosphere.

  • Now On: World Press Photo Exhibition In Budapest (See Video Clip)

    • 9 Oct 2013 9:02 AM

    The World Press Photo Expo is described as "an extensive mirror on the modern world, an event important to both visual culture and historical scholarship". It may also be said, without exaggeration, that the exhibit is one of the most popular cultural events in Budapest at the Museum of Ethnography, until 27 October 2013.

  • Xpat Opinion: Outrageous Police Reaction To Crimes Against The Hungarian Roma

    • 7 Oct 2013 1:00 AM

    Today’s topic is the Hungarian police’s decision not to investigate the attack on a Roma family in Devecser, one of the villages that earlier fell victim to the red sludge that covered acres and acres of land around a factory producing aluminum. I didn’t deal with this specific incident except as one in a series of anti-Roma attacks by far-right groups during the summer of 2012.

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