Travel after the pandemic #8: By road in Slovakia
National treasures along the highways and byways
Today’s trip involves a moderate drive from Budapest to Slovakia’s High Tatras mountains, taking in World Heritage sites, scenic roads, old mining towns, extra special wooden villages, a castle, lake and skiing centre along the way.
Croatia opens borders to ‘green’ EU countries
Croatia from Thursday is allowing the unimpeded entry of citizens of European Union countries with low coronavirus incidence rates according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the official koronavirus.hr website has said.
Budapest Airport passenger numbers jump in May
Passenger numbers at Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International reached 88,800 in May, almost four times the number registered a year earlier, when the country was in pandemic lockdown, operator Budapest Airport said on Tuesday.
Travel after the pandemic #7: Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Austria
Time to take the high road
On four wheels, two wheels or two legs, Austria’s Grossglockner High Alpine Road is considered one of the most beautiful panorama roads in the world, with 36 hairpin bends along its 48 kilometres, 30 peaks topping 3000 metres, glacial snowfields in mid-summer and the ...
Kazakhstan recognises Hungary immunity certificates
Kazakhstan's authorities have said that they would recognise coronavirus immunity certificates issued by their Hungarian, Thai, and Mongolian counterparts.
Still standing out from the crowd with nowhere yet to go
Lost and found retro relic in Kőbánya Kispest
Just when I thought I had seen them all, another surreal oddity comes my way. After last year’s unexpected sighting of a statuette of a hostile gun-waving revolutionary in Újpest, clearly from early communist times, I wasn’t anticipating another such find to stop me ...
Budapest airport shuttle bus to resume service on Monday
Budapest's airport shuttle bus 100E will resume service on Monday, Budapest transport authority BKK said on Friday.
Szijjarto: Inoculated Ukrainians, Hungarians can cross border freely from Friday
Ukrainian and Hungarian citizens inoculated against Covid-19 can travel freely to each other's countries from Friday without the requirement of a test or quarantine, regardless of the type of vaccine they have received, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.
Not your average expat
‘We’re going to stay here’
The village of Kisszékely is unlikely to be on many people’s “must-see” list of destinations to visit in Hungary. With its population of just 200, it nestles east of Lake Balaton, bordered by forests and completely hidden among the rolling hills. It is what ...
Guest nights up in April year on year, but well below the pre-crisis level
Chief medical officer declares third wave over
The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Hungary is over, thanks to the country's vaccination drive, the chief medical officer said. Cecilia Muller, speaking at a press conference of the central board coordinating efforts against the epidemic, said that all indicators were improving, ...
