Month: November 2010

Videos from Lady Gaga Budapest concert

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Lady GaGa has just been in Budapest (November 7th) and Budapest Sportarena was packed with shouting and screaming fans. They probably all enjoyed the concert, and now YouTube is being terrorized with bad-quality recordings from the concert. We have checked out quite a lot of them, and below you can find some Lady Gaga videos from the Budapest concert with rather good quality (though, still very, very poor). If you are interested, check them out yourselves.

Budapest concerts and events

Bad Romance

Non STOP (from Hungarian X-Faktor): Bad Romance

Budapest in music videos

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Last week one of our fans (thanks Elvira) at Facebook posted urls to two interesting music videos at our Facebook wall. The special thing about both is that thew were recorded in Budapest, and for all who have been to and love Budapest, it is easy to recognize famous and not so famous Budapest locations in the videos.

The first video features the song Firework by Katy Perry, who by the way had a concert in Budapest not long ago. It might be that the video was filmed then as well, because the lights on the Matthias Church which can be seen in the first second of the video has just recently been added to the Matthias Church.

The second video features Selena Gomez & The Scene with their song Round and Round. Great stuff, and good Budapest commercials which has already been seen by almost 40,000,000 visitors on YouTube!

Take a look at the videos!

Katy Perry – Firework

Selena Gomez & The Scene – Round & Round

Alexandra Bookcafe: Best confectionary

Alexandra Bookcafe: Best confectionary

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This article is a part in our “Best of Budapest“-series, currently searching for the “best confectionary in Budapest“.

Alexandra Bookcafe

1061 Budapest, Andrassy ut 39

Alexandra Bookcafe is probably the most beautiful of all confectionaries in Budapest, and our expectations were high as we prepared to taste the cakes and the drinks. We were lucky to get a free table as the place was almost packed – but our jury was unfortunately not too impressed by the quality of what they were later served.

Alexandra Bookcafe score

Cakequality:5/10
Drinks:4,75/10
Atmosphere:9,5/10
Price vs. quality:4,75/10
Total average:23/40

Comments from the jury:
“None of the cakes were especially good”
“Not good enough, but nice and with a great atmosphere”
“The room was splendid, the piano music discreet, the waiter was nice, but had a lot to do”
“The beautiful surroundings where not in harmony with the poor cake quality”

Some Alexandra Bookcafe pictures:

Formula 1 Budapest 2011

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The dates for the Formula 1 in Budapest in 2011 are announced. So, if you would like to see the best Formula 1 racers in Budapest in 2011, then you better visit the capital of Hungary in the last days of July, as the race days are July 29th, 30th and 31st.

More information about the Formula 1 in Budapest and tickets: Formula 1 Budapest

Formula 1 tickets directly from WorldTicketShop

Hotel recommendations for November

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It’s getting colder in Budapest and now you can find some very cheap hotels in the centre of Budapest. Below you can find some recommendations for good, central hotels which currently have very good prices on their hotel rooms:

Five star hotel:
Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal – check their prices

Four star hotels:
Eurostars Budapest Center – check their prices
Continental Hotel Zara – check their prices

Three star hotels:
Cosmo Fashion Hotel – check their prices
Erzsebet City Center – check their prices

More information about Budapest hotels

Which Parliament is the best?

Which Parliament is the best?

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There are many beautiful parliaments on this earth, but one of the nicest one is for sure located in Budapest. But, there is still a very important question to answer. Which Budapest Parliament is the nicest? The one located at the Szabo Marcipan Museum in the Hilton Hotel, or maybe the one in the Szamos Marcipan Museum in Szentendre? Or, maybe the one located by the Danube bank on the Pest side, designed by Imre Steindl is the most beautiful one?

Take a look yourself, and feel free to share your thoughts 🙂

Parliament in Szabo Marcipan Museum (Hilton Hotel basement)

Parliament in Szabo Marcipan
Parliament in Szabo Marcipan

Parliament in Szamos Marcipan Museum (Szentendre)

Parliament in Szamos Marcipan Museum Szentendre
Parliament in Szamos Marcipan Museum Szentendre

Parliament in real life along the river Danube

Hungarian Parliament in real life
Hungarian Parliament in real life

Hot Budapest concerts this week

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Within the next seven days there will be quite some spectacular concerts in Budapest. It all starts tomorrow with a gospel kind of concert in Budapest Sportarena. Here the crowd will be able to hear the famous worship band from Hillsong London and also London Community Choir.

The highlights of the week will though be on Saturday and Sunday for most people. On Saturday Sting will enter the Stage in Budapest Sportarena, followed by the crazy Lady Gaga on Sunday. There are big expectations connected to this concert, as Lady Gaga has been praised for the quality of her concert as she is touring Europe.

For those staying in Budapest until Monday Joe Satriani will have a concert, so there should be something to enjoy for all kinds of music tastes within the next seven days in Budapest.

We wish everyone a beautiful week in Budapest!