Hungarian Composer Won the 8th Garth Newel Composition Competition
The Garth Newel Composition Competition, which was organised for the 8th time this year, ended with a Hungarian victory. Balázs D. Kecskés, a doctoral student at the Liszt Academy of Music walked away with...
Hungarian comfort food at its best – layered potato casserole by VígVarjú
Comfort food: food prepared in a traditional style having a usually nostalgic or sentimental appeal.
(source: Merriam Webster Dictionary)
A bowl of soup or a steamy plate of our favourite dish can take us right back...
Expat Press Guide to The Best Museums in Budapest
Visitors to Budapest are always surprised at the number and types of museums in the nation’s capital. The country’s long and turbulent one-thousand-year history has resulted in a wealth of museum-worthy items, materials and...
Budapest’s Newest Expat Rock God
The life of a successful musician is one many aspire to. The live performances, days in the studio, the groupies, who wouldn’t like to have that life? Believe it or not, Inter Relocation’s company...
Hungarian comfort food at its best – pea stew and meatballs
It’s not a soup, not a side dish either, and not even the result of an accident in the kitchen. One of the most characteristic elements of Hungarian cuisine – and perhaps the toughest...
Famous Hungarian Womanizers From The Past
We recently wrote about the Famous Hungarian Beauties From The Past, but what about those irresistible gentlemen? Many bright shining stars, musicians and actors have Hungarian origins too. The list seems to be endless,...
CSI Budapest: Zugliget’s Jack the Ripper
In one of our earlier articles we wrote about the system of police records from the beginning of the 20th century, and the related museum which was still not accessible to the public then,...
May Day 2018 in Hungary
No matter what you call it – Labor Day, May Day, International Workers Day, Primero de Mayo – Hungarians still celebrate it with gusto and a day off from their daily toil.
Yes, it’s that...
Where to Take First-Time Visitors to Budapest
When my slave-driving editors at Expat Press ’suggested’ I do a piece on Where to Take First-Time Visitors to Budapest, I could have given them a good old American hug. My daughter and her...
The Fifty Shades of “Igen” – How to Say Yes in Hungarian
Newcomers to Hungary will be exposed to a new and fascinating language, most of which will be completely incomprehensible to them for at least six months after their arrival. They will pick up Köszönöm...
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