20th of August is one of the largest national holiday in Hungary. Swearing-in ceremony in the morning, firework in the evening and lot of events between them:) You can see the new officiers marching just right after their swearing.
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Hard to explain for a foreigner who was Géza Hofi. I may say he was one of the best stand up comedian in Hungary…but it would give back almost nothing from him. He was much more then a comedian. He was the hope, the only mouth, the surviving smile for millions in the 70′s and 80′s, during the last years of the communism in Hungary. Its interesting that how English terms doesnt match with our phenomenas. We neversaid stand up comedy about Hofi’s performances (lately its a widely used term) and we never called the system communism.
Anyway, originally this title of this statue is THEATRE. But since the model was Hofi Géza everybody call it “the Hofi statue”. The sculpture was designed by Géza Stremeny in 2004.
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Right after the system change in 1990 they removed most of the soviet or communist monuments. Statues, sculptures, red stars, posters etc. This monument remained on the Szabadság (liberty) square. Remembering the soviet soldiers that has died during the Budapest battle in 1944. Nowdays there is a lot of tension around this monuments. Rioters tried to destroy it two years ago thats why you can see the fence around it.
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The VIth district of Budapest is called Terézváros (Theresa town). The history of this part of the city has started in 1777 though only 11 buildings were in the area. The church was established in 1777, too.
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The logo of the chimney-sweeper service. In Hungary we believe if you see a chimney-sweeper you have to grab one of your buttons on your clothes and you will have luck:) Weird but I follow this:)
Anker köz is a little concave between the Deák Square and Király utca. I have always like the shape of this concave but with this sunshine on the walls it was really mesmerizing:)
This photo I got from my colleague, Kata. She sent the comment below:
Unexpected scenery on Moszkva Square on a Friday morning. I guess, this is why it makes sense to listen to the radio and not to any CD while driving… I surely had ample time to take this picture from my car.
The statue of war and peace. This sculpture belongs to the monument on the Heros’ Square. Impressive..isnt it?:)
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A shop window in the VIth district. Reflecting on the window you can see the collector of a trolley bus.
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Congratulations to László Cseh for the silver medal in Men’s 400 metre individual medley in Beijing!:)
The prime minister of the first responsible Hungarian government, Count Lajos Batthyány, was condemned to death by firing squad by the Austrian powers. Since 1926 an eternal flame has been burning in memory of this martyr at the place of his execution.
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