The spectacular exhibition about the world’s most famous ship wreck the Titanic arrived in Budapest. A couple of hundreds of items from the collection brought up from the bottom of the ocean will be on display at Millenáris Park.

The reconstructed ship interiors help you imagine the luxury way of life of the upper class, the more simple 3rd class and the crew working hard in the boiler room.

The well-preserved artifacts add a special, unparalleled atmosphere to the Titanic Exhibition, where the visitor feels as if she’d been transported back to the fatal night on 14th April, 1912 when the ocean swallowed the giant ship.

Address: Millenáris Park, Fény utca 20-22., II. district, tram 4-6, Széna tér stop, M2 metro, Moszkva tér station

Opening Hours: Mon-Sun: 10.00-20.00

Tickets: adults on weekdays: 2900 HUF, on weekends: 3900 HUF

Children 2-14 years old on weekdays: 1500 HUF, on weekends: 1900 HUF
Students, pensioners on weekdays: 1500 HUF, on weekends: 2500 HUF

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World music will be in the spotlight on the 21st-22nd as part of the popular Budapest event titled Summer on The Chain Bridge.

For a couple of years now the oldest bridge of Budapest turns into a pedestrian zone offering colourful programs from folklore to jazz music every weekend in July-August.

On 21st-22nd July jazz and other light music bands whose music is based on folklore elements will give concerts on the bridge.

Jazz performers will dominate the stages on the last weekend of July (28th-29th). The Jazz Night & Day program of the Summer on the Chain Bridge puts jazz musicians in the limelight whose music incorporates components of traditional Afro-American music.

Food stalls on both ends of the bridge sell food, snacks, and beverages.

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Nothing kinky just a great exhibition about the history of ice cream in the Museum of Commerce and Catering in Budapest.

Did you know that people made ice cream as early as 5000 years ago? The Greeks ate the cold delicacy as medicine while Alexander the Great gave it to his officers as stimulant before battles.

The exhibition tells you many more about the development of ice cream and its production. An ice cream vendor’s ticycle from between the two World Wars, and interior of an 19th century confectioner’s shop help you imagine the story of the frosty delight.

So if you’re fed up with walking in the streets of Budapest where the asphalt radiates suffocating heat, drop in the Museum of Commerce and Catering and the Exhibition about Ice Cream definitely cools you down a bit.

Address: Szt István tér 5., next to St Stephen’s Cathedral

Date: 2nd June-15th September

Admission: 600 HUF/adult, 300 HUF/students, pensioners, family ticket (2 adults + children) 1200 HUF

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Summer has arrived with scorching heat.

The number of programs Budapest offers to its visitors increases in parallel with the daily temperatures.

Here’s list of events I palan to visit in the coming months:

• Great Table of the Hungarians (Magyarok Nagyasztala), 28th June-1st July, Buda Castle: this new additon to the versatile Budapest summer introduces Hungary’s culinary culture and the cuisine-art from the days of the nation’s Settlement in the Carpathian Basin (896-1000) up till today.

The culinary time travel starts in Szent György Street presenting the gastronomic specialities from the age of the Hungarian Conquest: wild game and horse meat seasoned with salt, pepper, onion and garlic, prepared in traditional clay marmites.

In the Hunyadi Court you step into the Middle Ages where you’ll be indulged in the grandeur of Renaissance and Baroque cuisine.

At the Baroque Gate you can taste the specialities of ethnic minorities like Bulgarian cucumber soup, Warsaw doughnut, or Jewish apple matzoh

In the Újvilág Garden you can taste today’s foods and drinks.

• Budapest Summer Festival (Budapesti Nyári Fesztivál): two outdoor stages host the colorful programs of this year’s festival on Margaret Island and at Városmajor: the highlight of this season will be the world première of a new musical written by team of talented young Hungarians: Dracula will be staged on Margaret Island on 16th, 17th and on 23rd, 24th July .

Other exciting programs on Margaret Island include the Klezmer Magic Show on 8th July, the Nagyida Gipsies‘ specatcular dance theatre on 4th July, or the Gipsy Carnival with the 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra. For children I recommend the Little Mermaid musical on 8th July at 11 am in Városmajor.

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Last weekend of May is here and for many years we celebrate International Children’s Day with varied outdoor programs in Budapest.

Children’s Day in the City Park

City park has been a venue for free children’s day programs for decades. There’ll be concerts in the Petőfi Stadium, folk dance, Japanese martial arts show, sculpture-making from Szamos Marzipan, clown and puppet performances. Kids can try their hands on various crafting activities, too.

Vajdahunyd Castle will turn into a Renaissance court with knights in period costumes, tournaments, gastronomy shows for which live Renaissamce music provide idylic background. Jumping castles and playgrounds throughout the park provide additional entertainment for the little ones.

Budapest Zoo

The youngest tenants of the zoo will enchant kids and adults alike: Bóbita the lion cub who is looked after by the zoo staff can be seen on Saturday, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday at 11 am-13 pm and at 15pm-17 pm. Layla the 220 kg rhino calf will be on its runway between 12-12.30. The little prairie dogs and the emu chicks will no doubt be also very pouplar. Playgrounds, concerts, and face painting make Budapest Zoo a terrific weekend program this weekend.

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