Kino Cinema & Café

There is a place in Budapest which i really like. A good friend took me there after school, and ever since then we have never stopped going there - before school, after school and instead of school - until it eventually became one of our favourite hangout places in all of Budapest.

Well, I dont really know what it is that makes a bar the perfect hangout, but to me Kino Cinema and Cafe has it all to be one of the best hangouts in town.

Art Nouveau Wonders in Budapest #3- Art Nouveau House

In this house, from the decoration of the facade, the arrangement of the interior, through the forms of the furniture, the colours of the stained glass to the graceful female figures on the lamps, Art Nouveau fills everything.

Emil Vidor, a student of Ybl, inspired by Belgian Art Nouveau and German Jugendstil, designed mansions villas and houses for the elite. He combined the craft of European masters with Hungarian, historicist elements. As many other architects of the time, he liked to apply Zsonay majolicas for decoration.

Art Nouveau Wonders in Budapest #2 - Paris Department Store

You might have come across already one of budapestUNDERGUIDE's Art Nouveau programs (http://szecesszio.eu/en), taken part on a free walk on Saturdays or you might have found one of the treasures on the Urban Geocache game. To get you in the turn of century mood, we will publish from now on regularly something about Art Nouveau, Liberty, Modernismo, Secession, or whatever you might call it in your language.

This week, we will tell you about the Paris Department Store - it is a must-see with its Lotz-room!

Alternative Party Guide - On the path of Budapester intellectuals

This week everybody is ill in Budapest more or less. Coughing, sneezing, fever, bed, sleeping. Did too much party las week and year??? No need to worry, just relax a little. Our selection for this weekend for you is chilly program with cafes, spas and museums. 


On the path of intellectuals
People here are snobbishly proud of the marvellous intellectual heritage accumulated through the centuries, the relentless vibe, the coffeehouse life of which Budapest is the catalyst, the crown, the motor, the centre, the flame – whatever you like. 

Good Morning Budapest! - best breakfast places

„Wake up! Let's go working!  
-But why?  
- Because work is ennobling!”*

Budapest is in a phase when it has to re-invent, re-inaugurate and re-invigorate old, sometimes almost forgotten customs, urban traditions; such as the so pleasant ritual of breakfast or weekend brunch.I have to admit that Budapest seems to oversleep the date of these meals in weekends, whereas on weekdays, only few can afford the luxury of a leisurely-consumed breakfast when the arrival to the office (or school) is due at 8.00 AM.

Sweet Sinning in Hungary - best cakemakers and their legends

Have you ever tried Hungarian desserts? Not sure? So probably you haven't because eating our sweets is more or less equal to the fall. A Somlói Galuska or a Gundel Palacsinta should definitely have an own tree in the garden of Eden.  Behind every sweet sinful taste there is a story of a great man or a legend.


Let's start with the most diabolic one: the Gundel Pancake in flames....

Lumen Gallery - my dog drank my cappucino and I took a photo of it

The so called Palace district, named after the rich, tremendous residence buildings owned by aristocratic families in the past, has always been my favourite. Not only mine, but of many university students as you have many important universities, libraries, cafes and other cultural points next door. On the most charming square, in my opinion the most Mediterranean spot in Budapest, where I used to cross in my university year, the best place for a photo exhibition and high quality caffee is the very tiny Lumen Gallery.