CITY LIFE Use the story markers, swipe, or use arrow keys to choose a story. Press Space while the carousel is focused to pause or resume automatic slides. Photo: Antal Gertheis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped for layout Image: 1956 official trailer / HEAR US MOVE · Written and directed by Tobias Vees Photo: Apricot Coffee / official website Photo: Hollófernyiges · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2011 archive photograph, cropped. Steam services run on selected dates. Photo: Mrszantogabor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2013 archive photograph, cropped FROM STREET LEVEL · PIPACS PÉKSÉG Three people, four breads and a market van. Meet Ádám Fülöp and the bakery team connecting Budapest’s bread to its farmers and millers. BEHIND THE COUNTER ARÁN BAKERY · ERZSÉBETVÁROS They returned from Dublin with baking experience and their sourdough starter. Their Budapest bakery still carries that Irish connection. VADJUTKA · JEWELRY & MAKING A change of medium, a different way to tell a story. Meet the person behind Vadjutka. BADBURGER AND MORE · BELVÁROS A friendship that began at their children’s school grew around shared meals, then became the idea for a restaurant of their own. Researched stories, with founder interviews, official histories and directory links for practical details. Photographs show the actual people and places. People, places and ideas worth spending time with. The Work Inside a Spoonful of Paprika: Illustrative photograph of peppers. Not photographed at PaprikaMolnár; the image does not establish the varieties processed by the mill. Cropped for layout. Veszprém: A City That Makes Room for Music: Hangvilla, Veszprém’s performance and community venue. Archive image: 2016-01-20. Imre Marcell (user:Imarci99) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped for layout. Herend: Before Porcelain Reaches the Table: Porcelain-making at Herend. Archive image: 2022-09-11 11:33:36. Davidi Vardi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped for layout. Szentendre, Beyond the Postcard: Fő tér, Szentendre’s central square. Archive image: 2011-09-19 11:54:44. DimiTalen / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Cropped for layout. ON FOOT · AT YOUR OWN PACE Start with a neighborhood. Follow the places, people and small details that give it a life of its own. THE CITY CALENDAR A concert, a workshop, a reason to get out. A temporary exhibition at the Hungarian National Museum, on view until 1 November 2026. ART AND CULTURE · ON NOW · UNTIL 1 NOVEMBER A temporary exhibition at the Hungarian National Museum, on view until 1 November 2026. Hungarian National Museum EXIT BUDAPEST A wine landscape. A village still being kept. Leave the capital with a story to follow. TOKAJ Vineyard slopes, rivers and cellars reveal the region behind a familiar wine name. HOLLÓKŐ A village is more than its buildings. Tokaj: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0 (2016). Hollókő: Kfbs06, CC BY-SA 3.0 (2007). Archive photographs, cropped for layout. PLAN YOUR NEXT STOP Read the story, find the address and leave a little time to look around. A family bakery, a neighborhood café, a small shop you keep going back to. Tell us about the place and the people who make it special.
The Budapest Beneath Our Feet
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Four Breads.
A Market Van.
A Beginning.
Every Shop Has a Beginning.
Kinga, Attila and a Starter Named Paddy.
From Written Stories to Silver.
Two Families. A Shared Table.
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Art and cultureSzentendre, Beyond the Postcard
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Art and cultureHerend: Before Porcelain Reaches the Table
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Art and cultureVeszprém: A City That Makes Room for Music
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PeopleThe Work Inside a Spoonful of Paprika
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Art and cultureAnna Tihanyi and the Rooms We Carry
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PeopleErnő Rubik: The Problem Before the Puzzle
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PeopleWhat Home Sounds Like: András Kállay-Saunders
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NeighborhoodsTwenty-Eight Cubic Metres of Soil. One Shared Courtyard.
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PeopleBio Csányi: The Work Behind a Saturday Market Stall
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PeopleAnother Season in the Same Shoes: András Tarjányi’s Wekerle Workshop
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PeopleThe Bodega: A Kitchen of His Own.
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PeopleEspresso Embassy: From Law to the Coffee Counter.
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PeopleDorado Café: The Long Way Home.
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PeoplePrinta: Zita’s Ideas, Made by Hand
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PeopleMassolit: A Bookseller Who Knows Her Readers
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City lifeBudapest’s Own Money Machine
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NeighborhoodsWhy Bartók Béla út Is More than a Café Street
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A different city.
One street over.What Is Happening in Budapest?
UNTIL1NOVThe American Dream: Hungarians in the United States 1776-2026
There is more
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Tokaj: The Landscape Behind the Bottle
Hollókő, Still Being Kept
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Find a Place Nearby.
Who Should We Meet Next?
A LOCAL INTRODUCTION