105 result(s) for history in Getting around
Rebirth Of Budapest’s Magnates’ Quarter
- 14 Apr 2021 6:45 AM
- getting around
The start of restoration work on Budapest’s once elegant, neo-classical first department store, the 1926 Corvin Áruház, is the latest piece of good news for the inner part of the Józsefváros, christened about twenty years ago the Palotanegyed, or Palace District, reports Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com.
Watch: Chain Bridge Budapest - The Witness Of History
- 5 Apr 2021 10:55 AM
- getting around
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge was designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849.
Xploring Hungary Video: Rákóczi Castle, Sárospatak
- 23 Feb 2021 8:24 AM
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Located on the banks of the river Bodrog with a view to the Hungarian Great Plain, the Rákóczi castle complex is a remarkable monument of late Renaissance Hungarian architecture.
Xploring Hungary Video: Budafok Wine Cellars
- 4 Jan 2021 12:06 PM
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Budafok is the twenty-second district of Budapest, in the south-west of the capital and it is famous for its 100km long underground labirynth which is unique in the world.
Uniquely Hungary: Architecture In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 15 Oct 2020 7:26 AM
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If there was any doubt in your mind that Hungarians are individualists – a spirit somewhat dampened by history in the last century, but which is flowing back – you have only to walk the streets of Budapest where no two buildings appear to have been built in exactly the same style.
Video: Take a Retro Trabant Tour in Budapest
- 9 Oct 2020 12:34 PM
- getting around
Part of Hungary's history that's easy to overlook as you take in the sweeping vistas of the Parliament or Buda Castle on the Buda side is its period of communist rule. Yet it played a significant part in shaping the country last century.
Video & Photos: Hungary-Slovakia Bridge Opened
- 18 Sep 2020 7:13 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Prime ministers Viktor Orbán and Igor Matovič inaugurated a new bridge spanning the Danube near Komárom.
Xploring Hungary Video: Sümeg Castle
- 7 Aug 2020 7:27 PM
- getting around
Here's a great weekend break attraction for families, Hungary's best-preserved fortress. There is a family-friendly footpath - with super views - leading up to this special castle, one of the main tourist attractions in the west of Hungary.
Xploring Hungary Video: Eger & Surroundings - Including Miskolctapolca Cave Bath
- 6 Aug 2020 7:38 AM
- getting around
Like a Baroque jewellery box, the towns of Eger and Miskolc, embraced by the scenic Bükk mountains, are home to a number of unique treasures, natural and man-made, above and below ground alike.
Rebirth Of Budapest’s Magnates’ Quarter
- 14 Apr 2021 6:45 AM
- getting around
The start of restoration work on Budapest’s once elegant, neo-classical first department store, the 1926 Corvin Áruház, is the latest piece of good news for the inner part of the Józsefváros, christened about twenty years ago the Palotanegyed, or Palace District, reports Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com.
Watch: Chain Bridge Budapest - The Witness Of History
- 5 Apr 2021 10:55 AM
- getting around
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge was designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849.
Xploring Hungary Video: Rákóczi Castle, Sárospatak
- 23 Feb 2021 8:24 AM
- getting around
Located on the banks of the river Bodrog with a view to the Hungarian Great Plain, the Rákóczi castle complex is a remarkable monument of late Renaissance Hungarian architecture.
Xploring Hungary Video: Budafok Wine Cellars
- 4 Jan 2021 12:06 PM
- getting around
Budafok is the twenty-second district of Budapest, in the south-west of the capital and it is famous for its 100km long underground labirynth which is unique in the world.
Uniquely Hungary: Architecture In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 15 Oct 2020 7:26 AM
- getting around
If there was any doubt in your mind that Hungarians are individualists – a spirit somewhat dampened by history in the last century, but which is flowing back – you have only to walk the streets of Budapest where no two buildings appear to have been built in exactly the same style.
Video: Take a Retro Trabant Tour in Budapest
- 9 Oct 2020 12:34 PM
- getting around
Part of Hungary's history that's easy to overlook as you take in the sweeping vistas of the Parliament or Buda Castle on the Buda side is its period of communist rule. Yet it played a significant part in shaping the country last century.
Video & Photos: Hungary-Slovakia Bridge Opened
- 18 Sep 2020 7:13 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Prime ministers Viktor Orbán and Igor Matovič inaugurated a new bridge spanning the Danube near Komárom.
Xploring Hungary Video: Sümeg Castle
- 7 Aug 2020 7:27 PM
- getting around
Here's a great weekend break attraction for families, Hungary's best-preserved fortress. There is a family-friendly footpath - with super views - leading up to this special castle, one of the main tourist attractions in the west of Hungary.
Xploring Hungary Video: Eger & Surroundings - Including Miskolctapolca Cave Bath
- 6 Aug 2020 7:38 AM
- getting around
Like a Baroque jewellery box, the towns of Eger and Miskolc, embraced by the scenic Bükk mountains, are home to a number of unique treasures, natural and man-made, above and below ground alike.