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
Fabulous Hungarian castles and forts worth visiting even in winter
Hungary has so many beautiful castles and impressive forts that it would be a shame to stay indoors in winter instead of going on...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
You can learn outside the four walls, too – An interview with Dr. Zoltán Szalai, Director general of Mathias Corvinus Collegium
One of the horrors of every parent is that their child would "mix with the wrong crowd", whatever that may mean, and we often...
Adrián Szász dr.
”The people we meet are living historical footprints” – the cool traditionalists say
Dániel Kurucz, the host-producer of the television series Hungaricums Around the World, has visited Hungarians living in 35 countries on five continents, searching for...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
The gift boats were punched by the Sri Lankans – Giving help is not the same as giving aid
The Hungarian Interchurch Aid, thirty years old this year, has matured into a cohesive, extended community of people working every day to make the...
Dr. Norina Boros
Hungarian ship’s doctor of the Carpathia, saviour of survivors of the Titanic – Dr. Árpád Lengyel
I’ve watched the romantic disaster movie Titanic, winner of 11 Oscars, a thousand times. Even if you were never such a massive fan of...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
Hanga Horváth-Sántha
“I’m a little girl, not a wife” - Child marriage, which is not a game
A child marriage is concluded every 23 minutes. This means that, while you watch the evening news, somewhere in the world, a little girl...
Szilvia Sinkovics
“It sent shivers down my spine, I was totally captivated by this magic” – opera singer Csaba Sándor talks about his ‘double life’
Csaba Sándor's wonderful bass-baritone voice and demanding stage performance are the pride of opera-loving audiences. The soloist of the Hungarian Opera of Cluj and...
Adrián Szász dr.
“My father chose the flute for me” – after Switzerland, the eye of the world is also on the Hungarian artist
Born into a family with an artistic background in Veszprém, she started playing music at the age of nine and was touring with her...