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Cycle routes around Budapest illustrated on new citywide map
Check out the Hungarian Cycling Club's new map showing all new and established bike routes in Budapest.
Check out the Hungarian Cycling Club's new map showing all new and established bike routes in Budapest.
See how Hungary is welcoming back visitors thanks to a new high-spec video showcasing the best the country has to offer.
Eötvös Loránd Park in Normafa opens to the public as part of recent efforts to renovate the area around popular green getaway Normafa.
Look out for a better app, newer wheels and a more comprehensive plan system in the MOL Bubi bikes, starting next year. Oh, and discounts for BKK transport-pass holders!
Football with fans! Season-ticket holders may watch Honvéd play Debrecen this Sunday at the MTK stadium – with five games taking place around Hungary at the weekend. Social distancing rules apply!
This holiday weekend, you can take the kids to the Palatinus, the Római and Aquaworld – but fans of the Széchenyi, the Gellért and the Rudas will have to wait a little longer to get their spa fix.
Make a splash at Lupa Beach this year – now open for active recreation, with certain restrictions in place to ensure a safe, fun time is had by all.
Have wheels, can travel. This weekend, Budapest cyclists and pedestrians could take over the Danube embankment in Pest, closed to traffic for two days. Here's how it looked.
Budapest's Dance Craze Academy is now offering their high-energy classes online, including dance, singing and theatre. And all in English!
With new cycle lanes along major thoroughfares and spring now with us, more and more people are taking to two wheels around Budapest – causing long waits at specialist stores and repair shops.
Budapest's Zugliget Chairlift, a romantic attraction in the Buda hills, is due to be renovated, with a scheduled reopening of 2022.
Spring is here! No, not like other springs in Budapest but our city has still come to life, with trees in bloom and locals enjoying the fresh air – keeping to strict distancing guidelines, of course.
Admire the beautiful Danube Bend, just outside Budapest, as never before thanks to the expert panoramic drone photography of Zoltán Bujtás.
Registered guests may enter the lush ELTE Botanical Gardens starting from next Monday, 27 April, a maximum 400 people per day, each visitor to follow the rules about masks and social distancing.
You should be indoors most of the time but a little fresh air and outdoor exercise are allowed. Here's how best to hike, bike and jog under quarantine in and around Budapest.
Starting with improvisational comedy, the American Corner Budapest is taking their events and workshops online during the coronavirus shutdown.
Budapest is a spa hotspot today, but where does that association originate? Celts and Romans first settled in this part of the world, attracted by the abundant water.
A new map published by Budapest Public Transport (BKK) illustrates the new cycle network being planned across the Hungarian capital to meet increased demand.
Dance workouts are the stock-in-trade of local instructor Krisztina Hera, as she and her family help us all stay active during the coronavirus lockdown.
There's never a wrong time to learn how to swim – as this family of a dozen ducklings can testify, taking advantage of Budapest's empty Lukács Baths to put in a few laps!
Budapest’s Puskás Aréna takes the top prize in the worldwide public vote for Stadium of the Year, the most prestigious honour of its kind. Hungary's national stadium is due to host Euro 2020 in 2021.
Football on ice – the Euro 2020 soccer tournament due to take place this summer in Budapest and 11 other cities has been moved to 2021 due to travel restrictions and coronavirus concerns.
An easy and invigorating escape from Budapest, Dobogó-kő offers great panoramic walks and a little Hungarian history at the same time.
Just published in English and Hungarian by communal photo archive, “Tekerj!” tells the story of cycling in Hungary, through vintage images and lively contemporary text.
Unveiled in November 2019, Hungary's national Puskás Aréna is in line to win a major international award for Best Stadium of the Year – all you have to do is vote!