sights & culture
Marathon gallery tour to take place over one weekend in June
Mark 18-20 June in your calendar, when you can tour Budapest taking in challenging contemporary art at 14 galleries across town. And it's all free!
Mon, 3 May 2021
sights & culture
Chic designs for Budapest Student City to transform neglected wholesale market
An abandoned urban wasteland of graffiti and skateboarders, the former wholesale market of Nagyvásártelep will soon become Budapest Student City – here are the designs just assessed by experts.
Fri, 30 Apr 2021
sights & culture
Budapest’s indie cinemas set to reopen
And... action! Indie cinemas should soon reopen across Budapest, maybe as early as tomorrow, Saturday, 1 May. We pick out a few English-friendly highlights from the eclectic schedules at six theatres.
Wed, 28 Apr 2021
sights & culture
Happy birthday, Ferenc Hopp!
Born in Moravia on 28 April 1833, Ferenc Hopp left his successful business as an optician in Budapest to travel the globe, bringing back gorgeous artefacts to be showcased at his own museum.
Tue, 27 Apr 2021
sights & culture
Sean Scully major retrospective soon to reopen
Unveiled at the Hungarian National Gallery shortly before the November shutdown, the Sean Scully retrospective should be the highlight of the major reopenings soon due in Budapest.
sights & culture
Budapest’s loveliest alleys
We explore Budapest's pretty yet secretive alleys, from Anker köz in the heart of town to Haránt köz, way up in the hills of leafy Buda.
Mon, 26 Apr 2021
sights & culture
Hungary ends its telegram service. Stop. We look back at the fabled cable era. Stop.
This Friday, 30 April, will be the last time that anyone can use the telegram service in Hungary. After 174 years, Magyar Posta is discontinuing this revered if dated form of communication.
sights & culture
Discover District VIII in our new video!
From palaces to ruins, Budapest's District VIII is one of opposites. Explore everything there is to see in our new video!
Fri, 23 Apr 2021
sights & culture
See the cherry trees of Buda in bloom
With Buda now in spring bloom, take a look at the gorgeous cherry trees lining Tóth Árpád sétány, captured by our star photographer Sándor Csudai.
Thu, 22 Apr 2021
sights & culture
OFF-Biennále begins! Top contemporary art festival to run until 30 May
Presenting five weeks of challenging contemporary exhibitions across Budapest, OFF-Biennále begins tomorrow, 23 April, with topics ranging from the climate crisis to the future of food.
Tue, 20 Apr 2021
sights & culture
“I have an open relationship with Budapest” – meet street artist Miss KK
Miss KK uses her graphic savvy and fashion sense to create celebrity-based murals around Budapest. We speak with the street artist, whose works are shared on social media by the stars themselves.
Wed, 14 Apr 2021
sights & culture
Hungarian writer Péter Esterházy celebrated with special displays around Óbuda
Happy birthday, Péter Esterházy! The renowned Hungarian writer is being celebrated with special displays around the area where he's always lived, Óbuda.
sights & culture
Magda Szabó’s Budapest
Discover the world of Magda Szabó, one of Hungary’s greatest modern writers, who included many Budapest locations in her novels – and some we can only guess at.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021
sights & culture
Fence at Budapest children’s hospital turned into an art installation of best-loved books
From ruin bars to kids' books – Bertalan Babos, aka Zsili, designs a unique fence in front of the Bethesda Children’s Hospital by City Park, underlining the healing power of stories when most needed.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021
sights & culture
Ethan Hawke and Oscar Isaac spotted jogging on Margaret Island
Next time you're on Margaret Island, watch out for movie stars jogging! Ethan Hawke and Oscar Isaac have just been spotted taking a break from shooting the next Marvel Studios film ‘Moon Knight’.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021
sights & culture
New online gallery launched for young artists
A new initiative, online gallery youngart, aims to support, promote and sell the works of struggling young artists. A sponsored scholarship is also integral to the project.
Thu, 8 Apr 2021
sights & culture
See the design for the new Ministry of Agriculture building on Kossuth tér
Opposite Parliament on Kossuth tér, the Ministry of Agriculture building has been vacant since 2018. New designs are faithful to its 19th-century heritage yet still functional for use after 2024.
sights & culture
Agriculture Museum in Vajdahunyad Castle celebrates 125th anniversary
Created for the Millennial celebrations 125 years ago, Vajdahunyad Castle and the Museum of Agriculture it houses feature statues of their founder and designer. History was not kind to one of them...
Mon, 29 Mar 2021
sights & culture
Former Buda Casino to reopen as a culture centre
Formerly a casino, a beer hall, a café and headquarters for various Communist Party organisations, a fin-de-siècle landmark in Buda has been transformed into the Sándor Márai Culture Centre.
Thu, 25 Mar 2021
sights & culture
Hidden Budapest: the secret history of the Royal Postal Savings Bank
Take a look inside the Royal Postal Savings Bank, an Art Nouveau masterpiece created by the Art Nouveau master himself, Ödön Lechner – despite losing the original tender to design it.
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
sights & culture
Local photographer creates unique series: Life Behind the Travel Ban, using vintage Soviet lenses
Life Behind the Travel Ban is a photo series shot on a series of vintage Soviet lenses, nodding to Hungary's Communist past when visitors would come here to peak behind the Iron Curtain.
Tue, 16 Mar 2021
sights & culture
The men who made Budapest: István Széchenyi
Soon to be renovated, the Chain Bridge was the brainchild of Count István Széchenyi, also responsible for the Academy of Sciences, National Casino and other major initiatives around Budapest.
Mon, 8 Mar 2021
sights & culture
Work starts on the luxury W Hotel Budapest due to open in 2022
The former Ballet Institute, aka Drechsler Palace, is currently being transformed into the W Hotel Budapest, due to join this family of fashionable urban retreats in 2022.
sights & culture
Two Hungarians win awards at the Berlin International Film Festival
Director Dénes Nagy and actress Lilla Kizlinger have won awards at the prestigious Berlinale for their work in a war-time drama and a tale about modern-day relationships.
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
sights & culture
Hidden Budapest: The statue almost lost to history
The statue that disappeared – then reappeared over the river. How a long-awaited likeness of revered Empress Elisabeth, Sissi to Hungarians, came to be, then came to be removed and hidden away.