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    A craftsman on his doorstep in Korond

    Korond – A Transylvanian village where “every man is a potter”

    "The clay turned / would have run, / but then it gave way to form, / and my father watched like a god /...
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    Navigator Sándor Magyar and pilot György Endresz preparing to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, with the camera is Antal Bánhidi, mechanical engineer, aircraft designer

    "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...
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    Omnibus in Budapest

    Let's bump back to the era of the omnibus!

    The omnibus, once even sung about in an operetta hit, was one of the most popular means of urban transport in the 19th century...
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    Victoria Regia water lily in the greenhouse of the Botanical Garden of Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca)

    One of the richest botanical gardens in south-east Europe – ”Look but don’t touch”

    Sámuel Brassai , the natural scientist and keen keeper of the new Botanical Garden in Kolozsvár (Cluj) warned visitors to the museum in the...
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    The Wood Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple in Barcánfalva, (Bârsana)

    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...
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    János Molnár Cave with a diver inside

    Underwater labyrinth beneath the heart of Buda – The mysterious János Molnár Cave

    Hidden beneath József Hill (now known as Szemlő Hill) in Budapest is an underwater labyrinth, the János Molnár Cave, which stretches for more than...