Honestly, I don’t know why anyone from outside this neighborhood would find this place. But if you do, make sure you enter. I felt embarrassed taking pictures inside (there’s are photography in there, you know) but it’s worth a visit. They transformed this old-school socialist-realist bus station into a trendy place where you can site outside or [...]
If you want a decent coffee in downtown Budapest, you’ll have multiple choices. You can narrow your possibilities by good location, good service, bagels and fresh cakes, terrace, dog of the house, great building and there you are. If you’re American, you know the place already or you will get to. It’s the opposite side [...]
I think this is the “legendary” Pannonia motorcycle produced during the heights of the socialist era. This item may be original or a replica - I would vote for the first although the engine block seems quite new. Anyway, they’re planning to relaunch the brand combining the old image with 21st century technology. I’m curious [...]
This is the first time someone else’s photos are published on this blog. Budapest should be thankful for the Erick van Egeraat team, that’s why.
Erick van Egeraat’s project “Tatarstan National Library in Kazan” will be exhibited at the 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice. The National Library is one of the most striking projects characterizing the [...]
Falk Miksa street has an excellent location for Arts trade: starting at Kossuth tér (there the Parliament is attracting tons of visitors) and few hundred meters from embassies and bank headquarters. But the offering is more disappointing: very few contemporary items and questionable, sometimes overpriced antique pieces spread in maybe 25 tiny shops. Still, it’s [...]
