January Name Days

1. Fruzsina
2. Ábel
3. Genovéva, Benjámin
4. Titusz, Leona
5. Simon
6. Boldizsár
7. Attila, Ramóna
8. Gyöngyvér
9. Marcell
10. Melánia
11. Ágota
12. Ernő
13. Veronika
14. Bódog
15. Lóránt, Loránd
16. Gusztáv
17. Antal, Antónia
18. Piroska
19. Sára, Márió
20. Fábián, Sebestyén
21. Ágnes
22. Vince, Artúr
23. Zelma, Rajmund
24. Timót
25. Pál
26. Vanda, Paula
27. Angelika
28. Károly, Karola
29. Adél
30. Martina, Gerda
31. Marcella

February Name Days

1. Ignác
2. Karolina, Aida
3. Balázs
4. Ráhel, Csenge
5. Ágota, Ingrid
6. Dorottya, Dóra
7. Tódor, Rómeó
8. Aranka
9. Abigél, Alex
10. Elvira
11. Bertold, Marietta
12. Lídia, Lívia
13. Ella, Linda
14. Bálint, Valentin
15. Kolos, Georgina
16. Julianna, Lilla
17. Donát
18. Bernadett
19. Zsuzsanna
20. Aladár, Álmos
21. Eleonóra
22. Gerzson
23. Alfréd
24. Mátyás
25. Géza
26. Edina
27. Ákos, Bátor
28. Elemér

March Name Days

1. Albin
2. Lujza
3. Kornélia
4. Kázmér
5. Adorján, Adrián
6. Leonóra, Inez
7. Tamás
8. Zoltán
9. Franciska, Fanni
10. Ildikó
11. Szilárd
12. Gergely
13. Krisztián, Ajtony
14. Matild
15. Kristóf
16. Henrietta
17. Gertrúd, Patrik
18. Sándor, Ede
19. József, Bánk
20. Klaudia,
21. Benedek
22. Beáta, Izolda, Lea
23. Emőke
24. Gábor, Karina
25. Irén, Írisz
26. Emánuel
27. Hajnalka
28. Gedeon, Johanna
29. Auguszta
30. Zalán
31. Árpád

April Name Days

1. Hugó
2. Áron
3. Buda, Richárd
4. Izidor
5. Vince
6. Vilmos, Bíborka
7. Herman
8. Dénes
9. Erhard
10. Zsolt
11. Leó, Szaniszló
12. Gyula
13. Ida
14. Tibor
15. Anasztázia, Tas
16. Csongor
17. Rudolf
18. Andrea, Ilma
19. Emma
20. Tivadar
21. Konrád
22. Csilla, Noémi
23. Béla
24. György
25. Márk
26. Ervin
27. Zita
28. Valéria
29. Péter
30. Katalin, Kitti

May Name Days

1. Fülöp, Jakab
2. Zsigmond
3. Tímea, Irma
4. Mónika, Flórián
5. Györgyi
6. Ivett, Frida
7. Gizella
8. Mihály
9. Gergely
10. Ármin, Pálma
11. Ferenc
12. Pongrác
13. Szervác, Imola
14. Bonifác
15. Zsófia, Szonja
16. Mózes, Botond
17. Paszkál
18. Erik, Alexandra
19. Ivó, Milán
20. Bernát, Felícia
21. Konstantin
22. Júlia, Rita
23. Dezső
24. Eszter, Eliza
25. Orbán
26. Fülöp, Evelin
27. Hella
28. Emil, Csanád
29. Magdolna
30. Janka, Zsanett
31. Angéla, Petronella

June Name Days

1. Tünde
2. Kármen, Anita
3. Klotild, Cecília
4. Bulcsú
5. Fatime, Fatima
6. Norbert, Cintia
7. Róbert
8. Medárd
9. Félix
10. Margit, Gréta
11. Barnabás
12. Villő
13. Antal, Anett
14. Vazul
15. Jolán, Vid
16. Jusztin
17. Laura, Alida
18. Arnold, Levente
19. Gyárfás
20. Rafael
21. Alajos, Leila
22. Paulina
23. Zoltán
24. Iván
25. Vilmos
26. János, Pál
27. László
28. Levente, Irén
29. Péter, Pál
30. Pál

July Name Days

1. Tihamér, Annamária
2. Ottó
3. Kornél, Soma
4. Ulrik
5. Emese, Sarolta
6. Csaba
7. Apollónia
8. Ellák
9. Lukrécia
10. Amália
11. Nóra, Lili
12. Izabella, Dalma
13. Jenő
14. Örs, Stella
15. Henrik, Roland, Örkény
16. Valter
17. Endre, Elek
18. Frigyes
19. Emília
20. Illés
21. Dániel, Daniella
22. Magdolna
23. Lenke
24. Kinga, Kincső
25. Kristóf, Jakab
26. Anna, Anikó
27. Olga, Liliána
28. Szabolcs
29. Márta, Flóra
30. Judit, Xénia
31. Oszkár

August Name Days

1. Boglárka
2. Lehel
3. Hermina
4. Domonkos, Dominika
5. Krisztina
6. Berta, Bettina
7. Ibolya
8. László
9. Emőd
10. Lőrinc
11. Zsuzsanna, Tiborc
12. Klára
13. Ipoly
14. Marcell
15. Mária
16. Ábrahám
17. Jácint
18. Ilona
19. Huba
20. István
21. Sámuel, Hajna
22. Menyhért, Mirjam
23. Bence
24. Bertalan
25. Lajos, Patrícia
26. Izsó
27. Gáspár
28. Ágoston
29. Beatrix, Erna
30. Rózsa
31. Erika, Bella

September Name Days

1. Egyed, Egon
2. Rebeka, Dorina
3. Hilda
4. Rozália
5. Viktor, Lőrinc
6. Zakariás
7. Regina
8. Mária, Adrienn
9. Ádám
10. Nikolett, Hunor
11. Teodóra
12. Mária
13. Kornél
14. Szeréna, Roxána
15. Enikő, Melitta
16. Edit
17. Zsófia
18. Diána
19. Vilhelmina
20. Friderika
21. Máté, Mirella
22. Móric
23. Tekla, Líviusz
24. Gellért, Mercédesz
25. Eufrozina, Kende
26. Jusztina
27. Adalbert
28. Vencel
29. Mihály
30. Jeromos

October Name Days

1. Malvin
2. Petra
3. Helga
4. Ferenc
5. Aurél
6. Brúnó, Renáta
7. Amália
8. Koppány
9. Dénes
10. Gedeon
11. Brigitta
12. Miksa
13. Kálmán, Ede
14. Helén
15. Teréz
16. Gál
17. Hedvig
18. Lukács
19. Nándor
20. Vendel
21. Orsolya
22. Előd
23. Gyöngyi
24. Salamon
25. Blanka, Bianka
26. Dömötör
27. Szabina
28. Simon, Szimonetta
29. Nárcisz
30. Alfonz
31. Farkas

November Name Days

1. Marianna
2. Achilles
3. Győző
4. Károly
5. Imre
6. Lénárd
7. Rezső
8. Zsombor
9. Tivadar
10. Réka
11. Márton
12. Jónás, Renátó
13. Szilvia
14. Aliz
15. Albert, Lipót
16. Ödön
17. Hortenzia, Gergő
18. Jenő
19. Erzsébet
20. Jolán
21. Olivér
22. Cecília
23. Kelemen, Klementina
24. Emma
25. Katalin
26. Virág
27. Virgil
28. Stefánia
29. Taksony
30. András, Andor

December Name Days

1. Elza
2. Melinda, Vivien
3. Ferenc
4. Borbála, Barbara
5. Vilma
6. Miklós
7. Ambrus
8. Mária
9. Natália
10. Judit
11. Árpád, Árpádina
12. Gabriella
13. Luca, Otília
14. Szilárda
15. Valér
16. Etelka, Aletta
17. Lázár, Olimpia
18. Auguszta
19. Viola
20. Teofil
21. Tamás
22. Zénó
23. Viktória
24. Ádám, Éva
25. Eugénia
26. István
27. János
28. Kamilla
29. Tamás, Tamara
30. Dávid
31. Szilveszter

Colabs Shared Office Budapest

If you are running a small business from home but you are missing the collegial environment of an office I have a superb solution for you. A shared office in Budapest. Prices for offices, even though office buildings are built one after the other, are quite high and most of the time not affordable for small business owners. The solution of a shared office is perfect for everybody who wants to get out of his or her home.

Now with Colabs this shared office soltution which is gaining more and more popularity all over the world has opened up in Budapest. In a top spot you can have office space together with others, even meeting rooms and much more. Additionally you can use the internet, printers and much more to feel more like being in your own office.

From 10:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m. (closing hours are very flexible) you can work in an office together with others who like you have a small business but cannot afford, or don’t want to, an own office.You can rent space there for a day or a month and even meeting rooms which are not too expensive.

Colabs is located in district 5 in Budapest so very central, right behind the Parliament on Szabadság Tér. This is the banking and political district of Budapest where many banks and other businesses have their offices. To see some images of colabs’ shared office solution please visit their Flickr account. So if you fancy to work among others instead of your own home go and check it out.

Address:
Vécsey utca 3
1054 Budapest
Or visit the Colabs website

It is probably the same in the Grand Market Hall in Budapest because you find typical Hungarian things such as paprika powder, goose liver or Pálinka. At least that is what the tourists should think about Hungary and their eating habits and I guess that is similar in any other touristic market in the world, they try to make you believe what is traditional. But of course Hungary is not only about paprika, Goulash and Salami even though that is what you mainly find in Grand Market Hall.

Anyways this is not about the tradition of Hungarian cooking and drinking rather a subjectiv opinion about the Grand Market Hall which is located at Fövám Tér right at the end of thenumber 1 touristic street in Budapest Váci utca. So there are mainly three types of shops in the Grand Market Hall which are vegetables (yes you will find a lot of paprika there), meat (yes, Salami) and souvenirs (ever heart about beautiful Hungarian table covers?). But to protect the Hungarian variety you just have to go to the cellar and you will find fish shops, an Asian shop with a shit load of spices, herbs, vegetables and all that kind of stuff. Additionally doenstairs you will find “Savanyúság” which is pickled vegetables such as cucumbers, cabbage, paprika, peppers and even baby melons.

If you go upstairs in the Grand Market Hall you have mainly bad quality textils such as T-Shirts with the parliament on it saying “I love Budapest” or the above mentioned table covered which maybe my grandmother would buy. But you also have restaurants and fast food places where you can get (bad quality) Hungarian food such as “Hurka” (sausage), Goulash Soup, “Székelykáposzta” (cabbage meat stew) and of course “Lángos”, “Palacsinta” and beer.

Hungary has three major mobile phone providers. These three split up the market. Market leader is T-Mobile formerly known as Westel. Vodafone and Pannon are close behind. If you decide to get a mobile phone we recommend to take the provider your friends use because the minute fees within the network are cheaper than to other networks. Further there is no major differnece between them but have a closer look at the 3 major ones.

• T-Mobile

V. Petofi Sándor u. 12.
Phone: (+36-1) 266 5723
Website

• Pannon GSM

Budaörs Baross u. 165.
Phone: (+36-20) 930 4000
Website

• Vodafone

Váci út 1-3. (Westend City Center)
Phone: (+36-1) 238 7281
Website

Next to regular mobile contracts you can also get mobile internet access in Hungary from all these providers. As I said before there is no major difference in the providers, all are reliable and work perfectly fine all over the country. The fees and minute prices are changing day by day so it would be useless to publish them here but you can find them on the websites.

As in other countries in Europe some providers sell exclusivly mobile phones like the iPhone at T-Mobile, the Blackberry Storm at Vodafone and so on. So if you fancy one of these phones you will not have much choice.

The listed adresses above symbolize the headquarters of the three mobile phone providers. You will find shops all over the country. In every shopping center you can find a major store and even in supermarkets you can find shops. If you come over to Budapest or Hungary for only a while it is recommendable to get a prepaid card from one of the providers. The minute fees are nearly the same, you don’t have to sign a contract and you can start immediately calling people.

Játékok |

From all over Europe it is possible to fly with low cost airlines to Budapest. But don’t expect too low prices and of course look at the hidden costs. Many of these airlines work with methods that make the price no so low anymore. For example Germanwings asks for 5€ per extra lagguage. All airlines add the airport fees and taxes. In most cases the really good offer you see in the beginning is a medium price in the end. Additionally go and book your flight as early as possible because with every day the prices go up.

Below you find a list with all cheap airlines flying to Budapest and all it’s departure cities.

Air Berlin

With AirBerlin you can fly from and to the following cities:

• London
• Paris
• Palma
• Dortmund
• Düsseldorf
• Cologne
• Hannover
• Hamburg
• Berlin
• Nürnberg
• Salzburg
• Zürich
• Munich
• Paderborn
• Münster
• Rostock
• Leipzig
• Dresden
• Erfurt
• Frankfurt.

For further information about a flight with AirBerlin to Budapest please visit the Air Berlin website.

easyJet

With easyJet you can fly from and to the following cities:

• Berlin
• Bristol
• Dortmund
• Geneve
• London
• Newcastle

Check out the easyJet website for further information on flights to Budapest with EasyJet.

Germanwings

With Germanwings you can fly from and to the following cities:

• Köln / Bonn
• Stuttgart

To book your flight or gather further information check out the Germanwings website.

Wizzair

With Wizzair you can fly from and to the following cities:

• Amsterdam
• Barcelona
• Burgas
• Brussels
• Corfu
• Frankfurt
• Herakleion
• London
• Malmö
• Palma de Mallorca
• Paris
• Rhodes
• Rome
• Sofia
• Split
• Stockholm
• Warsaw

For more information about the Hungarian low cost airline please visit the Wizzair website.

Sterling to Budapest

With Sterling you can fly from and to the following cities:

• Copenhagen
• Stockholm (Arlanda)

Get more information on flights to Budapest with Sterling on the Sterling website.

Aerlingus

Wit Aerlingus you can fly only from Dublin to Budapest. Therefore please visit the Aerlingus website.

Ryanair

With Ryanair you can fly from and to the following cities:

• Bremen
• Bristol
• Dublin
• East Midlands
• Frankfurt (Hahn)
• Glasgow
• Liverpool
• London

Additionally with Ryanair you can fly to Lake Balaton from the following cities:

• Frankfurt (Hahn)
• London Stansted

For information about flights to Budapest or Lake Balaton please visit the Ryanair website.

Billigfluglinien |

You search for daily information about Budapest? One of the several blogs about Budapest might be the right point for you to get up to date daily information. Blogs are designed to fast upload fresh content and inform readers about real time issues such as political changes, cultural happenings or just a daily life of an expat in Budapest. To bring you daily information I have created a list of Blogs that deliver good and reliable information about the topic Budapest, Hungary and even more.

 If you are a blog owner and I have not yet found your blog please let me know to get listed here on this site. Drop me a line to the emailadress under “contact”. If you are not a blog owner but know a good blog about Budapest do the same. 

• Budapestagent.com Blog about Budapest

Unfortunately I have not enough time to create new entries every day but my blog is worth a visit. You can find updates around Budapestagent.com as well as city information and news.

• Blog about festivals in Budapest

This blog is quiet up to date in terms of festivals such as the wine festival, sausage festival and so on. In between you can find posts about restaurants and cafés. It is updated every 2 to 3 weeks.

• Hungarian Accent

Nice blog about Budapest, unfortunately not updated very frequent. This blog shows Budapest from a different perspective and covers untypical but interesting topics.

• English Hungary

Quiet good blog about Budapest and Hungary. Still frequently updated with not just Hungarian or Budapest related topics. Additionally it comes in a nice layout. This blog covers politics, entertainment and daily life on one site.

• Budapest picture

If you want to get an impression on Budapest please check out this page. The pictures taken are absolutly amazing.

• Budapest daily photo

This is a very nice blog which presents each day one photo from another corner of Budapest. Sometimes there are quiet fancy places and pictures which you can find. It is definetly worth a visit even though it delivers no daily information such as news.

• Budapest Guide

Budapestguide is a well organized and nice looking blog about Budapest offering daily information about nearly any topic. It is definetly worth to visit budapestguide.net to get additional information.

• BudaCast

This is a must hear website about Budapest. Get news, infos and interesting stories about Budapest right on your ears. Budacast is a 20 minutes long weekly show from Drew Leifheit.

• The Hungarian Girl

Really detailed information about all things concerning Hungary and even across boarders especially food and food supply. A must read for everybody who is interested in Hungary and it’s culture.

 

Many universities around the world offer to study a semester or year abroad in Budapest. In Budapest you find top universities for every subject such as the technical university or business studies are well developed in Budapest. Next to the studies in Budapest you will not be bored due to the great nightlife, the amazing city and the firendly people around here. I want to introduce you some universities that offer to study abroad in Budapest. Of course we cannot list all so go to your university office and check if one of the Budapest universities is on the list.

I receive a lot of emails from students around the world who drop me a line and even thank me for the great service I provide. So I want to take the opportunity to say thank you for all of you as well who keep this project alive. I do this because I love the city and I want to prevent people from getting ripped off here and leave with a bad souvenir. So read the site, tell your friends and family about it and enjoy your stay in Budapest or Hungary. If you are a student from some other university around the world and you were in Budapest, feel free to share your information with me. Here we go with some universities.

If you live with your family in Budapest and want to send your child to an international kindergarten this is you list. You will find all international kindergartens of Budapest to send your child to. Of course there are some private international day cares in Budapest as well which you can check out. To be sure your child grows up in an international environment it might be interesting for you to sent him or her to one of the facilities below.

Under the Rainbow Pre-School and Kindergarten
H-1029 Budapest
Feketerigó u. 20.
Tel: +36 30 231 8181
e-mail address: info@undertherainbow.hu
Website

A-Z Kindergarten
1125 Budapest, Zsolna ut 2. 
+36 1 212-0133
website 

Busy Bee International Kindergarten
1125 Budapest, Távcso u. 12. 
+36 1 395-4015 
website 

Daisy Kindergarten
1037 Budapest, Reménység u. 6.
+36 30 236-8867

Greenhouse
1125 Budapest, Szarvas Gábor u. 27. 
+36 1 394-3645 
website 

Happy Kids
1125 Budapest, Fodor utca 36. 
+36 1 356-2440 
website

Kinderclub Kindergarten
1121 Budapest, Muvesz ut 5-7 
+36 1 395-5450, 
website

Montessori Kindergarten
1214 Budapest, Szabadság u. 14/a.
+36 30 372-4502 
website

Nakayoshi Japanese Kindergarten

+36 20 353-5800 

Pinocchio Kindergarten
1026 Budapest, Harangvirág u. 4.
+36 30 343 7754
website

Planet Kids International Kindergarten
1125 Budapest, György Aladár u. 18.
+36 30 343 7754
website

Plumpudding Protectory
1026 Budapest, Gyergyó u. 6. 
+36 1 356-6553 

Super Kids
1021 Budapest, Völgy u. 1-3. 
+36 1 200-0644 
website 

Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten
1125 Budapest, Rosze köz 4. 
+36 1 356-0203 
website 

The English Garden Pre-School
1089 Budapest
Villám utca. 25
Abroad: 00 36 20 224 5070
Hungary: 06 20 224 5070
Email: englishgardenpreschool@yahoo.com
Web: EnglishGarden.hu

If you fancy reading a book once in a while but don’t want to buy it or it is not avilable anymore for any reason I recommend to you to go to one of the many libraries in Budapest. In most of them you can find fantastic books and even international ones if you don’t speak Hungarian. Check out the libraries listed below.

British Council Library
Budapest, Benczur utca 26. 
+36 1 321-4039 

Central European University
Budapest, Nádor u.9. 
+36 1 327-3099 

Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 1. 
+36 1 411-6100 

National Agricultural Library and Documentaion Center
Budapest 13.
+36 1 356-8211 

Szabó Ervin Library in Budapest
1088 Budapest, Szabó Ervin tér 1. 
+36 1 318-5807 

Széchenyi National Library
1014 Budapest, Budavári Palota, building F 
+36 1 224-3700 

Hungarian History Corvinus Library
website

For foreigners there are several bookstores in Budapest offering books in many different languages such as German, English, french, Italian and so on. Of course the big bookstores like Libri offer international books as well but there are some bookstores in Budapest specialized on foreign language books. 

Bestsellers
Many books, newspapers, and magazines. All in english.
Budapest V. ker. Október 6 u. 11.
Open 7 days a week
+36 1 312-1295

CEU Bookshop
Academic and professional books.
Budapest V. ker. Nádor u. 9.
Open Monday to Friday 9-18, Sat: 10-16
+36 1 327-3096

Király Books
English and French books.
Budapest, I. ker. Fo u. 79.
Open Monday to Friday 9-18, Sat 10-17
+36 1 214-0972

Red Bus Bookstore
Second Hand Bookstore
Budapest V. ker. Semmelweis u. 14.
Open Monday – Friday 11-18, Sat 10-14
+36 1 337-7453

Pen Dragon Bookshop
Great selection of books for kids and adults.
Open Monday – Friday 10:00-18:00
Budapest XIII. ker. Pozsonyi ut 21-23.
+36 1 340-4426

Treehugger Dan’s Bookstore Cafe
The Local Bookstore with a Global Conscience
Csengery u. 48
1067 Budapest
info@treehugger.hu, Treehugger bookstore Cafe
Tel: 36-1-322-0774
Open M-F 10-19, Sat: 10-17
thousands of second-hand English and German books, free WiFi, organic Fair Trade coffee and tea.

Treehugger Dan’s Bookstore and Lounge/Yellow Zebra
Lazar u. 16
1065 Budapest
Tel: 36-1-269-3843
open m-f: 09:30-18:30, sat & sun: 10:00-16:00
thousands of second-hand English books, internet cafe, bike rentals, bike and walking tours and segway tours.