"I came to Budapest by bicycle - and I have to cenfess, I was really shocked by the circumstances I found myself in. The Danube bikeway between Margit hid and Petöfi hid is completely devastated. It's unbelievable. I have never seen something like this before. People told me, that the bikeway has been looking like this for several months now. It is extremly dangerous to use this bikeway, because there are so many holes, and tourists, pedestrians and cyclists have to gather together on a narrow path. more »

Expat readers of the former Budapest Sun will recall the most frequent complaints of tourists and locals to our fair city: the rudeness and intractability fo the Kontrollers, those horrid little people who check our tickets for the Metro, trams and buses. Mainly the Metro, of course, as they were the most visible. Most of them spoke little or no English, much less other languages. more »

"An unusual project is underway to turn a Roma village in northeast Hungary in a a very special tourist destination. more »