Celebrating that Oxygene was released more than thirty years ago Jean Michel Jarre is arranging a major tour in Europe this autumn. During his tour Budapest will also be visited on November 12. The concert starts at 20.00, and the cheapest tickets cost 9,500 forints. For tickets, go to Ticketpro.
Category: Budapest
Formula 1 Budapest 2009 – F1
Next year at Hungaroring we will meet again! The dates are available, and you better book your hotel, apartment or camping as soon as possible. This year the Formula 1 in Budapest (Hungaroring) was won by Heikki Kovalainen, but who will win next year? Tickets can already be ordered from here.
So the dates… July 24 – July 26! The stars are coming to Budapest, so you better be here as well!
In memory of September 11 – Planting a tree in Budapest
Seven years ago the terror attacks on the United States took place. Today the victims of the September 11. will be honored with a tree-planting ceremony outside the American Embassy building. The American Ambassador April H Foley, together with the Hungarian Defense Minister Imre Szekeres and the Budapest District V Mayor Antal Rogán will be present during the ceremony.
Since 2001 this has turned into an annual event, and today it is due to start at 1:30pm, and it will take place in front of the Embassy building at Szabadság tér 12, in Pest’s District V.
Source: Budapest Sun
Record heat in Budapest
Last Sunday, September 7th, a new record was beaten in Budapest. Never before has it been that warm on that date. The warmest temperature was measured in Szeged, and there the temperature reached 37.6C or 99.68oF.
Since then it has become a little bit colder, but during daytime you can still experience very nice weather if you come to Budapest.
Coldplay soon in Budapest
Coldplay have no.1 selling album in 36 countries and soon they will be present in Budapest. If you have not bought your ticket yet, make sure to do it now. Read more about the Coldplay concert.
Concerts and programs in Budapest.
Press release from EMI:
Coldplay’s album Viva La Vida has to date been the No.1 selling album in 36 countries around the world, including in the US, where it held the top spot for two weeks, and in the UK where the album has been No.1 for the last four weeks. Coldplay’s previous album, the 10 million-selling X&Y, reached No.1 in 32 countries in 2005.
In a number of countries, including the UK, France, Germany and Japan, first week sales of Viva La Vida exceeded those of X&Y, and Viva La Vida has already been certified gold or platinum in 31 countries including platinum in the USA, Germany and Australia and double platinum in the UK and Canada.
In many countries Viva La Vida held the top spot on the album chart in its second week, including in the USA, U.K., Australia, Canada, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand.
Viva La Vida set the record for the highest first week album sales ever on the iTunes Store worldwide, in addition to being the biggest album pre-order in iTunes’ history. In the US, 288,000 week one sales were digital downloads, the biggest ever first week sales tally for a digital album, and with 394,000 digital albums sold in the first three weeks, Viva La Vida is the all time best selling digital album in the States. US over the counter sales for Viva La Vida across all formats have now exceeded 1.1 million according to Nielsen SoundScan.
In the U.K. Viva La Vida is the fastest-selling album of the year with over the counter sales of more than 600,000 since its release on 12 June, while in Germany the album is already the biggest selling release of the year as well as the fastest.
Two videoclips from Hungarian Idol (Megasztár)
In these days a new season of Megasztár (Idol) has started in Hungary, and then lots of videos are always added to the internet for people around the world to enjoy them. Below you will find two funny videos (one of them is a couple of years old though), and we hope they will bring a smile on your face as you see them.
6th September, Budapest 1869 – The birth of Felix Salten
Siegmund Salzmann, or Felix Salten as his name became later, was born in Budapest on the 6th of September 1869. He had to move to Austria after only three weeks, as the Austrians were providing full citizenship to the Jews since 1867.
But who is Felix Salten, or Siegmund Salzmann, and what is he known for? His most famous work is Bambi, which he wrote in 1923. Bambi was later translated to English in 1928 and sold to Sidney Franklin for $1,000 in 1933. Sideny Franklin later transferred the rights to Walt Disney Studios, and they released the film Bambi in 1942.
So, next time you see Bambi you have a reason to think about the city of Budapest, and the nation of Hungary!
Another famous Jew from Budapest
Another famous Jew that was born in Budapest was Theodore Herzl (born 1860), the leader of the Zionist movement. He and his family also moved to Vienna, approximately the same time as Felix Salten did.
When they lived in Budapest, they lived just next to the big synagogue in Dohány Utca.
Budapest pictures – All gathered in a 4 minute slideshow
If you like Budapest and if you like beautiful buildings this is for sure going to please you. If you have not been to Budapest, this is going to give you a taste of what is waiting for you. In this slideshow you will find a mix of pictures taken during daytime and nighttime, and also pictures taken throughout the entire year.
For other pictures, check out the Budapest by day and the Budapest by night slideshow.
Budapest Public Transportation Map
Here you can find a very detailed map showing you the metro, bus, tram and HEV-lines of Budapest. For more information about the public transportation in Budapest, go here.
More maps:
Interactive Budapest Map
A simple Budapest Map
Click the map for a high resolution version
Cinema Celebration – Mozi Ünnep 2008
Every year the cinemas in Budapest arrange the Cinema Celebration. For four days you can watch every film for around 500 forints (to be exact, 490 forints), around 2 Euro. In 2008 they will repeat this event, and from September 25-28 you can join several hundred thousand people in Budapest and visit one of the cinemas.
For more information about the cinemas in the city, check out our cinema page where you can read about Palace Cinema, Corvin, Sugar Cinema, Cinema City Arena Plaza and so on.
The official Cinema Celebration page (only in Hungarian).
