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Budapest's thermal baths reveal centuries of Roman, Ottoman and Hungarian history. Explore Széchenyi, Rudas and Lukács, Gellért's restoration, spa etiquette and what to know before visiting. The post ...
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: Castles, thermal baths and 'ruin bars': How I spent 48 hours in Hungary's historic capital, Budapest
I explored grand architecture, great food, indulgent spas — and so-called "ruin bars" — in Hungary's capital city, Budapest.
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: Budapest’s Most Noteworthy New Bakeries Take Tradition in New Directions
Café Gerbeaud, undoubtedly Budapest’s most iconic pastry shop, dates back to the mid-19th century, and visitors swoon for its namesake cake, known as zserbó szelet: a fusion of walnut, apricot and ...
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: The second world war changed Budapest for ever
At one time it almost rivalled Berlin, Paris and Vienna in intellectual heft. Effortlessly, it seemed, Budapest nurtured heavyweights. The city was home to world-renowned musicians (Bela Bartok, Franz ...
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: Biden Takes the Culture War to Hungary
Why is the Biden administration funding agitation against Hungary, a NATO ally with a pro-American population? It’s got nothing to do with national security. Hungary may sit strategically at the ...
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: Biden Is Right to Stay out of Hungary’s Culture War
The tense relations between Hungary and its EU neighbors reached a new low last week as the heads of the EU member states met in Brussels. The root of the disagreement is a new Hungarian law banning ...
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: Polish culture fading in Hungary — cultural manager urges fresh approach 'beyond Tokarczuk'
Poland's cultural clout in Hungary has withered over two decades and underfunded promotion — not a lack of talent — is to blame, says a Hungarian translator who argues metal bands and genre fiction, ...
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: ‘The last bastion is gone’: the US right idolised Orbán’s Hungary. Can they recover now he has fallen?
Over the past decade, Hungary has been a beacon for the ‘postliberal’ right, with pro-Trump thinkers making regular pilgrimages to Budapest. Now Orbán is gone, how will the movement adapt?
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: In Hungary, Cheap Russian Oil Fuels Right-Wing Culture Wars
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has resisted a proposed E.U. embargo of Russian oil, saying it would devastate his country’s economy, but it would also cut off a source of funds for his political allies.
News Hungary » Budapest » Culture: Former Hungarian Culture Minister Detained After Allegations of Misappropriation
A former minister in ex-Prime Minister Viktor Orban's cabinet has been detained, prosecutors said on Tuesday, over accusations of misappropriation at the National Cultural Fund (NKA), a body ...