Best of Budapest

I live in Újlipotváros, so that when I say that Szent István Boulevard and the Grand Boulevard in general are in quite a sad state and that none of the shops on the street make even the slightest effort to tempt normal people inside, I’m not talking about some far-flung part of the city, but my…

Whenever a long weekend comes along, we always recommend you make a quick trip outside of Budapest, and on this occasion we’ll show you a place worth checking out in Gödöllő. Gödöllő is in itself a good destination as it’s where you’ll find the Grassalkovich Palace and the Máriabesnyő…

So I was walking along that famous pedestrianized street all the way to the bridge, but then instead of turning around as most people do, I went further. Imagine that: the street kept going. I continued along, although there weren’t as many people and the stores were closed. And then all of a…

I first heard of Jenő Kajdócsi’s home when I visited his daughter Eszter, who furnished a super apartment for herself in Pest in Barát Street, which is quite a magical part of the city: a slice of Buda in the otherwise fairly run-down vicinity of Blaha Lujza Square. Eszter’s apartment is…

So which one am I thinking of when I say Budapest’s most exciting square? Here it is: And why is this Budapest’s most exciting square? Because when they filled in the giant hole they dug for the Metro 4 station construction works and removed the graffiti-covered plywood sheets that…