The city you thought you knew
Here at The Budapest Times, whenever out and about in the big city lately, we find ourselves looking down (at manhole covers, stumbling stones, and “K stones”), looking up (at bullet holes, Zsolnay…
Quite a cake
Legend has it that a young apprentice cook named Xaver Loibner created the recipe of the Imperial Torte cake. It was the year of the opening of the Hotel Imperial on the Ringstrasse boulevard in…
The Three-day Budapest Celebration for the Wine Profession and Wine Lovers Has Finished
During the three days of VinCE Budapest Wine Show 2018 visitors could not only get to know firsthand the wines of the most outstanding Hungarian wineries, but they could also immerse into the hottest…
The wine that was selected to be the best in the world is coming to Budapest
The best red wine in the world from Tuscany can be tasted by fifty Hungarian wine lovers this April in the Castle Garden. In the seated, exclusive master course one of the most successful winemakers…
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Piling on the pressure
“Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses” by Georges Simenon (Penguin Books)Maigret enthusiasts know not to expect a lot of out-and-out excitement in…
400 hotels in 40 years
NH Hotel Group: from Spain to 30 marketsNH Hotel Group is a Spanish-based hotel chain headquartered in Madrid. The…
Election 2018 - Projected share of parlt seats with 98.96 pc of votes counted
Hungary's incumbent Fidesz-led alliance appears set for a two-thirds majority in…
Election 2018 - Fidesz secures sweeping victory for third successive term (adds more analysts, opposition comments)
Budapest, April 9 (MTI) - Hungary's incumbent Fidesz-led alliance, based on…
Election 2018 - Election office to start publishing results at 9.30pm
Budapest, April 8 (MTI) - National Election Office (NVI) chief Ilona Palffy has…
Temple of Levantine dining
Baalbek Lebanese Restaurant in District VBaalbek? This is a town on a hilltop in the Bekaa Valley, the most spectacular…
Five alternative sightseeing tours
From Trabant city tours to funicular and flying experiences, there are plenty of…
Art, and fish, draw countries even closer
Hungarian experts have helped Algeria realise economic, cultural, sporting and touristic projectsFive of us are sitting around the table, only a few metres from the river: the…
Verbal scrap
Rory Graham, Papp László Budapest Sportaréna, May 4BRIT & Echo Award winner Rory Graham (aka Rag’n’Bone Man) will embark on the…
Not only for tourists
Halászbástya Étterem in District IThere are restaurants in the city that people born and raised here would never…
Bloodhound on the trail
“Maigret Travels” by Georges Simenon (published by Penguin Books)Simenon unleashes a wham-bam opening here that has our head in a spin trying to…
Co-teaching makes program special
Interview with Anthony Laudadio, Head of Education for the Bilingual.huEnglish-Hungarian Bilingual Education Program, a forward-looking education…
Celebration centres on ladies
Tunisian Independence DayWomen were to the fore when Tunisia’s Ambassador to Hungary, Her Excellency…
Looking for a lovely international kindergarten in the heart of Budapest?
When I was a teenager, my Mum had some money saved, so she asked her good…
Inspire, excel, exceed
Open Days break record at Britannica International SchoolRecord numbers attended the Open Days on 5 and 12 February at Britannica…
High standards, respect for all
BME International Secondary Grammar School (ISGS)The BME International Secondary Grammar School (ISGS), founded in 1992, is one…
Faster, more discreet and more exclusive
The new service of Budapest AirportAn airplane stops in the parking position on the tarmac. A few minutes later, a…
An investigation in reverse
“Maigret's Doubts” by Georges Simenon (published by Penguin Books)The last time we encountered Detective Chief Inspector Maigret he was run-down…
Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated worldwide
The Ambassador of Ireland Mr. Pat Kelly and Ms. Margaret Kilmartin organized the…
Budapest, Győr join Global Greening
Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated worldwideSt. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and March 17, better known as St.…
The most elegant wine event of Central Eastern Europe is moving to the Castle Garden
After 8 years a new venue was found for the VinCE Budapest Wine Show taking…
Wine Production is for Women
Four arguments on why it is worth becoming a winemaker as a womanGood female professionals are more and more recognized, respected and sought…
Climate change brings sparkling wine revolution for England
English bursting French bubbleFrench champagne houses are buying land in England as more and more awards are…
Nostalgia... what nostalgia?
Kraftwerk- 3D Show, Budapest, 21 February 2018If you are expecting the traditional arena-friendly band to deliver their…
Wonder men and woman
Star-studded dribblers and dunkers combine theatrics, comedyThe Harlem Globetrotters basketball circus is coming to Hungary this April with…
Magical skates, musical scales
Evgeni Plushenko and Edvin Marton in Kings on IceRussian ice-skater Evgeni Plushenko and violinist Edvin Marton combine for an…
Eating, drinking, dancing
The Imperator in District VThe Imperator has little in common with the so-called “scene restaurants” that…
Think: Nordic
Lectures from the NorthThe Think:Nordic conference at Corvinus University of Budapest on March 3 will…
Birds of paradise
I dislike the mindlessness induced by social media. I loathe the barrage of…
Double celebration for Kuwait
The State of Kuwait’s Ambassador to Hungary, Dr. Hamad Burhamah, hosted a…
Serious penalties for data breaches
Companies have until May to comply with new EU rulesInterview with Dr. Arne Gobert, managing partner of Gobert & Partners legal and…
Self-painted pieces of art
MadeByYou Budapest Ceramics WorkshopIn the beginning the painter is sitting in front of an empty canvas, the writer…