Hungary

Tihany in this summer celebrated the 950th anniversary of its establishment. In august I visited the Tihany peninsula and discovered its cultural and natural values.

In 1980, 25 years ago, flight the first and only Hungarian astronaut into the space. In this article I would like to remember that thing.

Since its foundation, the Hungarian Radio (Hungarian Broadcasting Co.) has been a centre of domestic information, and cultural life.

The Budapest Spring Festival will be organised in the 25th time in this year between 19th March and 4th April 2005. This large cultural event attracts thousands of people to Budapest from every corner of the World.

Hungary has an excellent public transport system, but it need more money to improve its comfort level. I show you the key elements of this system.

In my last article I wrote about Bálint Balassi and I promised, that in that time I will introduce him to you. This year in Hungary was a Balassi memorial year because the 450th anniversary of his birth.

As in previous years, now I would like to show you some important and not too important but interesting things that have jubilee in this year.

Budapest has a large tram network. The traditional yellow vehicles are part of the life in the city. If you visit our capital you have to try them.

The Balaton Region nowadays has five well-known Wine regions. In this article I would like to show you them.

As I promised in my last article, now I would like to show you many interesting places in Balaton region. I think it will be very difficult within a short article, but I will try to mention the most interesting things.