David Holzer

Food

Veganism Finding its Path Even in Meat-loving Hungary

Aspiring vegan David Holzer talks with one of the leading Hungarian plant-based foodies, blogger and YouTuber Kristóf Steiner, about the...

Retail

Socialite Isolation: Painless Ways to Adjust to Homeworking

Homeworking is now the logical and perhaps the only way for many businesses to keep going in these coronavirus-inspired interesting...

Deals

Trends in Translation: AI is Here, but Transcreation is on the Rise

According to independent market research firm Common Sense Advisory (CSA), the global translation industry is set to grow to USD...

Awards

Saluting Carlos Santana’s Secret Hungarian Connection

Carlos Santana was due to play the Budapest Arena on March 19. That has now been cancelled, but this remains...

Social

Visiting the Buda Shrine to Harry Houdini

It was beginning to get dark in Budapest’s Castle District as we tried to find the House of Houdini at...

Music

Trupa Trupa and the Hidden Treasures of Szeged

It so happens that fate took me to Szeged. I’m not complaining, but I did feel at first that the...

Museums

Valentine’s Day in Budapest: An Insider’s Guide

My Hungarian partner and I met in Budapest, and spent our first Valentine’s Day together here. On that first freezing...

Tourism

Sitting Comfortably: The Office Wellness Trend in 2020

Sitting is the new smoking. This mantra was either coined or popularized by Dr. James Levin of the Mayo Clinic-Arizona...

Tourism

A Winter Break at Lake Balaton

The first time I saw Lake Balaton, I almost didn’t see it. But, in my five years of coming to...

Analysis

Sinéad O’Connor: An Incomparable Performer in Budapest

David Holzer talks with sometimes controversial Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor ahead of her one-night show in Budapest, the second stop...

Retail

Colin Farrellʼs Budapest Kebab of Choice

There are a staggering number of kebab shops in Budapest. Staggering being the operative word because, for many of us,...

History

The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: When Hungary Meant Freedom

Each year on October 23, Hungary holds Revolution Day to commemorate the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Up until the revolution was...

Analysis

Korda and the key to the Hungarian Film Industry

David Holzer talks to György Rajnai, the man who runs the Korda film studios, to find out how Hungary has...

Drinks

Celebrating 37 Years of Pierrot Restaurant and St Martin’s Day

It was a little early to be celebrating the traditional feast day, which falls on November 11. But, if the...

Conferences

Winning the ‘War for our Thumbs’

More than 1,000 members of the Hungarian banking and tech communities packed the Budapest Congress Center for the Novathon conference...

Art

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

Culture

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Culture

How Hope Became Hip in Hungary

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs’ election victory dance has won him a New York Times accolade of being one of...

In Hungary

Beyond Budapest: Szeged, ‘City of Sunshine’

Much as I am happy when I meet people who tell me, “We went to Hungary, we loved Budapest,” I’m...

Art

120th Anniversary of Hungarian Artist Vasarely’s Birth Celebrated

Vasarely 120 at Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts, which closes on Aug. 16, is the first large-scale retrospective of one...

Art

drMáriás on What ‘Petflix’ Means for his Art

A young Hungarian friend of mine recently used the ingenious “Petflix” to describe her and her friends’ fascination with this...

Music

Budapest’s BluesSteel Band Keeps the Flame Burning

My musical tastes are pretty eclectic, and I’m always happy to watch live music because, well, it’s live. But there...

Art

Optimism and Dystopia: The Black Mirror at the Ludwig Museum

I had been resisting schlepping to the Ludwig Museum. The name conjured up images of a fustian pile filled with...

Music

Sex Pistols’ ‘50 Years of Punk’ Tour Comes to Budapest

The week before my wife and I watched the “System-Breaker” concert live online from Heroes’ Square, we were strolling down...

Culture

Hungary’s Bud Spencer Worship is Deep Rooted and Still Full of Beans

Wandering through our local supermarket, I couldn’t help but smile and be more than a little curious when I spotted...

Culture

Hungarian Musical Living Legend György Kurtág Honored at 100

The 100th birthday of the great Hungarian composer, György Kurtág, on Feb. 19 was celebrated with a festival of his...

Budapest

If March is Here, Then Spring has Sprung in Budapest

The great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald may have sung of the delights of April in Paris, but, for me, March...

What János Bródy Means to Hungarians

For János Bródy, who turned 80 this year, 2026 has been momentous. On April 10, he was one of more...

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

How Hope Became Hip in Hungary

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs’ election victory dance has won him a New York Times accolade of being one of...

Beyond Budapest: Szeged, ‘City of Sunshine’

Much as I am happy when I meet people who tell me, “We went to Hungary, we loved Budapest,” I’m...

120th Anniversary of Hungarian Artist Vasarely’s Birth Celebrated

Vasarely 120 at Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts, which closes on Aug. 16, is the first large-scale retrospective of one...

drMáriás on What ‘Petflix’ Means for his Art

A young Hungarian friend of mine recently used the ingenious “Petflix” to describe her and her friends’ fascination with this...

Budapest’s BluesSteel Band Keeps the Flame Burning

My musical tastes are pretty eclectic, and I’m always happy to watch live music because, well, it’s live. But there...

Mákos Pite and Red Dope

It’s spring, and the poppies of Hungary are blooming in the field. Sitting outside a café in Szeged, I’m munching...

Optimism and Dystopia: The Black Mirror at the Ludwig Museum

I had been resisting schlepping to the Ludwig Museum. The name conjured up images of a fustian pile filled with...

Sex Pistols’ ‘50 Years of Punk’ Tour Comes to Budapest

The week before my wife and I watched the “System-Breaker” concert live online from Heroes’ Square, we were strolling down...

Hungary’s Bud Spencer Worship is Deep Rooted and Still Full of Beans

Wandering through our local supermarket, I couldn’t help but smile and be more than a little curious when I spotted...

Hungarian Musical Living Legend György Kurtág Honored at 100

The 100th birthday of the great Hungarian composer, György Kurtág, on Feb. 19 was celebrated with a festival of his...

If March is Here, Then Spring has Sprung in Budapest

The great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald may have sung of the delights of April in Paris, but, for me, March...

Hungarian Animated Classic ‘The Tragedy of Man’ Released on Blu-Ray

Marcell Jankovics’ extraordinary, animated feature-length version of Imre Madách’s 1861 play “The Tragedy of Man” is the most ambitious Hungarian...

Art Quarter Budapest: An Oasis of Artistic Freedom

I found out about Art Quarter Budapest by a circuitous route that began with me reading about the Hungarian noise...