Completed in 2019, the complex provides world-class art storage warehouses and conservation-restoration facilities

OMRRK wins International Property Award

Budapest's new National Conservation and Storage Centre (OMRRK) has fetched the International Property Awards 2020-21 gong for Best Public Service Development, the chief executive of the company in charge of the city's large-scale Liget project said.

And now, a Rubik’s Cube film

Twist and shout

News that a feature film about the Rubik’s Cube is in the works means that the iconic Hungarian invention will receive “leading man” star treatment but it will hardly be the first time the iconic brand has appeared on screens big or small.

Bulgarian cultural centre to be built in Budapest

A centre for ethnic Bulgarian local government, education and culture will be built in Budapest with support of 3 billion forints (EUR 840m) from the governments of Hungary and Bulgaria, an official of the Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday.

Christmas gift from State Opera

Free ‘Nutcracker’ performance online

The Christmas fairy-tale ballet of “The Nutcracker” has been an unmissable event each Yuletide at the Hungarian State Opera since 1950 with only two interruptions, in the aftermath of the 1956 Uprising and during the restoration of the Budapest Opera House in 1981-82. This ...

Best virtual exhibitions during pandemic

Art, history, music from home

Look on the bright side, if you can, during the coronavirus pandemic. Largely confined to home, at least it is possible to see many of Budapest's best exhibitions online from the comfort of your own living room. Here is a selection of the top ...

Jewish and Israeli Film Festival, November 24 to December 6

Films go online in pandemic

Another victim of the killer coronavirus pandemic is the ninth annual international Jewish and Israeli Film Festival between November 24 and December 6, which this year will be held online in its entirety. Seventeen recent titles on Jewish life, culture and history will be ...