Tas Vezér u., Budapest XI (Kelenföld)
Perfectly refurbished 2 bedroom condois for sale in a small street at Kosztolányi tér, near Bartók Béla Park with the “Bottomless lake” (Feneketlen tó). Classic building! This is the best condo on the Budapest market, snap it up!
Price: HUF 35,000,000.00 [currency converter]
Perfectly refurbished 2 bedroom condois for sale in a small street at Kosztolányi tér, near Bartók Béla Park with the “Bottomless lake” (Feneketlen tó). Classic building! This is the best condo on the Budapest market, snap it up!
Town House For Sale in Budateteny
Listing Price: HUF 44,900,000.00 [currency converter]
Rent: $ 1400 monthly (only long term)
Rent to Own option!
Gorgeous 4 bedroom townhouse is for sale in a quiet part of Budatétény, on the hillside near Campona mall. Can be sold furnished, unfurnished or partially furnished.
Vizsla
The vizsla is a breed of sporting dog. It can generally work both as a pointer and a retriever. Developed on the open plains of Hungary, the vizsla was bred to be a swift and cautious hunter, wary of alerting its quarry. Read more »
Roman Beach (Római Part)
Római part, or Roman bank, runs along the side of the Danube in District III, out by Óbuda. On a hot Sunday afternoon the grassy waterfront is filled with families enjoying the sun. Read more »
Boat Trips on the Danube River
Boat companies provide boat trips along the Danube in the Summer season. Here are some short regular boat trips for you to try: Read more »
Hang out in Szimpla kert
In the evening of a warm day, hang out in Szimpla kert (”simple yard”).
“Szimpla has been running since October 2001. We keep trying to find out whether it’s possible to support alternative culture on a profit oriented basis, to survive seemingly hopeless construction works, to have one of the best cuisines in town, to screen self distributed movies in our own open-air cinema, to organize animation festivals, and things like this. The answer so far seems to be: yes, it is…”
Parenting Completed…
You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round
will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back. Read more »
Used Bookstores
Idea for Fun in Budapest: Go to galleries, museums and especially used bookstores along Museum krt. Have lunch at a table on the street in Ráday utca.
Take a Look at the Hand of István in the Basilica
Visit Saint Stephen’s Basilica (Szent István Bazilika) and take a look at his preserved right hand.
The Basilica is the biggest church in Budapest, named after István, the first king of Hungary. Read more »
Fish Soup
Everyone coming to Hungary and finding themselves by the Danube, Tisza or Balaton shore will come across the local version of the Hungarian fish soup. Read more »
TIVADAR PUSKÁS - invented the predecessor of radio
September 17th, 1844, Pest – March 16th, 1893, Budapest
Tivadar Puskás invented the telephone exchange and the telephone newsreader, the predecessor of the wired radio.
In the legend, Tivadar Puskás said “hallo” into the telephone receiver for the first time on April 2, 1878, or rather he said “hallom” (that is to say “I hear” in Hungarian), so the world “HALLO” originated from this Hungarian word. It was the first long-distance call, which was established between Puskás and Edison having overcame the distance of 107 miles between New York and Philadelphia.
Puskás also built Europe’s first telephone exchange in 1879. In Budapest, the world’s fourth exchange commenced operating in 1881.
Puskás received his higher education in Theresianum, then at the Technical University in Vienna. However, he was not able to complete his studies due to his father’s death. Later he undertook work in London and in Transylvania, and then he traveled to the United States and made some business. In 1876 Puskás returned to Europe for a short time, and began to build the telegraph network in London and Brussels. His concept was to create a telegraph apparatus that on its switchboard the lines of the factories and offices in the city could be connected to it and to each other, as well. However, the idea was considered too expensive.
Having heard that A.G. Bell presented his new invention, the telephone, Puskás traveled there at once, and realized that he should build a telephone exchange.
He visited and convinced Edison that the telephone is a novel device which needed to be made available to the public. From the autumn of 1876 to the summer of 1877 Puskás worked with Edison on the idea of the telephone exchange at the Edison’s laboratory in Menlo Park.
In the summer of 1877, Puskás as Edison’s European agent moved to London and in 1878 to Paris, where he directed the installation of the first telephone network and exchange. In October 1879 Tivadar Puskás became a member of the board of directors in the Edison Company.
Meanwhile, Puskás trained his brother, Ferenc, who with Edison’s consent, obtained exclusive rights to build telephone exchanges on the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The two brothers returned home and began to install a telephone exchange in Budapest, which started to operate with twenty five subscribers on May 1st, 1881 as the sixth telephone exchange in Europe. Three months after opening the first exchange Puskás set up the second one, then, by setting up another one in Buda the number of telephone exchanges in Budapest increased up to three.
In 1881 at the World Fair in Paris Puskás presented Jumbo, a giant 27-ton dynamo of Edison’s company, the phonograph and electric lighting. Jumbo supplied electricity to 1,000-1,200 light bulbs with tremendous success.
Puskás was also interested in the telephone newsreader, i.e. the idea of transmission to several stations at the same time.
When on the exhibition Puskás has shown the General Telephone Company of Paris he organized the first “live broadcast”. He broadcast a performance from the Paris Opera to a room at the exhibition where 16 listeners were able to hear the performance on earphones.
On February 14th, 1882, at the spring festival organized in the building of the Vigadó (Municipal Concert Hall) of Pest Puskás broadcasted Erkel’s opera “László Hunyadi” from the National Theatre through his “songtelephone”. At this time only a limited number of listeners could enjoy the broadcast. In order to make it possible to listen to it on innumerable receivers at the same time, the sound had to be amplified. Puskás’s sound multiplicator, a forerunner of today’s amplifying valve served for this purpose.
After several unsuccessful businesses Tivadar Puskás, poor and ill, returned to Budapest, where, the Budapest Telephone Company, Puskás Tivadar and Co. almost went bankrupt. Fortunately the Minister of Industry and Trade who comprehended the potentialities of the telephone, took the telephone network into public ownership, and rented it to Puskás. Further enhancement, therefore, was supported by the state.
After Puskás founded the telephone exchange of the city of Budapest, he invented the forerunner of the radio, the telephone broadcaster. On February 15th, 1893, for the first time in the world, the telephone newsreader began to broadcast in Budapest, Hungary. In the first period the telephone newsreader did not have independent wires, the subscribers requested connection from the telephone exchange and they could listen to permanent broadcasting from 9 in the morning till 9 in the evening on the telephone. Later individual wires were laid down for the telephone newsreader.
This is how W. B. Forster Bovill writes about it in Hungary and the Hungarians, (1908, pages 111-112):
“You may be seated as I was in the reading-room of one of the hotels, or in a large coffee-house, when suddenly a rush is made for a telephone-looking instrument which hangs from the wall. In time perhaps you will become one of these “rushers.” It is the Telephon Hirmondo, a kind of newspaper which telephones its news instead of printing it. Budapest is the only city in the world which possesses such an instrument. All day long a clear-toned elocutionist announces news just as it arrives, it commences in the morning at nine by sending the correct time, which is repeated every hour. At twelve o’clock the news of the day, home and abroad, is sent out to thousands of homes, etc. Sometimes a raconteur will make the luncheon hour pass easily by telling a few good stories. The latest rise and fall “on ‘Change,” programme of events, meetings, Parliament, horseraces, these are a few of the items one may receive. From 4.30 to 6.30 one may listen to a famous Honvéd military band, and after seven in the evening, for five nights of the week, the subscriber sitting at home may listen to grand opera. On the two remaining evenings the strains of a gipsy band coming from a distant café adds to the enjoyment. The Magyar loves pleasure.”
Today’s wired radios are based on the structural elements of Tivadar Puskás’s telephone newsreader.
A month later the telephone newsreader broadcast (telephonograph) released the sad news that Tivadar Puskás died of heart attack, at the age of 49.
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Outdoor Markets
Idea for Fun in Budapest: Take pictures at outdoor markets.
Zwack Unicum
Joseph II, emperor of Austria and Hungary, unwittingly came up with the name for Hungary’s most famous liqueur in 1790. “Das ist ein Unicum” he commented after sampling the tonic created by court physician Dr. Zwack to treat a stomach disorder troubling his majesty. Read more »
Visit the Great Jewish Synagogue and the Holocaust Museum
Visit the Great Jewish Synagogue and the Holocaust Museum.
The Budapest Synagogue is the second biggest Synagogue in the world. Unique for its architectural style and recently restored, it has been an important center for Jewish life in Budapest and Europe Read more »
Budafok 5 bdr House for Rent
Five bedroom furnished home is available for long time RENT as of Aug 1, 2008. This lovely family home is available for long term rent in Budafok, a quiet, green residential neighborhood, a short drive to ICSB. The house is tastefully furnished. Diplomat owner is moving to another European country for 4 years. Viewing and contract: now; moving date: August 1.
Rent: EUR 1,000.00 (approx. Ft 250,000.00) [currency converter]
Yard Size: approx. 1,300 square meters (large)
Floor Area: larger than 200 square meters
Style: 2 Story Detached House
Address: Alkotmány u, Budafok (Budapest XXII) [printable map]
Living Space:
GROUND FLOOR: entrance hall, kitchen, dining area, living room, master bedroom with its own nice bathroom (tub + shower cabin), office, laundry room, guest WC, large porch surrounded with beautiful greenery.
UPSTAIRS: family room, 4 full size bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, balconies.
- Covered car port for 2 cars in the yard.
- Radiator heating.
- Nicely landscaped, flat yard with a lot of green - makes the house very intimate, you can hardly see it from the street.
- Paved street, safe neighborhood.
- Bus # 41 to the city: 5 min walk.
- International school (ICSB): approx. 10 min drive.
- Shopping centers (Savoya Park or Campona) 5 min drive.
This home is an ideal dwelling for a larger family with many children. Family dog is welcome.
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Budapest Property Listings in English »
house, for rent, Budapest, XXII, Budafok, home, ICSB
Hungary Drops in Competitiveness
Hungary slipped back three places to 38 in the World Competitiveness Yearbook survey compiled by Swiss economic institute IMD. The report covers 55 countries and measures competitiveness based on some 300 criteria. Read more »
Canoes
Idea of Fun in Budapest: Rent canoes on the Danube (off the HÉV).
Budafok - Family House For Rent
This almost new family home is available for long term rent in Budafok, a quiet, green residential neighborhood near Campona mall. The house comes unfurnished, but if you can not bring your own furniture, the very nice owner family can provide. Read more »
Diosd: Family Home For Rent
This home is currently occupied.
Budapest Property Listings in English »
Large, partially furnished 4 bedroom family home with country interiors and an extra gust apartment is immediately available for rent until August of 2009 in the best neighborhood of Diosd, 10 min walk to ICSB (International Christian School of Budapest).
Rent: $ 1,400.00 / currency converter
Lot Size: approx. 700 square meters
Floor Area: approx. 270 square meters
Living Space: 4 Bedrooms, Study, separate studio apartment, 3.5 Bathrooms, Kitchen - Dining - Living Room, Laundry room, Entry Way Read more »
Go to the Budapest Citadel on Gellért Hill
Go to the Budapest Citadel on Gellért hill. The Citadella is an impressive fortress built originally in the mid 19th century by the Habsburgs.
The Freedom Monument is a statue of a lady with a palm, representing Read more »
Chain Bridge
Idea for Fun in Budapest: Streak across the Chain Bridge. Take close pictures of the iron structures.
Hungary: Current Macroeconomic Forecast
Getting out from the hole
According to the forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank the Hungarian economy will bottom out from the last year’s “hole” by the end of 2008. This year real earnings will already grow – although slowly. If the global financial market stabilizes, the forint interest rates may decrease. Read more »
Szalámi: Hercz and Pick
Hungarian salami is another product consumed around the world. In Budapest Herz Szalámi, and in Szeged Pick Szalámi are made only from the finest pork, with the greatest care and on the basis of jealously guarded recipes. Read more »
Read in a Park
Idea for Fun in Budapest: Read in the Gellért Park or on Margit sziget.
Admire the Houses of Parliament
Admire the Houses of Parliament. Extravagant, sumptuous, gracious, overpowering, rich, extraordinary, over the top, opulent, lavish, elegant – you will then have your own words to describe the interior. Many consider it the most beautiful Parliament Buildings in the world. Read more »
Student’s Basic Budget in Budapest
Survival budget - This is how much money you will need to have in order to survive in Budapest as a student:
- Accommodation: 40,000-60,000 Ft + utilities
- Food and drink: 30,000 - 40,000 Ft
- Mobility: 3,250 Ft (student pass)
- Insurance: 15,000 Ft
- Leisure activity / recreation: 2,000-12,000 Ft (one movie ticket costs approx. 1,000 Ft)
- Other (phone, internet, clothing, medical expenses, etc.): 15,000-30,000 Ft
Total: 85,000-150,000 Ft
To survive on your own in Budapest, and if you must pay your rent, want to go out only once or twice a month, and have the odd meal at a cheap restaurant, you need the bare minimum of 100,000 Ft monthly as a limited student’s budget.
Convert Ft to your own currency
student’s budget in Budapest, cost of living, Hungary
Legal - Illegal
We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was “legal” and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal“.
- Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Why We Can’t Wait, 1963
legal, illegal, civil disobedience, Hungarian revolution 1956
Szentendre Day-trip
Go to Szentendre for a day trip! It is a stereotypical cobblestoned European town. Buy a ticket at the Batthyány HÉV/Metro stop and take the HÉV to the end of the line! For a scenic ride home take a boat cruise down the Danube back into Budapest! Read more »
Family Housing Expenses
Rental prices
- 4 bedroom single standing home outside of Budapest city limits start at 250,000 Ft / 1,000 EUR monthly + utilities
- 4 bedroom single standing home in district 12: 750,000 - 1,500,000 Ft / 3,000 - 6,000 EUR monthly + utilities
Incomes in Hungary
The minimum payable wage in Hungary is 65,500 Ft (€ 258) per month. In fact you have to do a lot of math to make it last until the end of the month. Read more »
Onions and Paprika
Of the various vegetables and spices used in Hungarian dishes, Makó onions and ground red paprika from Kalocsa or Szeged must be listed as genuine hungaricum. Read more »
Horseback Riding & Horse Summer Camps!
Providing children, teens and adults with fun-filled opportunities to build cross-cultural friendships, practice English, and learn horsemanship the natural way in a Christian setting: Read more »
New Playhouse and Summer Camp in Diósd
Szülők Háza (Home for Parents) will run theme Summer day-camps throughout this summer, and is opening a new day-care center / nursery school (óvoda) in Diósd in September, 2008 for ages 3-7. Read more »
Spend the Day on Margaret Island
You can ride a bike, a bringo or a pony, play in various playgrounds, have a family picnic on Margaret Island… and splash in the largest pool of Budapest! Read more »
Flea Market
Idea of Fun in Budapest: Go to the flea market at Ecseri út. Take the #154 or #156 bus from Boráros Tér near the Duna.
The Chain Bridge
Missionary Kids, Third Culture Kids
Quoted from a very informative and insightful article written by Matthew McNutt on his blog:
Positive things that characterize most Third Culture Kids:
- Third Culture Kids tend to be politically astute. They are interested in national and global events, and actively keep track of the news. They often times are aware of the issues and both sides of the debates.
- Third Culture Kids usually speak more than one language. It is not unusual for them to know three or four languages, often times better than they let on.
- Third Culture Kids are much more comfortable communicating with adults than the average American teenager.
- Third Culture Kids tend to possess greater maturity in social skills. They are able to adapt well and notice details others might not.
- Third Culture Kids possess global perspective. They are able to understand the perspectives other nations have and relate them one to another. As a result, they are usually less prejudiced than others their age.
- Third Culture Kids are achievers. A far greater percentage of TCK’s go on to earn Bachelor degrees and advanced degrees than other groups.
- Because of their own experiences of feeling different, Third Culture Kids are much more likely to reach out and accept new people, especially those with different cultural backgrounds.
International Schools in Budapest
Budapest has a number of educational opportunities in the English language. There are three schools that offer instruction in the English language and use an essentially American curriculum: Read more »
Like a Fish out of Water: Stages of Culture Shock
Honeymoon Period
In the early days, you may not feel the stress involved in relocating not just your home, but your whole life. In this “honeymoon period”, which can last from a couple of weeks to six months, you’ll be too busy swanning about, tasting the new food and exploring the place to notice. Read more »
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Heroes’ Square
Walk up Andrássy Street to Heroes’ Square (Hősök tere).
Andrássy Street is the great boulevard of Budapest. Many of the buildings in Budapest were erected in the 19th century - the private nobility took an eclectic approach and you can see the extraordinary mix of styles and ornamentation on such as Andrassy Street.
Andrássy Street goes straight from the Danube River to the Millenary Column in the Heroes’ Square – tree-lined all the way. Almost every building has ornamentation or plasterwork of note and the tree-lined street makes a lovely walk.
On Andrássy Street is the Opera House (Operaház). Built in the late 19th Century, the Budapest Opera House is an impressive neo-renaissance building reminiscent of the Opera House in Vienna.
Heroes’s Square is a place where art was used to express and honor the amazing history of the Hungarian Nation… from the time when the first Hungarian tribes settled in this area of the Carpathian Basin Read more »
English-Speaking Churches in Budapest
Bible Baptist Church
Budapest 17. 502 utca 19
Tel./Fax: 253-0390
E-mail: davef@axelero.hu
Calvary Chapel - ‘Golgotha’
Hiradó Movie Theatre at Blaha Lujza tér
Tel.: 322-2499
E-mail: golgota@internet.hu
Danube International Church
Non- denominational service
Meets at Mathias Corvinus Collegium, District 11, Somlói út 5.
Greater Grace Christian Church
Small church, familiar atmosphere - messages translated into Hungarian
Budapest 12, Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 22/b (across Budagyöngye) 1125
Sunday Services: 10:30 a.m.
International Baptist Church of Budapest
Fellowship over coffee begins at 10 am. on Sundays
followed by service at 10:30 a.m.
Budapest 2, Törökvész út 48-54. 394-4965
International Church of Budapest
Multi-denominational service and children’s ministry takes place
at 10:30 am every Sunday
Budapest 3th district, Kis Korona u. 7 (Óbudai Community Center)
Contact: Pastor Glenn Ford
Tel.: 786 3073
Email: icb.church@gmail.com
Service times: Sunday, 10:30 AM
KEGY - Kelenföld Evangelical Church
A bi-cultural church in Hungarian and English.
Fellowship: Sunday 10-12 a.m.
1119 Budapest 11, Etele út 55.
Email: kegy@kegy.hu
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Budapest 6. Vörösmarty u. 51
Tel./Fax: 246-2258
Roman Catholic Masses at Szent Antal Church
Budapest 2, Pasaréti tér 2
Contact: Katie or Sebastian Gorka
Tel: 368-4428
Service times: Sunday, 4 PM
The Bible Speaks Church
Budapest 8, Golgota u. 3. 1089
Tel.: 210-2028
Fax: 210-8526
E-mail: iroda@bibliaszol.hu
Christian churches, English-speaking churches, international churches in Budapest
English DVD Video Store
English DVD & Video Rental - There are two of these, one in Buda (Hajnóczy József u. 11, District 12) and one in Pest (Zichy Jenő u. 44, between Oktogon and Nyugati — walk south, dog leg to the left and follow the footprints on the sidewalk). Read more »
May Fair at GGIS - May 9
Event Info
Host: GGIS
Type: Other - Festival Read more »
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Pickpocketing
Pickpocketing is rampant downtown in busy areas and especially on stuffed trams and buses. It is not uncommon to have money taken right out of your front pocket or out of your purse or backpack – these people are professionals! The best solution is to carry a pouch with your valuables in it around your neck or waist under your shirt, or to use a zippered inside pocket. If you carry a purse, be sure to keep your hand ON your purse when you are in crowded stores or on public transportation.
When traveling, be sure to have no valuables in your backpack because it is so easy for pickpocketers to just unzip a pocket and take whatever!
Watch each others’ bags when traveling. If you’d cry if it were stolen, then don’t put it in your bag.
Budapest Windows
Hungarian Money
The official currency in Hungary is the forint, or Hungarian forint (HUF). The coins in use are 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 forints. Banknotes come in denominations of 200, 500, 1 000, 2 000, 5 000, 10 000, and 20 000 - with elaborate graphic designs. There are also Braille signs on them for the visually impaired. Read more »
English Language Pre-schools and Playgroups in Budapest
“Because a large percentage of a child’s personality is formed before they reach age seven, early childhood education is crucial to children’s development. Read more »
Get Out of the City
Idea for Fun in Budapest: Get out of the city! Take a day trip to a nearby town: Szentendre, Visegrád, Vác, Gödöllő, Esztergom, etc.
Forint Weakens
The forint was trading down more than 1% against the euro at near 254 Wednesday after rumors of a possible downgrade of Hungary by credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s. Read more »
No Public Transportation in Budapest on Friday!
Talks Fail to Avert Daylong BKV Strike. Public transport in Budapest will not be running on Friday as BKV management and unions failed to reach agreement yesterday. No talks are scheduled for today.
If the walkout goes ahead, the 22 BKV unions will be on strike Read more »
Shopping at the Great Market Hall
The Great Market Hall (Vásárcsarnok) is one of the best places to buy souvenirs and other typical Hungarian gift type things for family and friends. At the top floor of this interesting building (which, by the way, was designed by Eiffel, the same guy who designed the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris!) is where you find Read more »
OVI to Verify Referendum Signatures
The National Election Commission (OVB) on Monday ordered the National Election Office (OVI) to start verifying the signatures submitted in favor of a referendum against the privatisation of health insurance. Read more »
Helping Your Child Cope With Culture Shock
You can minimize your child’s disorientation by familiarizing her with the country you will be visiting before the trip, maintaining familiar rituals while traveling, and encouraging her to interact with the local culture. Children go through culture shock Read more »