Moving to the countryside, a family’s mission in the Vértes mountains – “On a hill, in the dark, the little house is like a lantern”
A couple with young children gave up their life in the capital and found a new home and a new job a few years...
Barbara Schuster
Shaping body and soul – Ferenc Marlok makes scoliosis braces for teenagers
Ferenc Marlok is a master medical equipment technician who designs and produces custom-made plastic back braces for children with scoliosis. At first, the teenagers...
Sára Pataki
From feed factory to poultry shop chain – how the delicious Székely Csürke (Szekler Chicken) gets to the table
Born in Gyergyószentmiklós (Gheorgheni), Romania, educated in Kolozsvár (Cluj Napoca), he now runs the largest and most modern feed factory in Romania, and a...
Zsuzsanna Bogos
Why is the Swiss William Tell on the playing-card? – Discovering the secret of the Hungarian deck
In Hungary everyone is familiar with the so-called Hungarian playing cards, this popular, unique, and historical Hungarian game where the cards, oddly, are decorated...
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...