Sunset in Hortobagy

Professional photographer Zsolt Czegledi took this photo on 27 February 2016. In the picture you can see a shadoof („Gémeskút” in Hungarian) in Hortobágy at sunset. Hortobágy is a huge, romantic flatland in East Hungary, one of the national symbols. This flatland with its fauna and flora is called „puszta”. […]

Tibi bear

The bear and its shadow

According to the Hungarian traditions the bear can predict when the winter ends. February 2 is the day of bear watching. People believe that this day the hibernating bear comes out of its cave to check the weather. If it is sunny, and the bear sees its own shadow, it […]

27 meters under the ice

27 meters under the ice, in swimming trunks

It could even be a new extreme sport. On 24 January, László Bajza swam 27 meters under the ice of Kavicsos Lake in Mezőkövesd, Eastern Hungary. The 41 years old man – who is a professional diver at the fire department – wore only swimming trunks in the water. Bajza […]

Commemorating the liberation of Budapest Ghetto

It is 72 years since the soviet troops liberated the ghetto of Budapest where 70 thousand Jews were living in horrible conditions. Many of them had died of starvation, freezing cold and illnesses, the dead were lying on the streets unburied. The ghetto in the old Jewish quarter was established […]

Toll Roads in Hungary: With a 2016 map

On January, 2016, the map of the Hungarian toll roads changed a little. Two new speedway sections entered the pay system: the M43 motorway between Mako and the Romanian border and a new M85 section in west of the country. It means that presently the official Hungarian toll road map […]

New Year's bath at Lake Balaton

Traditional New Year’s bath at Lake Balaton

Around Lake Balaton there is a tradition of New Year’s bath. In more towns and villages people go to the ice cold water on 1 January. It is a special combination of tradition, bravery and fun. There photos were taken on the north shore in a picturesque village called Szigliget. […]

Take a selfie with your cannabis plant

It will be perfect evidence proving that you are guilty. The police arrested a 35-year-old man who had grown and sold marihuana in the East of Hungary. When the police searched his house, not only leaves, quick-closing plastic bags, scales and money were found but some photos as well. The […]