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Monday, July 21, 2014

WestEnd City Center

Address: Váci út 1-3., district VI., M3 metro, trams 4-6 Nyugati tér station
Open: Mon-Sat 10.00-21.00, Sun: 10.00-18.00
Located next to the West Railway Station.
http://www.westend.hu/

Aréna Plaza

Address: Kerepesi út 9., VIII. district, M2 (red) metro, Keleti pályaudvar stop, from there by walk or take a bus (No. 178, No. 95) or trolley (No. 80)
Open: Shops: Mon-sat: 10.00-21.00, Sun: 10.00-19.00, Restaurants, Cafes: Mon-Sat: 10.00-22.00, Sun: 10.00-20.00, Tesco: every day: 06.00-24.00, Cinema City: every day: 10.00-24.00
Located near the East Railway Station.
http://www.arenaplaza.hu/en/

Budapest - Metro Line 4. Map

New Metro Line 4. links Kelenfold railway station with Keleti railway terminal.
M4 Line has a transfer point for M2 at Keleti pályaudvar and for M3 at Kálvin tér station.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Budapest - Vintage Postcards

Saint Stephen's Day Celebration 2013, Budapest

St. Stephen's Day, Foundation of State. St. Stephen of Hungary (Szent István király in Hungarian) (ca. 975 – 15 August 1038), was the first king of Hungary, and led the country into the Christian church. Stephen was canonized on the August 20th, 1083. and become the Patron of Hungary.

Stephen was canonized on 20th of August in 1083 and became the patron of Hungary. - See more at: http://www.budapest-tourist-guide.com/20th-August.html#sthash.2tmUtqa4.dpuf

Sziget festival , Budapest

Prepare your senses for Sziget 2014, as the Island of Freedom is waiting for you with an almost endless selection of special venues!

Sziget 2013 - Hungary, Budapest, 3rd district, Óbuda Island.

Sziget Festival 2014 will be held from 11th to 18th August in Budapest, Sziget Festival - Info

Caves in Budapest

The longest cave of Budapest is the Palvolgyi Cave. The other major cave systems in Budapest are Matyas-hegyi cave, Ferenc-hegyi cave, Jozsef-hegyi cave and Szemlo-hegyi cave.

Hungarian Public Holidays 2013

New Year’s Day – Újév
Tue 1/Jan/2013
Memorial Revolution Day 1848 – Nemzeti ünnep
Fri 15/Mar/2013
Easter Monday – Húsvéthétfő
Mon 1/Apr/2013
Labour Day – A munka ünnepe
Wed 1/May/2013
Whit Sunday - Pünkösd
Sun 19/ May/2013
Whit Monday (Pentecost) – Pünkösdhétfő
Mon 20/May/2013

St. Stephens Day – Szent István ünnepe
Tue 20/Aug/2013
Memeorial Revolution Day 1956 – Nemzeti ünnep
Wed 23/Oct/2013
All Saint’s Day – Mindenszentek
Fri 1/Nov/2013
Christmas Day – Karácsony
Wed 25/Dec/2013
2nd Day of Christmas – Karácsony másnapja
Thu 26/Dec/2013
Bridge Public Holiday
Fri 27/Dec/2013 (Compensated 21 Dec)

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix 2013, Budapest

For Formula One Funs, and others who love high speed. The Hungaroring is a motor-racing circuit near the small town of Mogyoród, 18 km northeast of Budapest, Hungary, where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. The track was completed in 1986, when Hungary was still behind the iron curtain, and was an instant fan favorite. With tight and twisting corners, this track has led to some of the most exciting races in F1 history.

The main race takes place on 28th July, Sunday but qualifying runs will be held on the two previous days. You can also take a Public Pit Walk with a valid Grand Prix ticket on 25th July, Friday between 16.00 and 19.00. - See more at: http://www.budapest-tourist-guide.com/f1-hungarian-grand-prix.html#sthash.dMzMUIK1.dpuf

Qualifying runs will be held at 26th, and 27th July and the main race takes place at 28th July, Sunday.

St. Stephen's Basilica

St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent István-bazilika) is a Roman Catholic basilica named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038). It was the sixth largest church building in Hungary before 1920. Today, it is the third largest church building in present-day Hungary. It has a width of 55 metres, and length of 87.4 metres. It was completed in 1905 after 54 years of construction.

The architectural style is Neo-Classical. The facade is anchored by two large bell towers. In the southern tower is Hungary's biggest bell, weighing over 9 tonnes. Visitors may access the dome by elevators or by climbing 364 stairs for a 360° view overlooking Budapest.

Organ concerts in the Basilica take place Thursday evenings about a 20.00 and last a little over an hour.

1051, Budapest Szent István tér 1

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Lake near the Vajdahunyad castle

Lake near the Vajdahunyad castle - City Park has the largest artificial ice surface in Europe, opened in 1870. It is turned into a boating lake in the summer.

Prices in Hungary - Source: Numbeo.com
Markets
Milk (regular), 1 liter	205.00 Ft
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)	180.00 Ft
Rice (1kg)	290.50 Ft
Eggs (12)	480.00 Ft
Local Cheese (1kg)	1,500.00 Ft
Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1kg)	1,400.00 Ft
Apples (1kg)	300.00 Ft
Oranges (1kg)	350.00 Ft
Tomato (1kg)	400.00 Ft
Potato (1kg)	160.00 Ft
Lettuce (1 head)	160.00 Ft
Water (1.5 liter bottle)	100.00 Ft
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	1,000.00 Ft
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle)	200.00 Ft
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	300.00 Ft

Vist@NetCafe Internet Cafe

Vist@NetCafe is located in the heart of Budapest close to the Western Train Station.

It's a well-equipped(headsets, webcams) Internet Cafe with 40 computer stations, which can be also used for gaming. Most applications you need are already installed (including MSN Messenger, ICQ, Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, Google Talk, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Acrobat Reader, Codecs, Flash, Java, etc...).
You can also also find all the equipment you would find in a modern office (fax, printer, scanner, etc...).

Working Time: non-stop (0-24h). Address: Budapest XIII, Váci út 6. Map

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Hungarian Daily Newspapers

168oraonline - http://www.168ora.hu/
Bekes Megyei Hirlap - http://www.bmhirlap.hu/
Beszelo Online - http://beszelo.c3.hu/
Blikk - http://www.blikk.hu/
Bors Online - http://www.borsonline.hu/
Budapest Business Journal - http://www.bbj.hu/
Budapester Zeitung - http://www.budapester.hu/bz/
Business Online - http://www.bonline.hu/
Delmagyar - http://www.delmagyar.hu/
Figyelo Online - http://figyelo.hu/
Gondola - http://www.gondola.hu/
Heti Valasz - http://hetivalasz.hu/
Hirdetes - http://hirdetes.com/
Hirkereso - http://www.hirkereso.hu/
Hvg - http://hvg.hu/
Index - http://index.hu/

Magyar Hirlap - http://www.magyarhirlap.hu/
Magyar Narancs - http://magyarnarancs.hu/#
Magyar Nemzet - http://mno.hu/
Magyar Szo - http://www.magyarszo.com/

Metropol ingyenes napilap - http://www.metropol.hu/cimlap
MTI News - http://www.mti.hu/mti/Default.aspx
Napi Gazdasag - http://www.napi.hu/
Nemzeti Sport - http://www.nemzetisport.hu/
Nepszabadsag - http://www.nol.hu/index.html
Nepszava Online - http://www.nepszava.hu/
Pester LLoyd - http://www.pesterlloyd.net/
Origo - http://www.origo.hu/index.html
Palyazatfigyelo - http://www.pafi.hu/
Vilaggazdasag Online - http://www.vg.hu/

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Józsefvárosi piac

Flea markets in Budapest

The market closest to the city center, the Józsefvárosi piac is informally known as "Four Tigers," an allusion to the tremendous presence of Chinese vendors. The market, situated on the side of a railroad yard, near the Józsefváros Station, operates daily from 7am to 6pm.
You can get there by Tram: 28 from Blaha Lujza tér (Red line metro) or 36 from Baross tér (Keleti Station, Red line metro), and get off at Orczy tér (4th station on line 28, from Blaha Lujza). From there you have 500 m walk.

Another flea markets in Budapest are: Ecseri and PeCsa

Ecseri Flea Market:
Opening hours: Monday - Friday 8.00 -16.00, Saturday 8.00 -15.00, Sunday 8.00 -13.00
Address: Budapest XIX. kerület, Nagykőrösi út 156.
You can get there by Bus 54 from Baross tér (Keleti Station, Red line Metro)

Pecsa Flea Market:
Opening hours: Saturday - Sunday 8.30 -14.00
Address: Budapest XIV. kerület, Zichy Mihály út 14. (PeCsa)
You can get there by trolleybus lines 70, 72, and 74.
Ticket Prices: 120 Ft. (for younger from 14 and older than 70 years - free entrance)

Sunday, December 4, 2011

EUROLINES links BUDAPEST and VIENNA

Buses are very frequent between these two beautiful cities. For instance, you could leave in both directions between 7:00 and 19:00 pm at least five times. Buses to Vienna leave from Népliget central bus station. You can easily get to Nepliget central bus station by taking the metro (red metro line) and getting off at Népliget station (approx. 15-20 min from the city center, Deák tér station). In Vienna bust stops at Erdberg - stop of metro line U3. Bus travel time is an average 3 hours. You can see Eurolines for more details, and or by your ticket online.

Eurolines operates most of the international and domestic coaches from Budapest, and also the regional lines and the ones traversing the agglomeration. There are coaches to 14 different countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, ) from Népliget station.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Numismatics Shops in Budapest, AOL

Gyujtok boltja - ermek, papirpenzek, stb adas vetele
http://www.gyujtokboltja.hu/

Eremtar Kft. - Eremgyujtok boltja - Regipenzek felvarasarlasa
http://eremmuveszet.hu/

Procopius Kft. - ermek, papirpenzek, stb adas vetele
http://bolthely.hu/numizmatika/

Nummulitis Numizmatika - adas vetel csere
www.nummulitis.hu

Arpad erembolt
http://www.arpaderembolt.hu/

https://aranykereskedes.hu/

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Asia Center Budapest

Asia Center Budapest
Address: H-1152 Budapest, Szentmihályi út 167-169.
GPS: N 47° 32’ 53” E 19° 08’ 52”

AsiaCenter currently promotes 500 operating showrooms, these represent numerous Asian and Middle East nations (including China, Vietnam, India, Mongolia etc.).

Working time: Mo-Su between 10:00-19:00

From Keleti railway station you can use 173, 173E bus lines till Nyírpalota úti end station, and from there walk 150 m.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Tropicarium Budapest

Tropicarium do not only present a part of the deep sea world but also a tiny bit of a tropical rainforest, where the sky thunders every quarter of an hour, rain starts to fall and lightning zigzags over the lazily lying Mississippi alligators. Besides, the Tropicarium can boast with the largest sea aquarium in all Central Europe, the shark aquarium containing 1.4 million litres of salt water, housing 8 two-meter-long sharks and hundreds of colourful fish of other species, swimming around in peaceful harmony. In addition to the enormous fish-tank, there are 50 other ‘smaller' aquariums and terrariums (meaning 5-40.000 litres each!) on site.

Working time is - Every day of the year between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. - The ticket office closes at 7 p.m.

Address: 1222 Budapest, District XXII, Nagytétényi út 37-43. (South Buda area)

Accessibility:By car directly from motorways M0, M1 and M7, via highway 6 or from Nagytétényi út. (Free parking facility of 1800 places for cars and buses).

By bus from Móricz Zs. körtér by bus 3, from Kosztolányi D. tér by bus 14 and 114. Bus 233 connects with the city centre (Astoria, Ferenciek tere).
Visitors have to take off all three buses at the bus stop in Lépcsős utca.

By train: Through the train station named Budatétény next to the Campona.