What to do in Budapest

What to do in Budapest

• Tropicarium
  The Budapest Tropicarium does not only present a part of the deep sea world but also a tiny bit of a tropical rainforest, where the sky thunders every quarter of an hour, rain starts to fall and lightning zigzags over the lazily lying Mississippi alligators. Besides, the Tropicarium can boast with the largest sea aquarium in all Central Europe, the shark aquarium containing 1.4 million litres of
• Busójárás 2012
  The Busójárás, the buso carnival will be 16-21 February 2012 in Mohács. Dave Seminara visited Mohács and published his experience on the Gadling.com travel portal. "Welcome to Busójárás, Hungary's version of Whacking Day. I'd heard about the colorful pre-Lenten carnival held in Mohacs each year but no one had warned me about the devlish little busós who run around whacking people. Busójárás (
• Busójárás 2012 - the program
  This folk tradition of Mohács for bidding farewell to winter and welcoming spring was included on the UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in autumn 2009 Programs: 16 February – Thursday – „Little Carnival” 15:15 - Carnival procession starting from the Sokac Circle (Táncsics St. -
• Hummers in the Balaton
  In the beginning of February 2 Hummers fell in to the icy Lake Balaton. Young guys drived to the ice of the lake by two hummers and the ice broke under them. The vehicles was towed ashore by a special machine. The story spread around the world in some minutes. Some photos about the Hummers:
• Etyekwood, the studio theme park
  Etyekwood, Hungary's first movie studio theme park is located only 18 miles from Budapest, in Etyek. The vistor's center of the Korda Studios is the first movie theme park in Hungary. You can walk through two urban scenes: the streets of New York next to the reneissance Rome. Update: From 8 February 2012 the scenes of Borgias TV series can be visited, and some new renaissance scenery as well.
• National Holidays of Hungary 2012
  March 15: National Day April 8: Easter April 9: Easter Monday May 1: Labor Day May 27: Pentecost May 28:  Pentecost Monday August 20: St. Stephen’s Day October 23: National Day November 1: All Saint’s Day December 25-26: Christmas The shops, supermarkets and hypermarkets are closed these days.
• Some fun from Budapest: the troll bus driver
  I have found this comic on http://9gag.com/. This is a maybe true story about a bus driver of Budapest, or maybe more bus drivers in Budapest. Citizens tells stories humorous drivers in more bus lines of Budapest. On the lines I regularly use in Budapest, I have never met one of them.
• Christmas Tram in Budapest
  From 9 December 2011 to 6 January 2012 - except 24 and 31 December - the renovated heritage Ganz UV tram appears again. You can travel by the tram dressed in tens of thousands of Christmas LEDs on the line of 2A between Jaszai Mari ter and Boraros ter from Thursday to Sunday, From Monday to Wednesday, on the line of 61K between Móricz Zsigmond korter and Széll Kálmán tér. The tram can be used