20 May

Rio Club supporting Hungary’s sport heroes to reap victory in Rio 2016 Summer Games.

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Officially was announced to-day at the Larus Restaurant and Event Center – Budapest to be supporting the Hungarian sports heroes by the  Rio Club – Hungary.  The Rio Club offered 32 future’s emerging sporty individuals and competitors already proved in their sport life to be in supporting them.

Through the Rio Club those athletes will be given support, co-helping them in preparing the time ahead who are expected to be representing Hungary at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The chosen first five athletes were Miklós Dudás – kayaker, Miklós Ungvári and Abigél Joó both judo competitors, Emese Szász – fencing and Renáta Tobai-Sike – shooter who all  were handed over  the emblem  Audi A3  made car from their special supporter.

At the ceremonial event Bence Szabó – Secretary General of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) recalled that prior to the Sydney Games was the first occasion the athletes received cars for personally use.

The General Secretary added, since Sydney can see the progress in this field, because in those days the selected athletics received a Fiat made vehicle and to-day the elected young athletics received an Audi made vehicle.

The athletics were selected by Laszló Fábián – MOB sports director and Zsolt Gyulai – member of the MOB Board, and Tamás Tóth – President of the Rio Club Hungary and other members of the MOB consisting of Board of Trustees, which supervises the selection of contestants. Tamás Tóth talked about this year handing over further 32 cars and wish to provide additional opportunities for athletes, mentioning as one example to provide them with mobile phones.

István Csonka – sales and chief marketing officer highlighted that the Groupama Garancia Co. is supporting, standing behind the Rio Club because their goal is to support the healthy lifestyle and the domestic sports life. Also added he wish to draw the intention to the private partners the importance of sport activities.

Sándor Mátrabérc – Audi brand director emphasized that the Porsche Hungária Ltd., and the Audi Brand  signed an agreement with the MOB three years ago and now extends to hand over cars. More to it,  it is important that these cars are manufactured in the City of Győr – Hungary, and by this Hungarian automotive helping Hungary’s athletes. Other supporters: Adidas and Tensi Sport and Holiday.

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

18 May

20th Danube Carnival … International Multicultural Festival – Hungary

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Budapest –  June, 6 – 12. 2015.

At the Danube Carnival will feature 80 programs with more than two-thousand artists, appearing at a dozen of venues. The organizers each year bring new attractions  and its main goal is to foster intercultural dialogue.

The Danube Carnival is now held for the 20th occasion in Budapest. Within the Carnival a combination of special series of programs of the folk dance, folk music, contemporary dance, brass, symphonic and world music combining diverse culture based on national and international traditions.

Budapest will be welcoming the colorful culture brought by foreigner countries with dance groups, bands and artists. Also will take place the “Chain Bridge” – International Folk Dance  Competition,  where an international jury  will evaluate the performances on June, 18. 2015.  Three prize to be won … Golden Chain Bridge, Silver Chain Bridge, Bronze Chain Bridge and Special Prize voted by the audience.

Budapest’s air will be filled with festive feeling. On June, 19., at the Erkel Theater in co-operation with the European Dance Caravan will be presenting Hungarian, Greek, Italian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Spanish, Finnish and  Transylvania artists. On June, 20., at the Margaret Island – Open-air Theater can be seen on stage the Carnival Gala with international guests and locals,  as the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, the  National Dance Ensemble. As for music in the ears lovers … at the Carnival Gala Evening will be held an unusual concert with over 100 musicians both Hungarian and European at the Pesti Vigadó.

Special guest at the concert Márta Sebestyén – Kossuth and Liszt Prize-winning folks singer will entertain the audience.

At the Danube Palace where the festival was launched 20 years ago a photo exhibition opens introducing the twenty year of the Carnival’s history.

The series of these exclusive events are patron by Zoltán Balog – Minister of Human Resources and Katalin Bogyai – UN Ambassador. The directors of the Danube Carnival are the Danube Art Co.  and  János Mucsi – choreographer awarded by the Knight Cross Distinction of Hungary and the Gyula Harangozó Prize.

A peak into the invited countries dance groups: Bulgaria – Thrace State Folk Ensemble – Plovdiv, Finland – Jarkko Peltola Prcheter – Helsinki, Greece – Hellenic Center for Folklore Dance Ensemble – Athens, Georgia – Dance Gurjaani – Girjaani,   Italy –Dance Akragas, Agrigento, Philippines – Bayanihan Dance Company – Manila,  Serbia – Mladost Dance Avala – Beograde, Serbia –  Vojvodina – Talentum Dance Company – Subotica,  Slovakia – Sluka State Dance Ensemble – Bratislava, Slovakia – Treasures Dance – Zseliz,  Transylvania – Romania – Holly Dance – Cehu, Transylvania – Romania -. Three’s Dance Ensemble – Saint George, Turkey – Aegean University Dance Ensemble – Izmir, Turkey – Karagöz Folk Dance Group – Bursa.

For grabbing  to some events tickets: http://dunakarneval.hu/en/ticket-sales/

Update by Aggie Reiter

17 May

Fabulous Four Lads arrived to the Egri Museum … the 4th Beatles Museum around the Globe.

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Opening The Beatles Museum in the City of Eger – Hungary!

Place: 30. Csiky S. Street – Eger

Officially opened on Friday, May 15, 2015.

You were caught by the Beatle’s bug there is your place to visit.

Prior to the opening, the media representatives were welcomed by Marianna Micskei Bányainé – Director Korona Hotel who said the Hotel’s space and cellar was a perfect venue to open the museum after several rebuilding took place. Two independent Beatles collectors: Gábor Molnár and Gábor Peterdi were and are fanatic collectors of the Fab4. Since 1978, Gábor Peterdi had been collecting, captured audio and video materials and a number of valuable relic material, literature and contemporary library of publications and many photos by  Dezső Hoffman (1912-1986) who was a Hungarian photographer. He earned international acclaim in the ’60s shooting photographs of the Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Rolling Stones, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and a bunch of famous artists around in those days. Gábor Molnár – author of the „Immortal” book of The Beatles, been a huge collector of discs, DVD’s  and other items from the late sixties to the present day. As the two collectors said now they finally found its worthy home and here they revealed their Beatles memorabilia collection to the public, but previously went through the „Yellow Brick Road” and after several years of unsuccessful attempts found the ideal location to keep the Beatles’ flame alive at the Hotel Korona – Eger. The Beatles Museum in Eger is the one and only national icon of the four lads and regarding to the international level, it stands in the fourth place in the line after the first at Albert Dock – Liverpool – UK, following Halle – Germany and one in Buenos Aires – Argentina – South America. The official opening was held by János Bródy Kossuth Prize-winning singer, composer. János Bródy said, the significance of the Beatles can not be overestimated, not only by the number of their fantastic music, but at the time being was also a revolution in communication through their music and left a milestone for  posterity. The “Mushroom Heads” were the first ones not with just their performances, but their studio recordings creating something everlasting. The Beatles Museum has a twist in its name called to be on the „Egri Road” pronouncing as „Eggrie Road” which sounds more familiar to the „Abbey Road” at the Hotel Korona. After the offical opening, fans stormed the  Eggrie Road. Was already a fantastic atmosphere on the first day of introducing the collection. After the official opening tour we stopped in the gift shop and the cashier suggested we continue our tour in the museum around the corner which included a movie, collection with uncountable items, such as a piece of brick from the Liverpool Club “The Cavern” with an original entry ticket, the place the Beatles first performed. The bricks were auctioned when the building was demolished in ’83. Want to have the look as a Beatle, no problem, there on the spot can be purchased  the Beatle style black wigs. For any Beatles Fan, lots to see and interesting layout you will get it all, atmosphere, music, celebration, history, it’s a beatles shrine! After the  official opening already awaited by a large number of visitor to the interactive exhibition while having six turns to entrance. Take your camera locals and foreigners … step into history,  its brilliant and must-see place for all and save your day’s memories from the „Eggrie Road”. By the time the evening came, the Beatles’ greatest hits was presented at the Dobó Square  with the concert of  The Blackbirds. The museum’s opening hours and entrance fees are rolling in the side-show and  in the meantime enjoy the ride.

Now there is a Beatles Museum in Hungary which would be the 4th in the World that is in the City of Eger!

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

15 May

Beer Festival – Corvin Quater – Budapest – 2015.

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District, VIII. – Corvin Quater – Budapest

May, 14 -17. 2015.

No  entry  payment  is needed … only cost a „Hello” … “Hi” … “Howdy”!

During the long week-end floating … as the Hungarians say  … Beer is equal to the „Liquid Bread” is  introduced by approximately 30 exhibitors over a hundred different  types of draft and bottled beers, which  awaited visitors to be a little bit in the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary by enjoying  the tastes at the international days offers.

Attractive Spaniards Flashmob caught many eyes within their style of dancing, held at the Corvin Quater’ s  Beer Festival.

Each day a particular nation introduce their nation’s beer, culture, cuisine and music. On Thursday  – the International Day, Friday – the Czech Day,  Saturday – the German Day and on Sunday  – the Hungarian Day  is to be the closing day  of  great draft beers … at least for a “short” period of time.

No one is left out  to get into the mood and have a splendid  time with friends around having  smooth, tasty  beers experience.

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

15 May

3D Printing … Showcasing the Future of the Future – Budapest – 2015.

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The 3D exhibition  will only be displayed until  8 p.m. on Saturday, May, 15. … So for those individuals who are interested in the future’s technology roll over to see at the …

District, V.,  Akvárium Club – Elizabeth Square.

Entry free of charge.

Many exhibitors will be pleased to share their experiences … here is a couple, beside others to be worthwhile to stop by and see:

At the Dental Reality 3D System  was  shown, introduced the high level of professional experience in the field of digital dental technology. It is a unique opportunity to manufacture medical implants, primarily bone and dental implant using products like cobalt chrome, titanium or metal systems, Also use the 3D at body and face scanning, digitization. A new age for not only keeping   „flat” photos or saved shots. Deals with 3D body and face digitization and on request for  loved pets, digital image and print can be made for eternal memory. During the exhibition the visitors may stop for a free face scanning.

The Magma Sys offers a wide selection products , as for creative artist,  dental technician, orthopaedic prosthesis makers interior designers, graphic animators designers jewellers, as well as for moulding solutions and creative purposes  with  the new solution in the use of the 3D.

A must see stand and should not to be missed is „Enabling the Future”

The revolution devices are introduced in the 21st. century in healthcare which is access to life changing worldwide.

The team members are a Global Network of Passionate Volunteers … artists, designers, engineers, educators, students, therapists, world-wide community of creative people who are using the 3D printing technology. These volunteers are from Australia, Botswana, Europe, India, Japan, New Zealand, North and South America making the world a place for many different enable individuals by using 3D Printing

E-Nable’s – volunteer, device and designer  Peregrine says .. “When you think about updating part of yourself, you start to look at your entire self as something that is worthy of being upgraded and you see yourself as a work in progress. Anything you can’t do to-day is not because you cannot do it, it is because you cannot do it … YET! A future version of you could do that … if you work at upgrading and improving yourself.”

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

14 May

3D Printing – The real industrial revolution – Budapest – 2015.

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Meet the machines that change the world.

District V.,  Erzsébet (Elizabeth) Square – Akvarium Club – Budapest

Thursday, May, 14. – Saturday, May, 16.

Budapest 3D Printing Days, organized for the 3rd. time this year and brings 40 exhibitors on hand. The visitors will also be offered have a chance to explore and try out the latest 3D printers and software.  The aim is to showcase the very best of this technology to the audience – returning visitors will be awarded by the rapid nature of development in this field, which is also observable in the local markets as well.  It is about so much more than printing plastic trinkets … less spectacular but all the more relevant production technology and product development integration will slowly reshape the industrial background behind our object culture.

The concept of 3D printing is unbelievably broad and when we  … mistakenly … reduce it to action figure printers, we likely are forgetting all of the of the technical, scientific or medical the advances which would have been impossible without the additive manufacturing process. Shapes that have had been previously impossible to manufacture, structures which were before too complex to mass produce with the 3D printing has made its way to be a part of our reality and in many fields to be used not in the future but to-day as well.

At the 3 days event visitors may see many awesome ideas placed into force and there is nothing strange in it, cause if just thinking of the invention of steel-bar  made fence in the 19th century was an unimaginable novelty and now-a-days  it does not trigger  anybody’s mind.

In the meantime here is one of the exhibitors, worthwhile to see and talk to the creators, Calin Brandabur and Mihai Soare who will be there to answer any of your questions and to present technical live demonstrations. Their Symme3D is being showcased for the first time internationally here in  Budapest  at the 3D Printing Days.

In brief a little background of  the … “ Symme3D is the first multifunctional delta platform 100% designed, engineered and manufactured in Romania. It was designed by Calin Brandabur to be used as a manufacturing tool for modules developed for personal use. The public interest was high so now Symme3D became a product on its own. The platform features 10 interchangeable tool heads for 3D printing, Laser etching, CNC milling and will be the first desktop sized pick and place machine worldwide. With Symme3D a DIY maker, engineer, hardware startup or even established company can control the full life-cycle of a hardware product development from PCB milling, for the electronics, Stencil laser cutting to easily apply the solder paste on the PCB to 3D printing  cases / boxes or frames for the final product. Also coming later this year, the first fully automated, desktop sized, Pick And Place machine! The Symme3D will be available to purchase in Summer 2015. … “

Soon spicing up with more 3D exhibitors.

Update  and snaps by Aggie Reiter

14 May

Chinese citizens inbound tourism in Hungary.

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His Excellency Xiao Qian, People’s Republic of China Ambassador to Hungary and Dr. Ádám Ruszinkó – Deputy State Secretary for Tourism met at the Ministry of National Economy to support tourism  in the region’s countries.

Hungary official member of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), ratified by the General Assembly Resolution, which provided for the official Chinese languages among the admission of the World Tourism Organization. The Hungarian tourism with diplomacy helped to create the most dynamically developing China’s official language to the UNWTO and quickly became a language of among the world’s major tourist source markets.

The latest news on Chinese citizens inbound tourism in Hungary  show a number of Chinese tourists traveling to Hungary is dynamically increasing from year to year. China is among the main countries standing in the 20th place sending tourist to Hungary. Chinese tourists visiting Europe usually visit Hungary during their second or third journey. The Chinese tourists generally gather a positive impression of Hungary.

The number of Chinese tourists typically within Central and Eastern European countries travel within organized groups visiting Hungary. Most occasions making joint visits together with Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Germany.

In Hungary around 40 Chinese tour operators and travel agency offering short and long vacation time to spend learn about  both counties culture, landscapes, food and a wide  selection of wines from  internationally renowned winemaker at their vineyards.

Currently within the ADS system 82 accredited travel agency are in Hungary.

The China Tourism Administration (CNTA) regional branch to be open in Hungary with a new regional office in Budapest will make it much easier for the countries dealing with tourism co-operation between China and Central and Eastern European countries with the support of the regional coordinator of tourism. Hungary is in co-operation, coordinating, promoting Chinese tourism within 16 countries in this region. In the year 2014, 100000 Chinese tourist visited Hungary.

From the first of May, Air China will carry four times a week: Sunday – Monday – Wednesday –Friday, back-and-forth on board the Airbus A330 passengers from Beijing to Budapest with the planes stopping over for a short while in the Belorussian capital Minsk,  continuing its flight to the .  From Budapest the aircrafts will fly straight to the Chinese capital. This will a milestone easier for Chinese and Hungarian traveling tourists and business individuals to reach their destinations as travel time only lasts 7 hours.With Air China landing in Budapest it is like opening a new window between the two countries which will be much easier to promote mutual traveling.

Air China flights to Budapest will be really successful when the endpoints on travel aspects will be resolved  so the groups visiting Budapest flown by Air China may be able to continue their travel,  heading to Munich, Vienna, Geneva, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf or Milan. Expectations will be coming up in the winter scheduling season.

 Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

14 May

Again Stylewalker Day and Night in Budapest – 2015.

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Stylewalker … Day andNight

“Inner City to be the main future City Center”

Saturday, May, 16. 2015.

Sales beginning at 2 p.m.- 10 p.m.

 

Go and join a fascinating design trip in the city of Budapest, exploring a whole day long  programs of events and a wide collection of  the hottest Hungarian designers awaits for the shopping  lovers.

The design shops event is sponsored by the Municipality of Belváros  “Inner City “  – District V.  Budapest, a wide collection of  the hottest Hungarian designers.

What is awaiting for the folks visiting the venue on Saturday? Art programs all day long with the favorite graphic designers of the Hype and Hyper design magazine!

GIVE AWAY
… Like one of the exhibited art piece? If you’re lucky enough, you can take it home, by getting involved at their give away. How does it work? Post some of your best Stylewalker moments on Instagram, use location and #stylewalkerhype.  They would appreciate to be let  known which is the object of desire. Of course not to forget to, hashtag the name of the artist, as well. The more picture to be posted the biggest the chance is to win! Hype and Hyper will let know about the winners on May, 20.2015.

AFTER PARTY
… The Day turns into Night starting off at  10 p.m. at  the Good Bar  and Good Burger with a huge celebration party along with the designers and the Stylewalker crew.

Update by Aggie Reiter

10 May

“REVEALED” – SOFITEL Exhibition in Budapest

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“REVEALED”

Running through May, 5 until end of June, 2015.

Sofitel Luxury Hotels proudly presents “Revealed”, a compelling photo exhibition that takes an intimate look at the world’s greatest modern artists at work as they reveal themselves to the photographer. The photos of Revealed by Sofitel will adorn the walls of the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge Hotel lobby from Olivier Widmaier Picasso, grandson of Pablo Picasso and author of Picasso, Portrait Intime (Albin Michel/Arte éditions), curated the exhibit, hand-selecting the 30 photographs from the collection of Paris Match, the famous French weekly magazine.

Of this photographic exhibition coinciding with the recent reopening of the Picasso National Museum in Paris, Picasso’s grandson declared that “by making this selection, and by immersing myself once again in these photos, I have rediscovered these incredible documents which capture the intimacy of my grandfather and the other major artists featured in the exhibit.”

Among the prized photographs are a black-and-white image of Pablo Picasso eyeing a Dalmatian longing to climb onto his lap, Salvador Dali painting at the Paris Zoo, Jeff Koons styling a BMW for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pierre Soulages crouching over a work in progress, Kees van Dongen painting a posing Brigitte Bardot, and other striking images of Rene Magritte, Marc Chagall, Fernando Botero, Joan Miro, Jean Cocteau, Francis Bacon and others.

This travelling exhibition highlights culture, one of the fundamental pillars of France’s leading luxury hotel chain. Indeed, Sofitel makes links between its hotels and culture by engaging with famous artists, writers and photographers.

“Revealed” by Sofitel was launched at Sofitel New York in June 2014 and displayed last year at Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square, Sofitel Chicago Water Tower and Sofitel Montreal Golden Mile. The exhibition will travel to London, Amsterdam,Paris and Munich, among other destinations.

About Olivier Widmaier Picasso … Olivier Widmaier Picasso studied law and works as a producer and advisor for audiovisual media in Paris as well as a license developer with numerous artists including the name and works of his grandfather Pablo Picasso. He recently coproduced and hosted TV documentaries about contemporary art and opera, and portraits of major creators in fashion, design, photography, architecture and music. His mother, Maya, is the daughter of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Therese Walter, with whom the artist was together from 1927 until 1944.

Sofitel, World Class Hotels and French Elegance Sofitel is the only French luxury hotel brand with a presence on five continents with 120 addresses, in almost 40 countries.

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

 

9 May

Bingo! … Open-air baths, spas, swimming pools, healing waters already open on May Day !

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In the midday hours on May, 7. 2015., a press conference was held to the opening  season of baths, swimming pools, healing waters in Budapest and throughout the country at  one of the most exclusive  mineral bath and swimming pool  at the „Gellért” in Budapest.

At the event were present … Assistant Secretary of State for Tourism – Ádám Ruszinkó, Péter Faragó – Executive Director of the Tourist Office, Gábor Kardos – Head of the Lake Balaton and Surroundings, Gyula Czeglédi – President at the Hungarian Spa Association, László Selmeczi  – president of the Hungarian Confectioner Industry Board whom welcomed the press and media representatives.

Assistant Secretary of State for Tourism – Ádám Ruszinkó, gave a short overview of last years figures concerning visitors to the open-air spas, open-air bathe and healing water in Hungary, by saying more than drew 40 million visited these complex. He mentioned, there are more than 200 baths operating in Hungary and added 1/3 of the bookings in Hungary are connected to health healing and/or enjoying the wellness services. These bookings sites are already open the doors to many foreigners working, staying, visiting Budapest and throughout the country. Naturally, more-and-more Hungarians chose to stay at these baths and open-air pools.

Péter Faragó – CEO Hungarian Tourism Agency, told that the national agency advertise the whereabouts of many services relating to health tourism  throughout Hungary. Added, the national agency has a lists of 200 activities to choose from each weekend and longer stay on their website.

Gyula Czeglédi – President at the Hungarian Spa Association, underlined there are many discounts and savings optional from a bunch of bathe/pools from the beginning of May in Budapest, and throughout the country. From May, 1 opened already for the sun and water lovers the „Gellért”, „Palatinusz”, „Dagály bathe to hop over, have a splash, enjoy the superb healing mineral hot baths or just to simply watching the world go by during sunbathing on these terrace or beside the pools. The other pools will be open mid-May and a couple by the end of the month.  This year reopening from June, 13.,  the „Pünkösdfürdő”  and having its last year great success for the pooling folks they can enjoy a bit of outside area from Budapest.

This summer the baths, open-air pools, healing waters will be open until 8 p.m. and on weekends some with extended opening hours.

It was also emerged at the press gathering by Gábor Kardos – Head of the Lake Balaton and its surrounding, that the real season at the Lake Balaton starts off when the temperature of the lake reaches 20 °C, which is expected to happen before the water of the Adriatic reach its suitable temperature for swimming. Here at the „Hungarian Sea” so the Hungarians call Lake Balaton is certainly a place for a bunch of  activities for sporty enthusiasts. The abundant supply of water sports, Hungarian food specialities, wine cellars and so forth are just palm’s reach.

The „Palatinusz” and „Dagály”  open-air pools will also participate in the annual „Night” program as „Pools Night” – June, 19., until next day till 2 a.m. “Will be at the Ball”  at the open-air pools, bathing, movie screenings, music and to be holding spectacular presentations, said Tibor Ferenci – CEO of the Budapest Spas and Hot Springs Company.

At the end of the press gathering László Selmeczi – confectioner invited to taste the special ice-cream brought to the venue.

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter

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