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: Heroes Square
Autumn’s golden opportunity
The most beautiful places to go as nature turns over a new leaf
Beautiful warm colours, rusty leaves – autumn also offers some nice features to apologise for the grey, windy weather. Since fresh air never hurt anyone, there is no reason not[…]
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At breakneck speed into the unknown
Zip City: FX zipline and adventure park in District XIII
Do you love thrills? Need a little adrenalin kick? Or did you always want to fight your fear of heights? Zip City, Budapest’s newest adventure park, only opened its gates[…]
Running is stunning for Budapest’s guests
Explore the city in a different way
There are many ways to explore Budapest: by metro, tram and bus, or book a sightseeing tour on a coach or boat. You can get information on the sights by[…]
Taxis protest Uber
Uber – the global transportation application sensation – is making headlines once again, this time right here in Budapest.
Uber, for the uninitiated, is an “uber”-successful American tech company that connects users with amateur drivers; usually at a fraction of the cost of a taxi ride. Last week, in[…]
Museum of Fine Arts goes out in style
Exhibition hall closed for renovation until 2018
If you’ve been puzzled by the unseemly green fencing sullying the sightlines surrounding Budapest’s palatial Museum of Fine Arts in Heroes’ Square, then you’ll be forgiven for wondering just what[…]
Ballet for Mengele helped survive Auschwitz
‘Heroes of psychology’ Philip Zimbardo and Edith Eger in Budapest
We can all become heroes. We do not need superpowers, nor skin that makes bullets bounce off, nor massive muscles, nor a mastermind, nor special talents – “you can become[…]
Small railway, great fun at Miniversum
You cannot spy from outside what is hidden in the Miniversum, so you have to look inside in any case. In the Krausz Palace on Andrássy út a special miniature world has opened its gates.
From Budapest through Vienna right to Uelzen in Germany – the 300-square-metre layout is exciting not only for lovers of railways. One of the most beautiful railway tracks of Europe[…]
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