As we were walking across the K-bridge it became evident that the crowds queuing to get in were considerably larger than during the previous days, but also crossing the security check point faster. In true Sherlockian form we immediately deduced these are day ticket holders, who are less of a hassle for the guards as…
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How to Be a Groupie-Sziget Day Two
The day began with some casual sky watching, as the more technically adept Sziget goers had checked their weather apps and found out storms might be brewing across the city. They didn’t, of course, at least not above Sziget at any rate, but some cloudage occurred late in the afternoon slightly breaking the sweltering heat….
The Gods of Rock Bring Wine and Mathematics- Sziget Day One
After two days of missing out on the ritual, I finally pulled myself together and had the classic pre-Sziget meal in Szeráj, the veteran of Budapest’s ever expanding and changing Turkish fast food scene. As I was sitting there and munching exactly the same dish as ever in the past thirteen Sziget years, it dawned…
Everyone on Sziget is Secretly Belgian- Day Zero
It’s always delightful to start a post with breaking news, so here we go: the lava hot dog is back. It is less delightful not to be able to provide photographic evidence, but our sheer joy at encountering the sublime food item combined with a devastating hunger made us realize only too late that, before…
Sziget Begins Where Robbie Williams Ends- Day Minus One
In times of extreme boredom, like let’s say on a long distance bus or when stuck in an airport during a transfer, I entertain myself with idle thoughts, such as imagining a superbly civilized alien society visiting our tiny planet, and deciding, based on some totally random human behaviour, whether to spare it ultimate…
Sziget Around the Corner
It already feels a lot like Sziget, as the first people have started moving in over the weekend and are roaming around the city to take in the sights- great occasion to have a first glimpse at how this year’s bracelets will look. Which is of course totally relevant and useful information. And as we wait for…
Look Who’s Coming To Sziget- Continued
This could very well be entitled the post I just had to come up with to shamelessly re-share our old Horrors pictures and be all smug about having guessed correctly they would join the line up as well. I can also express my elation at this having happened, and my bafflement at them…
The Island when it’s not the ISLAND- Spring Edition
So now the Island pretty much looks the part- though, of course, by mid August the sun will have burnt the greens into submission. We even found the Csónakház open, so we could soak up the sun with some beers in tow, which is of course a very Sziget feeling if there was any. The…
The Island when it’s not THE island- The (Snowless) Winter Edition
I spent the whole winter waiting patiently. It will come, yes it will. The snow. There’ll be one snow that lasts for more than a day, covers more than a centimetre of ground. And then we will go to take the “Sziget in winter” white, fluffy shots. Well, that snow didn’t come, so we had…
The island when it’s not THE island
It might be a bit surprising that in 10+ years of living in Budapest I’d never been to the island when it wasn’t THE island. I guess I never thought of it as anything else than a loud, hot, beautiful chaos of people and sounds. So it was quite startling to see it as, well,…
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