Minions on the Hugarian Great Plain

I do not know how much you know the Hungarian countryside, but believe me: there is a significant contrast between Hollywood’s computer animated universe and the Hungarian Great Plain, where you can find these minions made from straw. Somebody must have been very creative. Photo: Bugány János (MTI)

Grand prize winning nature photo from Hungary

More than 6000 images were sent to the BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition run by California Academy of Sciences. The Grand Prize went to a Hungarian photographer Zsolt Kudich who shot his photo in the Danube-Drava National Park’s Gemenc Forest capturing great egrets. It is like a painting – said […]

Hungary’s most beautiful girls in bikinis

Contestants of the Miss Hungary competition in the training camp after the official photography session. In the first picture, on the right side dressed in white, there is Edina Kulcsár who came second in the last year’s Miss World in London. Miss Hungary 2015 will be elected 21 June, the […]

Be careful with Lake Hévíz

During the last four months two people died in it. Lake Hévíz one of the most unique Hungarian attractions, which is popular with foreign visitors including a great number of Russian tourists. The Lake is located in Zala county, the west of Hungary, and according to the official site it […]

New underground line starts in Budapest

Line 4 needed some decades to be finished. By accident, new Budapest underground line was opened one week before the general elections, so the “heroes” of the opening ceremony were Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Budapest Mayor István Tarlós. Line 4 is not only a simple public transport project but […]

Peter Falk got a statue in Budapest

American actor Peter Michael Falk got a statue in the very centre of the Hungarian capital. The unusual artwork in the unusual location perhaps needs some explanation. Please, do not expect something very logical one. The statue is erected in a street called „Falk Miksa”, which was named after a […]

Ian Fleming film shot in Budapest

On 28 January 2013 a film about Ian Fleming’s life was started to shoot in Budapest. The biography movie will consist of four episodes with the title of “The man who would be Bond”. Behind the project there is Sky Entertainment and its Hungarian partner Pioneer Pictures. They have selected […]

Winter at Lake Balaton: Two photos

In Summer Lake Balaton is most probable the most popular domestic holiday destination for Hungarian people, but in winter it is nearly deserted. At the same time the lake has its own beauty in winter. These two photos were taken by a professional photographer called György Varga (MTI) on 29 […]

Another foreign driver caused fatal car accident in Hungary: 5 died

Last year two accidents happened in Hungary that became international news, as they were caused by foreigners driving through the country In August a Slovak ex-minister’s daughter killed 4 Hungarian people with her BMW X5 luxury SUV, and in October an Austrian Hummer killed a Hungarian policeman in an unclear […]

Snapshots: Hungary welcomes 2013

“Cinetrip party” at Széchenyi Bath in Budapest (Details) New Year’s Eve in Budapest – Vörösmarty Square Nyíregyháza in east Hungary welcomes 2013 with midnight fireworks Cleaning up the streets after the parties in downtown Budapest on 1 January Anna Léna Üveges, the first Hungarian baby  of 2013 and her mother […]