Homemade Hungarian Honey Cakes for Loved Ones | Gift Ideas - Mézeskalács
Nothing beats wonderfully made Christmas Hungarian Honey Cakes (Mézeskalács) of love for your loved ones. The words with white icing on it means 'For the best Husband' (on top). The one of the left, bottom means 'For the best Mother'. The one on the right, bottom means 'For the best Wife' :) So be sure you buy the ones with the correct wordings if you do not read Hungarian.
Hungarian Crafts - Ideal Christmas gifts ideas
One of the best places to find an ideal Christmas gifts is at the Christmas Market in Budapest. These candle holders, tea pots, mugs and gravy holder or sauceboat are special handmade gifts and folk crafts. They are all with quality assurance by Hungarian Society of Folk Arts. These are available at the Vörösmaty tér Christmas Fair.
Saltimbanco | Cirque du Soleil signature show
Saltimbanco -from the Italian "saltare in banco", which literally means "to jump on a bench"-explores the urban experience in all its myriad forms: the people who live there, their idiosyncrasies and likenesses, families and groups, the hustle and bustle of the street and the towering heights of skyscrapers. Between whirlwind and lull, prowess and poetry, Saltimbanco takes spectators on an allegorical and acrobatic journey into the heart of the city.
Saltimbanco is a Cirque du Soleil signature show inspired by the urban fabric of the metropolis and its colorful inhabitants. Decidedly baroque in its visual vocabulary, the show's eclectic cast of characters draws spectators into a fanciful, dreamlike world, an imaginary city where diversity is a cause for hope.
From 8 December 2010 to 12 December 2010, you can catch them perform live in Budapest Arena.
The company will have six performances in Budapest: the Saltimbanco show can be seen
at 7 p.m., on Wednesday 8 December 2010;
at 8 p.m. on Thursday (9 December) and on Friday (10 December),
at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday (11 December), and
at 4 p.m. on Sunday (12 December).
The show will be performed on a giant, round-arched stage of more than 700 square metres, and the acrobats, balancing acrobats and jugglers will play on the highest point of the Arena as well. 
More information:www.budapestarena.hu
More information:www.budapestarena.hu
Christmas Fair's Nativity Scene set
These are wooden sculptures about the Nativity Scene. The central position in any nativity scene should be occupied by the Christ child. He is the reason for the display. The nativity figure closest to Christ should be His mother, the Virgin Mary.
---
PDF Classic Books
---
PDF Classic Books
Fridge Festival Budapest 2010
Fridge Festival Budapest is the first Hungarian Winter festival where participants jump from the 33 metres high temporary metal ski and snowboard jump better known as 'kicker'. All these happening on the square of the 1956 Revolution. This is an event where rock/pop/electronic music lovers can be found, a sporting and sports related event.
---
PDF Classic Books
Stress Test Margaret Bridge
The Margaret Bridge will soon be ready after the final rounds of testing and its provisional authorization clear. Stress test means that having 700 tonnes of load all packed on trucks crossing the bridge while engineers measure the deflection of bridge. Then again another test has occured on Sunday 7th November 2010.
To get to the Margaret Island is currently only by foot or via the Árpád bridge.
—
Los Angeles SEO Expert
Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest
This is one of the most characteristic architecture you can see when in Budapest. This Art Nouveau building is by Ödön Lechner. You can see that it included Zsolnay pottery and majolica, yet showing the Islamic and Hindu motifs. To read more about this architecture, read here. To check out this place, it is located near the southern end of the Grand Boulevard. You can get there by Metro Line 3 or taking the Tram no. 4 or no.6, you can spot it easily.
—
Los Angeles SEO Expert
Sightseeing: The 8 Bridges in Budapest
If you are a person who loves bridges, you really must check out all eight of them. They are:-
· Megyeri Bridge
· Arpad Bridge
· Margaret Bridge
· Chain Bridge
· Elizabeth Bridge
· Liberty Bridge
· Petofi Bridge
· Lagymanyosi Bridge
Around this area, you can find the Fővám Square which is at the Pest end of the Liberty Bridge. For the love of going to markets of European cities, you will not want to miss this special point of interest called the Nagy Vásárcsarnok in Budapest. You can also find the Budapest Corvinus University next to it.
Nagy Vásárcsarnok is the largest sheltered market where you can find the finest and richest range of fresh produce. From the famous Hungarian paprika, spices, to meat, poultry, fresh fruits and vegetables.
You may get there easily by alighting at the Kálvin tér metro station (Metro Blue Line, M3).
Other alternatives to catch the beauty of the Liberty Bridge is by Tram no. 47 and 49 which crosses the bridge. If not, walking across this bridge over the Danube River takes only about five minutes. If the weather is good, you are recommended to try crossing it as along the way, you can capture some really wonderful photos.
I would also recommmend visiting the Gellért Hill or even have a relaxing thermal bath at the famous Gellért Bath. All these are in vicinity of the Liberty Bridge.
—
Los Angeles SEO Expert
· Megyeri Bridge
· Arpad Bridge
· Margaret Bridge
· Chain Bridge
· Elizabeth Bridge
· Liberty Bridge
· Petofi Bridge
· Lagymanyosi Bridge
Around this area, you can find the Fővám Square which is at the Pest end of the Liberty Bridge. For the love of going to markets of European cities, you will not want to miss this special point of interest called the Nagy Vásárcsarnok in Budapest. You can also find the Budapest Corvinus University next to it.
Nagy Vásárcsarnok is the largest sheltered market where you can find the finest and richest range of fresh produce. From the famous Hungarian paprika, spices, to meat, poultry, fresh fruits and vegetables.
You may get there easily by alighting at the Kálvin tér metro station (Metro Blue Line, M3).
Other alternatives to catch the beauty of the Liberty Bridge is by Tram no. 47 and 49 which crosses the bridge. If not, walking across this bridge over the Danube River takes only about five minutes. If the weather is good, you are recommended to try crossing it as along the way, you can capture some really wonderful photos.
I would also recommmend visiting the Gellért Hill or even have a relaxing thermal bath at the famous Gellért Bath. All these are in vicinity of the Liberty Bridge.
—
Los Angeles SEO Expert
Sightseeing: The Chain Bridge, Széchenyi lánchíd
A symbol of advancement, national awakening, and the linkage between East and West.
Also known as the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, this is a bridge that you must check after the sunset. It is especially beautiful in the night. Somehow or rather, Hungarians are good in the lighting of these places such as the Parliament building to the Széchenyi Lánchíd.
It is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Opened in 1894, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest. It is anchored on the Pest side of the river to Roosevelt Square, adjacent to the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and on the Buda side to Adam Clark Square, near the Zero Kilometer Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle.
The bridge is named after István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction. It had an enormous significance in the country's economics and life. Its decorations made of cast iron, and its construction, radiating calm dignity and balance, raised it among the most beautiful industrial monuments in Europe.
—
Los Angeles SEO Expert
Museum of Applied Arts
Iparművészeti Múzeum, photo by B.Kim Barnes.
Üllői út - Iparművészeti Múzeum, originally uploaded by pasztilla.
The Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest was the third museum to be built in Europe after fellow institutions in London (1857) and Vienna (1864). In 1872 the Hungarian Parliament voted a sum of 50.000 HUF to buy "industrial objects" for the next year's World Exhibition in Vienna, and thus the base of the collection of the future "Museum of Applied Arts" was established. The increasing collection was held in the building of the National Museum between 1874 and 1877 and was exhibited in its staircase, after which the collection was moved to the building of the Old Art Gallery (Sugár út 69).
The financial possibility of building an independent institution came in 1890. First, a land of 1552 square-fathom was bought in the area surrounding by Üllõi street - Kinizsi street - Rákos street (today Hõgyes Endre street) and it was later increased by further purchases.Then in 1890 the government called for a tender to build a palace which met all requirements and was also suitable to hold the School of Applied Arts that had been founded in 1880. The first prize was won by a series of plans, by Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos, mottoed "To the East Hungarian!" ("Keletre magyar!"), but the building authorization was handed out only in 1893. The opening ceremony of the palace was held as the final attraction of the Millennium celebrations on 25 October 1896.
There were heated debates on the palace ever since it was opened. By now its significance in the line of the international Secession and in the life-work of Lechner is an unquestionable fact. The most modern static technology with which the building was constructed all served the function, the artistically formed mass and the harmony of the individual decorational forms (just like the rolled steel poles of the main hall - that was not even hid away from the eyes of the visitors - has become an ornamental lace). The dome - decorated with Zsolnay ceramics - catches the eyes of the visitors from afar, while the hall of the main entrance gate with its fabulous decoration invites them inside.
Budapest régen, originally uploaded by damjanovichkata.
And still, because of those opposing, in 1920 the inside paintings (Károly Miksa Reissmann) were drastically whitewashed, leaving only two rooms and the wind-catcher to survive. During World War II the opened hall of the main entrance, the main dome, the glass hall and the corner dome on Hõgyes street were badly destroyed. The war damages were restored in 1949. (source: www.imm.hu)
 Museum of Applied Arts - Budapest, originally uploaded by sftrajan. Information: Address: IX. Üllői út 33-37 1450 Budapest, Pf.3. e-mail: muzeum@imm.hu. website: www.imm.hu Phone: 456-5100 Fax: 217-5838 Secretariat: 217-3272 Contact: 456-5171 Opening hours: 10:00 - 18:00 Monday closed |
Vajdahunyad Castle
I always called it the 'V Castle' :) I just find it difficult to pronounce its name. Somehow it seemed like a long word. Vajdahunyad-vár is a castle in the City Park of Budapest. It was built between 1896 and 1908. There is bigger castle in Translyvania (Romania) that has the same name. However, this one in Budapest is a partial copy of that. This 'V Castle' displays different architectural styles: Romanic, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque.
I like Baroque. I like even more the Renaissance. However, it's such a magical mix when it is with Gothic included! Wow!
I just fell in love with this castle the first time I set foot on it. Zsolt showed me this castle in 2007 autumn, it was beautiful. Today it houses the Agricultural Museum.
At first in the 1896, it was originally made from cardboard and wood for the millennial exhibition. But then it became so popular and hence was rebuilt from stones and bricks. I am glad that they did that.
Going to this part of the City Park, you will not want to miss the statue of Anonymus where you can find it at the Castle court. He was a chronicler in the 12th century, so most likely of King Béla III. Anonymus wrote the first history books on the ancient Hungarians, he wrote based on legends. So you can see at his statue there is the pen which is believed to bring good luck to those who touches it (this could be a superstition, but many people touched it anyway :))
---
Hungarians | Magyarok
This word 'Hungarian' is thought to be derived from the Bulgar-Turkic Onogur.
''Onogurs'' is the name of the leading tribal union which means 'ten tribes' or 'ten arrows'.
'H-' prefix in many languages is a later addition: such as Hungarians, Hongrois, Hungarus. It was taken from the name of the Huns who is a semi-nomadic tribe that lived in the area of the present Hungary. It was according to medieval legends that the Huns were people from which Magyars arose.
However, this identification is disputed in late 19th century. The connection between Huns and Hungarians is still grey. There are other theories stating that the Hungarians are descendents of Scythians, Huns and/or Avars.
And the Hungarians are also believed to be descended from an Asian tribe that is thought to be a fusion of the Khazars, Avars and the Ugrians. Ugrians are believed to have passed on their language to the Hungarians today. And the genetic connection in ancient DNA between the small proportion of the population comprising the ruling class that is linked to Uralic populations approximately 1000 AD which was around the time of the formation of the first Hungarian state.
The Hungarian population belongs linguistically to the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic family.
''Onogurs'' is the name of the leading tribal union which means 'ten tribes' or 'ten arrows'.
'H-' prefix in many languages is a later addition: such as Hungarians, Hongrois, Hungarus. It was taken from the name of the Huns who is a semi-nomadic tribe that lived in the area of the present Hungary. It was according to medieval legends that the Huns were people from which Magyars arose.
However, this identification is disputed in late 19th century. The connection between Huns and Hungarians is still grey. There are other theories stating that the Hungarians are descendents of Scythians, Huns and/or Avars.
And the Hungarians are also believed to be descended from an Asian tribe that is thought to be a fusion of the Khazars, Avars and the Ugrians. Ugrians are believed to have passed on their language to the Hungarians today. And the genetic connection in ancient DNA between the small proportion of the population comprising the ruling class that is linked to Uralic populations approximately 1000 AD which was around the time of the formation of the first Hungarian state.
The Hungarian population belongs linguistically to the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic family.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
