Austrian National Library’s amazing State Hall

One book leads to 200,000 others

At The Budapest Times, Vienna’s Josefplatz has always been something a little more than one of the finest courtyards among the many in splendid Vienna – it is where post-World War Two black marketeer Harry Lime in “The Third Man” novel and film left ...

Heading for the heights in Zagreb

For a hotel that’s only been open one month, the Zonar Zagreb has quite a buzz to it this mid-week evening, There’re some later arrivals checking in at reception, showing their passports and credit cards and collecting their room keys, and enough people on ...

New flight between Hungary and China announced

China Eastern airlines is launching a new flight twice a week between Budapest and Ningbo in eastern China, Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Facebook on Wednesday.

Royal cities and other beauties

Who hasn't dreamt of camel-riding on the sand dunes of the Sahara, surfing the Atlantic waves on board of a boat or a surfboard, admiring the endless sand dunes of the Sahara from a hot air balloon, or admiring the beauty of the breathtakingly ...

Szijjarto: Flights ‘could double’ between Hungary, China

Hungary and China have concluded a new agreement on air transport, which could double the number of flights between the two countries to 42 a week, Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Ningbo, in eastern China, on Tuesday.

’Live like a local’ idea extends to Trieste

There are a couple of ways of explaining the URBANAUTS’ formula for success when launching a new hotel. One way they describe it is to offer guests the opportunity to experience the particular city as authentically as possible, and another is their “live like ...

World of big names for Timisoara jazz

The JAZZx event in Timisoara from Wednesday June 28 to Sunday July 2 will be the 11th edition hosted by the Romanian city, and this year’s event will be a highlight of their ongoing European Capital of Culture 2023 program.