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Stuck in Holland

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Budapest Guide

So, I am writing this article sitting in Utrecht… Still we are not really suffering from the volcano sky, as our plane is supposed to return to Budapest on Monday, but the news does not bring us to comforting news. I just read on BBC and CNN that things seems to get worse, and that ash is still thrown into the air from the volcano at Iceland, so who knows?

For those of you planing to visit Budapest in the near future, keep updated and check out www.bud.hu and we will try to update our webpage as well with information about flights to/from Budapest. Hopefully things will get back to normal within shortly, but I must admit that I am a little bit worried!

Jerry Lee Lewis Budapest 2010

Posted on April 9, 2010January 18, 2014 by Budapest Guide

Jerry Lee Lewis is a world famous start playing the piano like few others. This year he will come to Budapest to rock in the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena and this is a great chance to see him live. Tickets can be bought using the link below. The event will take place July 20th starting at 20.00.

Jerry Lee Lewis Budapest
Budapest Sportarena
July 20, 20.00

Tickets: WorldTicketShop

Concerts in Budapest

Budapest by night from Petöfi Bridge

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Budapest Guide

I just made some pictures here the other day as I walked across the Petöfi Bridge in Budapest with my beautiful wife (much more gorgeous than the view from the bridge). Below you can see some of the results. At the pictures you can see the Gellert Hotel, the Gellert Hill, the Elisabeth Bridge and the Castle in the background.

The best way to see all of these by night is doing a boat trip on the Danube, which you can find more information about here.

: Budapest by night from Petöfi Bridge

Symphonical orchestra and organ concert

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Budapest Guide

We have newly created a page called Hungarian programs within our activity category. On this page you can find information about different programs available for tourists in Budapest. So far you can read about a folklore program available almost every evening at 20.00, a classical concert arranged in the Danube Palace and an organ concert arranged in St. Anna Church at the Batthyány Square.

For more information about these events, ticket reservation and more, check out our Hungarian programs page.

Events and concerts in Budapest

Alexandrov Ensemble Budapest 2010

Posted on April 3, 2010January 2, 2014 by Budapest Guide

If you are ready for a great musical event in Budapest and you like the sound of the name Alexandrov Ensemble, then you better buy your tickets for this October event in Budapest right away. Alexandrov Ensemble will perform in Papp László Budapest Sportarena October 13th 2010, and the event will start at 19.30.

Alexandrov Ensemble Budapest
October 13, 19.30
Budapest Sportarena

Tickets: WorldTicketShop

Concerts and events in Budapest

Zoo expanding into Vidam Park

Posted on April 1, 2010January 6, 2023 by Budapest Guide

November 12th, 2008, we wrote about the fact that Budapest Zoo will expand into Vidám Park (the Amusement Park), and because of this the Vidám Park will be moved to another location. Since then not so much has happened, but now we can start to see the start of this process taking place. Parts of the Vidám Park are currently used by the Zoo and the expansion is probably to continue until the entire area is used by the zoo.

One of the reasons for this is the fact that the Vidám Park is doing terrible (it has big financial problems), so the question is then only if it will be able to reopen somewhere else alter, or if it is headed towards a final end!

Activities in Budapest

New festival in Budapest: Stargarden

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Budapest Guide

A new festival is coming up in Budapest in 2010. The arrangers of popular festivals such as Balaton Sound, Sziget Festival and the Volt Festival will now make a two-day festival in Budapest called Stargarden.The event will take place in the big garden next to Puskas Ferenc Stadium and they have managed to get some really hot shot names for the festival premiere in 2010, namely Deep Purple and Omega.

Much more information can be found about the festival at our dedicated Stargarden page.

Concerts and events in Budapest
Stargarden Budapest

Robert Pattinson in Budapest

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Budapest Guide

Robert Pattinson Budapest

It might be that you have not noticed it, but we have for sure noticed that Robert Pattinson is in town. Last Sunday during a guided tour we suddenly had to drive somewhere else, as the Andrassy Avenue betweeen Deak Square and Oktogon was closed down due to filming. At that I time I did not know who was there, but later I saw on television that Robert Pattinson was there recording scenes to a new film named Bel Ami. Who is Robert Pattinson? The main character from the incredibly popular Twilight films.

The recording will last for ten more days or something, and soon Uma Thurman is coming to Budapest as well, so if you would like to see either of them live, this is your chance in Budapest. The film Bel Ami is set for cinemas in 2011.

According to RTL Klub the reason for recording the film in Budapest was the cheap costs, renting the Andrassy Avenue for a day only costed 2,5 million forints.

At a clip I saw this morning of Robert Pattinson coming out from his hotel, it could easily be seen that he is living on Grand Hotel Royal, so if you would like to see him, maybe you should start there!

Cinemas in Budapest

Tiesto Budapest 2010

Posted on March 27, 2010July 31, 2017 by Budapest Guide

Tiesto is coming to Budapest in May and will perform in Hungexpo May 22nd. The Tiesto concert starts at 20.00 and there are tickets available to this amazing event still.

Tiesto Budapest
Hungexpo
May 22, 20.00

Tickets: WorldTicketShop

Kalevala: Museum of Ethnography

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Budapest Guide

A new exhibition has come to the Museum of Etnhography, and it is entitled: The Kalevala through the Eyes of Hungarian Artists. This exhibition can be seen between February 27 and May 9th, 2010.

Museums in Budapest

About Kalevala: (source: Wikipedia)
The Kalevala is a book and epic poem which Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish and Karelian folklore in the nineteenth century. It is held to be the national epic of Finland and is traditionally thought of as one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. Karelian citizens and other Balto-Finnic speakers also value the work. The Kalevala is credited with some of the inspiration for the national awakening that ultimately led to Finland’s independence from Russia in 1917.

The name can be interpreted as the “lands of Kaleva”. The epic consists of 22,795 verses, divided into fifty cantos or “chapters” (Finnish runo).