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11 Dec

“Choose a Winter Sport” – City Park – Ice Rink – Budapest – 2015.

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Here is a reminder to move your bones also in the wintertime!

Sunday, December, 13. 2015.

10 a.m. – 8 p.m. – City Park open-air Ice Rink – Budapest.

A huge  selection of winter sports  awaiting for the visitors.

The invitation is for smaller kids, young adult and up to any age to have a sensational time at the City Park open-air Ice Rink.

One of the winter’s most coolest sporting event promises to be the year’s most memorable event for many visitors. At the “Choose a Winter Sport” more than a dozen of  sport activities along with high-quality presentations guided, to play together with well-known sports,  sport professionals and coach  will be showing the essence of the particular movements and provide information to those who wish to know first hand information about the actual sporting possibilities and its conditions.

Children do not have to  decide  right away to be Winter Olympic hero to stand at the highest top and listen to the anthem. The venue is open for visitors to enjoy the wide-spread of sporty, exercise activities on the spot.

The main characters of winter is for the ice and snow lovers. No better place to be this coming this week-end  than City Park Ice Rink to gab your family and children or take a visit with friends  rather than to be out in the fresh, enjoy to pull on your skates or have watching inter alia presentations as hockey, different ice sports, curling, bandy, bobsled, sledge and ice sailing have fun on ice.

 There is an Important information to be kept in mind …  the main entrance will not be at the City Park Ice Rink, but on the path from the Ice Rink entrance  of 250 meters  in distance.  There will be a registration tent where the sporty visitors can enter to the event.

On the same day the Ice Rink is open for the public who only wish to skate on the surface of approx 12000square meters of smoothly ice.To enter the ice skating area daily tickets must be purchased at the local ticket office.

Below is the pre-registration form for the  “Choose a Winter Sport” visitors,  which is required by the organisers (only in Hungarian language) … but with a little help from a native friend can be easily followed:

http://event2.rentit.hu/201511_sportagvalaszto_reg/

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

10 Dec

Pro Turismo Award – Hungary – 2015.

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The Pro Turismo Award this year was given to twelve most outstanding professionals. The certificate was handled over by Mihály Varga – Minister of National Economy on Thursday at the Parliament, in the Hunter’s Hall.  The minister pointed out, the award  goes out to those professionals who have a high standard in their work and their services makes a significant contribution in the domestic tourism. Continued by saying, the 12 awardees  work on daily basis wearing  the “Hungarian emblazoned jersey” and within their mission they show the values of the country and  also achieve the appreciation from the local and foreigner citizens  of the World.

Before handing over the award certificates, the Minister expressed his appreciation and thanked all the results achieved by the professionals in tourism.

This year’s Pro Turismo Award Winners were:

Éva Buzási – Chartered librarian, tour guide, instructor-guidebook author.

Denis Matyasy – Confectioners and chocolate master.

Dr. Ferenc Kovács  – Mayor at Nyíregyháza.

Zoltán Nógrádi  – Mayor at Mórahalom

László Kovács – President of the Hungarian Catering corporation.

András  Krivács – President Hungarian National Gastronomic Association.

Judit Molnár – Managing director OTP Travel and Vice President at the Hungarian Association of Travel Agents (MUISZ).

János Tóbiás –  General Deputy CEO, Danubius Hotels Nyrt.

László Szőke –  CEO, Budapest Spas and Hot Springs Ltd.

Yves Giacometti –  CEO Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest. Sameer Hamdani – owner and Zuhair Awad  – Executive manager, Mellow Mood Hotels. The awarded winners were chosen by a professional jury.

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

10 Dec

The Xth Volvo Cup – Győr – January – 3 to 5 – 2016

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The Sporty Year 2016 begins with the splash-off at Győr when it becomes Capital City of Water Polo.

Our men’s national team this time will not be in Budapest, instead at Győr on the Xth Volvo Cup before the European Championship.

At the press call was present: Dénes Kemény – President – Water Polo Association, Gábor Bodrogai – Managing director of Volvo Car Pty Ltd, Dr. Tivadar Somogyi – Győr city’s deputy mayor.

Dénes Kemény –  president of the national sports federation said  the  tournaments in the past was totally designed as to help the whole Hungarian water polo, ia to be held annually in different provincial scene. The past year was an exception, when in the capital was arranged for the teams at the BVSC on the Szőnyi road  the water pool games. In 2016  again the city of Győr will be the home for the polo-games.

He added that the Volvo Cup has been entrenched in the national team program, in the past decades. The President said, Q.:  „They have been involved in the preparation of the tasks”

Tibor Benedek  said that between this year’s opponents, Italy and Spain teams is also important that the Hungarian team will obtain the Rio Olympic quota. The main goal is that at the Volvo Cup to have that team, which is also to be listed in the European Championships . Also mentioned that a day before the tournament in Győr will be having a sparring waging with the Spanish polo team.

Gábor Bodrogai – managing director of Volvo Car Hungária Ltd. and the title sponsor, said, they continue to support the homeland’s water polo new generation. This means at this year’s tournament there will be supporting financially the performance for goals. This means after every Hungarian ball hits the net, the Hungarian association will receive one hundred thousand HUF. offered by the car company.

The Hungarian national team also consider this event as THE prolusions to the European Championship.

The Volvo Cup is a superb opportunity to bring together from across Nation and other countries water polo lovers to be supporters of their own teams. At the Volvo Cup the audience may experience water polo members to win or the otherwise yet the event surely will guaranty an experience of unforgettable moments around the swimming pool.

The opponents will be beside the Slovak national team the Italian and Spanish teams.

Schedule: Sunday, January, 3. – 5 p.m. – Slovakia-Spain and 7 p.m. – Hungary-Italy. Monday, January, 4. – 5 p.m. – Spain-Italy and 7 p.m. – Hungary-Slovakia. Tuesday, January, 5.- 6 p.m. Slovakia-Italy and 8 p.m. Hungary-Spain.

At the Volvo Cup press meeting Dénes Kemény – President of the Hungarian Water Polo Association announced the day’s good news by saying, the  tournament tickets are already out now. From to-day can be purchased through the www.tex.hu or personally in Győr at the ticket office. The price to all the seven water polo games is 9900HUF, and for the time being can only be bought passes.

Let’s cheer Together!

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9 Dec

Skiing opportunities in-and-around Hungary

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The press conference was opened by Ruszinkó Adam – Deputy State Secretary for Tourism – Economy Ministry saying, the Hungarian winter sports tourism aspects, especially in the domestic field in skiing opportunities are in-and-around the country. The Tourism in the current year pointed out that the data in all respects shows for the positive expectation to Hungary to be this year’s most successful year ever in tourism. Continued by saying, in the first three-quarter of the year 2015., 8.16 million visited Hungary and within this number was 20.75 million guest overnight spent at commercial accommodations. The number of guests by the number of guest nights was higher than the previous year’s. In particular, domestic tourism for almost half of all overnight stays represented the number in increasing. The Deputy State Secretary emphasised to be looking  forward to a great season by Hungarian skiers. Taking into account the figures of the previous year’s season five hundred thousand Hungarian skier, keeping up in staying domestically even for just one night. A new turn in the traveling tourism could be by locals and foreigners. For many enjoy to spend time at 2 to 4 nights as a short relaxing trip to the wellness spa resorts. He added, this time can be spent absolutely and worthwhile to go up to the mountain side for skiing for also that period. This performance would positively contribute to further strengthening of the domestic tourism in the off-season period. The domestic enterprises really are unto do as best of everything in their power so that in Hungary the ski lovers could have the option of staying in Hungary for skiing. The domestic ski resorts are close in distance and on the one hand are more affordable than slopping down in other European country. For the foreigners, who just spend a short time with small children or want to have a bit of ski teaching in advance is the right place to come to enjoy the available pre-ski training at good conditions and need not have to spend a day abroad in learning the first technical, physical steps in skiing. The Hungarian ski pistes in wintertime also welcomes the ski lovers and with the well-equipped plastic shells is perfect to gain the acquired knowledge of skiing for domestic smaller kids, young adult and adults.

Tamás Glázer –  Tourism deputy general manager at Tourism – Hungary outlined the following …  Their project is „Enjoy skiing at home”. The beginners and pros skiers can enjoy themselves on the ski slopes in Hungary. The priority of the winter season tourism in stimulating the domestic and ski-related accommodations, most restaurants are small or medium-sized enterprises that accept currency in the domestic. The goodies of the Tourism vacation cards were also emphasized. The quality of domestic services reached the level to beginner to pros, everyone can feel well on different tracks. Then Tourism general manager also confirmed that the enquiries indicate already to a good chance that 2015-2016 can be a record year for tourism in Hungary.  This year’s winter season has launched 10 times within the Budapest Winter Invitation promotion campaign by the Hungarian National Tourist Office. The collaboration was already made by the providers in the tourism service by the Hungarian Association of Hotels and Restaurants. The campaign’s goal is to popularize Budapest within the winter services in increasing tourist traffic and extend the time of staying by local and foreigners visitors.

At the press conference István Chernel – Ski and Tourism Cluster talked about the name itself of Cluster. Staring with first the connected to István Chernelházi Chernel (1865 – 1922) – Hungarian ornithologist, who in 1893 (Norway) introduced the ski and skiing. More than 1893 promotional articles have been published and in 1896 he wrote and published his book titled “The Footsledge Manual” This was the first edition in history that a Hungarian describe the sport. Up to this day his works hung in the domestic skiing basics with technical skills. Cluster is designed for sport, physical activity and domestic promotion of the culture of snow sports and winter sports. Just a quick  overview of ski facilities and in skiing around the world … there are  80 countries, 2,119 ski lifts are operating a total of 26,934. More than 6 million hotels are available around the globe for skiers. On Earth more than 100 million people ski regularly, most of them in Germany (14.6 million), the US (13.6 million) and Japan (11.5 million), while in Hungary, 0.5 million (497 thousand). The number of skiers world is highly significant, but he was happy to say there is a slight change in growth, and hopefully by the locals and foreigners it will continue to increase. According to the figures, the dynamic growth in China and Eastern Europe is expected to target the non-skiers groups by 2020. More and more people are traveling for winter vacation to places. In recent years, the general trend of increase in demand for shorter (three days) ski programs (several times, shorter duration). These three factors significantly assist in the development of domestic skiing. Summarising the “Skilands” in Hungary there 42 ski trails, 70 lifts, 30 lit up at night. During daylight and lit up as it darken  at 27 ski schools. A total of 46 ski lifts in operation at the snowy field. The Cluster has 26 members, of which 10 pieces of snow-covered ski resort at Dobogókő, Eplény, Kékestető, Lillafüred, Mátraszentistván, Nagy Hideg Hegy – Great Cold Mountain, Normafa  -Norma Wood, Sátoraljaújhely, Pécs, Visegrád.

Furthermore  detailed information in English language concerning Cluster visit: http://rudar.ruc.dk/bitstream/1800/1263/1/Final-version.pdf

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

8 Dec

Carrera Store opened Mini Ring – Budapest – 2015.

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 Carrera Store  – Duna Plaza – Budapest

Carrera has the country’s longest indoor to scale indoor racing circuit!

On Tuesday, arrived to the Carrera Store at the Duna Plaza – Budapest to the Groupama „Tanpálya” – „Learners scenario” where an opening ceremony took place. Children were also invited to measure their knowledge with Hungary’ most favorite, popular two speed-motor racers Norbert Michelisz and Norbert Kiss by taking a spin around at the country’s biggest scaled racing track.

At the ceremonial opening was present Zsolt Gyulay – President and CEO of Hungaroring Sport Ltd. who cut the tricolor ribbon, together with Julia Gazsi – Chief Operating Officer and the”Learner’s scenero”  – managing director along with the two excellent speed-motor drivers.  The CEO also spoke about the promotions that already began with ticket sales to 2016 – Hungaroring.

The Hungaroring from year-to-year is hosting more- and-more prestigious international competition and each year learning to become more popular, they saw the need to established the “Tanpálya” – „Learners scerio” service.

Their  ongoing service being quite a bite far in distance  for almost three years, they saw it necessary to open a point within easy to reach in Budapest. Therefore, established the at the Carrera at the pit lane a Mini Ring . It serves for the purpose for children to be able to have those circumstances as at real life – public trasportations, and of course to enjoy learn playfully the most secure way to move around and about on the street and roads.

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

 

30 Nov

Flashnews … Happy 80th Birthday Woody Allen!

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Woody Allen Retrospective and Reloaded!

Classics in the Urania National Cinema
District, VIII. 21. Rákóczi Road – Budapest

One of the world’s best writers and directors on-screen and also known by many Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band who also performed here in Budapest in the past, but this time remembering or easily remembered movies, especially because of being special to those Woody Allen movie lovers can be see his most favorite ones.

On the 1st of December he will be celebrating his 80th birthday. He  was born in Brooklyn, on December 1, 1935.  He is the  director who has the ability to talk about the most important things in life with such irony and joyful spirit like no one else  … no matter if it’s identity, attraction, past, sins, gods and humans, creation or all the distress surrounding these.

Happy Birthday – Woody Allen!  How better can it be to celebrate his birthday in Hungary than to screen  some of his awesome films. Stating on the date of his birthday  7 p.m. December, 1. 2015, with the movie from ’77  –  Annie Hall. Not too much of a surprise, it has recently been voted by the Writers Guild of America, as the funniest screenplay of all time! In the following couple of weeks  the audience may see 4 other incredibly rich masterpieces to return again on the big screen.

The retrospective event will bring back the director’s favourite’s themes, like …  love and criminal complications, creative crisis, deep self-examination. The first two movies will be projected with the legendary dubbing of András Kern who was Woody Allen’s Hungarian voice, while the other three will be screened in original language with subtitles.

Screenings will take place at the Urania National Cinema: December, 1. –  7 p.m. Annie Hall  – dubbed version, December, 15. – 7 p.m. Manhattan  – dubbed version,  January, 12. 7.p.m. – Hannah and Her Sisters  –  original version, with Hungarian subtitles, January, 26.  7 p.m. – The Curse of the Jade Scorpion –  original version, with Hungarian subtitles, February, 9.  7 p.m. – Hollywood Ending  – original version, with Hungarian subtitles.

Have fun again and relive those pleasant  memories and  prehaps for those viewers who were born much later will find  their own piece of favorite movie …. not worth to miss it out. Tickets available on the spot.

Update by Aggie Reiter

19 Oct

Hungarian Days at the Grand Market Hall -Budapest

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District, IX., 1-3 Vámház Blvd.

Between Tuesday October, 20. and Thursday, October, 22. 2015.

6 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The best way is to get to know a country is by its food and other delights!

The Department of Retail and Wholesale Market of Trade Department of Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Hall and Market Management of the Municipality of Budapest organize their traditional series of Hungarian Days again.

The aim of the popular event, which has been organized for years, is to present the work of the Central Market Hall and the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry and to promote Hungarian craftsmanship.

On the three-day exhibition handicrafts and products of more than 30 Hungarian farmers and artists – egg painters, gingerbread makers, wood-carvers, basket-weavers, embroideries, potters, zither makers, weavers, bead makers will be on display and for sale during the event. On the spot visitors can get information on the work of the Chamber and the services they offer the enterprises and their members. (source from the Grand Market Hall).

Three days of adventure for not only foreigners staying, living in Budapest. Go for it … Good shopping days!

Update Aggie Reiter

12 Oct

„Back to the Future” Day – Corvin Cinema – Budapest!

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Two big silver screenings in Budapest of the re-premiere film.

Thursday, October, 15., 6.15 p.m.

Sunday, October, 18. 4 p.m.

Coming up to the 30th anniversary of the first and the second part of the trilogy, „Back to the Future”, exactly screened for the first time in the States. Hungary is also celebrating one of the everlasting superb film in history with screening it at the Corvin Cinema – Budapest and at a number of other cinemas throughout the country. The digitally restored version will be screened in the original 1987 Hungarian sync.

Guess, not far from saying, this was one of the best movies of the 20th Century. Generations have grown up within the adventures traveling in space and time, also with its iconic story and its characters, as the tough teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and his friend, the brilliant but slightly zany Dr. Emmet Brown, a.k.a. Doc (Christopher Lloyd). The „Back to the Future” surely made its way through the decades and entered forever into the world’s famous films. So after 30 years it’s time,  to refresh the fans mind, relive those moments of the film that made many to go watch it over-and-over again and talk about it for a long time. Catch up, refresh those memories and enjoy traveling back in time again.

As for those who have not seen it yet … or they were born much later, it is a superb time to go Back to the Future to see what this film was all about in the 80’s pop films. It absolutely serves as entertainment. So mark the date go sit, layback in a comfy seat, relax and travel back in time.

Back to the Future – is full of situation comedies  and a bunch of sci-fi adventures … based on Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis’ – Oscar-winning cult film, Steven Spielberg‘s screenplay.

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14 Sep

Békéscsaba – Jókai Theater – Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors”

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Attended at a theater performance you just don’t find on every corner. Was Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” at the Jókai Theater at the City of Békéscsaba. This play was the first premiere of the new season. The play is still popular anywhere, anytime around the world since the Renaissance. Shakespeare’s masterpiece is filled with laughter and always in a way tragic, but surely provide some lessons to be heard! An unbridled comedy where complications, jealousy, vanity and human weaknesses show up. Even  though this  piece of Shakespeare was written in 1592, we may feel familiar within the similarities in the 21st century and some tragic lessons can be recognized even to-day.

At the entrance of  the Békéscsaba Jókai Theater invited guests were welcomed along the red carpet by Péter Fekete – former long time director  of the Békéscsaba Jókai Theater, who applied for the position to be the Head at Hungarian Circus and Variety Office  and Zoltán Seregi former deputy director  who is from  August, 1., in charge acting director at Békéscsaba Jókai Theater.

The scene takes place at city of Ephesus where, as each city can be found among the inhabitants the bad girls, merchants, privileged people and servants, so it is simple as that.  Shakespeare perfectly presents the audience laughter and tragedy at the same time.

The performance offered a parade of stars who were all to ensure perfect evening. Imre Csiszár – Jászai Mari Prize and Outstanding Artist directed a quality performances at Békéscsaba. In the role of Antipholus of Ephesus – Zoltán Bezerédi -Kossuth Prize actor from the Katona József Theater in Budapest played the role. Shakespeare’s comedy was staged by the translation of Imre Szász. The costume designer – Györgyi Szakács – Jászai and Kossuth Prize. The music has been compiled by  Virág Csiszár. The stage movement was designed by Péter Mlinar.

Shakespeare’s works focus on the ageless and people skills that make the play  eternal, high-quality performances perpetuate, Solinus, the role of the Duke of Ephesus was the Jászai-winner – Gyula Bartus, Aegean Syracuse trader Ferenc Jancsik. A set of other great actors with their colorful diction was Ferenc Katkó, Attila Gulyás, Lajos Csomós,  Tamás Presits,  Lajos Szabó, Attila Czitor and Keve M. Ormandy. Emilia, Aegeon’s wife and the nun prioress was played by Edit Kovács, Adriana, Antipholus of Ephesus’s wife by Anett Komáromi, Luciana, her sister by Melinda  Liszi. The House of Theater Studies students were given a chance in many multi-playing acts.  Individual and community conflicts, situation comedies and characteristics an inexhaustible reservoir.

Complete works, validity and popularity of Shakespeare  are authoring wisdom, humor, based on visual points. The performance on stage was very lively, a real bustle.  Four buildings … two residential building, a convent and a locale  and the actors were  running in-and-out,  around the places.

Everyone is looking for something … in a rush for their money, looking for their  pair,  or just wants to fulfill their master’s command. Because of the confusion the roles are mixed  up. They do not find their place in the world, they feel they slipped their ground from under their feet, have lost their personality, their identity, became a stranger in their own environment, they experience serious spiritual crisis. Quite ordinary story, it happens often, even to-day, with, in and around us. Quite often to be left no legs to stand on.

The dramatic tension dissolves only at the end of the play when the roles are clarified and come to be a Happy The-End.

After the play, the guest were invited to the reception party at the theater’s hall, whereas the  award ceremony also took place during the evening of the Wine Knights of the Region. Beside the seven men there was only one lady who bore the title of wine knight arriving from Szeged.

Update and snaps by  Aggie Reiter

13 Sep

Rolling on the tracks – MÁV Nostalgic Train Budapest – Esztergom – Budapest

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Living through experience on board at the  series of  events!

András Szendrey, word-by-word a real railway man. He got addicted with the rolling wheels on the track many decades ago and his love both internal and on international train track routes. For over two decades he is the director of one of the most popular local and tourist outing holiday routes. Here goes the latest rolling with the MÁV – Nostalgic Train abroad surrounded by a company of friends. This was the first rolling train Budapest via Esztergom on September, 11. 2015.

We boarded a train and before leaving the Nyugati Railway Station,  András Szendrey warmly welcomed the “travelling crew” and introduced  the forthcoming programs packed for us. The evening’s hostess t was singer – Lilla Vincze. To get into the rolling mood, Palinka and Chimney cake was served and in the separate music carriage live music and bar to enhance the atmosphere.

Arriving at Esztergom, visited the Esztergom Cathedral, there after at the St. Adalbert Center we have participated  at a short concert given by the hostess – Lilla Vincze – Emerton Prize-winning Hungarian singer and – Attila Dóka  – musician, writer, composer. After the joyful concert attended at a welcome reception given by the center in honor to the traveling visitors.

On the way back „True or False” game with surprise gifts and the Star Holiday group’s  music under the feet to the dancing  addicted folks most probably made the travelers a trip to remember.

By-the-way the voyage is named “Roll with Us” which started with invited media representative, local and foreigner individuals is within the series of events to come. Stay tuned to the forthcoming  rolling on  the tracks with the MÁV Nostalgic Train adventures.

Within the series to the next to coming up experience to the rolling adventures on Saturday, October, 3. 2015, the MÁV – Nostalgic train will be leaving to Dolná Strehová. This is the homeland and where Imre Madách wrote his masterpiece – „The Tragedy of Man”.  Throughout the day will bring to life Imre Madach’s „The Tragady of Man, also an opportunity to have some sightseeing before lunch. Thereafter, paying a visit to the Madach’s Manor House.

For further information http://www.mavnosztalgia.hu/en/content/mainpage

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