There was a bit of apprehension on people’s faces as they walked onto the main aisle of the Great Market Hall on Saturday evening, and quite a lot of it on the faces of the few grocers who had their stands open throughout the Gorillaz Sound System DJ set. So technically it was more than…
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George Ezra @ Budapest Essentials Urban Festival
So this is what happens to you when you sit in Bristol and decide to write a song about a random European city, ostensibly because it sounds good. Well yes, Budapest does sound good.And luckily so does the song, therefore the people of the city immediately take to you as an unsung hero of their…
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra@Budapest Park
So here goes Emir being silly with a band.He’s not much of a guitar player, that’s for sure. He does however make up for what could be a rather fatal flaw, given that this is a concert after all, by being generally entertaining in his usual slightly over the top way. Occasionally one can get…
Thirteen from the Thirteenth
Újlipótváros is where I go for donuts- and where I used to go for burek before it was widely available all over town courtesy of Croatian bakery Mlinar. The demise of Burekkirály was probably unavoidable once Mlinar offered a cheaper version in most of the city’s main thoroughfares, but it was with some sadness I…
More of My Neighbourhoods
So I decided to widen my Saturday morning prawling area, and ventured all the way into Erzsébetváros, which given my not always top notch orientation skills is not that hard to do. Having gone on this bold exploration, I learned some very relevant things about my hood(s): Every street will have at least one dog…
My Terézváros
I’d wanted to live in Terézváros ever since I first laid my eyes on a map of Budapest, mostly on account of Művész cinema being here, which at the time seemed to me like the height of all arthouse things I did not get to see in my hometown. I now know it’s not always…
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
It’s so lovely to be Irish, people all over the world march on the day of you national saint wearing silly hats and drinking rivers of Guinness and Jameson. Yesterday’s parade in Budapest was particularly exciting, as the wind decided on several occasions it was time to turn the mode to mild hurricane, which sent…
The Square of Roses
There are no roses here, or at least not in such early spring, but upon closer inspection, I did identify some twigs that might grow into fine roses come summer. But that should surprise no one, as the name of the square was actually chosen on account of roses being associated to Saint Elizabeth, whose…
Pocket Diary Budapest 