Budapest - Queen of the Danube

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Regarded by many as one of World's most beautiful cities, Budapest (the "Paris of the East" and the "Queen of the Danube") has become the most popular travel destination in Central Europe along with Vienna and Prague. Millions of tourists visit the city every year. Located on both sides of the Danube River and featuring both the rolling hills of Buda(on the west bank) and the organized, gridlike layout of Pest (east bank), these two very different cities united by convenience into one city offer the traveller a Viennese-style aura at half the price. is still very much its own city. The people are charming, and for the most part very helpful. They are proud of what this ancient capital has to offer, and proud of their contributions to European culture, especially in the field of music, a universal language one doesn't need to speak to appreciate. 

Budapest vacation 

If you decide to spend your vacation (or part of it) in Budapest you will be not disappointed. You can enjoy in sightseeing,  take a boat tour on Danube, or visit some of many cultural programs.  Explore the city on your own, or take organized tour with guide. You will have no problem to find suitable accomodation in one of many hotels and appartments. Taste the hungarian cuisine and famous hungarian wines,  and at the end, buy yourself a Hungaricum,  original Hungarian product like pálinka, paprika from Kalocsa and Szeged, Szeged and Budapest salami, Csaba and Gyula kolbász and Tokay wine.

Budapest - Danube

In 1987, Budapest was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List for the cultural and architectural significance of the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue.

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General information about Budapest, Hungary 

Budapest is the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial and transportation centre. The official language spoken is Hungarian. Budapest has approximately 1.8 million inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.1 million. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the amalgamation on 17 November 1873 of right-bank (west) Buda (Ofen in German) and Óbuda (Old Buda or Alt-Ofen) together with Pest on the left (east) bank. It is the ninth largest city in the European Union.

  
 
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Folklore

Folk dance

Folk dance: The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble the Danube Folk Ensemble and Rajkó Folk Ensemble are three of the best Hungarian folk ensembles with the longest tradition (the first one was formed in 1951, and the second one in 1957), which have performances all around the country and abroad. Read more ...

Organ concerts

Organ concert

The program of the concert was adapted for the organ of this church by Gábor Lehotka,  professor of the Academy of Music in Budapest. Anasztázia Bednarik, Miklós Teleki and László Attila Almásy regularly give concerts in Hungary, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Read more ...

Symphony concerts

Symphony concert

Hungarian classical music has long been an "experiment, made from Hungarian antedecents and on Hungarian soil, to create a conscious musical culture [using the] musical world of the folk song".  Although the Hungarian upper class has long had cultural and political connections with the rest of Europe, leading to an influx of European musical ideas, the rural peasants maintained their own traditions such that by the end of the 19th century Hungarian composers could draw on rural peasant music to (re)create a Hungarian classical style. Read more ...




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