Bygone oddities slowly disappearing
The last laugh – this Joker isn’t funny anymore
Needless to say, but the old invariably gives way to the new. And before anything redundant gets tossed aside, it's also worth noting that one does not always appreciate certain things in life until they have finally gone, regardless of how menial they may ...
Hungarian Tourism Agency, Airbnb partner to aid recovery
The Hungarian Tourism Agency and homestay platform Airbnb on Monday announced a cooperation to aid the recovery of the tourism sector in Budapest and environs.
Iberia flight to Madrid returns to Budapest
An Iberia airways flight to Madrid turned back soon after take-off due to a technical problem and landed safely at Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International.
Travel after the pandemic #21: around the world
On the road, rails and seas with Phileas Fogg and Passepartout
When London gentleman Phileas Fogg bet his fellow members of the exclusive Reform Club in 1872 that he could travel around the world in 80 days, he was met with general disbelief, and a rush to put money down. Having just re-read Jules Verne’s ...
Wizz Air makes vaccine mandatory for cabin crew
All employees working in airplane cabins with Hungarian discount airline Wizz Air are expected to be vaccinated against the coronavirus by December 1, the airline said on Wednesday.
Travel after the pandemic #20: Novi Sad, Serbia
Historic environs abuzz with youthful energy
Next year’s European Capitals of Culture will be unusual in that there will be three instead of the customary two, and the “extra” one will be from a European Union candidate country, Serbia, rather than the 27 Member States. The city in question is ...
Beethoven a familiar figure at Martonvásár
Piano lessons accompanied by secret liaisons
Martonvásár is a quaint locale 30 kilometres south-west from Budapest and is best known for when Beethoven came to town, which he did on several occasions during the early 1800s.
Travel after the pandemic #19: Chernobyl, Ukraine
Snapshots amid the ruins: one person’s thrill is another’s tragedy
We aren’t a particularly scientific lot at The Budapest Times, and we’d always kind of thought that radioactivity remained dangerous for hundreds, if not zillions, of years, with a strong chance of making your eyeballs glow pink in the dark or giving you terminal ...
Travel after the pandemic #18: Salzburg, Austria
A timeless weekend away with the main man and more
Salzburg is a unique wonder and splendour that is best known as home town to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), whose musical legacy undoubtedly lives forevermore.
Travel after the pandemic #17: Prague, Czech Republic
Through the troubled eyes of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) left many footprints across his home town of Prague. Today he is one of the Czech Republic’s most famous writers although, perhaps because he wrote in German, his fame didn’t blossom locally until after the end of communism in 1989. His ...
