Culture

Museums

Budapest Zoo Drew Over 1 mln Visitors Last Year

The Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden attracted 1,036,000 visitors last year, making it the most visited cultural institution in the...

Awards

Matild Palace Wins 7 Prizes at Int’l Property Awards

Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel Budapest won seven awards at the International Property Awards 2022-2023, held in London this...

Art

Hungary Adopting Performance-based Financing for Arts

Hungary will make state financing of the arts conditional on professional achievement and factors such as ticket sales starting this...

Art

European Capital of Culture Program Set to Boost Economy – Navracsics

Organizers aim to use the Veszprém-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture program to support economic growth for the entire region,...

Art

Discover Symbolist and Poet Gyula Tichy at the Hungarian National Gallery

The exhibition of work by Hungarian painter-poet Gyula Tichy at the Hungarian National Gallery (MNG) in Budapest, entitled “The Master...

Art

Avatar: The Way of Water Breaks Box Office Record in Hungary

Box office receipts in Hungary of James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water have climbed over HUF 2 billion and...

Art

Curator’s Tour in English to Be Held at Kunsthalle

A curator's tour in English will be held in Kunsthalle's "The Philosopher Sculptor” exhibition by Nándor Wagner this week....

Art

Yoko Ono at Hungarian National Museum: Cynical or Sincere?

“War Is Over! If You Want It: Tribute to Yoko Ono,” the publicity line broadcasts. But the exhibition of the...

Awards

Seyu’s Cloud-based Fan Engagement Solution Makes OTT Award Shortlist

The Dutch-Hungarian digital sports technology company was nominated for OTT’s "Best Startup Tech Company" award, among other pioneers in the...

Awards

24th FIABCI Hungarian Prix d’Excellence Held

This year the Hungarian section of the world’s largest association of real estate experts – established in 1951 with headquarters...

Art

El Greco at the Museum of Fine Arts: Unexpectedly Transformative

Walking up the steps to the entrance of the Museum of Fine Arts in Heroes Square to visit the El...

Awards

Deloitte Hands out ‘Best Managed Company’ Awards

Big Four firm Deloitte has revealed the winners of the 2022 "Best Managed Companies" Award in Hungary, according to a...

Art

Cinema City Reducing Showtime Hours

Due to the economic crisis, the Cinema City cinema network will switch to reduced opening hours from today, according to...

Art

New Direction for the Rise of Cultural Programs in Hungary

Local blockbuster exhibitions have a great impact on the development of the cultural market and cultural education seems to become...

Art

Dreams Come True Brick by Brick: Popular Lego Exhibition, ‘The Art of the Brick’ Opens in Budapest

“Shocking,” “amazing,” and “breathtaking” are just some of the words visitors have used to try and describe their experience at...

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

The People of DSB: Growing Through Encounters

What makes a school special? Its buildings, facilities, and academic program certainly matter. But ultimately, a school is shaped by...

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...

Culture

Hungary’s St. Stephen’s Day Celebrations to Feature Fireworks, Audiovisual Show

Celebrations marking Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday will run for three days and feature fireworks and an audiovisual show, government...

Culture

‘Old Warhorse’ Antonia Burrows Faces Uncertain Budapest Future Among Library Books

For someone liable to be subject to a deportation order in a few weeks, Antonia Burrows spends a lot of...

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...

Wizz Air Ranks Second Among Central European Airlines at Skytrax Awards

Wizz Air has been named the second-best airline in Central Europe at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, based on...

The People of DSB: Growing Through Encounters

What makes a school special? Its buildings, facilities, and academic program certainly matter. But ultimately, a school is shaped by...

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum Reopens With Free Admission as Review Continues

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum has reopened while a review of its exhibition continues, Culture and Social Relations Minister Zoltán...

Why More Families Choose the DSB Preparatory Class

A successful start to school begins with the right foundation. At the Deutsche Schule Budapest (DSB), children can join the...

House of Terror Museum to Close Temporarily as Tarr Dismisses Director Mária Schmidt

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum will close temporarily for a clarification of rights issues, Culture and Social Relations Minister Zoltán...

Westend Wins Green Investment Award for EUR 10 mln Sustainability Upgrade

Westend Shopping Center has won the Green Investment of the Year award at this year’s Green Awards, for a EUR...

Hungary Selects Ildikó Enyedi’s ‘Silent Friend’ as Oscar Entry

Ildikó Enyedi’s “Silent Friend,” starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, will represent Hungary in the int'l feature film category at the 99th...

Rural Entrepreneurs Awards Return as SMEs Outside Budapest Employ Nearly 1 mln

Nearly 300,000 MSMEs outside Budapest employ almost 1 mln people and generated HUF 38.9 tln in net revenue in 2025,...

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...

United States Named Guest of Honor at Hungary’s 40th Festival of Folk Arts

The United States will serve as guest of honor at Hungary’s 40th annual Festival of Folk Arts, to be held...

Hungary’s St. Stephen’s Day Celebrations to Feature Fireworks, Audiovisual Show

Celebrations marking Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday will run for three days and feature fireworks and an audiovisual show, government...

‘Old Warhorse’ Antonia Burrows Faces Uncertain Budapest Future Among Library Books

For someone liable to be subject to a deportation order in a few weeks, Antonia Burrows spends a lot of...

Hungary’s Presidential Sándor Palace to Reopen to Visitors

The presidential Sándor Palace in Budapest will reopen to visitors from Aug. 1-8, the speaker of parliament, who is exercising...

From Piquet’s Powerslide to Norris’ Triumph: 40 Years of Formula One in Hungary

Formula One’s arrival in Hungary in 1986 was remarkable long before the cars reached the starting grid. At the height...