• Xpat Opinion: Spectacular Renewal Ahead For Budapest's Public Transport

    • 13 Dec 2012 10:31 AM

    Budapest has just accepted the budget to replace 37 yellow trams and 24 red electric trolley buses using EU grants and government funding through the years 2014 and 2015. Most of the current vehicles are 1967 and 1978 models. Furthermore, 150 brand new air-conditioned Mercedes buses will appear on the streets next May. Blue buses provide 40% of the public transport capacity of Budapest; their average age is 18 years. For now here's a video of the spectacular Christmas tram in Budapest.

  • Now On: Cézanne & The Past, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest

    • 4 Dec 2012 8:01 AM

    A video of this exhibition is included below, showing Cézanne's work now on display in Budapest. This exhibition showcases a unique perspective of Cézanne’s oeuvre, loaned from some 40 collections by museums such as The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Kunsthaus in Zurich, London’s National Gallery, the British Museum and the Tate Modern, the Uffizi in Florence, the Albertina in Vienna, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Washington National Gallery of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, as well as the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as from several important private collections (in Basel, London, Zurich, Frankfurt and Rio de Janeiro).

  • Invitation: Almira Emiri & Friends Present: Tango n' Go In Budapest, 3 Dec.

    • 3 Dec 2012 10:00 AM

    Tango music played on 2 pianos by the Albanian concert pianist Almira Emiri & the Greek concert pianist Aris Feslikidis. "The way the two pianists change each other and split to perform with the quartet, will be the surprise of the event," we're reliably informed. Read on for more info, and to see a video clip of a previous concert in this series by the world famous local expat Almira Emiri.

  • Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Link Between Prince Charles, Dracula?

    • 29 Nov 2012 10:30 AM

    If you thought the only Hungarian connection to vampires is Bela Lugosi, and the only vampire connection to Prince Charles is Dracula – think again. Geneologists claim the connection comes from Princess Marie of Edinburgh (cousin of Charles’ great-grandfather) who married I Ferdinand of Romania. In a video clip recently presented by Romania at the World Travel Market exhibition in London, Prince Charles confirmed being a descendant of Dracula, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler.

  • Xpat Opinion: Dürer Kert Budapest, Teenage Concert Kicks

    • 27 Nov 2012 8:00 AM

    More often than not, Budapest seems to slip off the radar of renowned touring acts. It’s an up-and-coming city confronted with a new found sense of capitalism. Inevitably, touring bands looking to stop where there’s an audience are starting to give Budapest the time of day and Dürer is proving to be the go-to venue.

  • Police And Roma Clash In Hungary

    • 26 Nov 2012 8:00 AM

    Police have begun proceedings against six people following a clash with local Roma outside the Hatvan police station last Thursday. Police spokesman Bálint Soltész said an angry crowd gathered outside the station after police detained 12 people on suspicion of drug abuse.

  • 'Music In Colours' At TEDx, By Budapest Expat Keren Hanan

    • 23 Nov 2012 8:00 AM

    Keren, a painter and pianist, shares her personal journey through the universal language of music and colours. Seven musical pieces and their inspirational depictions exemplify the dynamism of music and its visualisation. For Keren creation equals to capturing the essence of a musical piece and transposing it into a visual form through the use of texture, movement and colour.

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