Ozzy Osbourne Budapest
October 4, 2010 – 20:00
Budapest Sportarena
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Montenegro: Natural History Museum
A new exhibition has been opened at the Natural History Museum near the Üllöi Út in the eight district of Budapest. It is named Montenegro, and it is an exhibition showing the pictures made by Veljko Vujanovic. The pictures will show the beautiful landscape, hills, cliffs, rocks together with pictures from cities, old buildings, important buildings and so on.
Montenegro
Hungarian National History Museum
May 12 – July 30
Placebo Budapest 2010
Placebo Budapest
September 15, 20.00
Budapest Sportarena
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A-Ha Budapest 2010
A-Ha Budapest
Budapest Sportarena
July 14, 20.00
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Matthias church updates and pictures
I remember making a photo of the Matthias Church in 2003, and I liked it quite a lot. I did of course not imagine, that just some months later the church would be wrapped with scaffold for the upcoming years, making it impossible to take a good picture of the church. The good news is now that they have removed the last scaffolds from the main entrance of the church, and it is finally possible to make good pictures again. Now the backside of the church, facing the Danube is under construction, but hopefully they will be finished with the entire church within shortly.
During the work they have in the last days found some caves beneath the church, just one meter away from the main entrance. These caves (two in total) needs to be strengthened, if not they are afraid that the church will sink down into the ground. It is not possible to visit these rooms, so if you want to go “underground”, you better visit the Labyrinth, or join us on a winetasting and guided tour underground in the castle area!
100 followers on Twitter
Wow, today we got our follower number 100 on Twitter. That could be a great thing, but I do not really feel too enthusiastic about it. Why? Because we do not really use Twitter. We have got 100 followers without really advertising our Twitter profile or without being active. Why do people follow us then? Maybe because they hope that we will follow them as a consequence that they follow us? Or maybe because they are really interested in what’s going on at our Budapest Guide? Who knows?
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For the rest of you reading this: Enjoy the sun in Budapest today! The sun is shining, the temperature is back above 20 Celsius again, and life is great!
Some Marcipan Museum pictures
On rainy days we often drop by the Marcipan Museum in the Hilton Hotel, just to spend some minutes inside escaping the rain. The entrance fee is only 400 Forint, and it is quite fun to be there, and therefore it is a nice activity during a guided tour on a rainy day.
In May we have had plenty of opportunities to do so, as we have had a lot of rain, and below you can see some pictures from such a visit. More pictures from the Marcipan Museum can be found at the Marcipan Museum page.
Marcipan Museum pictures
Tasting beer in Budapest
Hungary is known for Tokaj wine and quite some tasty red wines, but not especially for the beer produced in the nation. Beerlovers rather travel to Prague instead, normally! Unfortunately most breweries in Budapest are closed to tourists, and if they arrange guided tours it is so seldom, it is almost impossible to fit this into the schedule and timing of a tourist.
But, we have now composed a new “guided tour“, or a so called Breweri Tour. We must admit that it is not a big breweri, it is not an amazing, but it is a place where you can see beer production take place, taste special unfiltered 100% beer, and later taste three beers produced at the place, while eating some small stuff served next to the beer.
So, if you are interested in beer, like drinking it, and would like to see how it is made, then this trip is made for you! More information at our Breweri Tour page.
ELTE Faculty of Law and Political Sciences pictures
The 5th district in Budapest has become much nicer in the last years, and the latest improvements have made the inner city much cosier for an evening walk. Not long ago after eating at Fat Mo’s in Budapest we walked towards Kalvin Square, and along the way we bumped into the ELTE Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, and now as the square in front of it has been worked on, it all looks beautiful.
It was quite fun in fact, because next to us we saw some Greek tourists looking in their guide book for information about the buildling (read: ELTE Faculty of Law and Political Sciences), but they did not find anything. In the end they asked us, and we could explain them what this mysterious building in the center of Budapest was.
Take a look at the pictures yourself, and why not go for a walk here one evening, to enjoy the sight yourself? Maybe after a dinner in Karpatia or Pesti Lampas?
ELTE Faculty of Law and Political Sciences pictures
Terrible May in Budapest
I guess the topic says it all, but this May has been terrible in Budapest. It feels as if the sun has left the capital of Hungary the last weeks, and the last days it has been raining more than it normally does within a month. This has also caused great problems around in Hungary, and in some cities people have had to leave their houses, as they have been flooded with water. It can also be seen on the Danube within the borders of Budapest that much water has rained down in the last days.
The weather reports tell us that by the end of the week the sun might show up again, and I really do hope so. During a guided tour today I almost felt as if it was impossible to move up at the Gellert Hill, due to the wind. We could also see leafes all around, and trees that could not stand against the wind of the last days!
