Where literature is at home
Reopening of the legendary Café Hadik
Café Hadik in Buda’s Bartók Béla út is not a typical such establishment – at the beginning of the past century it was an institution of the Budapest literary community.[…]
Tagged: World War II
1956 aftermath is still felt
Freedom fighters pushed first brick out of wall of communism but…
For us to understand the difficulties Hungary has been going through since 1989, first we need to analyse life under Soviet occupation and how it impacted a nation that already[…]
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Shades of blue in Pápa
Small town has its treasures and traditions
Pápa lies between the Hungarian Plain and the Bakony Hills: a small baroque town with the Esterházy Castle, famous students and the third-largest synagogue in the country. And there are[…]
Scary, down where the sun don’t shine
Adventure tours in caves not for pigeon-hearted
The beginning of the tour is messy. The group of people dressed in robust red overalls is being led by their guide, Márk, who is also called Frodó, through the[…]
Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their[…]
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