Tag: Hungary

Around the two and half hour mark, the bus swerves up into the hills along a road locals call the “Serpentine.” It’s paved well enough – I’ve suffered terrible …

We had been traveling through Eastern Europe for two weeks, and I hadn’t been able to stop talking about swimming. In fact, it had gone back even further: ever …

If you head to Budapest, chances are you’ll head down to the Danube, take photos of the impressive spires of the Hungarian Parliament Building, hike up to Buda Castle …

If you look at a map of Hungary, in the north-west you’ll notice a peninsula in the drawn border jutting into Austria’s Burgenland. In a referendum in 1921, the …

Next time you visit Budapest, take a glance up to some of the roof tops. From Ödön Lechner’s art nouveau creations topped with blue, yellow and green tiles to the Central …

Books have the ability to transport us into different worlds, from fantasy to fiction set in other countries and eras. After being inspired by Anne Morgan’s “A Year of …

I’ve written about how wrong it is to take food out of context; how wrong it is to appropriate someone else’s national cuisine without fully understanding its nuances, its …

Jutting out into the middle of Hungary’s famous Lake Balaton lies a rocky peninsula. Once formed from two violent volcanos, millions of years later Tihany has seen a tranquil …

Whether you’re in town for Sziget Festival or visiting Budapest any time of year, here are some tips for more unusual activities beyond ruin bars and the city’s classic …

Divided into two countries, the towns of Komárno and Komárom are a curiosity set on each side of the Danube between Slovakia and Hungary respectively. While this city split …

When I think of the holiday season, I always think of Germany or Central Europe. There is something about the snow-clad pine forests and historic German towns resembling a …

Cover photo by Zoltán Perényi for Budapest Local. Getting off the tram in Jászai Mari Square we were all tired and hungry. Wandering the streets of Budapest’s Jewish Quarter …