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Fireworks, air parades and a dazzling light show – Budapest celebrates national holiday on 20 August
See the spectacular firework show on 20 August, sample street food on Szabadság tér and see Hungarian crafts being made at Buda Castle – all part of the celebrations for Hungary's national holiday.
Budapest’s 8 great lakes
Choose one of these picturesque waterside spots around Budapest to relax and cool off, even take out a rowboat or feed the ducks.
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15 years and counting – congratulations, MOM Leroy!
A reliable choice for business meetings, friendly rendezvous and children's parties, MOM Leroy now celebrates its 15th anniversary offering the same great dishes as always.
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Fast, casual and central – Buddha Original serves Asian favourites right across Budapest
Find your favourite Asian dish at 14 Buddha Original locations across town, including a recently opened terrace eatery just round the corner from Váci utca!
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Watch a whole world of documentaries this month on the Verziótéka platform
Men who choose a robot for a girlfriend, the global problem of urban housing and romance in rural Croatia – these are just some of the subjects for the many documentaries available through Verziótéka.
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New Katinka film joins the podium of great sports documentaries – but does it have global appeal?
Just released in Hungary, the high-budget sports documentary film Katinka follows the gilded Olympian swimmer from Baja to California and beyond – a story that still needs to find its global appeal.
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Bye-bye Sziget! Highlights of Day 6
Sziget bows out with a great line-up headlined by the Arctic Monkeys, and also featuring angry rap from west Belfast, masked techno from Berlin and electronica from Los Angeles.
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The best bands, singers and rappers at Sziget this weekend
From thrashy tunes out of The Murder Capital to sassy mixes by Honey Dijon from Berlin by way of Chicago, Sziget is full of musical surprises this weekend!
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Pearls, kings and melon players – Sziget highlights, Day 2!
Here's what you can see at Sziget tonight – Afrobeat from Ghana, nayda from Morocco, ambience from Portugal and the Kings of Leon!
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Ozzy Osbourne
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy Osbourne has announced the rescheduling of his No More Tours 2 tour. Not only does this move to 2022 but also includes...
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Shopping brought to your door in only 20 minutes, day or night – meet Gökhan Elçin, founder of eatvo
No need to queue in the supermarket – have eatvo bring your shopping to your door in only 20 minutes, and for orders of 5,000 forints or over, it's free!
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Meet the magician behind Figaró, Hungary’s oldest magic shop
There's something tricky about the old Figadó shop, where István Szabó is the third in his family to run the business, like his father and grandfather before him. We meet the man behind the magic.
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Writing his own story – we interview painter Gergely Gyuricza
Art therapy helped painter Gyuricza find his creative self and produce original, non-abstract pop art currently being exhibited in galleries abroad. We speak with the artist to see how it all evolved.
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A festival of real encounters – all you need to know about Bartók Spring
Bartók Spring showcases top artistic talent in many fields, in prestigious venues across Budapest, as well as in Miskolc, Debrecen and Győr. We meet its Operating Director, Janina Szomolányi.
