Close to the Goethe-Institut, Bakáts tér will be getting a major green makeover, the square in District IX also becoming more cycle-friendly. All will be ready by 2022.
More than half a million travellers used Budapest Airport in July, nearly as many as during the first six months of 2021. Further easing of restrictions this month should see higher figures in August.
All aboard! Sit an aeroplane, ride a mini railway and take the wheel of a 150-year boat, all within easy reach of Budapest city centre. Some attractions have special events planned for 20 August.
Is nothing sacred? Now they've taken the lions from Chain Bridge! While Budapest's most iconic and historic crossing undergoes major renovation, the four majestic felines guarding it will do so, too.
In July 1921, conspiracy theories raged about the terrible heat wave that swept over Budapest, the pages of seminal daily Pesti Hírlap full of tales of feverish trysts and crimes of passion...
From the primitive Laufmaschine to today – cycling has been practised for 200 years in Europe, and nearly 150 in Hungary, where it rose from a niche sport to an activity for the masses.
Another green zone in Budapest – a seven-hectare recreation park will open at Pünkösdfürdő in Óbuda this year, providing sports facilities, picnic areas and an interactive nature trail.
Travel to and from Budapest Airport rose substantially in June. The new EU Digital Covid ID Card has helped ease restrictions but always check the rules concerning your destination before you set out.
Budapest's Nagykörút turned into a huge torrent yesterday as a massive storm raged from early morning, bringing down trees and engulfing the boulevard in water. Sándor Csudai captured the scenes.
Trains are now running into and out of Nyugati station after more than a year of renovation – the station hall itself will be completely operational by this September.
Given over to cyclists and pedestrians this summer, the Pest embankment was once a playground, a place for recreation, romance and commerce. See how locals enjoyed the Danube shore back in the day.
One of Budapest's busiest crossing points, Blaha Lujza tér is now undergoing renovation, with changes in traffic lanes until September. The square is closed to cars, cycles and pedestrians until 2022.
See what's allowed and what's not in Hungary with the threshold of 5.5 million people now vaccinated – all is outlined in a simple, two-minute video created in English by the Hungarian Tourism Agency.
The end of the world as we know it – Hungarian 3D artist István Bori has recreated the metro station at Széll Kálmán tér as if it were a location in the popular video game franchise, 'The Last of Us'.
Leave the car at home and take the train to Prague, Vienna and the Croatian coast at knockdown prices with RegioJet – with four classes of travel to choose from!