The world's first bitcoin sculpture, created by Hungarians Réka Gergely and Tamás Gilly commemorates the founder of the bitcoin cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology behind it, Satoshi Nakamoto. The sculpture was unveiled in Graphisoft Park, Budapest. The work of art honors the mysterious cryptocurrency creator Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for the Bitcoin inventor or inventors, whose […]

With more than one hundred and fifty programs in thirty venues, the Budapest Autumn Festival is a renewed event in the capital between September 26 and October 10. The Hungarian news agency MTI quotes, Erzsébet Gy. Németh, the Deputy Mayor of Budapest responsible for the human fields as saying at the festival's press conference in […]

Gáspár Csere, the athlete of the Budapest club BEAC won the half marathon on Sunday at the 36th Telekom Vivicittá running festival. Csere won the 21.1-kilometer race, the longest distance run at the traditional Budapest event, for the third time after 2011 and 2016. Julianna Nagy of Margitszigeti AC won the women's race. Although the […]

Around 15,000 people took part in Saturday's I Bike Budapest cycling parade, which was held again after a year and a half of forced suspension, the organizing Hungarian Cycling Club told the state news agency MTI. the number of participants is based on estimates by the Club and police. The Hungarian Cyclists' Club is sending […]

From 19 June to 17 July, MÁV Hungarian Railways carries out priority maintenance on the Nyugati (Western) railway station track network, with its complete closure. During this period, no trains will arrive or depart from Nyugati. In addition to the previously announced changes, the railway company has taken additional measures to facilitate travel, with the […]

In the first quarter of 2022, the world's first fully franchised Madame Tussauds will open in Dorottya Street in downtown Budapest, the news site telex.hu reports. The most unique feature of the house in Budapest is that it will be the world's first Madame Tussauds franchise location. Until now, all of these panopticums (22 in […]

After almost seven months of service disruption due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus epidemic, the Széchenyi Hill Children's Railway has resumed operation. During the summer period, trains run every day: every hour on weekdays and every 40-50 minutes on weekends. The stations have been refurbished and are now open to visitors. The country's […]

In parallel with the easing epidemic situation and the partial opening, demand in the Budapest rental market has strengthened by the beginning of May: compared to the low of HUF 126,000 in December, the average asking rent has now risen by 7.6% to HUF 135,000, according to a recent analysis by Rentingo.com. As reported by […]

The Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company Roche is going to increase the number of its collaborators in positions creating high added value in its service center located in the Hungarian capital. The 250 new employees will provide support to the subsidiaries of Roche in 60 countries in the fields of finance, purchasing, HR and information technology. Roche […]

It could be Hungarian guests who boost tourism, which has seen a severe decline due to the epidemic. According to a recent survey, up to a million Hungarian tourists can visit the capital, but Lake Balaton can also be a popular destination. 71.7% of Hungarians plan to travel in 2021 in the event of the […]

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has approved the capital city’s new climate strategy, and energy and climate action plan, which sets the goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by at least 40% by 2030 against 2015 levels, the Hungarian state news agency MTI reports. He also approved Budapest’s green infrastructure development and sustainability action plan, according […]

As part of the measures related to the coronavirus epidemic, to protect drivers in the capital, the front door on buses and trolleybuses will not be opened from Monday, March 29, and the front of vehicles will be closed with a cordon. From Monday, March 29, the first door may not be used on buses […]

Vodafone is the first among domestic service providers to enable 5G connection to its customers in the majority of the residential areas of Budapest: 5G has been connected to more than 200 base stations in the capital and in the surrounding metropolitan area. Vodafone has also announced that by the end of the first quarter […]

Both the national and the Budapest heat record was broken this Friday. According to the National Meteorological Service, it was really warm, almost corresponding to the end of May and the beginning of June. Beforehand, the capital's heat record of February 26 was 18.9 degrees Celsius recorded in 2008. This time, it was now more […]

Hungarian integrated architecture and building services provider DVM group started the construction works of Drechsler Palace in January 2021 at 25 Andrássy Avenue, Budapest. The building is planned to be unveiled as a hotel in 2022. The monument building also known as the one once housing the Pension Fund of the Hungarian State Railways and […]