Best of Budapest

She might be young, but fashion designer Szandra Sándor has been making waves in the industry for the past ten years. By the time her name became widely known in Hungary, her designs were already popular in New York, Los Angeles and Madrid, and celebrities such as Charlize Theron, Selma Blair and…

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…

We’ve already written about downtown Budapest’s newfound vibrance, as crumbling and worn firewalls are revitalized with huge murals appearing on busy squares, thereby providing a much-needed dash of color to the otherwise dirty brick walls that fill central Budapest (which some tourists actually…

The best things in life are free We hear this proposition frequently, and Coco Chanel allegedly supplemented it by stating that the second best things are ridiculously expensive. There is no list, however, that specifically mentions what these things are. Any list that purports to contain them…

As a thirtysomething city dweller, I’m quick to agree with the widely held view that Hungarians cannot behave, according to which Hungarian tourist groups are easy to spot from a mile away whenever they travel abroad, as we are rude, don’t believe in personal responsibility and fundamentally…