Hungary

Hungarian Company Unveils Steve Jobs Statue

Steve Jobs © Annie Bannanie 06 File this under “that didn’t take long.” The late Steve Jobs has now been commemorated by a Hungarian software company with a bronze statue in Budapest. And from the sound of it, they pegged the look: Hungarian sculptor Erno Toth’s statue depicts Jobs, who died on Oct. 5, with [...]

Lingerie Model Gets Hungarians Worked Up for Census

Model© Robynlou8 In Hungary, there’s nothing sexier than filling out basic demographic information for a decennial national audit. Hungary has produced a provocative video advertisement to encourage more people to fill out its national census online next month. In a video posted on social networking sites on Wednesday, a topless young woman in red underwear, [...]

Photo of the Moment: The Parliament Building at Earth Hour, Budapest

© Balazs Gyemant In the photographer’s words: The Parliament Building of Budapest is located on a square that has three parliament buildings. In the 19th century there was a competition to build the house of the nation. The top three winners were so great that they decided to build up all of them. Today the [...]

High Culture on a Low Budget: Budapest’s State Opera House

Budapest State Opera © Leandro’s World Tour In the triumvirate with Vienna and Prague, Budapest is proud to be one of Central Europe’s top three musical cities. A city that produced two of the world’s greatest 20th century composers in Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók, it is no surprise that the musicality is felt everywhere–especially [...]

Artist Recreates the Scents of Helsinki, Budapest, Paris

Hungarian born artist Hilda Kozari has created an art installation consisting of three bubbles – one each for Helsinki, Budapest, and Paris – that she says represent what each city smells like. The bubbles are part of an Urban Olfactory Installation exhibit and have been created in collaboration with perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour. The sense of [...]

Entire Hungarian Beach – Complete with Sand – Stolen

Owners of a beach-themed leisure park in Hungary are hopping mad after they lost an entire beach complete with sand, lounges and shacks to thieves. Yes – you read that right: complete with sand. The beach had been set up on the riverbank at Mindszentas, in a country which has no natural oceanfront of its [...]