tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850089940937055092011-12-13T13:43:31.190+01:00Information about Hungary: News, funny videos, beautiful photos, travel, vacation - things to see, and things NOT to see in Budapest, Lake Balaton and Hungary, culture, television, music, history, etc.Csicsonoreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185008994093705509.post-48437982165997918772007-05-13T01:46:00.000+01:002007-05-13T02:02:42.682+01:00

At a dormitory competition in 2005 students of University of Technology and Economics in Budapest turned the dormitory building into a big dot matrix display. They created a special system which controlled the lights and set up a light in front of each windows of the dormitory. A little box turned the electricity in and out. This little box was connected to a controller computer which played the

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German teenagers had the time of their life at Lake Balaton. Thanks for popularizing Hungary!Photo by Szili

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Let's see Hungary in English blog's rankings of Eurovision Song Contest. According to us the just result would have been as follows. Or maybe it's not the just result but our opinion.1. Hungary, Magdi Ruzsa2. Moldova, Natalia Barbu3. Finland, Hanna Pakarinen4. Bulgaria, Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov5. Serbia, Marija Serifovic...10. Russia, Serebro...16. Turkey, Kenan Dogulu...21. Ukraina,

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Magdi Ruzsa finally came 9th in the Eurovision Song Contest final which she and Hungarians can be very proud of since, as we saw, culturually and ethnically akid countries voted each other and Hungary doesn't have too many of these. At the same time, Magdi deserved the best songwriter award for her beautiful song! Congratulations on your performance and your talent of songwriting! <!--

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Hungary in English blog has already written about Magdi Ruzsa. The reason for the new post about her is her great ESC performance in Eurovision Song Contest semi-final which dazzled viewers and critics both. Her fantastic performance was enough for the final which is held tonight.According to lots of people she is one of the best in the field. Tonight over 100 million viewers can see her and vote

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Margaret Island (Margitsziget) is a 2.5 km long island in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, between the two city parts, Buda and Pest. Margaret Island is one of the most beautiful open spaces in the city. In contrast to similar islands in other great cities, Margitsziget has not been built over, but has remained a huge park in the heart of Budapest. It is a popular recreational area

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He is not a Hungarian rap star at all. Currently he is working in Cyprus as a manager of an upscale restaurant. Want to know more about him? Visit his unofficial fan site!

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Speak is more and more popular in the world. Unfortunately he is starting to be the symbol of Hungary and the Hungarian music despite the fact that we have really great singers who deserve much more popularity than Speak, The Hungarian Rapper.Loads of people came to Hungary in English blog by the keyword of "Speak, The Hungarian Rapper lyrics" but, up to now, couldn't find the lyrics.Lyrics:2003,

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Lake Balaton (sometimes called the Hungarian sea) is the largest lake in Central Europe. The peak season extends from June until the end of August. It's very enjoyable to bath in the lake since the average water temperature in summer is about 25 °C (77 °F). I collected the most beautiful, most interesting and most exciting towns which should be visited at Lake Balaton.2. Badacsony - Fine wine and

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Maestro is the first Hungarian movie nominated for Oscar since 1972. Tonight it will turn out if Maestro will win the Academy Award for the best animated short.

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Lake Balaton (sometimes called the Hungarian sea) is the largest lake in Central Europe. The peak season extends from June until the end of August. It's very enjoyable to bath in the lake, since the average water temperature in summer is about 25 °C (77 °F). I collected the most beautiful, most interesting and most exciting towns which should be visited at Lake Balaton.1. Siofok - For young

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Andrassy Avenue is part of the World Heritage. It is one of the most representative streets in Hungary and one of Budapest very few avenues. Heroes' Square lies at the end of Andrassy Avenue. The famous square is sorrounded by two pretty buildings, Museum of Fine Arts and Palace of Art. The other end of the avenue is Oktogon. Oktogon derives its name from its shape, which is that of an octagon (a

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It seems that you like NOX very much. Diane even demanded for more NOX clips. So for the sake of Diane, some new NOX videos.. I still think that NOX is one of the best Hungarian pop bands. Besides NOX is very popular in Hungary, as I experienced, people from abroad who get to know the group, adore them, too.NOX: Csak jatssz!NOX: SzeretemFormerly on Hungary in English blog: Great Hungarian Music -

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The Budapest Metro consists of three lines. Line 4 is under construction. There are also plans for Budapest Metro Line 5.The line 1 of Budapest Metro is the oldest subway of the continental Europe. It was inagurated in 1896, the year of millennium. Line 2 was built from 1950 to 1963 and is currently under major reconstructions. Among others, stations are renovated. The renovation will have been

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Speak is the most hilarious rapper I have ever seen. He is really great: his rap techique, the lyrics, the ryhmes all worth for a Grammy.. At the same time, it is important to mention that Speak's clip has never been in any Hungarian TV. Neither I, nor my friends have ever heard of him before this fantastic videoclip.Speak, The Hungarian Rapper Lyrics

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Buda Castle, which is the part of the Budapest World Heritage Site since 1987, was built in the 14th century by Prince Stephen. King Sigismund Luxemburg of Hungary greatly enlarged the palace between 1410 and 1420. Unfortunately, serious damage was caused by Hasburgs, and Turkish. Finally, Buda Castle was destroyed in the great siege of 1686 when Buda was captured by the allied Christian forces.

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Since I can't make up a better description for this idontknowhat than the uploader of this video wrote, I would quote him."The guy is simply unskilled so don't care about him. The essence is Kiszel Tunde who is one of the strangest woman in Hungary. No. SHE IS. She thinks she is the most beautiful woman in the world, she thinks she is smart and clever and good and sexy and everything. She had had

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Since Hungary's national football team is currently terrible, it is good to look back to the old times when the Hungarian Golden Team was the best in the world. Hungary was the first European team which defeathed the English national team on home soil. In 1953 they stunned England with a 6-3 win at Wembley Stadium. At their next meeting in 1954 Hungary's national team was even more fantastic:

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Alc****** is a great problem in Hungary. There are thousands of people in Hungary who die because of diseases caused by al********. The amount of deaths caused by this is one of the greatest in Europe. This video showes a citizen on his way home from a pub. According to some people it is a very funny video, but someone says it is very sad and pathetic. In their opinion, this poor man shouldn't be

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Have you ever wondered what kind of means of transport are used in Hungary? First of all, let's see trams!- 'UV' type tram, BudapestUsed from 1950s. They are being withdrawn from service.Photos by Ikaros Images, g e- Ganz 8-axle tram, BudapestUsed from 1967. Photo by Rivertay- Tatra T5C5 tram, BudapestUsed from 1984Photo by nagy.david- Siemens Combino tram, BudapestPhoto by tschaut- Ganz KCSV6

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Szeged and its sorroundingsPuskás Ferenc Stadium and Budapest Sports-CourtMargit Island, BudapestLake BalatonHungaroring, home of the Hungarian Formula 1 Grand PrixDanube bendPhotos by Google Earth

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NOX is one of the most popular Hungarian pop groups and also probably the best-known Hungarian band thanks to their Eurovision performance. They have everything to be succesful: a beautiful singer with wonderful voice, great coreography, entertaining music of high standard, Hungarian folk elements in their music. So it's no surprise that all of their records went platinum. One more clip: NOX:

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Hungary is home to 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites:1. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy AvenuePhotos by hexod.us and Marko_K2. Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) Photo by Beckletic3. Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape Photo by Dieter Karner4. Hortobágy National Park - The PusztaPhoto by Mr. White Rabbit5. Millenary Benedictine Abbey

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Magdolna Rúzsa was born in 1985 in Kishegyes, Vojvodina and lived in great poverty with her family. She was unemployed, in addition, her boyfriend left her so she had deep depression. But everything changed after he applied to the Hungarian Idol, the Megasztár. After she sang her first song it was never doubted that she will win the contest. And so was it. Now she is the greatest Hungarian singer

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Frankly, Hungarian football is currently terrible. Despite our glorious past, now we have bad teams and an even worse national team with some clumsy players. Maybe it will change because Hungary's young team is very succesful. But currently there are very few Hungarian footballers who are international stars. However, we have one very great player called Zoltán Gera. He is currently playing in

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Imre Zámbó (better-known as Jimmy Zámbó) was one of Hungary's best-selling pop stars whose each album went platinum. He was often referred to in Hungary as "the king". However, despite having an unbelievable voice, not everyone loved him. He was not a handy man, nor was he a nice person. Despite these things, he was a huge star, the greatest singer in Hungary. The tickets to his concerts were

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Some great Hungarian TV ads:

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John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor gave some predictions for 2007. His most interesting predicition for Hungarians is the following: "The new year is unlikely to be peaceful or easy, therefore.But since we should always expect the unexpected, here is a long-odds racing tip: watch Hungary. Strange and rather worrying things are starting to happen there."Well, we will se what the future will

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Pécs awarded European Capital of Culture, 2010. The city has a mediterranean feel which is similar to Szeged. The beauty and the atmosphere of the city is also similar to the City of Sunshine. However, one of the greatest differences between the two cities that Szeged, situated on a flat area, has no mountains at all.Photos by: listerspot, suhajdab, ianpatrickhines

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale made New Year's Eve more memorable for citizens of Budapest. The earthqquake, which hit at 31 December, 1:39 PM, occured in Gyömrő, 8 kilometres east of Budapest. Luckily, there are no casualties, but there are reports of several million Forints (more than €10,000) damage.

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Budapest is one of the most beautiful capitals of the world. There is no other capital city which combines beautiful buildings, World Heritages, spas, cultural events, mountains, forests, pubs, discos, spicy nightlife, pleasant weather, etc. Most tourists fall in love with the city at first sight. However, Budapest, as any other city has some parts which shouldn't and which should never seen by

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The 2006 Europe Prize has been awarded to Szeged. The city in South Hungary is simplybeautiful and has an atmosphere which no other city in Hungary. The Universityof Szeged with its more than 15 thousand students give the city a youthful atmosphere.Furthermore, the mediterranean feel, which makes strolling through the downtown area adelight can be found in very few Hungarian cities. There are a

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Pengő was introduced in Hungary as national currency on December 30, 1926 and was the part of the world's biggest hyperinflation ever. After the end of the World War II the inflation in Hungary was 4.19x 1016percent per month. It meaned that the prices doubled every 15 hours. Before 1945, the highest denomination was 1,000 Pengő. By the end of 1945, it was 10,000,000 Pengő. But the highest

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Szomszédok (The Neighbours) was the first Hungarian soap opera. It had more than 300 episodes between 1987 and 1999. Nothing can portray better the years of the system change in Hungary than this series. If you are interested in this world and the retro-communist feeling, take a search on youtube for "Szomszédok". In 2006 it's very funny to watch The Neighbours. For example, take a look at this

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Hungary is a beautiful country which beauty can be seen in the Things To See category (which is not ready yet..) However, Hungary, like any other country in the world, has ugly parts which tourists rarely visit, too. The first city showed here is Dunaújváros which is not as ugly and dirty as some other places which will be shown later. Instead, Dunaújváros simply has no any tourist sights.

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If you travel to Hungary you have to know some important words and sentences:Szia! - HelloJó reggelt! - Good morning!Követ követ követ. - A minister follows a stone.megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért - for your things which can't be desecratedmegkülönböztethetetlen - undistinguishablepróbababa - mannequinMeglehet, ezt nem lehet, de megtettem. Elmentem, mert szeretek, de ezt nem lehet e

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The commercial for the Hungarian Sziget Fesztivál, 2002 was based on a cartoon, The Little Cow. This is the original cartoon in English: By clicking the links you can watch the Hungarian commercials based on this short movie.Kistehén 1Kistehén 2

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In 2006 there were often headlines on Hungary. Unlike past years, in this year there were even breaking news in CNN and BBC about this small country. At the same time, Hungarians were not delighted with it.I am mentioning just some bad things of the many which Hungarians experienced in 2006. Severe floods hit the Danube and Tisza rivers in Hungary in spring which damage was more than € 500

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Some videos of the civil unrest which Hungary experienced this year.

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There was a singer contest in Hungary, called Megasztár which had 3 series. I am just showing the best and the worst singers who participated in this contest.The worst:And the best: (the girl, called Magdolna Rúzsa, who won the third series)

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