"My father became a hero twice" – The Baska family’s story speaks to hundreds of thousands
After the Second World War, between 1945 and 1949, around 120,000 Hungarians in Czechoslovakia were deported or driven out of their homeland under the...
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"Circus is a tool for shaping the world" – Social circus is both healing and deeply human
The unique world of the circus offers countless stories and metaphors for different artistic disciplines. Although I never really felt attached to it as... -
For Sissi, this palace was happiness itself – A novel about the history of Gödöllő Royal Palace
The Royal Palace of Gödöllő. A place whose owners changed from age to age, while the staff remained the same. Lajos Kossuth, Queen Elisabeth... -
"We did it, way to go" – The first Hungarian pilots over the Atlantic Ocean
In July 1931, the Hungarian press was full of the names of György Endresz and Sándor Magyar , the two Hungarian pilots who were... -
The policeman from Eger who has his own folk band and plays for one man with the same zeal as for a thousand
Perhaps for many of us, we have indulged in a hobby as a child – an art or a sport – that we turned... -
Sky-high wooden towers – unique contributions of Máramaros to the World Heritage
Some very unique buildings were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999. Out of the nearly 100 typical wooden churches in Máramaros... -
“On our wedding almost everyone wore the traditional folk costume” – interview with a native girl from Szék, Romania
A native of the village of Szék (Sic) in Transylvania, she is passionate about the traditions and costumes of her native people. She organized... -
“I paint the face of God because I believe that He became visible” – The icon painter deacon who also painted on Mount Athos
I enter through the door of a simple, battered family house. In the garden birds chirp, and in the chapel, made out of three... -
Why is the Swiss William Tell on the playing-card? – Discovering the secret of the Hungarian deck
In Hungary everyone is familiar with the so-called Hungarian playing cards, this popular, unique, and historical Hungarian game where the cards, oddly, are decorated... -
Hungarian Women for India – and what they shared: dedication, intellectual strength, and sensitivity to others
India became an independent country in 1947. Few people know that until the outbreak of World War II, a few self-sacrificing Hungarian women worked... -
”Professional musicians need nerves of steel and the physical condition of an astronaut” – There might be a lot of pain behind musical achievements
As early as 1959, Zoltán Kodály noticed that there were many health problems among musicians: tendonitis, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, spinal disorders, and, in... -
Modest virtuoso and influential educator in the shadow of Franz Liszt – Composer Imre Székely was born 200 years ago
What do Alexandre Dumas 's salon in Paris, Queen Victoria of Britain, the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Budapest's oldest music school, the popular children's... -
Annie Fischer, the Hungarian Queen of the Piano
It is 90 years since Annie Fischer won the first prize at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition at the age of 19, which... -
Love is an awakening to yourself
The most romantic, sensitive man I've ever spoken to, who talks about love in a way that gives you goosebumps. He is passionate, fanatic... -
A mother who wrote the first Hungarian children's book
Amália Bezerédj wrote the first Hungarian children's book, The Book of Flóri, for her daughter and the kids of the kindergarten-school she founded on... -
"I was the poorest of the poor, and today I am asked for autographs on the street" – Interview with Kati Zsigóné, the "Queen of Egg Decorating"
Her third major work, the Egg of Our World, has recently been completed, portraying famous people, world-famous buildings, and universal symbols. Newton, Gagarin, Mother... -
Discovering the largest crusader mural cycle in the Holy Land – Hungarian archeologists are at least as good as their Western colleagues
By fulfilling his childhood dream, he not only gave his life a purpose, but his work resulted in a university course and institute, too...
