Pork Sticker Festival – Millennium – Budapest – 2016.

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February, 19. – 21. 2016.

The 3days program are opened from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.

In the month of February it does not end the continuing large-scale of events in Budapest.

The Millenary Fish Festival has just ended and is giving the venue way to the festival of pork stickers.

The event will be lined with the best domestic and international pork cuisines, all spiced with high quality handicraft products. Visitors may also can experience the classic farmhouse traditions of the past. Also Pork breeds from the Carpathian Basin will be on the spot. The event is lined with hundreds of culinary specialties made from pork, not only to taste, but also can learn tricky ways of cooking it.

For the smallest ones, especially those living in Budapest, who cannot see live animals only at the zoo will be having pleasure visiting the farm-yard, watching live animal demonstration and taking part in petting animals. Also during all three days, the children can take visit the free, heated children’s area having free arts and crafts workshops, visiting of large-scale livestock show and strolling in-and-out the mini zoo. The continuous stage programs, major concerts and folk games entertain the audience of all age.

Day1. … At the opening day, which is Friday guests can buy their tickets to the “Gluttonous  Friday” for  50% discount price and go for tasting to the indicated stands, shown in the coupon booklet for various meals. The national press organs and celebrities will be divided in teams as filler of their own sausages, and int he meantime the retro concerts will take the main role.

Day2. … On Saturday, rollicking music, a real village atmosphere with traditional village atmosphere will take place where a wedding party starts off for the Hungarian food lovers. At this event will be elected the most beautiful girl in the village elections. Another fun experience is to take part by chasing pork, and even pork-eating competition. The lads can measure their skills  in a completion  as who will be  the village’s most strongest Anybody may enter the city’s biggest sausage competition, where families may bring their most favorite family’s recipes.

Day3. Sunday Hungarian folk music and folk dancers will play the main role and of course enjoying meals during the luchtime or as an evening supper.  Another funny time for the day is to take part in chasing pork, and even  particioating at a pork-eating competition and sausage eating competition.

Update by Aggie Reiter

Concert for the Ears of Blues and Rock Music-lovers

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„Legenda” Legend Brewing Center  

 District, XVI.  8/C Kövirózsa  Street – Budapest.

Friday, February, 19 .2016. 7.30 p.m.

Listen to the music by the way  the Hungarian BluesSteel  presenting the American and British blues!

Along on the tap fine, special beers will be in company for sure and you will not be blue at all, enjoying the BluesSteel and the „Üzletembers BussinessFolks music.

The BluesSteel and the „Üzletembers” BussinessFolks are to be jointly giving a concert on the stage at the Sörfőző” Legend Brewing Center.  They are not yet legends, but definitely worthwhile to go and listen on the coming Friday night at the popular Pub.

The emerging rock-blues team already previously held a memorial concert to long gone ahead musician „Radics ’70”, and the audience appreciated every second and note  at the concert.

Within the list of their repertoire can hear the BluesSteel playing evergreen pop music by well-known musicians as Steve Ray Vaughn, Gary Moore and BB King, furthermore hear superb music from the past generation’s best musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Cream and John Mayall. During the concert Péter Vámos, Cook Karesz and Gábor Kárnyáczki  will play for the first time their own brand new songs, so the public will hear these for the first time. They will be releasing a brand-new album by the end of the year.

In the second part of the program, Tibi Hegedűs and Gyuri Cserép and other band’s members: Kyru Zsöci and Zoli Pálmai will give a hint to the audience how the seventies hard rock really sound way back.

Entry ticket on the spot, price: 1500HUF.

Update by Aggie Reiter

The First Beer Festival – Hotel Gellért – Budapest 2016

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Have a Happy Beer Day and Night in Budapest!

The First Beer Festival – Serfőző Pub –  Hotel Gellért – Budapest

A fine time to indulge yourselves with friends within the cavalcade of beers.

February, 19 – 21. 2016.

The event is jointly organized by Serfőző– Beer Brewer and Danubius Hotel Gellért.  The coming week-end  February, 19-21. the LIQUID BREAD, as the Hungarians call it,  Hungarian and international brewers products will be served as in a Pub.

At this first Beer Festival will be on tap  and bottled over 100 types of draft beers  at your fingertips making sure that nobody will remain thirsty. Just a hint of a few  beers and breweries …  Barbár, Blanche de Bruxelles, Bohemia Regent, Corsendonk, Floris Kriek, Delirium, Serkentő – Franzberger Brewery, Sümegi Brewery, Abbey of Zirc Manufactury, Guinness, Kilkenny, Bombardier, Primátor, Bernard, Bigfoot Brewery, Maissel’s Weisse, Csíki Beer, Fót Handcraft Brewery, Wells & Young’s Brewery, Robinson Brewery, Brewdog, Flying Dog, Oedipus, Opat, Pardubicky Porter, Postřižinské, Satan, Hedon, Legenda and many more well-known labels.

Beside the beer specialties visitors may not worry about getting hungry, cause fine delicacies of László Héjja, Head chef of  Hotel Gellért will be serving delicious dishes  during the week-end.  On Sunday visitors Beer brunch and a Beer dinner will be available and served.

International Beer Day: Friday, February, 19.  4 p.m. – Saturday,  2 a.m.  English  Beer Day, Saturday, February, 20.  4 p.m. – Sunday, 2 a.m. German Beer Day, Sunday, February, 21.  4 p.m. Midnight  Czech Beer Day.

The beer festival will not pass without a beer drinking competition. The beers compete by votes of the visitors.

Each  entry ticket goes with a beer mug  with the event’s logo. It will be  filled as  a mug of gift beer of choice on one occasion at the festival.

Update by Aggie Reiter

„TRAVEL 2016” – International Tourism Exhibition – Hungexpo – Budapest – 2016.

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Travel 2016. – March, 3-6.

HUNGEXPO  Ltd. Fair Center – Budapest

District X., 10. Albertirsai  Road.

There are so many places to explore in Hungary!  For those who have not already made up their mind where/when to travel in the year 2016 may get ideas beside exploring Hungary or to travel aboard. If not for only thst reason, at the “TRAVEL 2016.” – International Tourism Exhibition at the HUNGEXPO Fair Center will be able to reach offers from Hungarian and foreigner country’s stands offers, from around almost 40 000 potential partners during the 4 days fair!

For those visitors who are coming from other regions of the country to Budapest may be able to travel to Budapest with the off 50% of MÁV-Start ticket for the duration of the exhibition. Daily tickets on the spot at the entrance  ticket office: 2500HUF.

The year 2016 is also the year for the Olympic games and the visitors to the HUNGEXPO Fair will be able meet on the spot members of their favourite popular sports and Hungarian athletes.

Beside strolling through the great hall’s tourisim desks, the visitors can enjoy a parade, Carnival cars and dancers.  furthermore, Hungarian and international carnivals and festivals will be showcased at the exhibition. There will also be quiz with the jackpot prize, a trip to Brazil.

This year as so in the previous years, the Travel Expo invites a country to be  the Fair’s  Guest of Honor.

This year the Hungarian Guest of Honour will be Budapest  Our capital is a noteworthy window open to tourist destination from the four corners of the Earth.  At the exhibition a space of 300 square meters stand will be offering cultural, family and sightseeing programs  and entertainment shows during the 4 days.

The Professional Guest of Honour will be China … On the first day of the exhibition’s professional day will be only valid a higher  ticket price.The guest of honor China  has a prominent role in the program. The professional programs beginning on Thursday will continue on Friday as well.

The Cultural Guest of Honour … naturally in the year of the Summer Olympia Games will be Brazil …  So at the Brazil’s stand  visitor may feel the rhythm  of the samba and capoeira dancers and get into the mood of the carnival atmosphere. In addition to the dancers the gastronomy bits-and-pieces will be preparing in an authentic Brazilian cuisine and the visitors can explore the popular Cachaca in Brazil (grim reaper) and caipirinha as well.

Update Aggie Reiter

Watch out opera lovers … Teatro alla Scala – The Temple of Wonders – “Palace of spirits” – Budapest

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The Uffizi Gallery in Florence – Documentary film,  Directed by  – Luca Lucini.

The film makers have prepared an outstanding new movie in 3D.

URANIA NATIONAL FILM THEATER

District VIII., Rákóczi Rd.- Budapest

 The film makers have prepared an outstanding new movie in 3D.

As the audience will be taken back in time, on a journey where every room, every corridor and every corner breathes 237 years of history. A real treat for the viewer whether they previously visited the place or planning to do so.

In Budapest will be only seen at the Urania National Film Theater. Dates: February, 17. – at 6.30 p.m., 18. – at 5 p.m., 19. – at 3.45 pm., 20. – 11 a.m. The film will be in its original Italian language and synchronised to Hungarian language. Ticket available at the cash desk on the spot. Posibility to book tickets by telephone +361/48634 00.
Booked tickets can be picked up half-an-hour before the film starts. Following this, the reservation is automatically deleted from the system.  Ticket price for  the 3D film … 1800HUF – Main Hall ground floor … 2000HUF – Main Hall box seats.

Country wide Premier: 2016.02.18. Distributor: Pannonia Entertainment

From February also will be screened across 18 cities cinemas throughout Hungary.

“Unprecedented access to one of the most exclusive temples of performing arts in the world and its fascinating story. A “place of spirits”, in which past, present and future intersect as in a wonder factory, where men craft their skills to produce art in its highest form.

Teatro alla Scala – The Temple of Wonders is an exclusive documentary shoot in 4K,  a journey through time and space to discover a marvellous place, where the most glorious pages in the history of music, opera and ballet have been written.

“Can you hear them? Here dwell the spirits of the great artists of the past”. One of the leading theatrical impresarios of all time, Paolo Grassi, said this of the Teatro alla Scala, and this is what still makes this place unique the world ver, a veritable Wunderkammer, and much more than this, a Wonder Temple.

 Built between 1776 and 1778, the year of its inauguration, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan has drawn major artists from the international music scene, turning immediately into the theatre of reference, he one every artist aspires to, the Mecca of music. To this day, performing at the Scala means consecrating a career in the eyes of the world.

Music critic John Gavazzeni wrote: “The pillars of world Opera repertoire are Italian: Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini – composers whose works have been performed  almost all over the world. The symbol of all great conductors is an Italian, Arturo Toscanini. They were all launched or consecrated in one place: at the ‘Teatro alla Scala’, as well as the careers of great sopranos like Renata Tebaldi and Maria Callas, and of directors like Visconti, Zeffirelli and Strehler”.

Yet, La Scala, in its time, was much more than this. It was a lively place where, at the same time, people in the stalls and galleries would gather to gamble and talk about politics, literature and general chit chat while, on stage, emotions were played out in full. The same emotions, absorbed by those velvet drapes, and by the wooden panels of the stage, are still alive today and blossom every night, the very moment the lights are dimmed, the audience is quiet, and the performance begins.

There is one particular day when all this becomes a sacred ritual: December 7th, feast day of St. Ambrose, patron saint of Milan, which since 1951 has also always been the day of the ‘Prima’. The exclusive, fashionable soirée that launches the new Opera and Ballet season: an unparalleled event of extraordinary, worldwide prominence.

By following day-to-day preparations and the frantic activities of the staff, leading to the much awaited 7th December, our journey takes us into the main, living body of the theater, where every room, every corridor and every corner breathes 237 years of history – a real treat for the viewer, a wonderful succession of discoveries and revelations.

La Scala is a treasure trove of fascinating, timeless stories where rare archival footage intertwines with interviews with the major players on the international art and music scene, such as Daniel Barenboim, Roberto Bolle, Riccardo Chailly, Placido Domingo, Carla Fracci, Zubin Mehta, José Carreras and Riccardo Muti, to name but a few.

This is the theater where absolute masterpieces came to life such as Nabucco, Norma, Othello, and which hosted, in the fifties, Luchino Visconti’s scandalous, cutting-edge Traviata featuring Maria Callas. It is the place were historical rises and scenes that have taken place and where extraordinary voices have been immortalized, such as those of Placido Domingo, Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti, as well as incredible performances by legendary conductors such as Arturo Toscanini, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Muti and Claudio Abbado.”

Source: Urania Film Theater

Update by Aggie Reiter

 

Asha – the “baby” elephant birthday celebration – Budapest Zoo – 2016.

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On Valentine Day the Budapest Zoo was crowed, especially knowing of Asha having its 3rd birthday. Many were out to see this special occasion. At  11 a.m.,  small kids and folks of all age surrounded the elephants enclosures.

The Budapest Zoo’s small elephant Asha was born three years ago on this very special day, the Valentine’s Day. Although in the beginning for the two days it was pretty tough for her because the workers had to struggle to feed him. Did not want to eat anything at all. At the time being the “small in weight” Asha was 70 kilograms. To-day weights 1500 kilograms to “small animal.

Asha, on its 3rd birthday received a specially prepared birthday cake on this prominent occasion.

A delicious “mountain” cake was made of straw, bran and oats made over the dough and on the topping was apples, bananas, small bamboo any veggies. Asha’s birthday cake was specially baked at a bakery.  Asha with its family seemed  to enjoy the delicious treat and ate eating it all up.

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

7th. VinCE Budapest Wine Show – Hungary – 2016.

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A small country in the heart of Central Europe having the Greatest Wine Show!

VinCE Budapest … repeatable rows of  floating wine at Corinthia Hotel Budapest!

District, VII. –  43-49 Erzsébet Blvd. – Budapest

March 3-4-5. 2016.

Daily: 11 a.m. –  8 p-m.

The wine lovers may meet  Sommeliers  and wine makers face-to-face and  it will be an ultimate paradise with no intention to leave.!

Absolutely, the most important wine event in the region to come  was announced at the previous press  meeting of  the 7th Budapest Wine Show. The visitors will have a chance to taste more than 1000 kind of wine, offered by 182  national and international wineries on the spot and not to mention a unique time to gather together enjoying the exciting tastings with acquaintance and buddies.  This marvelous event will be held  on the ground floor of the Corinthia Hotel Budapest. Visitors having their admission ticket at this point they will receive their By the glass®!

A fantastic opportunity to kill two birds with one stone … VinCE Budapest provides an excellent opportunity for wine lovers not just to roll on tasting excellent wines, but to develop their skills in wines participating at master classes, workshops, all with the help of well-known professional performers at a brilliant place through the wine tasting. Friday and Saturday is also open to the general public masterclasses and workshops will be organized, where experts introduce visitors into the world of wine, and gain valuable knowledge and become at the end of the course as an expert. The master classes, workshops cost between 2000-5000HUF/person (ticket price for the given day). Speakers and instructors at the workshop rooms Tom Stevenson, Caroline Gilby MW, György Márkus, Rod Smith MW, Olivier Piller, Adam Pawlowski, Nick Adams MW, Natasha Hughes MW, Sarah Jane Evans MW, Anne Mc Hale MW, Elizabeth Gabay MW, László Romsics,  Ágnes Herczeg, András Horkay, Xavier Gomart, José Andueza, Yotam Sharon, Petér Csizmadia-Honigh, Darrel Joseph, Caroline Gilby, Guillaume Drouin, Mustafa Camlica.

The innovation By the glass® will be the domestic premiere at the VinCE Wine Show in Budapest. The guests having to have visited in the previous years the VinCE Wine Show are aware of some new features to come by the organizers. One of the biggest sensation of this year will undoubtedly be the By the glass® option.

The Dutch system, By the glass® was not in practise nor was known in Hungary. Around the world from Brazil to Singapore … 41 countries already handy for wine lovers. By the glass® innovation is cutting-edge  by creating the world’s first smart phone to communicate and system in storage the wine dispenser. In Hungary will be introduced for the first time at the VinCE Wine Show – Budapest. All the Guest will see what a handy device it is when giving try to fill their glass!

At the Hall may see, study and taste the 20 “Modular” type system filled with Furmint, Juhfark, Kékfrankos – Blue Frankish always fresh and at perfect temperature, only with just the touch of a button to fill your glass. By using a smart phone (e-mail address or registered Facebook profile) have access to applications including SmartWine – By the glass® where you can rate the wine, share your experience with acquaintances or friends. The wines tasted data can be viewed anytime, replayed again later.

The Best-to-the-Best  … VinCE Award …  The secret of success nominated to the VinCE Award is within the recognition of experts in wine-related work, rewarding exemplary performance.

Thursday, March 3. – professional daily ticket: 6000HUF
Friday, March 4.  
– daily ticket: 12000HUF
Friday, March 4. – professional daily ticket: 6000HUF
Saturday,March 5. 
– daily ticket : 14 000 HUF

For further more full details in English language of the 7th. VinCE Budapest Wine Show: http://vincebudapest.hu/en/

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

 

Hungarian movies – Atrium Movie&Theater – Budapest … English Subtitles

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Since opening of the Atrium Film&Theater in 2012., it has been showing contemporary movies and theater performance. This year also the cine-projector rolls on screening regularly, choosing films found important to reach the audiences. Some of these movies cannot be seen anywhere else in the city anymore.

Heading off with the Home Guards (Veszettek), a Hungarian film drama tells the story of a pair of brothers that live in a difficult financial situation, and who, at the influence of a charismatic leader join a law enforcement organisation to step up against the ever-growing threat of criminal activity in their city. Script – Réka Divinyi, Director – Krisztina Goda, Producer – Gábor Kálomista, Produced by Megafilm, Distributor – HungariCom.

Here are dates of screening in the coming days and weeks of the two films. The ticket prices: 800HUF can be purchased on the spot.

The „Home Guards” (Veszettek) on February, 15., 18., 19., at 8 p.m.

The „Liza the Fox Fairy” (Liza, a rókatündér) on March, 13, 26. at 8 p.m.

The Atrium is one of the first Hungarian building, which was designed expressly as a movie theater. The acoustics have also been designed to be the most suitable for screening. The Atrium House in 1936, and  was handed over on 1937 on the basis of architect by Lajos Kozma. At the lower level of the seven storey building a cinema and plans to design also as to be a movie theater opened finally in 1937.

For many years it was closed, but on November, 15. 2012. it reopened and since then it has become a favorite comfy place to watch a movie or a theater play. Even not a regular option at a movie or theater, there is a Buffett where the audience may have a bite of several dishes before taking their seats.

Update by Aggie Reiter

Traditional Fish Soup from Baja – Fish Festival – Millenium Park – Budapest – 2016.

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Hungary  has no seashores, but extremely  rich in rivers, lakes, within having many species of fish.

When you say the city’s name Baja, the Hungarians right away  and prehaps some foreigners who already visited Baja know your exactly talking about the Home of the Special Fish Soup!

Baja representing their uncomparable, traditional fish soup style  for the third time at the annual fish soup festival in Budapest. On this occasion held a short press gathering by
the Mayor of Baja – Róbert Fercsik and Managing Director – Barnabás Bócsa – Baja Marketing Ltd., at the Baja Fish Soup Tent. Their aim was to drawing the attention for local and foreigners about the fish soup Baja style. The fish soup with home-made match style noodles is the  one-and-only fish soup style cooked in Hungary, namely Baja Fish Soup (Bajai Halászlé). Through the past centuries  the Baja fish soup is cooked using the same recipe.  The Baja fish soup was qualified as Hungaricum in 1996 when the City of Baja celebrated its 300 years birthday.

Baja is unimaginable without its fish soup and if you’re not planning to visit  the city in the coming days, then here in the Hungarian capital now you can do so, worthwhile to drop over to the Millenium until Sunday, February, 14.2016.

Good Appetite!

Other events to come  this year at the City of Baja … culture and entertainment throughout the year, with the motto of the series of festival programs namely: „Wonderful Baja” (Csodálados Baja). Consecutive culinary events such as festivals, exhibitions, concerts, guest stars, sport events and many other attractions for all ages.

At this year’s Fish Festival event can be found from across the country’s fish soup makers and can try fish in all forms, that you would not cook at home every day, i.e. exotic sushi, Pad Thai noodles, the Russian caviar, the French fish soup, Italian sea bass, the African lung catfish, fish salami and does not lag behind the American style Fish & chips. Wine, pálinka, home-made cheese, sweet tooth lovers will surely find what they are looking for.

Beside a great variety of international cuisine, also showcases family programs and music programs … A peak into other three days programs:

DAY1. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 12 … “Gluttonous  Friday”

Only on Friday -50% off price from the coupon leaflet indicated fish delights. These fish not only looking good, but the specialities cooked as the Hungarians like it!  The coupons can be downloaded from the event’s  net page.

5 p.m. – 10 p.m. – Giant Catfish cutting and baking

5 p.m. – Duel between Szeged Vs. Baja Fish  soup cookers

6 p.m. – Envious Armpits glands – group

7.30 p.m. – Beatrice concert

Day2. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 13.

10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Fish Cooking Competition

5 p.m. – Ámokfutók band

6.30 p.m. – Erika Zoltán – singer

8 p.m. – Ákos Dobrády – TNT band

DAY3.  SUNDAY, FEBRUARY, 14.

2 p.m. 100 – Folk Celsius concert for children

3.30 p.m. – Trampoline Theatre: The Golden Fish Tale

5 p.m. – Caramel singer

6 p.m. – Ferenc Bulyáki /Franky

A COIN taking you to any places – Budapest

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BUDAPEST TAXI! … PAY in BITCOINS!

Virtual … Digital Currency.

Budapest Taxi held a joint press call with the CoinPay Inc., where the StarUp – Deputy CEO András Lőwy – CoinPay Inc., the COinPAY Developer, and the taxi  managing director of the company Csaba Horváth  announced the following:

The Budapest Taxi in Hungary is to be the first to introduce the CoinPay system allowing quick and secure within the system on coin-based payment.

If the purchaser has Bitcoin , and has a cell phone, he/she can use any service, for example …arriving in the cab to the destination can choose to accept their Bitcoin  wallet in the amount to want to pay for their transportation as a unique identifier, and Scan the QR code. Passengers in taxis, paying for the service with Bitcoin will come in practise from February in Budapest, said the StarUp – Deputy CEO András Lőwy – CoinPay Inc. also added, the Bitcoin’s global accessibility is one of its most important features. The taxi drivers will onwards accept Bitcoin for payment, and to use Bitcoin  does not require divulging any personal identification information to the drivers. For this reason, no criminal can get into your Bitcoin account and spend your money by simply hacking the servers of a company that you performed a transaction with.

The ATM can be directly inserted into paper money, and converted to digital cash, the device screen projected by scanning a QR code can be loaded into the electronic currency Bitcoin  wallet, a mobile phone, from where it purchases the amount to be paid.

So already in the 21st century, there are approximately 5 billion adults in the world, over 85% have mobile phones. Even the most basic of mobile phones give access to a global network of communication. Keeping that in mind, Bitcoin  makes sense for a more global form of money to exist. Bitcoin is exactly a universal, internet currency that can work on any computer or mobile phone. It does not require a credit card, bank account or the divulging of any personal identification to use or acquire. The catch is that you’re not using any government-backed fiat currency in this system, by in use of the new currency the Bitcoin  which is similar to a cash transaction for a company, that has two main advantages. First, the merchant does not have to pay a credit card company a certain % fee each time they swipe a card. Instead the cost for each merchant to accept Bitcoin and convert it to fiat is on average less than 1%, a service provided by payment processors.

Anyone with a mobile phone on this network can financially transact without the use of cash, credit cards or a bank account by simply using the SMS feature to securely send and receive monetary balances.So just with a mobile phone any two parties can now transact without a central authority, company or bank mediating the transaction and in such a way that is safe and secure, publicly known, and incontestable.

Since the debut of the CoinPay system already had joined restaurants, dentistry and tourism providers.

For those interested  … Previous Herald News: Bitcoin ATM changer was placed in operation in Budapest/Hungary in the year 2014. https://rollinginbudapest.com/2014/08/28/budapest-hungary-gets-its-first-bitcoin-atm-at-the-anker-club/)

Updated and snaps Aggie Reiter