Volbeat is coming to Budapest in 2010 and they will perform in Diesel Klub near Népliget. Volbeat is a danish rock band who have performed earlier at the famous Roskilde Festival in Denmark. The Budapest concert will be held March 5, starting at 19.00.
Volbeat Budapest
Diesel Klub
March 5, 2010 – 19:00
Tickest: WorldTicketShop
Other events in Budapest
Volbeat in Krakow / Vienna
The world famous STOMP is coming to Budapest to play cool rhytms and and entertain the hungarian people in March. They will have several concerts between March 24 and 27 in Budapest Congress and World Trade Center.
STOMP Budapest
March 24-27
Budapest Congress and World Trade Center
Tickets: TicketPro
Concert venues in Budapest
The Christmas Market in Budapest is a giant success every year, and every day crowds walk around the Vörösmarty Square in Budapest to drink hot wine from Budapest mugs and to enjoy the nice christmas shows, music and shopping opportunities. The Christmas Market this year lasts until December 29, so if you have not seen it yet, you still have the chance. If you want to join us on a day trip to the Christmas Market in Vienna, you can read more about that on our Day trip to Vienna-page.
Budapest Christmas Market pictures 2009
Some weeks ago we mentioned that a new Trofea Grill were to be opened in Király Utca in Budapest, and now it has been open for almost a month. It is located in the former location of Donatellas Kitchen and it is very similar to the other Trofea Grill restaurants in Budapest. One of the specialities in this new Trófea Grill restaurant is that they serve something no other Trofea Grill restaurants does… pizza!
They prepare one kind of pizza and if you would like a piece you have to tell one of the waiters! It did not taste too good as I ate it, but they still said that many people (including italiens) really do like their pizza!
For shopping freaks who like H&M it is for sure good news that H&M now can be found in WestEnd Citycenter as well. For a long time WestEnd has been lacking this popular fashion shop but not along they opened up their new shop in WestEnd, so you do not have to go to centers such as Allee or Arena Plaza anymore to buy clothes from the swedish clothing company!
The new H&M shop is located next to Media Markt, beneath the floor where you can find Palace Cinemas and above the floor where you can find C&A.
A new exhibition is coming to the Museum of Fine Arts located at the Heroes Square in Budapest. The full name of the exhibition is: “The Alchemy of Beauty: Parmigianino – Drawings and Prints”. It seems as if the Museum of Fine Arts likes Italy as this is their third exhibition in a row featuring paintings and works of Italians!
The Alchemy of Beauty
Museum of Fine Arts
1 December 2009 – 15 March 2010
Some words about the exhibition from the organizers:
The graceful elegance of Parmigianino’ works was regarded by his contemporaries and the succeeding generations as the perfection of style. The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest does not preserve any of his paintings, however, we own an extensive collection of his drawings and prints. Parmigianino was a passionate and prolific draughtsman. Almost one thousand sheets have survived, representing the richest drawing oeuvre of sixteenth-century Italy, with the exception of Leonardo. The diversity of the themes and techniques of the twenty autograph drawings in the Collection of Prints and Drawings represent every period of the artist’s career and provide an insight into his magnificent art.
A new temporary exhibition is coming to the Holocaust Museum in Budapest. The exhibition is called “The Árpád-Stripers then and now” and it is for sure an exhibition that has something to say in todays political situation in Hungary discussing the origin of the Árpád-striped flag and the famous Turul bird. This sounds interesting, so I hope I will be able to visit it myself!
The Árpád-Stripers then and now
Holocaust Museum
November 27, 2009 – February 28, 2010
Some words about the exhibition from the organizers:
After 1990 extreme right-wing groups have appeared in Hungary, which openly own Arrow Cross and Nazi traditions, too. This can be well observed in the adoption and emulation of the symbolisms of the right-wing movements in the interwar period in general, and in the 1930s and 1940s in particular. The successors today either do not know, or, what is worse, they know perfectly well what symbols they are using.
In the exhibition the Árpád-striped flag, the flags of Kings Emeric, Saint Ladislas and Mathias Hunyadi and of Prince Ferenc Rákóczi, as well as the turul bird are displayed as historical relics, which have nothing much in common with today’s usage.
There has been some days without updates now lately as I have been out travelling enjoying some good days in the Hungarian countryside. But just to tell all our readers that we are alive and well I am publishing some photos from Budapest again. I hope you are not fed up with these kind of photos!
On the pictures you can see the Sandor Palace (next to the Castle), the Chain Bridge, the Four Seasons Hotel, the Circus, the Elisabeth Bridge and some more buildings and bridges here and there!
Budapest by night pictures
As of now we can all enjoy the illuminated Elisabeth Bridge after the sun has gone down, and I truly enjoy the view. It is nicest as you see it close up, from distance it is not that nice. The system was designed by Ishii Motoko (from Japan) and in all it costed around 250 million Forint. Below you can see some pictures of the bridge, but I must admit that they are not at all good. They were made in a hurry during a guided tour which indeed can be reflected in the quality of the pictures.
Elisabeth Bridge
Budapest bridges
Elisabeth Bridge Pictures
Other pictures
I just thought I’d post two clips from the ongoing Hungary’s got talent 2009 (Csillag Születik). I am regularly watching the show, and though I am not at all impressed by the quality, it might be that one person is pointing out as different and the one who might turn out to win in 2009. The real competition is just about to start (last 12 people), but André Vásáry has turned very popular and the jury and the Hungarians like him. So, take a look at the videos below and please comment your thoughts about him. It is quite different from most singing, but maybe that is what makes it special!
By the way, I like the first clip much better than his version of “Time To Say Goodbye” myself…
André Vásáry sings
Andre Vásáry sings “Time to Say Goodbye”
