Two young sportsmen from Nagykanizsa hit the road on a special man-powered vehicle to get to the London Olympic Games. The way there and back is calculated to be 4500 kilometres. The carbike (in Hungarian: bringakocsi) is a typical Hungarian D.I.Y. product. It is designed and made by Gyula Szantner, […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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Yes, I know these figures do not have too much to do with everyday life, but it could be quite interesting to see them together. The Eurostat – the statistical Office of the European Union – institute recently publishedthe GDP per capitafigures of the European countries based on the preliminary […]
The German man, whose car was nearly eaten up by the swamp, was lucky all in all. The weird accident happened in the region of Kis Balaton, a unique natural conservation area, which is famous for its wetlands and wildlife, and part of one of the Hungarian national parks. The […]
It is first time in the history of Paris Cinema festival that a Hungarian film wins its main award. At the same time it must be said this is not a complete surprise, because Bence Fliegauf’s film called „Just the Wind” earlier collected the Silver Bear at the Berlinale and […]
Bándy Katahad been reported as a missing person for days when the police announced her body was found in the southern Hungarian town Pécs. According to official police website the young lady, who worked as a psychologist for the police, is thought to have been killed. Police are working at […]
Double rainbow over the M7 motorway near Nagykanizsa. Click to enlarge The photo was taken by György Varga (MTI) on 10 July.
Hollywood actor Bruce Willis started to shoot the 5th episode of Die Hard series (A Good Day to Die Hard) in Budapest in April. Bruce Willis is working in the center of Budapest Director John Moore is giving instructions to actors Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney and Sebestian Koch. The work […]
This year Budapest Pride Film and Cultural Festival was hold from July 1 through July 8 with cultural performances, concerts, exhibitions, discussions etc. The peak of the event, as every year, was the Saturday afternoon Budapest Pride March, which ended up a small street fight between the police forces and […]
Some days ago I wrote about the spectacular Hungarian boat race called Blue Ribbon, which takes place around Lake Balaton. This lake is one of the hubs of the Hungarian summer. This Saturday a huge swimming competition was held here. More than 10.000 people swam across the lake from Révfülöp […]
1. BKK (Centre for Budapest Transport) company has launched a new service that is proved to be extremely popular with the tourist and the local people as well. People are boarding D12 at Batthyányi square in the center of Budapest The boats called D1 and D12 have been operating as […]