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...
Kriszta Csák-Nagy
Sugar bell, sugar stamp, sugar room – Marzipan Land, the empire of the Oscar-winning Lajos Kopcsik
It’s not only the taste of sweets that you can enjoy, but also the sight of them. This is especially true when someone uses...
Ágnes Bodonovich
“I was an altar boy in the morning and a thief in the afternoon” – The testimony of a Franciscan monk
The life of Franciscan monk Mihály Zillich - or as everyone calls him, Brother Misi - is a good example of how God is...
Ágnes Bodonovich
"No arms, but I’ve received many other things from God"
Born without arms, Borbála Ivicsics has been using her legs for everything since she was a baby. She knows no impossible, and once she...
Adrián Szász dr.
Robert Capa, the world's best-known war photographer had a passionate desire for peace
"It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian", said Robert Capa, the greatest war reporter in the history of photography...
Andrea Csongor
"No one will commit suicide with beautiful, freshly washed hair...”
"If anyone thinks it would help them, or just make them feel better, please get in touch! I offer free haircuts to people in...
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...