Locals only, thank you
My lesser known Budapest
Everyone I know is enamoured by Budapest, and those who really get beyond the realms of tourism – the overpriced café scene, for instance – often have special “nooks and[…]
Tagged: Castle District
Escape from his Budapest origin
Houdini spoke English with a very bad Hungarian accent, says researcher Barbara Kiss
There are many legends and adventurous tales about the life of the great escape artist Harry Houdini. Some of them are true, some fabricated in part by the Hungarian-born Houdini[…]
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From Conrad Hilton to John and Yoko and Whitney Houston
Hilton Hotels & Resorts for people with well-worn passports
Hilton Budapest is a city landmark with its uninterrupted and up-close Danube River views, but in the bigger picture it is just one of Hilton Hotels & Resorts’ more than[…]
Welcome to town, Signor Oliver
Jamie’s Italian in District I
He used to be a kitchen help in his father’s pub, today he is an internationally wanted star chef – Jamie Oliver. The name of the 41-year-old Brit has become[…]
Escaping the city
The Capital with the Eye of an Expat
Summer is coming. Short of moving to the Southern Hemisphere, there’s little I can do to avoid it. I’m not a hot weather person. There’s a limit to the clothes[…]
Not only for tourists
1000 years of Hungarian history in 14 minutes
Both locals and tourists should enjoy the high-tech 3D time travel through Hungarian history that’s taking place at the 700-year-old St. Michael’s Chapel in the Castle District. It is a[…]
Which side is the right side?
The pull of home: a Swedish daughter comes in search of her mother country
There are many sides to Budapest. Downtown is so fabulous and so condensed that it is easy to forget you can travel almost an hour with public transport and still[…]
Tradition coming of age at 21
Review: 21 Magyar Vendéglő, District I
Traditional yet trendy, typically Hungarian but not cheesy – 21 restaurant is performing this balancing act right in one of the tourist hearts of Budapest, the Castle District, with surprising[…]
M3 upgrade loan two-thirds cost of new carriages
Budapest City Council has approved raising a loan for a priority refurbishment of the Soviet-era trains on Metro 3. Only opposition party E-PM voted against.
After the vote, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said the city would move to start train renovations but further negotiations with the government are needed to clarify the financing of the[…]
Hard to please
The Capital with the Eye of an Expat
Where’s the winter gone? Am I the only one in the city feeling cheated? While it’s no secret that I’m not a fan of hot weather, I am quite partial[…]
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