Alexandra Béni
Netflix has arrived to Hungary
Netflix’s arrival in Hungary is not as big of a deal as the premiere of the new Star Wars movie was. If we ask 50 pedestrians on the street, probably 35 haven’t heard about it. Internet streaming media is not…
The runaway assassin of Paris was in Hungary twice
According to index.hu Salah Abdeslam was at Keleti railway station on the 9th and 17th of September. It is not improbable that he recruited his team for the assassination in Paris on the 13th of November. He can be the…
6th of January – Epiphany and the start of the carnival season in Hungary
We barely recovered from the Christmas and New Year’s feasts but here comes Epiphany which marks the start of the carnival season in Hungary. According to our traditions this is the time when we drive away winter, and welcome spring on…
10 Hungarian places to put on your bucket list
A bucket list contains things that someone doesn’t want to miss out on. Things that she inevitably wants to do or places that she definitely wants to visit. Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu put together a subjective list of beautiful Hungarian regions. There are so many…
The Sóstó Zoo is one of the best zoos in Europe
It was a good year for the Nyíregyháza Zoo: it had 430 thousand visitors in 2015, many animals were born and it even won a prestigious award. Travelo.hu writes that the zoo of Nyíregyháza, in draw with two Danish zoos,…
January 1st – The birthday of Sándor Petőfi, the most famous Hungarian poet
If you ask Hungarian kids about their favorit poet, they’ll probably say Petőfi and even recite a poem. Sándor Petőfi (born January 1st, 1823, Kiskőrös, Hungary – died probably July 31st, 1849, Segesvár, Transylvania) is one of the greatest Hungarian poets and…
New Year’s traditions in Hungary
All countries have their own traditions when it comes to celebrating the New Year. In Hungary New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day traditions have interlocked with the aim of bringing health, wealth, fortune and happiness to the next year by…
The most beautiful Hungarian goals of 2015
2015 was a good and colourful year for Hungarian football and football players. They shot some amazing goals. Just think of Krisztián Németh who conquered America with his solo goal, Szabolcs Németh’s bombastic goal reminiscent of Roberto Carlos, Ákos Elek’s…
Christmas movies worth watching at least once in a lifetime
It’s that time of the year when all channels are playing the classic Christmas movies after one another. It is guaranteed that you get in the Christmas spirit after watching them. Tvgo.hu collected a few of them from black & white…
You wouldn’t even think how many inventions the world owes to Hungary
According to vilaghalo.info, a Hungarian man saw a commercial about his homeland and it inspired him to only use things that were invented by Hungarians through a whole day. Firstly, he took a ball-pen (invented by László József Bíró in…