Six water tour ideas – Discover Hungary from the water
If you've ever sat in a canoe, kayak, or stood on a SUP board, you've probably noticed how different the world is from the...
Sára Pataki
Learning a new language at the age of 92 – Kató Lomb, one of the world's first simultaneous interpreters
She struggled with German as a child, but a few decades later, a Russian-English dictionary she found in a resale shop sealed her fate...
Krisztián Pomichal
”Like the slave market in the colonies” – Gyula Patasy’s vivid memories of the deportation
If you are lucky enough to live for seven or eight decades, you are bound to suffer the inevitable consequences of history. Among the...
Sára Pataki
Tibor Baranski – The “Hungarian Schindler”, who saved thousands of Jews from death
During the Second World War and the Holocaust, in Budapest, a 22-year-old Catholic priest student saved thousands of Jewish women, children, and men from...
Ágnes Jónás
Biologists and all nature-loving people may weep: iron-containing wastewater has been flowing into the River Sajó for several months
The River Sajó, which is even praised by Gyula Juhász in one of his poems, springs from the Gömör-Szepesi mountain range in Slovakia and...
Ágnes Jónás
"With the orangutan I felt that he understood: I was there to help him" – Dr Endre Sós has been responsible for the health of the animals at Budapest Zoo for 25 years
Maybe we can say that the Budapest Zoo is the second home of Dr. Endre Sós . He volunteered here as an undergraduate, has...
Kati Szám
"I was standing on a farm at 23 and felt like my life had ended" – Whose dreams really?
Our parents sometimes make huge sacrifices to make their wildest dreams come true for us. And then, in the idyll they created, we may...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
Veszprém is to be European Capital of Culture in 2023 – An Interview with Tibor Navracsics Government Commissioner
Veszprém is a beautiful city. It's nice to walk around it, especially if you have a guide who knows every corner of the city...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
The Opera House opens – We talked to Szilveszter Ókovács, General Director
The stage of the Hungarian State Opera House, including the rigging loft, is said to be as many cubic meters as the entire Víg...
Anna Petz
Let the family discover the city together! – ‘Budapest with Kids’ map published
Cool, shaded parks, tucked-away bookshops, family-friendly confectionery shops and cultural hubs exciting for children as well. The ‘Budapest with Kids’ map published in early...
Fanni Fekete
„I share the hopes and concerns regarding migration” – Exclusive interview with composer José Cura
José Cura composer-conductor-tenor's first own opera will be performed at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. The „Montezuma and the Red Priest...
Nóra Streit
120 volunteers working for children – InDaHouse in Hernádszentandrás
Hernádszentandrás is a village with a population of barely 400 located in the Hernád Valley, where schoolchildren starting the year are greeted not only...
Lívia Kölnei
“What else is worth investing in but the children of the future?” – In conversation with Katalin Novák
At the turning point of the Old and New Year, we talked with an energetic politician who thinks in broad social perspectives while at...
Szilvia Németh
Dr. Dóra Vesztergom: “The ovaries cannot be botoxed”
Warning! The following interview contains phrases that are likely to disturb the peace, with intent. We aim to sound the alarm bell and make...
Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
“A normal birth does not require medical intervention” – in conversation with obstetrician-gynaecologist Balázs Bálint
Balázs Bálint is one of the most popular Hungarian obstetricians. Expectant mothers queue up for him. He continues – as a legacy of his...