Month: November 2009

New shopping center opening in Budapest

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Today, November 11 at 11.00, a new shopping center will open in Budapest, the Allee Center. The center is located by the end station of tram line 4, Fehérvári Út, a great location on the Budaside and with loads of people who might be possible customers in the new center.

Inside the Allee Center you will not only find shops, but there is also a fitness club there, cinema opportunities, offices and flats for sale (though I guess most of them are sold already)!

We will try to get by tomorrow or sometime soon and later we will post some pictures and information about the place!

Shopping in Budapest

December 4: Night of the Baths in Budapest

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Szechényi Fürdő
Szechényi Fürdő

We are currently working on giving our visitors an overview over open restaurants, thermal baths and so on December 24, 25 & 26. In the reply we got from Budapest Gyógyfürdői Zrt. they gave us the information we were looking for (which can be found in the “Christmas in Budapest” article) and some more information about the Night of the Baths which will be arranged December 4, 2009.

Night of the Baths 2009
The Night of the Baths is the evening/night where you can swim and enjoy the thermal water in Budapest until after midnight and enjoy nice programs as you do so.

In the Gellért Bath there will be music from the 90’s, in Rudás Fürdő there will be bellydancing and in Szechényi Fürdő there will be live music entertaining the guests.

I guess it will be quite cold outside on December 4, but if you stay in the water you will for sure enjoy even the outdoor pools at the Szechényi Thermal Bath (which by the way is extremely nice and has a great atmosphere after the sun has gone down)!

Paul Potts Budapest

Paul Potts Budapest

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Paul Potts Budapest 2010
Paul Potts Budapest 2010

I have some great news to all our readers. Paul Potts is coming to Budapest in 2010. The singer who won the Britains Got Talent earlier has become a world star since his first performance, singing Nessum Dorma. The video which has been seen by almost 60,000,000 pepole at YouTube gave him a big name at once, and since then it has only gotten bigger. And now the new superstar is coming to Budapest. Many claims that it is because of him that opera has become popular again, so if you have never liked opera, maybe this is your chance! The Paul Potts concert in Budapest will be held 4th of May 2010, in Budapest Sportarena.

Paul Potts Budapest
Papp Lazsló Budapest Sportarena
May 4th, 2010 – 20.00

Tickets: WorldTicketShop

YouTube: Paul Potts sings Nessum Dorma

Other events in Budapest

Christmas Market Vienna

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Christmas Market Vienna
Christmas Market Vienna

Budapest and Vienna both have beautiful Christmas markets with great atmosphere. But now you do not have to choose whether to visit Budapest or Vienna, you can visit both.

Starting from November 21 we will arrange day trips from Budapest to the Christmas Market in Vienna. The day starts with you being picked up at your Budapest hotel. Then you will be taken to Vienna, where you can drink glue wine, shop and enjoy the Austrian capital, and in the evening you will be returned to your Budapest hotel again.

More information about the project can be found at Day trip to Christmas Market in Vienna.

Christmas market in Budapest

Forint getting weaker

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I just noticed yesterday that the Hungarian Forint has gotten a little bit weaker the last week. Lately 1 Euro has normally been between 268 and 270 Forints, but as I looked around and checked out the Currency Converter tool on our currency page I noticed that the Forint has grown a bit weaker and you can now get around 277 or 278 Forints pr. Euro.

This does not make to much of a change if you are speaking about little money, but for larger sums this for sure makes a difference. I am curious to see if the Forint will grow stronger again, or if this will be the new average level on which we can find it in the time to come!

By the way; do not forget to use all 200 Forint papermoney that you have, because from November 16 you will no longer be able to use them in Hungary. To use them you will have to go to the Hungarian National Bank (at the Liberty Square) and change them in there.

Currency in Czech Republic
Currency in Poland

New Trofea Grill coming up in former Donatellas Kitchen localities

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Trófea Grill
Trófea Grill

Out walking today I saw a flier lying on the ground. Normally I would not give much for a flier on the ground trampled on by thousands of people, but this time it did. On the flier I could see the logo of one of my favorite restaurants in Budapest; Trofea Grill. And at the flier I could see something about a new restaurant in the center of Budapest.

I quickly picked it up (and washed my hands patiently as I got home), and the text said that November 14 (if I remember correct) a new Trofea Grill restaurant will open in Budapest, in Király Utca 30. Now that does not mean so much to most people, but out of curiosity I checked it out, and then I found out that this was the former address of the delicious italian restaurant Donatella’s Kitchen before it moved into Hotel New York.

So it seems as if Trofea Grill is coming into the center of Budapest (all four locations has been kind of outside the grand boulevard so far), so that is good news I think, at least for me who like Trofea Grill!

Budapest Restaurants

Fiorentina versus Debrecen tonight

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Debrecen has had an interesting start in Champions League. They lost their three first matches (which is not really a big surprise), but in their last match against Fiorentina they managed to score three goals which is great – but they still have 0 points, since Fiorentina scored four goals in the same match!

Tonight they will play again, and hopefully the match will be just as cool, nice and full of goals as the former one. It would be so cool if Debrecen could manage to grab hold of a point, and it would be great if that evening would be tonight!

Champions League