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Have a top chef make Christmas dinner for you – from Byblos to The Ritz-Carlton, here's a selection of quality restaurants ready to put together the perfect festive feast! All you need do is order!

This Christmas may be different but you can still find plenty of traditional Hungarian delights around Budapest, from classic Magyar bejgli to gingerbread and beyond. Here's where!

Sign up for a free Covid test near you – provided by Budapest City Council at four locations between 19 and 23 December. Results in 30 minutes. Registration and proof of address required.

A Christmas show for all the family – watch a stellar performance of revered ballet The Nutcracker for free thanks to a live broadcast provided by Budapest's Opera House on 24-25 December.

Now online at Grøenk Deli – premium products, tasty mangalica pork, artisanal dairy delights, goats’ cheeses, hams, salamis and sausages, plus organic wines, fruit and vegetables all in one place!

The team responsible for Budapest's ecological wellbeing, FŐKERT, is finding new ways to be environmentally conscious, including ditching salt this winter for new, zeolite agents.

Now on sale! Check out our limited-edition, WLB-branded linen bags and sew-on patches at the Allee mall Gift Terminal. Just right for Christmas – and to celebrate our tenth anniversary in 2021!

Treat your friends and loved ones to eco-friendly presents this year with these diverse suggestions for bags, cushions, soap and hand cream – all with an imaginative twist.

Older than Parliament opposite, the former Ministry of Agriculture headquarters on Kossuth tér will be completely renovated – but part of this historic building will also have to be knocked down.

Budapest’s University of Physical Education will soon be one of the finest colleges for sports science in the region thanks to a major redevelopment incorporating a vast roof terrace and pool.

Did you know that Charles Dickens has a great-great-granddaughter living in Hungary? Meet Catherine Dickens, the powerhouse entrepreneur running a holiday rental service in Csákberény!

Timber! A tower block dating back to the 1970s was demolished to make way for the stadium due to host the World Athletics Championships in 2023. Our star photographer Sándor Csudai was at the scene.