Korda Studios and Filmpark
Offering a new experience for film lovers, the Korda Filmpark is the first movie-themed visitors center in Central-Eastern Europe, located 30 kilometers from Budapest, in Etyek. The Filmpark can be found amongst the stages and backlot sets of Korda Studios, where international feature films such as Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Season of the Witch, […]
Szentendre’s Skanzen
The pretty small town of Szentendre is a great one day trip from Budapest. Right by the town locates the Szentedre Skanzen, an open air museum, the largest ethnographic collection in Hungary. The Hungarian Skanzen in Szentendre was founded in 1967 after years of preparation by ethnographers, as the “Village Museum Department” of the Budapest Ethnographical […]
Memento Park Budapest
A quote by the architect on the project of Memento Park Budapest: “This park is about dictatorship. And at the same time, because it can be talked about, described, built, this park is about democracy. After all, only democracy is able to give the opportunity to let us think freely about dictatorship.”
Szentendre – The pearl of the Danube bend
Szentendre lies at the gate of one of Hungary’s most beautiful regions, the Danube bend, which is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage. It’s extraordinary not only because of its architectural harmony but its amazingly beautiful surroundings as well. The typical Baroque-style houses, romantic cobbled-road squares, streets and alleyways create a unique, magical […]
The castle of Queen Sissi in Hungary – Gödöllo’s Grassalkovich Castle
The Gödöllö Palace is one of the most important, and largest monuments of Hungarian palace architecture. Its builder, Count Antal Grassalkovich I (1694–1771) was a typical figure of the regrouping Hungarian aristocracy of the 18th century. He was a Royal Septemvir, president of the Hungarian Chamber, and confidant of Empress Maria Theresa. (1740–1780). The construction of the […]
Etyek wine region of Hungary
Etyek is one of Hungary’s newer wine regions, although the fame of wines grown on the slopes of the Buda Mountains goes back to medieval times. During the reign of the late Arpad Dynasty in the 13th century, wine provided the citizens of Buda with their main source of income. In the wake of the […]
1st November – All Saint’s Day in Hungary
‘All Saint’s Day’ is a traditional day of honoring the memory of the deceased. It’s a custom to light candles and visit the graves of passed relatives. The previous night people visit the cemeteries, with flowers and wreathes, candles and lamps. Nowadays Halloween also celebrated in Hungary. Carving pumpkins came into fashion specially for kids. […]
Whit Monday – Pentecost in Hungary
The Monday following Whitsun or Pentecost (Pünkösd) is a public holiday in Hungary (and in many European countries). Pentecost is a Christian feast, celebrated seven weeks after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit. According to tradition, during Pentecost, young men invited girls strolling on the shore of the lake for a boat ride […]
Swimming in snowfall – the Saint Luke’s bath of Budapest
Have you ever swimmed in a pool, while snowflakes were falling out of the sky? When you are in Budapest at wintertime, do not miss the feeling in one of the historical bathes of the city. Saint Luke’s Bath is not the most well-known of Budapest’s many bath houses, with tourist the Széchenyi and the Gellért […]
