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Pink concert in Budapest, 24 March 2009

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Pink will have a concert in Budapest 24 March 2009. The concert will be held in the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena, and tickets can be ordered from Eventim.

Press Release
Brit and Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum singer P!nk today announced plans for a new tour in 2009. The tour will kick off in Belgium on 26th February finishing in the UK in early May. Just last week P!nk scored her second UK No.1 with her new single ‘So What’, taken from ‘Funhouse’, the new album. The single remains at No.1 this week as well as being No. 1 in Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Pink had a message for her fans “I’m so excited to get back on the road. The ‘Funhouse’ tour ideas are running rampant in my head. Who knows what they’ll come out as…. And I can’t wait to see”. P!nk’s previous tour sold out arenas across the UK and Europe and established her as a major headline artist. The ‘I’m Not Dead Tour’ included 56 arena shows and a further 43 Festival dates!

The announcement of these dates coincides with the release of Pink’s fifth album ‘Funhouse’ released on October 27th, the follow-up to 2006’s ‘I’m Not Dead’, which went four times platinum in the UK, selling 1.2 million copies. Since her debut in 2000, P!nk has been widely hailed as a fearlessly talented singer/songwriter, and the Pennsylvania native’s genre-defying creative risk-taking has propelled her to global stardom. To date, P!nk has sold 22 million albums cumulatively worldwide.

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Chain Bridge on the new 200 forint coin

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LáncHíd, Originally uploaded by marcustg

The Hungarian National Bank arranged a competition not long ago where people could vote for what symbol they would like to see on the new 200 Forint coin. They received more than 200 000 votes, and more than half of them voted for the Chain Bridge in Budapest.

The new coin will earliest be used in the first quarter of 2009, while it is expected that people can use the 200 Forint paperversion (that we use now) until the end of 2009.

It is not the picture above that will be on the coin, but we can wait and see how it looks when it becomes available in 2009. If you want to read more about the oldest bridge in Budapest, we recommend you to click on the link above. There you can read more about the bridges history and events since it was first used in 1849.

Flowers and II Rakoczi Ferenc

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Rakoczi Ferenc II, Originally uploaded by GuideToBudapest

A while ago we wrote about how beautiful Budapest can be with flowers all around the city the entire year. Last week we realized it again as we walked next to the Parliament. On the square in front of the Parliament we could see beautiful flowers in several colors in front of the II Rakoczi Ferenc Statue. II Rakoczi Ferenc is known as one fighting for liberation in Hungary in the start of the 18th century. At that time Hungary was opressed by the Habsburgs, and led by II Rakoczi Ferenc they fought for several years for their freedom. In the end Ferenc had to flee from Hungary, and later he died in Turkey.

Hundreds of years later Budapest received back the bones of II Rakoczi Ferenc, and the street on the Pestside of the Elisabeth Bridge is also named after him!

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The financial crisis weakens the Forint

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The Forint has experienced some serious changes in the last months. Earlier this year one Euro could be bought for 230 Euros, but in these days the value has changed to approximately 280 Euros. The dollar, which earlier could be bought for around 150 forints, can now be bought for 200 forints.

Because of this, your money (Euro, Dollar) as a tourist will be more worth in Budapest in these days. For how long the Forint will be as weak as now is not possible to tell.

Even though it is so, some changing shops are still charging a lot as you change your money, so be sure to check that the difference between what they are selling and buying your currency for is not to big. For example: It they sell Euro for 285 Forints, they should sell Forints for 270 Forints. If the difference is like this, it is okay, but if it is bigger, you should look for another place. If you are lucky, you will find better places as well!

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Classical concerts in the Budapest Parliament

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“Music and Atmosphere” is the title of a forthcoming series of concerts to be given by Hungarian Virtuosi in the Domed Hall of the Hungarian Parliament. Featured composers include Mozart, Händel, Vivaldi, Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Bach.
The concerts are all on Friday evenings and begin at 6 o’clock. Ticket holders arriving at 5 o’clock are invited to enjoy a guided tour of the Parliament building (with commentary in three languages).

HUNGARIAN VIRTUOSI CONCERTS

Violin soloist and conductor: Miklós Szenthelyi

17 october 2008, 6 p.m.
Vivaldi: G-major symphony
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for violin and cello
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals – The Swan
Bach: D – moll concerto for two violins
Bach: E-major violin concerto

28 November 2008, 6 p.m.
Handel: Passacaglia
Vivaldi: B- major concerto for violin and cello
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for two violins
Mozart: D-major Divertimento
Liszt: II. Hungarian Rhapsody

12 December 2008, 6 p.m.
Vivaldi: G-major symphony
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for violin and cello
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals – The Swan
Bach: D – moll concerto for two violins
Bach: E-major violin concerto

Concert ticket holders are invited to arrive on the evening of the concert at 5.0 p.m. for the opportunity to take part in a guided tour of the Parliament building. English-, German- and Hungarian speaking guides will lead visitors on a short tour including the grand staircase, the domed hall, the main reception rooms and, providing it is not in use, the debating chamber of the upper house. Photography is allowed, but the use of flashes is not permitted by the Crown Jewels.

Promoter of the concert series:
Bacchus Arts Studio
1055 Budapest Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3.
Tel: +36 1 488-7093
[email protected]

Source: Budapestinfo.hu

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AC/DC Budapest – Tickets

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AC/DC BudapestAC/DC is going on a world tour, and all around the world the tickets disappear within seconds. The tickets for the Budapest concert were sold out after two weeks, and now TicketPro has no more tickets. There are though some companies offering tickets for the concert, so if you are looking for tickets for the AC/DC concert, WorldTicketShop claim to have free tickets.

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The concert will be 23. March 2009, in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena!

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Joseph Nador Square / Flowers in Budapest

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Joseph Nador Square, Originally uploaded by GuideToBudapest

One of the nice things about Budapest is the fact that there are always colorful flowers located around in the city. Whatever time of the year you come to Budapest you will almost see flowers and plants around in the city. The picture above is taken at the Nador Joseph Square, located near the Gerbeaud Conditionary and the Vörösmarty Square.