December 2008 - Page 3 of 4

Sensation Budapest

Posted on December 13, 2008October 23, 2023 by Budapest Guide

Sensation visited Budapest in 2008, and it was a great success. Now they are planing to come back, and the time is:

SENSATION
Saturday, 16. May 2009, 21:00
Papp László Budapest Sportaréna, Budapest, Hungary

About Sensation (tickets and source: Eventim)
After a spectacular first edition in May this year, Sensation will come back to Hungary next year. On 16 May 2009 over 10,000 visitors will be witnessing the Ocean of White Show at the Budapest Sportarena in Budapest. The Ocean of White show that premiered in Amsterdam last July will not fail to impress. Over 10 hours of choreography will take you to the depths of the ocean. A breathtaking underwater world with an 80-meter riff dividing the dance floor, creatures from the deep all around, and water fountains shooting up to the roof, will be accompanied by the most spectacular special effects, lights and lasers.

Beyonce Budapest

Posted on December 12, 2008January 18, 2014 by Budapest Guide

The R&B singer Beyoncé Giselle Knowles will come to Budapest in April 2009. Tickets can be bought from WorldTicketShop.

Beyonce
Papp László Budapest Sportaréna
April 29, 2009. 20:00

About Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (source: Wikipedia)
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981),commonly known as Beyoncé, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools, and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of girl group Destiny’s Child and went on to sell over 50 million records worldwide with the group.

Other events in Budapest

Strike at Ferihegy

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Budapest Guide

For more updates, check latest news from the blog on our frontpage

December 11 update:
The strike at the airport is still lasting. Yesterday most flights arrived and departed from Budapest, but some flights were cancelled. The same will probably be the situation today. Prepare for delays.

An important difference is that all flights today will arrive and depart from Ferihegy 2, also those flights normally using Ferihegy Terminal 1.

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BUDAPEST, 9 December 2008 – The Trade Union of Airport Employees and Service Providers (RDSZSZ) and the United Aeronautical Trade Union (LESZ) declared a general strike for an indefinite period at Ferihegy as of 6 .a.m. on Wednesday 10 December 2008.

It is not yet known which departments and how many employees will join the work stoppage. Airport Fuel Supply Ltd. (RÜK Kft.) will probably also join the strike, so Budapest Airport advised airlines to refuel at other airports.

Delays to flights and the cancellation of some flights is expected during the work stoppage.

Budapest Airport is taking every effort to minimize inconvenience for its passengers, and to keep them well informed about developments.

BA is requesting passengers to contact their airline for more information about their flights. Additional information is available on our website.

Budapest Airport kindly requests understanding and patience from passengers.

Source: Budapest Airport Zrt.

How to get from Ferihegy to the city?

Mongol in Hungary

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Budapest Guide

Speaking of mongols in Hungary, most people start thinking about 1241 when the Mongols invaded Hungary and killed big parts of the population (read History of Hungary), but last week another mongol entered Hungary; the film called “The Mongol.” It deals with the Mongol of all Mongols, Genghis Khan!

For those who plan seeing the film to learn more about what happened in Hungary and in other nations as the Mongolians invaded them and continued on, they might be disappointed. The reason? Many people fail to read the undertitle of the film, “The rise of Genghis Khan”. But, knowing that we can understand that the film deals with the childhood of Genghis Khan and the background for the empire to be built. It speaks of how the tribes where united under one flag. And what comes after that?

We do not know yet, but as far as I am informed they are planning to make two more films about the Mongol, so in those we might get the historical parts involving Hungary as well!

Cinemas Budapest

Budapest Christmas Market pictures

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Budapest Guide

Yet another we have been out with our camera making some pictures from the Christmas markets in Budapest. This time we not only visited the Vörösmarty Square, but also the Jokai Tér/Liszt Ferenc Tér by Oktogon. The weather forecasts tell us that there might be some snow later this week, and that it will be quite a lot colder than in the previous week, so be aware!

Christmas fair pictures:

Christmas fair Budapest (Jokai Tér)

Christmas fair Budapest (Liszt Ferenc Tér)

Christmas fair Budapest (Vörösmarty Tér)

Two pictures from Flickr

Whats up with James Bond?

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Budapest Guide

Some weeks ago I mentioned in the blog that James Bond was going to have its premier in the cinemas of Budapest. Yesterday I was able to see the film myself, and I watched it with very low expectations. The reason was that I really did not like Casino Royale, and Daniel Craig was a way too brutal James Bond for me.

But, somehow the Quantum of Solace was much better than Quantum of Solace, at least in my oppinion. He is still quite brutal, but as I watched it, I still enjoyed this film much more than Casino Royale. It must be said that it is starting to look much more like a pure action film than a James Bond, since Q is not in the film, he is not introducing himself as “Bond, James Bond”, and it is no more “Shaken, not stirred”. But as an actionfilm I enjoyed the 1 hour and 40 minutes the film lasted!

Szentendre updates

Posted on December 5, 2008July 21, 2015 by Budapest Guide

According to Caboodle.hu the Skanzen museum in Szentendre is to receive big funds from the European Regional Development Fund (2 Billion forints), and they will use it to develop the Open Air Museum (Skanzen). I was surprised to hear of the size of the area; it is five times bigger than the Margaret Island. For those who have walked there it is then possible to undestand that they are in great need of the Skanzen railway, to be built using the funds they will receive.

After the plan this will all be finished by the end of 20101.

If you are looking for a hotel in Szentendre, you can find it using our hotelsearch-tool.

More than 1000 people has seen our slideshow

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Budapest Guide

On the 2 September we added a Budapest slideshow to Youtube, and since then more than 1000 people has seen the different pictures from Budapest to be found in the video. We are happy about that, and we are curious how long time that will pass by before the video will reach 2000 views.

If you have not seen the Budapest slideshow video yet, you can check it out here, or over at Youtube. Since then we have also added our Budapest Megamix, which currently contains 90 pictures.

Some other Budapest pictuers:

Which shopping center has the best christmas decorations?

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Budapest Guide

The 20th of November I wrote an article called “Christmas in WestEnd citycenter” and I also added some pictures to it. Yesterday I visited Arena Plaza, and made some pictures there as well (see below). Though Arena Plaza is the newest, WestEnd Citycenter is probably far more popular than Arena, much because of its great location (compared to Arena). But, since I first was there I thought I would compare which of them has the best christmas decorations inside. As can be seen on the pictures from Arena Plaza, they only had these round, colored orbs, while WestEnd has those colored orbs, but in addition those rectangular, golden stars… which I really like! So, based on this, my winner is WestEnd Citycenter…

If you disagree, or prefer the christmas decorations in another shoppingcenter, feel free to write a comment!

Pictures from Arena Plaza (for WestEnd pictures, go here)

Hungarian food in McDonalds [Part II]

Posted on December 4, 2008December 8, 2022 by Budapest Guide

Some weeks ago we wrote about McDonalds serving Hungarian food in their restaurants in Budapest. Some days ago I visited McDonalds again, and though I ended up eating a BigMac Menu, I felt that I could try a Lángos (kind of Scone) for dessert. I am not a big fan of Lángos in general, but I thought I would give it a try anyway.

Lángos in McDonalds

The first message I got as I tried to order it was; they do not have more of the garlic and sourcream they normally use for the Lángos, so they told me that I could get something else instead. Having no clue, and asking what they recommended, I ended up with a package of ketchup together with my Lángos.

The Lángos did then not taste to bad, but I had a feeling that I was eating some kind of gum, quite hard to bite through and swallow. Compared to the Chicken Papricas burger from last time, this was a dream, quite similar to the level of the Golden Dumplings. The ketchup was not to bad together with it, and though I will not order Lángos in the future in McDonalds, this was not a too bad experience!