During the Siege of Belgrade (the Hungarian name: Nándorfehérvár. The city was part of Hungary until 1521). In 1456, Hungarian noblemen John Hunyadi (leader of the Hungarian royal army) and…

Maurice Benyovszky, (Hungarian: Benyovszky Móric, Polish: Maurycy Beniowski, Slovak: Móric Beňovský) born as Benyovszky Móric Ágost (20 September 1746, Vrbau (Vrbové), Kingdom of Hungary – 23 May 1786, Madagascar), was…

Hungarians, also known as Magyars (Hungarian: magyarok), are a nation and an ethnic group native to and mainly associated with Hungary, a Central European state, and its predecessor states (the…

The Puli is a medium-small breed of Hungarian herding and livestock guarding dog known for its long, corded coat. The tight curls of the coat, similar to dreadlocks, make it…

Tivadar Puskás (b. 17 September 1844, Pest – d. 16 March 1893, Budapest) was a Hungarian inventor, telephone pioneer, and inventor of the telephone exchange He was also the founder…

Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956) commonly known as Béla Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for playing Count…

The ancient city of Aquincum was situated on the North-Eastern borders of the Pannonia province within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found today in Budapest,…

Many of the business elite supported the idea of skating, which offered an excellent social entertainment for the winter months. On 12 November 1869 the foundation of the Pest Skating…

After the Árpád dynasty was established, the region of today’s Ráckeve belonged to the Hungarian king.
In the Middle Ages, there was a settlement here called Ábrahámtelke, and also a…

Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (March 27, 1784 – April 11, 1842), born Csoma Sándor, also known as Alexander Csoma de Kőrös, was a Hungarian philologist and orientologist, author of the first…

One of the biggest indoor water theme parks in Europe offers unforgettable entertainment to visitors of every age throughout the year.
The adventure centre is covered by a giant dome,…

Károly Zipernowsky (4 April 1853 Vienna – 29 November 1942 Budapest), was a Hungarian electrical engineer. He was the co-inventor of the transformer and other AC technologies.
Zipernowsky, with Ottó Bláthy and Miksa Déri, all of…

Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937.
He is credited with…

Ferenc Pavlics (was born on February 3. 1928, in Balozsameggyes, Hungary) is mechanical engineer, developer for NASA Apollo Lunar rover.
After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the Pavlics family scattered around the world. After…

Andrew George Vajna (born Vajna András György; August 1, 1944) is an American film producer. Vajna was born in Budapest, Hungary and emigrated to the US in 1956.
His first…

Holography is a technique that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that it appears as if the object is in the same position…

László József Bíró (September 29, 1899 – October 24, 1985) was the inventor of the modern ballpoint pen.
Bíró was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary in 1899. He presented the first production of the ball pen at…

Margaret Island is a 2.5 km (1.4 miles) long island, 500 meters (550 yards) wide, (0.965 km² (225 acres) in area) in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest.…

The Rubik’s Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.
Originally called the “Magic Cube”, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal…

The Hungarian Café culture goes back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As well as Vienna, Budapest is also famous for its numerous cafés. Everyone can find a place according to one’s…

The cave, currently explored in a length of 2200 ms, and placed under increased protection, is one of the most valuable natural treasures of Budapest. It contains several spacious passages. …

Hortobágy is both the name of a village in Hajdú-Bihar county and an 800 km² national park in Eastern Hungary, rich with folklore and cultural history. The park, a part of…

Rudas Bath or Rudas fürdő is a thermal and medicinal bath that was first built in 1550, during the time of the Turkish occupation of Hungary. To date, it retains…

Gellért Hill is a 235 m high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It is part of the 1st and 11th Districts. Gellért Hill was named after Saint Gerard…

Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia.  Pécs has…

Palinka (Hungarian, Pálinka) is a traditional Hungarian fruit brandy that is produced in Hungary. It is most often made from various kinds of fruit; the most common varieties are made…

Only the Metrolopitan Railway, of 1863, now a part of London Underground is older.  Its line 1, named Millennium Underground, was built from 1894 to 1896. Its name refers to…

Philipp E. A. von Lenard
June 7, 1862, Pozsony – May 20, 1947, Messelhausen
Philippe Lenard (Fülöp Lénárd) received 1905 Nobel Prize in Physics for “his work on cathode rays.”…

Hungary has one of the most important thermal spring culture in Europe. The country boasts no less than 1,500 spas, typically featuring Roman, Greek and Turkish architecture. Some of the…

In 1946, Hungary issued banknotes of a face value of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengő (one quintillion pengő) – the world’s highest denomination ever.
The pengő was the currency of Hungary between 1…

Around 1000 CE, the Kingdom of Hungary, was one of the largest states in Europe, bigger than France.  It emerged in 1000, when the Principality of Hungary, founded in 896,…

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel’s company famous for building the Eiffel tower, build the Nyugati railway station in Budapest.
More specifically, the station was planned by August de Serres and was built by…

Buda Castle is the historical castle complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, first completed in 1265.  The Buda Castle is part of the Budapest World Heritage Site, declared in…

The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall (Hungarian “Nagycsarnok”), on Fővám Tér in the 9th district, is the largest indoor market in Budapest. It was designed and built by…

Szentendre, a town near the capital city of Budapest. Szentendre is known for its museums (most notably the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum, Skanzen), galleries, and artists.  Due to its picturesque appearance and easy…

Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda.
Esztergom is a city in…

While in the earliest times Hungarian language was written in a runic-like script (although it was not used for literature purposes in the modern interpretation). The country switched to the…