Sights & culture

Sights & culture

Star photographer Krisztián Bódis captures the spectacular greenery of Budapest’s courtyards

Urban greenery is always welcome but here in Budapest, certain residential courtyards are overflowing with plants, flowers and creepers. Star photographer Krisztián Bódis snapped the most verdant.

Mon, 6 Sep 2021

Sights & culture

German series at the National Gallery concludes with a Gerhard Richter retrospective

Reflecting a life spent in Nazi Germany and the GDR before an escape to the West, the work of Gerhard Richter currently showing at the National Gallery evokes themes of freedom and distance.

Sights & culture

Hidden Budapest: The secret villa of Gellért Hill

What's hidden behind the walls of an ivy-clad villa on Gellért Hill? Architecture dating to 1920 is one aspect of the former home of a cognac baron, another is a history involving spies and intrigue.

Wed, 1 Sep 2021

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Techno Worlds collide at art quarter budapest

Berlin meets Budapest at Techno Worlds, a presentation of this musical genre and cultural movement in the suitably post-industrial setting of art quarter budapest. The exhibition runs until 3 October.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021

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Budapest Classics Film Marathon celebrates Hungarian cinema with free outdoor screenings by the Basilica

Celebrate the life and works of Hungary's cinematic legends, both on screen and behind the scenes, at September's Budapest Classics Film Marathon, showing around town and outdoors at the Basilica.

Thu, 26 Aug 2021

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Travolta poses with fans at WAKA Budapest

While his daughter Ella Bleu gets lost in Get Lost, a cinematic version of Alice in Wonderland set in Budapest, Hollywood star John Travolta boarded cocktail boat WAKA Budapest and met a local or two.

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Hidden Budapest: From silk factory to classical mecca, the secret history of Liszt Ferenc tér

Named after Hungary's most famous composer, Liszt Ferenc tér wasn't always a leafy square exuding prestige. Here stood a silk factory, which lent its name to the wide street that later ran here.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021

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Dramatic drone video shows the radical new House of Hungarian Music

With trees poking up through its sweeping roof, the House of Hungarian Music is the most radical architectural project in Budapest right now. Take a look this drone video and judge for yourself!

Tue, 24 Aug 2021

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Budapest100 to open secret doors and shed new light on post-war architecture

Look out for Budapest100 this September, when more than 40 private houses will be thrown open to the public in order to show visitors how the city developed following the two world wars.

Mon, 23 Aug 2021

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Sparkling St Stephen’s Hall now fully renovated and free to visit all week

All this week until next Monday, 31 August, visitors can admire the beautifully renovated St Stephen's Hall in Buda Castle free of charge – all you need do is book a time slot!

Wed, 18 Aug 2021

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Soul shows, Hasidic rap and revived temples – Synagogues Week promises an exciting programme for all

From a celebration of classic dish cholent to a first show in Hungary by Afro-American Hasidic rapper Nissim Black, there's plenty for everyone at Synagogues Week, between 27 August and 5 September.

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Hidden Budapest: Buda’s beautiful Karátsonyi Palace where royals caroused

The 300-seat theatre and elegant ballroom of the Karátsonyi Palace attracted European royals. All was overseen by one Guidó Karátsonyi, yet both he and his mansion met a sorry end...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021

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Hidden Budapest: the secrets of Bródy Sándor utca, oldest street in the Palace Quarter

Behind the National Museum stand the ornate villas of the Palace Quarter. Here once lived a champagne baron, a tragic alchemist and a faux pasha, who provide bizarre backstories to any walk today.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021

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Hidden Budapest: How Kolosy tér went from a market place to an award-winning development

One of the oldest squares in Budapest's oldest district of Óbuda, Kolosy tér hides its history behind an award-winning development and a tatty but revered local market.

Thu, 5 Aug 2021

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Capturing millennial Budapest – the classic urban photography of György Klösz

See how Budapest looked 125 years ago or more thanks to the pioneering urban photography of the prolific György Klösz, whose works fill the Fortepan archive.

Tue, 3 Aug 2021

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See Budapest’s secret staircases as captured by star photographer Tamás Dragon

In Budapest, inside or out, don't forget to look up and admire the architectural detail. Within, you may see a stunning staircase – a favourite of photographer Tamás Dragon, who took these images.

Wed, 28 Jul 2021

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Art Nouveau fashion in focus at the György Ráth Villa

Step into the early 1900s when you visit Dress Code: Art Nouveau, the latest exhibition at the György Ráth Villa covering elegant ladies' fashion and this era of gradual women's emancipation.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021

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Toilet talk – latest exhibition at the Kiscelli Museum lifts the lid on the history of human waste

The Romans chatted on communal outdoor latrines, residents of medieval castles used moats while Georgian ladies had gravy boats – an exhibition at the Kiscelli Museum shows the history of the toilet.

Mon, 19 Jul 2021

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Once Upon a Time in the North – kids will love the new hands-on exhibition at the Transport Museum

All aboard – literally – for the new exhibition in the Diesel Hall of the Transport Museum, lined with classic locomotives. Workshops, plans and other vintage vehicles can also be viewed.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021

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Hungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév earns Emmy nomination for hit HBO series Euphoria

Involved in a key Christmas episode of hit HBO series Euphoria, sought-after Hungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév has just picked up an Emmy nomination – winners will be announced in September.

Tue, 13 Jul 2021

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Visegrád castle complex to be renovated for 700th anniversary of historic meeting in 2035

To mark the historic meeting of Central-European royals there in 1335, the hilltop castle complex at Visegrád, 40km north of Budapest, will be renovated by its 700th anniversary in 2035.

Mon, 12 Jul 2021

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Hidden Budapest: How the city nearly become a major seaplane hub

In the 1920s, seaplanes were the future of air travel. A port was set up by the Gellért Hotel and aristocrats were flown by Hungary's bravest pilot to and from Vienna. It all came to a sorry end...

Fri, 9 Jul 2021

Sights & culture

The Matild Palace now shines in her original splendour

Evoking the Belle Époque, the Matild Palace has been transformed into a five-star luxury hotel, with restaurant, cabaret and sky bar, part of The Luxury Collection series by the Marriott group.

Thu, 8 Jul 2021

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Another Kolodko statue appears in Vác

There's more Kolodko to see in Vác. After the sculptor created a likeness of Empress Maria Theresa, now he's referring to a poem by Sándor Petőfi – and the first rail journey in Hungary 175 years ago.

Wed, 7 Jul 2021

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The men who made Budapest: Samu Pecz

We have a few acclaimed architects to thank for how stunning Budapest looks today – one is Samu Pecz, creator of the Great Market Hall and key buildings at the Technical University, where he taught.