Sounds like tinned fish



But it's not tinned fish ("herring") - it's an exhibit by a big time contemporary artist whose exhibition is opening in Budapest on 15 August. Click 'read more' for more.

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Can You Feel it?
Szaving Dollarsz and Szents (on Sziget)
Alive Span
JAMMING IN JULY
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Interview

Budacast on the BBC

In this episode of Budacast hear yours truly on the other side of the microphone, held by Chris Vallance, reporter for the BBC show 'Pods and Blogs'.

Listen to us enjoy one thousand forint cups of presszó kávé at Budapest's New York Cafe.

LISTEN TO: Budacast on the BBC

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Details Man

Working in the travel guide business conjures up visions of an exotic lifestyle - hopping on planes and trains, crossing borders to hear exotic tongues, savor strange flavors and encounter what may be even stranger ways of thinking.

But if you're the editor of a big time travel guide, you may find that the exotic trips only take place in your head as you sit behind your desk. That's where Adrian Phillips, editor of the Bradt travel guide series, found himself.

Adrian says that after a couple of years as contributing editor at Bradt he wanted to see the publishing business from the other side. So, he took four months away from his desk to travel all around Budapest and Hungary, researching every nook and cranny.

He recalls his' first visit to Hungary in the early 1990's, talks about the daunting task of gathering information for a guide book, and tells us what he likes to do, see, eat and drink when he's in Budapest for few days and not working on one of his books.

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Details Man

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Bradt travel guides

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Lovely Location

While the Hungarian capital continues to expand its offering of places to stay for those visiting Budapest, some guests want to walk right out the door of their hotel and be in the thick of things, to stroll along the Danube or peruse the goods at Budapest's Grand Market Hall.

Well, if that sounds enticing, the Promenade Hotel could be the place to put up your feet in Budapest. Later this summer you can book a nice room in the promenade right on Vaci utca, the Hungarian capital's luxurious shopping street, for a nice price.

Director of hotel development at Mellow Mood Hotels and Hostels, Jo Gowie tells us about the brand new Promenade Hotel. But first, Jo clues us in on the success of Mellow Mood Hotels, a local company with a diverse array of great places to stay.

LISTEN TO: Lovely Location

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All Ship Shape

The guardian angel of Budapest's Hajógyári ('shipbuilding') island is getting things in order for your arrival, which is just a few weeks away.

Budacast's Sziget Six contest is giving away 10 day passes to Budapest's Sziget Festival, the biggest event of the summer in Hungary. The trick is you need to listen to all 6 Sziget Six episodes of Budacast, answer our trivia questions and send them into us by 22 July.

On Budacast's Sziget Six Episode #4 we talk about what it takes to build an entire city for Sziget visitors, where you should and should not take a pee, and about all the great METAL bands (dude).

LISTEN TO: Sziget Six Episode 4

Get a summary of our other Sziget Six chats in the 'All about Budapest' section of Budacast.

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Feature

Transylvania Dreamin

For many Hungarians born in Hungary visiting Transylvania is a pilgrimage of sorts, a place where they can meet their ethnic Hungarian cousins and get in touch with the pristine landscape.

While not a Hungarian, Drew Leifheit is a regular visitor to an ethnic Hungarian village in Transylvania called Torockó.

You can listen to the audio postcard he produced about 10 years ago on one of his visits there.

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Transylvania Dreamin

More info:
Transylvania.info
Transylvania Trust
Adventure Transylvania

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Sziget Scents

The scents of a gargantuan music and cultural festival can be pretty rank. But Budacast wants to give you a whiff of the good stuff at this year's Sziget Festival.

So we've collected the best of the comments submitted by participants in our Sziget Six contest AND we've got an almost live report, directly from the Festival, from our intrepid reporter Ágnes Emri.

LISTEN TO: Sziget Scents

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Way Down South

For towns on Hungary's great plain Szeged is their big city, a friendly university town that invites you to gaze at its gorgeous secessionist architecture. Spanning the Tisza river, it's the scene of numerous cultural festivals.

So climb on board with us in this episode of Budacast for the two and a half hour journey to way down south. But don't be late for the train!

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Way Down South (Szeged)

More:
Szeged Portal
University of Szeged

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Blast from the Past

If you've been in one of Budapest's numerous malls, you're probably convinced that capitalism has arrived to Hungary. For some foreign visitors , this country's not-so-distant past and its fleeting remnants are a source of intrigue.

















In this archival edition of Budacast Drew Leifheit discovered that communism was alive and well on a guided tour which attempts to give visitors a feel for what it may have been like living here during the communist regime. Sometimes the tour even dredges up painful memories for some.

LISTEN TO: Blast from the Past

It's still possible to go on the Hammer & Sickle tour.

Budapest's Memento Park is a collection of the communist statues that were removed from the Hungarian capital.

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michael leifheit
Blast from the Past
08, September 2008 @ 09:03
I was bummed out by the news today that McStupid is leading in the polls so I turned off the TV news and listened to my favorite son's blog cast instead.

Zour Dad
HoneyBani
Szaving Dollarsz and Szents (on Sziget)
07, August 2008 @ 00:06
Goood Morning Dave,
Yes, yes Yo promised the winners would be announced by 6th august!
But I cant find anything on the page.
Who are the winners??

Thanks alot!
Honeyb
csy
Szaving Dollarsz and Szents (on Sziget)
06, August 2008 @ 09:48
Hi Dave,
How about the correct answers and winners to Sziget 6???!!!

bye


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