The tramway 4-6. Two different tramways..almost the same route. The 6 one just arrived to have a rest..:) Do they have cute eyes?:)
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Moscow square
Yesterday I promised to write more about Moscow Square (Moszkva tér). This is one of the most controversial place in Budapest. Though this is a very busy point of the Budapest traffic (a metro station, the last stop of the 4-6 tramway) there is actually nothing. To be honest an untidy place which havent changed since decades. People make this place special. The Moscow Square is the largest “slave-market” of Budapest. Early morning a lot of people seeking for temporary illegal jobs are standing there waiting for their “employers” to be chosen. At the same time wealthy people also has to cross the square coming down from the hill from their villas. So this is the place where you can see the sales managers or bank officers and homeless job-seekers together.
The Moscow square is a typical meeting point, too. Let’s meet under the clock on the “moszkva” is a typical sentence of quick phone conversations and years ago this place has served as a “logistic” center for the highschool students’ nightlife. They got together there hoping that someone will have an address where the best parties were going to be for that saturday night. Török Feri made a great movie about this generation of course with the title Moscow Square (Moszkva tér).
I posted this with some videos here.
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Post office
Yes..this romantic castle is a post office. Actually the main office of the Hungarian Post. And the most characteristic building of the Moscow Square. The square which is the most controversial and weird place of Budapest..i think:)
But ok…today just enjoy the building of the post office…and tomorrow I tell you more about the Moscow square.
News on my other blogs:
Me and my crazy mind: Budapest is capital of what European country?
Hungary starts here blog: Fruit Cake
Breathtaking Photos: Kerlingafjöll Iceland
Impressions of Indonesia: Rice
Buda – Hills’ View
Since my colleague is an expat from Spain, he was given a lot of perks, amongst which is the Buda view. This is his bitch (since it is a female dog;) looking in the direction of the beautiful view. In Budapest, the Buda side takes up one third of Budapest and it has a beautiful view. Hilly and wooded, it lies on the western side of the Danube. One of my favourite exploration around Budapest with Zsolt was taking the Children’s Railway (called ‘Gyermekvasút‘ in hungarian). Also I would like to mention the Cog Railway ”Fogaskerekű vasút’‘. Visiting it in winter when it is snowing is even much of an experience! The Cog railway leaves from near Moscow Square (take tram 56 for two stops) and climbs through the wooded Buda Hills. At the top, we took the Children’s Railway through the hills and take the tram back down from the far end. Here you can watch the little video created by Zsolt about it, a view of it in the white thick snow.
Opera Ball
The Opera Ball was held in Budapest last night. This is the leading event of the Hungarian elite (if there is any) during the ball-season. The Opera Ball has a long tradition, the first similar event was organized in 1886. During the communism, of course events like this were prohibited, so after 62 years’ pause, they started the events again in 1996. This is a public event, you can buy a ticket for 72,000 – 300,000 HUF (approximately US$360 – US$1,500). I wasn’t there, the photo is from their official website: www.operabal.com.
Not everybody is an enthusiast for events like this. During the Ball, in the last few years, anti-globalisation movements organized protests against the ball, and against the enormous inequalities in Hungary. While the elite is dancing inside, they protested outside and delivered free food for the homeless people on the streets.
News on my other blogs:
Add your Proverbs: I revitalized my proverb blog
Me and my crazy mind: Photohunters: Narrow
Breathtaking Photos: Autumn fields
Impression of Indonesia: Tarsier
Budapest Style
Picture speaks a thousand words…I chanced on a blog called Budapest Style about fashion style of the native hungarians with a simple concept behind it. It was by Adam, July and Rozmy, whose contributions are made to their fashion blog by their own initiative to scout for real people on the streets with a good sense of fashion and complimenting this good sense of style with a photograph of them on ‘the spot’ and showcasing them on the site. It’s a sort of streetwear-in project that really speaks about the current time frame of peoples’ fashion in Budapest.
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Me and my crazy mind: busy days
Breathtaking Photos: shocking
Impressions of Indonesia: Bali Statue
What your city is known for
Budapest is known for its wonderful bridges. I guess the most famous one, which is like an icon to Budapest is the Chain Bridge (Lánchíd) or with its longer name: Szécheny Lánchíd.
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