Category Archives: Art

Ecseri Flea Market

Vintage toys from the flea market “Ecseri”.

All Hungarian kids had one of these teddy bears.

Boys were crazy about this simple metal set.

Sellers always complain, there’s always room for some bargaining (often up to 50%) but it’s difficult to get something really nice for a good price.

This is one of the covered rows of 3.

Hungarian National Museum

Art Café Tranzit

 
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 [...]

‘56 bullets

These iron balls represent bullets shot on the building of Budapest Ministry of Agriculture during the revolution in 1956. This is not a political statement by me, I was interested in taking a shot of these solely from an artistic point of view.
The whole city (building walls) are full of bullets mostly from WW2 by [...]

Budapest Opera

Another photo of the Budapest Opera building. The main entrance is from the Andrássy avenue.

‘56 monument

The monument - dedicated to the short-lived revolution against the communist regime in 1956 - was officially uncovered in 2005 in a scandalous ceremony. The much-criticized statue(?) was made by Emődi-Kiss Tamás, Papp Tamás, György Katalin, Horváth Csaba (i-ypszilon csoport). I think it’s cool.
Located near Heros’ Square (Hősök Tere) on Dósza György street in Budapest [...]