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Guest Experience: Budapest Marriott Hotel

We spend the night at the panoramic Budapest Marriott Hotel and indulge in the bounty of the DNB Budapest restaurant and the Liz and Chain Sky Lounge so you don't have to.

Foreigners without a TAJ Card may now register for vaccine via new link

Foreigners living in Hungary without a TAJ Card can now apply for the vaccine, which is voluntary and free of charge.

Budapest’s millennial underground celebrates its 125th anniversary

Happy birthday, millennial underground! Now yellow line 1 of Budapest’s metro network, this route beneath Andrássy út opened 125 years ago was a real pioneer of its day.

Exquisite monograph showcases key Budapest architects 3h – and captures a changing capital

Architects 3h are behind projects ranging from the MOME Campus in Budapest to the reconfiguration of Szeged Cathedral. Superb monograph 'Spaces of Intensity' now outlines their work in English.

Restrictions eased in Hungary and more places open

Cafés and restaurants can now fully open, gyms, swimming pools, cinemas and sports grounds can also operate. An Immunity Certificate is required, except for terraces. Mask-wearing still the rule.

What is an Immunity Certificate?

Proof of immunity from Covid will be required to enter the many amenities – cinemas, gyms and swimming pools, among others – soon due to open. Here we outline details of the Immunity Certificate.

Budapest-Vienna in under 2 hours, Prague in 210 minutes! New high-speed trains planned for major capitals

Travel from Budapest to Vienna, Prague and Warsaw by train in record times thanks to a new high-speed line to be reconfigured from existing tracks out of Kelenföld station.

Bridges to festival destination of Hajógyári Island in line for renovation

The two old bridges leading over to Hajógyári Island, location for Sziget and other festivals, are soon to be renovated, with a cultural complex also in the pipeline.

Budapest gears up for tourism in 2021 and beyond

How will tourism in Budapest bounce back? A panel of experts has just convened to explore the best ways to reactivate hospitality, leisure and festivals in the Hungarian capital.

New railway bridge ready for action

Another link in the chain – the new railway crossing alongside Rákóczi Bridge, part of the ambitious Southern Ring to improve connections between the city and the suburbs, is now ready for action.

Terraces now open, spas, pools and gyms this week!

Great news! Terraces reopened from 24 April! Other amenities, such as pools, gyms and spas, should soon follow suit, once four million people have been vaccinated in Hungary.

Free travel on Budapest transport for motorists on Earth Day, 22 April

Drivers! Leave the car behind and travel for free on Budapest transport on Thursday, 22 April. To mark Earth Day and help the environment, motorists need only show their licence to use the network.

Public consultation to be launched for Aquincum Bridge

Should Aquincum Bridge be built? New plans will be put to the public in May, detailing the advantages of having Óbuda and north Pest connected in years to come.

Work starts on Budapest’s metro line 5 and southern suburban HÉV rail link

One step nearer to metro line 5 – work starts on the planned transport links connecting Budapest with its southern suburbs via the HÉV rall lines to Ráckeve and Csepel, with new terminals in town.

New video captures a fiery flamenco dance in the deserted streets of Budapest

See how flamenco dancer Zsófia Pirók lights up the empty streets of Budapest in a dramatic new video created by our own Péter Kálló.

Budapest terraces set to open in April

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just announced that café and restaurant terraces may reopen once 3.5 million in Hungary have been vaccinated – set to happen before the end of April.

Jókai tér to be renovated, neater, greener and great for readers

See how the newly revamped Jókai tér will look after its green makeover later this year, a reading corner honouring the namesake writer, Mór Jókai, whose statue centrepieces the square.

Budapest’s forgotten cemeteries

Discover where some of Budapest's most famous citizens once lay buried, in cemeteries no longer with us, today the site of public parks, sports centres and swimming pools.

Curfew restrictions now eased

In a hopeful sign of things to come, the Hungarian government has begun to ease restrictions, allowing people outdoors until 10pm and non-essential shops to open, within certain guidelines.

Revamped downtown Danube embankment by 2023-24 – final planning phase now under way

Now in under way – the last planning phase of the renovation of the Danube embankment in the city centre should pave the way for a revived recreational riverside in Budapest by 2023-24.

New climate strategy for Budapest – car use to be reduced to 30% of all traffic

Budapest adopts a new Climate Strategy and the Dezső Radó Plan, with the aim of reducing emissions, addressing the problem of potential water shortages and increasing green space.

New bus station planned for Kelenföld

More transport developments in Budapest – a new bus terminal and P+R car parks are planned for Kelenföld in south Buda, as well as an assessment of a potential new train station.

Chain Bridge underpasses still open to cyclists and pedestrians

You can still stroll and cycle under the Chain Bridge on the Pest embankment until 16 April and the Buda side for another two months thereafter. The bridge will be closed to car traffic from mid-June.

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New trees and landscaping designated for Rákos stream in Zugló

The Zugló section of the once pristine Rákos stream will soon be getting a green makeover, with a promenade for pedestrians and a new cycle lane.

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Green makeover for Danube embankment in Buda

Great news for cyclists – better lanes, more green space and less car traffic now planned for parts of waterfront Buda either side of Margaret Bridge.

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