Today's Budapest was created on November 17, 1873. On January 1, 1873, Pest, Buda and Óbuda were united under the name of Budapest. On November 17, the new municipality took over the administration of the unified capital. On January 1, 1950, the municipalities around Budapest were annexed to form the so-called Greater Budapest, the population […]
On the 150th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Óbuda, this Friday, the Budapest Transport Center (BKK) is offering a HUF 150 day ticket, the company told MTI. On Friday, a HUF 150 ticket will allow you to visit the permanent and temporary exhibitions of the Underground Railway Museum, and the party tram […]
With free concerts and awareness-raising programs, the long weekend in Budapest's Városháza (‘City Hall’) Park was a classic May Day atmosphere. On May 1 Labor Day, people gathering in the park had the opportunity to meet trade union representatives. The representatives of social workers, teachers, industrial workers and civil servants were also present. This year's […]
150 Years of Budapest's Transport History is the subject of a tabloid exhibition entitled Budapest 150 - Public Transport in the Age of Unification, on display in the capital from this Monday to May 15. The exhibition, illustrated with a number of contemporary photos, shows the transport conditions in Pest-Buda in the 1800s and can […]
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Count Gyula Andrássy, an open-air photo exhibition on the history of Andrássy Avenue is on display on one of the best-known roads in the Hungarian capital. Count Gyula Andrássy was born two hundred years ago, on March 8, 1823. The open-air exhibition commemorates the […]
The Budapest 150 program series celebrating the 150th anniversary of the unification of the Hungarian capital has begun with the announcement of the Budapest Nyitány (Budapest Overture) composition competition and the awards ceremony of the Budapest Drama Competition. Mayor Gergely Karácsony said at the event on Tuesday at the Örkény Theater that Budapest was not […]
Man of the City, Pro Urbe and other honors were awarded at a ceremony held on Thursday at the City Hall on the occasion of the Capital Day, which also marked the the start of a two-year series of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Budapest, the state news agency MTI reports. […]
