December 2011 - Budapest Guide

Hard Rock Cafe – finally in Budapest

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Budapest Guide

We have written a lot of articles about Hard Rock Cafe in Budapest, and we have received a lot of questions from people curious whether they will find a Hard Rock Cafe in Budapest as they come, or not. Well, the time of waiting is over! Hard Rock Cafe has finally landed and since Wednesday last week visitors have been filling the restaurant ready to grab nice hamburgers and buy traditional Hard Rock Cafe articles.

For pictures from the new Hard Rock Cafe restaurants, visit our Hard Rock Cafe Budapest page.

The restaurant is located in the heart of Budapest, at the Vörösmarty Square, so it should be easy to find for everyone in Budapest, even if you have not clue at all about where things can be found in Budapest. Enjoy, and time to grab a burger!!

Hard Rock Budapest — Hard Rock Cafe in Budapest

New Christmas market in Budapest

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Budapest Guide

As of 2011 a new Christmas market has been opened in Budapest. The new market is located in front of Saint Stephens Basilica, and it looks totally amazing. Not so many people have noticed it yet, but hopefully this is the start of a tradition that will turn more and more popular for every single year passing by. Just take a look at the pictures, and head over to the square as soon as possible 🙂

Some pictures from the new Christmas Market

Rippl-Rónai temporary exhibition

Posted on December 15, 2011June 4, 2021 by Budapest Guide

If you are a fan of József Rippl-Rónai the Hungarian National Gallery has an amazing exhibition currently going. He was inspired by the life in Europe during his lifetime, and József lived in Paris and received a lot of inspiration from that wonderful city. In this exhibition you can see many of his most famous works and this is a great exhibition to get to know more about one of the most famous Hungarian painters of all time.

Rippl-Rónai – Pieces of Art from the Hands of Old Collectors
26 October 2011 – 23 September, 2012
Hungarian National Gallery

Budapest Museums

Transylvanian Churches

Posted on December 10, 2011June 6, 2016 by Budapest Guide

In this cool exhibition in the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest you can see works made between 1880 and 1920, mostly made by art teachers, showing churches in Transylvania. The official description says: “The works exhibited show important sites of our built heritage, Calvinist, Roman Catholic, Unitarian, Greek Catholic, Orthodox, churches and bell towers from multiethnic and multidenominational Transylvania.” If this sounds interesting, why not check out the exhibition? It is going to be on until March 18th, 2012.

Transylvanian Churches – Prints, Drawings and Photos from the Ethnological Archives
Museum of Ethnography
September 17, 2011 – March 18, 2012

Transylvanian churches

El Greco to Rippl-Rónai

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Budapest Guide

The Museum of Fine Arts has a fine exhibition going currently named: “El Greco to Rippl-Rónai.” This is an exhibition is a tribute to Marcell Jánoshalmi Nemes who was one of the most significant art collectors in early twentieth-century Hungary, as well as one of its most contradictory figures, whose extensive activities as both an art patron and collector became legendary during his own lifetime.

At the exhibition you can see treasured pieces of Nemes’s former El Greco collection, and also wroks from Mihály Munkácsy, Károly Ferenczy, József Rippl-Rónai, Pál Szinyei Merse, Béla Uitz, Károly Kernstok and János Vaszary.

El Greco to Rippl-Rónai
Museums of Fine Arts
October 26, 2011 – February 19, 2012

Budapest museums

11 nice December activities in Budapest

Posted on December 1, 2011September 21, 2023 by Budapest Guide

December can be a very cold month in Budapest and in Hungary, but there are plenty of good and nice programs in this period as well. Check out our list beneath for pieces of advice and recommendations.

– Visit the popular Christmas markets in Budapest
– Go ice skating in the City Park
– Enjoy the 5 course Hungarian winedinner in the centre of Budapest
– Visit Szentendre for winetasting, shopping, Christmas market and more fun
– Do a daytrip to the Christmas markets in Vienna
– Enjoy a thai massage in Lian Thai Massage
– Visit the Alexandra BookCafe in Andrassy Út
– Check out a performance in the Hungarian State Opera
– Eat a newly baked Chimney cake (kürtöskalács). Eat it while drinking some hot wine.
– Learn how to make Hungarian food at a nice coooking school
– Taste Hungarian beer at our brewery tour

We wish everyone a wonderful December, a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!