How to get to the Formula 1 (Hungaroring) with public transportation!

The Formula 1 (F1) in Budapest is closing up and people are slowly arriving to Budapest in these days. Several people are curious in that occasion how to get to the Hungaroring with public transportation. Below you will find quoted the information to be found at the official Formula One Grand Prix Hungary 2008 page:

How do I get to the circuit by car?
The racetrack is about 22 km from the center of Budapest. Leaving Budapest, follow the M3 highway. Here you can download a map of how to get there.

How do I get to the circuit by public transportation?
With the free shuttle bus:
A shuttle bus leaves for the circuit from the bus station on the Pest side of the Árpád Bridge.
The service is free of charge for all passengers presenting a vaild ticket for the Formula One.
Point of departure at Árpád bridge Pest side, point of arrival, Mogyoród church square.

Point of departures:
Friday
Árpád bridge: from 07.30 till 11.00 every 30 minutes
Mogyoród church square: from 16.00 till 19.00 every 30 minutes

Saturday
Árpád bridge: from 07.30 till 11.00 every 15 minutes
Mogyoród church square: from 16.00 till 19.00 every 15 minutes

Sunday
Árpád bridge: from 07.30 till 12.00 every 15 minutes
Mogyoród church square: from 15.30 till 17.00 every 15 minutes

By train:
Train service also exists. The train (called the Gödöllõi HÉV) leaves the Örs Vezér tér station every half an hour beginning at 4:30 a.m., stopping at the temporary train station named "Hungaroring". Please find the exact timetable at www.bkv.hu. The train is not free of charge, costing approx. HUF 430,00 for a one way ticket. (1€ = approx. HUF 230)

Paul Anka concert in Budapest 5. August

As Paul Anka enters into his 50th year, he is touring around and he will drop by Budapest Tuesday the 5th of August, 19.30. The Paul Anka concert will be held in the Budapest Sportarena, by the Stadionok metrostation (red line).

For tickets for the Paul Anka concert go to eventim.hu.

If Paul Anka is to old fashioned for you, maybe you should read more about the Sziget Festival or the Coldplay concert (the Viva La Vida tour), that will be held in Budapest 23. September.

The bomb was safely disarmed :)

Just a few hours after we wrote the article yesterday about the bomb that was found in the ninth district of Budapest, the people could start returning to their homes. The bomb with a weight of 2 tonns was safely disarmed. It turned out during the process that it did not have any trigger from which it could blow up. The theories in Budapest today say that they might have disarmed it straight after the Second World War, but after doing so, they just left it in the ground.

This means that everything is back in order today, the traffic is going as normal and everyone has returned to their homes.

If you are interested in more about the history of Budapest and Hungary we recommend our little introuction that can be found here.

New bomb found in Budapest

Two weeks ago several thousand people had to move out of their homes for quite some hours because they found a bomb in the 13. district of Budapest. Yesterday evening they found an even bigger one (the bomb has a weight of more than two tonns), so today the police is working with getting 16.000 people to leave their homes in the 9. district of Budapest. This is for their own security, in case the disarming of the bomb will not be successful. The bomb was found on the corner by the Vaskapu street and the Tóth Kálmán street.

All the people in the area have not left their homes yet, therefore they have not yet started working with the disarming of the bomb. People have been sent to different places while waiting for something to happen, and almost 500 people could be found in the Orczy Park around 16.00 according to the Hungarian newspaper Népszabadság.

Because of this it can become quite heavy traffic jams this evening and until all the closed roads in the 9. district will be opened again.

A new restaurant has been added - Pesti Lámpás

We have just added a new restaurant to our register of restaurants in Budapest. The Pesti Lámpás is located between the Ferenciek Square and the Kalvin Square in the heart of Budapest, and is a little bit hidden away from the crowds of tourists.

The atmosphere of the restaurant is one of the best in Budapest, and you can enjoy your food outside in the backyard of the building, hidden from the noisy streets.

Read more about Pesti Lámpás at this page, and if you need a table reservation or want to read about other Budapest restaurants just surf around our pages.

Free guided tour in Budapest

This is an offer that should definitely catch your attention! We now offer you a guided tour in Budapest for free... that means 0 Euro, 0 Dollar.... 0 Forint! How come? We are proud of the city, and we would like for you to enjoy it as much as we do. That is why we offer you this, and the only thing we encourage you to is to give the guide a good tip if you are satisfied with his/her work! If you are not satisfied, you do not even have to give tip.

Sounds great? This offer is only available for a short period of time, so be sure to write us if you would like such a guided trip!

If you want a trip with a car or a minibus the same offer is valid, but you will have to cover the cost of the transport, and you only tip the guide if you are satisfied!

Send us an email today!

Coldplay in Budapest 23. September

A great news to all Coldplay fans coming to Budapest in September! Coldplay is visiting Budapest on their Viva La Vida tour, and they will have a concert in the capital of Hungary the 23. September. The Coldplay concert will be held in the Budapest Sportarena, and the tickets are available online at www.ticketpro.hu.

Before they come to Budapest they will be in cities as Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo and Prague and after their stay in Budapest they move on towards Vienna, Munich and Zurich.

There are still free tickets, so for those who can not manage to get tickets in their own nations, it might be a great opportunity to check out Budapest and enjoy a great Coldplay concert at the same time!

Enjoy Budapest!

Pictures from the Danube Bend

The Basilica of Esztergom
The Basilica of Esztergom
Several tourists vist Szentendre during their stay in Budapest, but only a few continue their trip further up along the Danube to Visegrad and Esztergom. To let you all see what you are missing we just publish these four pictures! In Esztergom you can find the third largest basilica in Europe, and the two pictures above is just a joy to see!

The Castle of Visegrad
The Danube is bending

Szechényi Termal Bath pictures

One of the best places to be in Budapest is at the Szechényi Termal Bath. This is probably the most famous spa in Budapest, and you can combine inside and outside pools with different treatments. For example the price of a 30 minute massage is 3000 Forints, or approximately 12 Euro.

The other famous bath/spa is the Gellert Bath, in our eyes not as good as the Szechenyi, but it is still worth a visit.

What is also good is that the Szechenyi Bath recently added new lockers to the entire complex, which makes things easier, nicer and improves the entire feeling a lot.

The Szechenyi Thermal Bath

The Szechenyi Thermal Bath