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Cost of Living in Budapest

If you are thinking about to move to Budapest for studying or working here you have to face the daily life and costs in Budapest and Hungary. Most people moving here from all over the world come to Hungary because of the job, just think about big companies such as Vodafone, Mercedes or Audi, or the second reason is love. So you come to the country, find an apartment and start your job but there are of course duties that have to be done. From my own experience I can tell you that there are a lot of things that have to be taken care of from paying the bills for gas to shopping your daily supplies. In this article I would like to give an overview about how much do things cost, something like the... [Read more...]

Steve Jobs Statue in Budapest

On Wednesday December 21st the Steve Jobs statue in Budapest got unveiled which is standing in Budapests technology business park called “Graphisoft Park”. For you information, Microsoft Hungary has its office here. The 6 1/2 feet tall bronze statue was commissioned in mid October, right after Steve Jobs death, by the Hungarian Gabor Bojar who is the founder of Graphisoft, a software company that developes software solutions for architects. But why did Bojar commissioned the statue of Jobs? Steve Jobs in the mid 90s stumbled accross Bojars software and was impressed so that he helped him out in bad times and basically saved Graphisoft to exist. Bojars statement was “Apple’s... [Read more...]

David Guetta in Budapest

David Guetta is coming to Budapest to give a concert in the HungExpo (1101 Budapest , Albertirsai út 10.) on December 17th 2011. The prices for the gig of the world wide superstar DJ range from 8.990 HUF to 15.000 HUF for a VIP ticket. At the moment David Guetta is for sure the most successful and famous male artist and producer worldwide. His events are always sold out so that you should hurry up to get your ticket for the David Guetta Concert in Budapest. David Guetta has been playing already on Balaton Sound this year and according to the reactions on Facebook or Twitter it was a blast. Though very comercial, or probably that is the reason why, he fills up every venue and so he will do with... [Read more...]

Celebrities with Hungarian Roots

Hungary is such a small country one might think that not many well known people come from there but you are wrong, there are several worldwide celebrities who are either Hungarian or at least have Hungarian roots. You will be amazed what celebrities have something to do with Hungary so here we go. Calvin Klein Calvin Klein is a New York born designer from Jewish-Hungarian immigrants Jamie Lee Curtis Just like Calvin Klein Jamie Lee Curtis has Jewish-Hungarian ancestors Freddie Prince Jr. Hi grandfather was Jewish-Hungarian as well Drew Barrymore Her mothers name is Ildikó, I think that says it all Paul Newman His parents are Jews from Poland and Hungary Alanis Morisette Same here, mother is... [Read more...]

Budai Gourmet Festival

Budai Gourmet Festival The Budai Gourmet Festival in Budapest (Millenaris Park) is organized by Sziget.hu, the company organizing the Sziget Festival, Balaton Sound and the Volt Festival in Sopron as well. So it is ensured that this festival is professionally organized maybe even a bit too professional in my opinion. For the relativly high entrance fee of 2.900 HUF you are equipped with a wine glass and a payment card (based on NFC -Near Field Communication technology) in order to make your payments at the stands. This payment method seems to be very popular nowadays among festivals in Budapest, this was the case at the Pálinka Festival already, and the card will be valid for the Balaton Sound,... [Read more...]

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