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Budapest is among The Huffington Post’s Top 50 cities to see

The Huffington Post has recently made a list about the Top 50 cities to see in your lifetime, and one of them is Budapest. The Post emphasized how colourful Budapest’s night life is, and how wonderful its baths are, welovebudapest.com reports.

The Huffington Post made a list to collect the top 50 cities which they have already written about, but got lost among all the other posts. According to the writers, every ruler has left his mark on Budapest, and that makes the city incredibly colourful, not to mention its busy night life and great thermal baths which make Budapest an ideal destination for tourists.

Venice got the first place, Seville is the second, and New York City became third, but several other metropoleis are on the list, such as Paris, Rome, and Athens, but there are further cities from the United States, Asia, and Africa as well.

Here’s a photo gallery of the must see places in Budapest.

Copy editor: bm

January 9, 2016

These are the best universities and colleges in Hungary

Semmelweis University has ranked first on HVG’s newest higher education list (again), and there’s no change in the second place either; however, the third institution came as a big surprise, writes eduline.hu. HVG’s Diploma 2016 is already out, listing more than ten disciplinaries and forty programmes.

According to HVG’s 2016 higher education list, the Semmelweis University (SE), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), the National University of Public Service (NKE), the University of Szeged (SZTE), and the University of Pécs (PTE) are among the best universities in Hungary based on their professor-and student excellence.

HVG took several features into account when composing the list, such as the number of people who chose the university as their first option when applying, the average score of those who were accepted, the number and type of language exams people had, the number of first year students who had excellent rankings during their high school years in different competitions, the number and proportion of professors with an academic degree, the student-professors with academic degree ratio, and the number of professors with an MTA title.

Rank	Institution	Professor excellence (rank)	Student excellence (rank)
1.	Semmelweis University (SE)	4.	4.
2.	Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)	7.	3.
3.	National University of Public Service (NKE)	6.	5.
4.	University of Szeged (SZTE)	5.	7.
5.	University of Pécs (PTE)	3.	11.
6.	University of Pannon (PE)	2.	17.
7.	University of Physical Education (TE)	7.	13.
8.	University of Debrecen (DE)	13.	8.
8.	Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE)	16.	5.
10.	Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE)	21.	1.
10.	Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)	21.	1.

If the institutions are put into order according to the number of students they have, then the first ten universities make up almost ¾ of the student population, which indicates the role of these universities in the Hungarian higher education. Among the ten universities, five of them especially stand out; individually, these institutions have an enrollment over 10.000, and make up half of the total student population: the University of Debrecen, Eötvös Lóránd University, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the University of Szeged, and the University of Pécs.

based on an article of eduline.hu
translated by Adrienn Sain

Photo: semmelweis.hu

November 20, 2015

Forbes list of 10 richest Hungarians

Forbes list of richest Hungarian people was published. There is no big surprise in the lead, if not that Sándor Csányi is even richer than it has been calculated so far, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu wrote.

The Singapore interests of OTP bank’s leader have not been calculated into his assets so far. He keeps HUF 64.5 billion in his fund called Sertorius there, at least Forbes could find this.

The total assets of Csányi are worth HUF 287.9 billion which means he entered the club of US dollar billionaires, that is, for example he is on the list of Forbes World Billionaires, even if just at the end.

This is interesting because his fortune was estimated at “only” HUF 159.5 billion, but Forbes calculated nearly the double of it with the growth of assets and the money of the Singapore fund a year after.

Where is the increase of wealth from? Csányi was involved in the sale of TriGránit, which was a huge business; he also had big income from real estate market, while he became an important actor of the energy market. But what hit really hard that he gained unshakable positions in the agriculture by the acquisition of KITE. KITE had HUF 230 billion revenue last year, it is no wonder that László Bige (whose assets are mainly from fertilizer production) – who is third on the list of Forbes – left no stone unturned to get the company, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu wrote.

Another curiosity is that Lajos Simicska is now the 6^th on the list.

Here is the list:

1. Sándor Csányi HUF 287.9 billion
2. György Gattyán HUF 165.4 billion
3. László Bige HUF 157.3 billion
4. Sándor Demján HUF 155.6 billion
5. Gábor Széles HUF 125 billion
6. Lajos Simicska HUF 112
7. Tibor Veres HUF 107 billion
8. Lajos Kasza HUF 92.8 billion
9. György Waberer HUF 81.3 billion
10. Tamás Rákosi HUF 78 billion

The spring’s list of napi.hu:

1.Sándor Csányi – HUF 165 billion (+15 bn compared to 2014), finance, real estate, agriculture
2. László Bige – HUF 160 billion (+15) chemical industry, agriculture
3. Gábor Várszegi – HUF 115 million (-15) investments
4. Sándor Demján – HUF 93 billion (+1) finance, real estate, investments
5. Gábor Széles – HUF 92 billion (+4), contract manufacturing, tourism, media
6. György Gattyán – HUF 90 million (-45), information technology, media, film, fashion
7. Tibor Veres – HUF 85 billion (-1) real estate investment
8. Tamás Rákosi – HUF84 billion (+5) media investment
9. György Wáberer – HUF 80 billion (+7) transportation, logistics, Financial Services
10. Lajos Simicska – (?) HUF 73 billion construction industry, media, agriculture

based on the article of szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu
translated by BA

Photo: MTI (on the right: Sandor Csanyi)

November 4, 2015

Hungary slips to 63rd place in global competitiveness ranking

Budapest, September 30 (MTI) – Hungary has slipped to the 63rd place in the latest ranking of 140 countries based on competitiveness compiled by the World Economic Forum.

In the report released on Wednesday, Hungary fell by three places (the report included 144 countries a year earlier).

On a scale of 1-7, Hungary’s overall score edged down to 4.25 from 4.28 a year earlier.

Hungary reached higher scores in the category of health and primary education, the macroeconomic environment, higher education and training and technological readiness.

The lowest score was in innovation followed by institutions and business sophistication. Among efficiency enhancers, the country also received a low, 3.9 score on financial market development.

Hungary reached its highest ranking in the infrastructure category (48th) and the lowest in institutions (97th).

Hungary was preceded in the ranking by the Czech Republic in 31th place, Poland in 41th place and Romania in 53th place, but was ahead of Slovakia, in 67th place. These regional countries in contrast to Hungary saw a rise in their rankings.

September 30, 2015

4 Hungarian universities are on the World University Rankings’ list

There are four Hungarian universities on the latest (2015/2016) list of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), which was released on Tuesday. The first place is occupied by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and it’s followed by Harvard, and Cambridge.

Among the Hungarian universities, the University of Szeged had the best ranking, according to the composers of the QS Ranking; it got placed to 501-550, improving a couple of places since last year. Eötvös Lóránd University’s and the University of Debrecen’s place did not change; both of them are 601-650. The Corvinus University of Budapest also stayed in the 701+ category.

Quacquarelli Symonds, a London based company, has been composing world university ranking lists yearly since 2004. They are considering six aspects when making the list: the student – teacher ratio, the number of foreign students and teachers, the opinions of the employers, how frequently their works are quoted, and how their academic achievements are regarded by others.

Institue	2015 ranking	2014 ranking	2013 ranking	2012 ranking	2011 ranking
University of Szeged (SZTE)	501-550.	551-600.	501-550.	501-550.	551-600.
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)	601-650.	601-650.	551-600.	551-600.	501-550.
University of Debreceni (DE)	601-650.	601-650.	601-650.	601+	–
Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE)	701+	701+	651-700.	551-600.	601+

There’s not much change regarding the first couple of places; they are filled with universities from the United States and Great Britain. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) got first place for four years in a row now, and is followed by Harvard, and Cambridge.

Stanford, Oxford, the University College London, the California Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, ETH Zürich and the University of Chicago are among the bests as well. To everyone’s surprise Princeton and Yale could not make it to the top 10.

translated by Adrienn Sain
based on an article of eduline.hu

September 18, 2015

The 10 cheapest tourist destinations in Europe

Airbnb has collected the European cities in which it is cheap to book accommodation. Budapest is also on the list.

Airbnb is a website for booking accommodation, where you can select from private flats, usually much cheaper than a hotel. The operators of the website collected the 10 European cities, where the accommodation is the cheapest.

It is important to note that these are average prices, so you can find much more expensive or cheaper accommodation in these cities. When converting the prices into forint, the central rate of the Hungarian National Bank (270 HUF) was taken as the basis.

Here are the cheapest tourist destinations, in a reverse order, moving towards the cheapest:

10. Athens, Greece – 66 USD (17 820 HUF) / night
9. Alicante, Spain – 66 USD (17 820 HUF) / night
8. Valencia, Spain – 64 USD (17 280 HUF) / night
7. Granada, Spain – 64 USD (17 280 HUF) / night
6. Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain – 63 USD (17 010 HUF) / night
5. Krakow, Poland – 61 USD (16 470 HUF) / night
4. Budapest, Hungary – 54 USD (14 580 HUF) / night
3. Zagreb, Croatia – 51 USD (13 770 HUF) / night
2. Belgrade, Serbia – 48 USD (12 960 HUF) / night
1. Warsaw, Poland – 47 USD (12 690 HUF) / night

based on article of szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu
translated by Vivien Pásztai

Photo: pixabay

February 26, 2015

These are the best universities and colleges in Hungary

Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu has collected the rankings of the best universities and colleges in Hungary. This year, Semmelweis University, Eötvös Loránd University and the University of Szeged are in the top 3.

On eduline.hu, you can find the overall ranking of the universities. From the drop-down list, you can also choose to see the list of the training ares, students, or lecturers. You can also see the details of the application: how many students chose the certain institutions as first on the application form, what is the point average of the students, or how many freshmen have language exams.

The best universities

Semmelweis University
Eötvös Loránd University
University of Szeged
University of Pécs
Pázmány Péter Catholic Universtiy
University of Debrecen
University of Pannonia
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Corvinus University of Budapest
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church

The best students

Corvinus University of Budapest
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Eötvös Loránd University
Semmelweis University
University of Szeged
University of Debrecen
National University of Public Service
Budapest Business School
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
University of Pécs

The best lecturers

Semmelweis University
University of Pécs
University of Pannonia
Eötvös Loránd Universtiy
University of Szeged
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
University of Kaposvár
Károly Róbert College
College of Nyíregyháza
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church

based on article of szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu
translated by Vivien Pásztai

Photo: www.trubadurmagazin.hu

February 9, 2015

Forbes: 30 successful Hungarians under 30

It is the second time that Hungarian Forbes magazine has made the list of the most successful young Hungarians.

In international Forbes magazines, it has been a tradition to make a list of the most successful young people. They even created a website, where th ebest ones are listed according to particular industries. After last year’s list, here are 30 new successful, creative and purposeful young people. Though the Hungarian Forbes do not have such a spectacular website, but szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu has collected the names.

Forbes 30 under 30 in Hungary

Bálint Burián (15) and Dávid Uzoni (15) – the youngest startuppers of Hungary
Marietta Le (28) – founder of Járókelő.hu
János Mizsei (24) – chef of Mák bistro
Rita Vízkelety (30) – architect of Numbernow Studio
Rozi Lovasi (28) – actress
Ádám Vaszary (29) – advertising executive, owner of Adamsky Advertising
Péter Langmár ”Peták” (28) – CEO and co-founder of Brickflow
Balázs Lévai (29) and Bálint Lévai (27) – director of foreign trade & managing director of BioTech USA Ltd.
Richárd Hampuk (28) – PR professional of Person Communications
Gábor Osváth (29) – motion picture producer of Filmfabriq Ltd.
Dóra Pekár (28) and Áron Levendei (28) – founders of Kaptár social office
Fanni Weisz (22) – model
Bence Iváncsics (27) – sound engineer of Rare Lines
Zoltán Fenyvesi (22) – wheelchair athlete
Szarvas (30) – graphic artist
Gergely Gabler (30) – head of department of the Hungarian National Bank
Kinga Kenyéz-Hanyecz (30) – advertising executive of Creabird Ltd.
Gabi Tóth (18) – handball player
Gábor Miklós Szőke (30) – wood sculptor
Bernadett Baji (29) and Gergő Devecseri (25) – founders of Cultivo
Johanna Szikszai (24) – topmodel
Ádám Bogdán (27) – football goalkeeper
Bálint Szente-Varga (26) – founder and owner of Időkép
Mátyás Győri (17) – handball player
Olivér Csepella (26) – graphic artist
Gábor Szilvási (30) – HR director of Xerox
Fluor (27) – rapper
Balázs Alexa (29) – startupper
Dávid Marsalkó ”Halott Pénz” (30) – musician
Ádám Hanga (25) – basketball player

based on the article of szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu
translated by Vivien Pásztai

Photo: pixabay

February 9, 2015

Urania is one of the world’s most beautiful cinemas

According to mno.hu, Urania National Film Theatre is among the most beautiful cinemas in the world in an online vote.

In addition to beds, there are many attempts with which cinemas try to make the experience more memorable. Boredpanda.com ranked the 15 most beautiful cinemas in the world.

The bed cinema of the Olympia Msuic Hall is in the first place, but there are other extraordinary cinemas as well. For example, Life of Pi can be watched from a boat, with a lifejacket on.

Hungarians can also be proud: Urania National Film Theatre with its imposing hall is located at the 3. place.

Among others, the Hungarian cinema overtakes cinemas from Madrid, München, Detroit and Brisbane.

based on article of mno.hu
translated by Vivien Pásztai

Photo: hd.urania-nf.hu

February 4, 2015

Hungarian National Tourist Office: Here Are the Hotels of the Year

According to privatbankar.hu, Corinthia Hotel Budapest won the tender written for the second time by Hungarian Association of Hotels and Restaurants – in cooperation with the Hungarian National Tourist Office – last year.

Among the four star hotels, Mamaison Hotel Andrassy Budapest became the best one in the capital.

In the countryside, Hotel Europa Fit of Heviz won the title.

Bo18 Hotel was the best among the three star hotels – informed the hotel association the MTI.

15 five, four and three star hotels applied for the tender. The announcement was on Friday, provatbankar.hu said.

based on the article of privatbankar.hu
translated by BA

February 4, 2015

Hungarian Restaurant Is Among the Best

One of the world’s best publications of bar, restaurant and hotel design is Night Fever. The 560-page yearly publication provides a comprehensive view of the world’s best and most beautiful bars, restaurants and hotels. For the first time, a Hungarian place is also on the list, ZONA Budapest in Lanchid Street, Buda, Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu said.

Just like the previous releases, this book is a must for those who would like to watch the prominent participants of the profession and follow the latest trends. This is the fourth year the publication is issued, and it digs deep into the design conception of the world’s best catering units and provides insight into the unique vision of the creators.

From bijou bars and small restaurants through the multi-storey clubs to the luxurious hotels, the publication divides the world’s bests into three parts main parts: “drink”, “eat”, “sleep”. More than 130, in the last three years made interiors can found in the book, which were designed by so renowned studios as Estudio Campana, Marcel Wanders Studio, Ministry of Design and Positions collective. Exhaustively, the publication collects the designers and the address and contact information of all the displayed bars, restaurants and hotels.

Although the Budapest bar, restaurant and hotel design also took a huge turn in the past few years, new, internationally recognized places are opening from the shadows of the ruin pubs, there has not been ever a Hungarian place in the publication of Night Fever., Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu says.

ZONA Budapest is the first Hungarian restaurant which could appear in the book. All of this due to the outstanding culinary performance and the thoughtful design conception which perfectly connects cuisine and interior.

ZONA is a casual fine dining restaurant which combines top gastronomy with everyday slack. In the center, there are not the main dishes but the smaller portions. “The name ZONA expresses two features: one hand, it refers to the exciting two “zones” split interior that is at once a wine bar and a restaurant; the other hand it refers to the nature of the served food, which is served in zone portions, well-known in Hungary earlier” – read on the ZONA website.

The kitchen is led by Krisztian Huszar who is inspired by beside the reinterpreted Hungarian cuisine the Eastern and the Basque kitchen as well. ZONA also places great emphasis on wines: more than two hundred Hungarian and foreign items can be found on the wine list.

According to Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, the design is the work of POSITION Collective involved in spatial and object design and visual communication, who mainly wanted to make see clean-reliance, spontaneity and functionality in the background – epiteszforum.hu said. Key elements of the interior are the rugged wooden furniture which revived the 1950s designed by the famous British designers Tom Dixon and the Wild Spirits. The drink wall is unique, made of hot-rolled steel sheets, and the special lights are retro spheres reminding of grapes, made by the Szarvas lamp factory. A Hungarian professionalist provided them unique cupper sockets too.

based on the article of Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu
translated by BA

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/zonabudapest

January 24, 2015

Best Hotel of Europe Is in Budapest

According to the users of TripAdvisor, the fourth best hotel in the world is the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest, which is the best in Europe. They adore the staff, the rooms and the location too, Travelo.hu says.

The 2015-favorites of the TripAdvisor users have announced: on the list of the world’s best hotels, Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palaces became 4th and won the first place on the list of the European hotels, overtaking places such as the luxurious Mandarin Oriental Shanghai or the tarnished London The Milestone Hotel.

By the way, Gresham Palace only was the 23rd best hotel in the world 2 years ago. And why so much love from guests? ‘It is exactly as a fantastic hotel should be. The rooms, the staff, the location…everything is perfect!’ – writes a user.

According to Travelo.hu, on the top of the list, there is Gili Lankanfushi Maldives holiday resort, which is located over the turquoise water. Not surprisingly, Hungary’s best large hotel is Gresham, and Baltazar became the best small one, which opened in the Varkert, Buda in 2013 summer.

based on the article of Travelo.hu
translated by BA

Photo: Daily News Hungary

January 24, 2015

Hungarian Among the 10 Most Photographed Places on Earth

St. Stephen’s Basilica is the 10th most popular place to be photographed by tourists. The list of the 10 Most Photographed Places on Earth was published by thrillist.com.

Thanks to the smartphones and the selfie-fever, almost everyone has become a photographer. And if a picture is taken, it is gladly shown to others. The internet provides a great opportunity for this. It was used when creating this top list as well.

The order was drawn up according to sightsmap’s heat map. The location and the frequency of the pictures uploaded to Google Panoramio were taken as a basis.

The Top 10 Most Photographed Buildings are:

Guggenheim Museum – New York, United States
Trinitá dei Monti – Rome, Italy
Park Güell – Barcelona, Spain
Moulin Rouge – Paris, France
Maiden’s Tower – Istanbul, Turkey
Ponte dell’Accademia – Venice, Italy
Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo – Monte Carlo, Monaco
Piazzale Michelangelo – Florence, Italy
Caminito – Buenos Aires, Argentina
St. Stephen’s Basilica – Budapest, Hungary

No wonder the Basilica is on the list: Eva Longoria jumped happily in front of it, and the selfie world record was also made at the Budapest sight.

based on article of szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu
translated by Vivien Pásztai

Photo: pixabay.com

January 6, 2015

Szeged Among the Best University Towns in Europe

Besides Oxford, Heidelberg and Bologna, Szeged is also in the top 10travelo.hu reports.

Szeged was chosen as one of the ten best university towns in Europe by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine. Among others, the reason is that Dóm Square changes into an amazing place in every July and August, during the Szeged Open-Air Festival.

According to the article, the city is also famous for its cuisine and paprika. The author encourages the readers to try the spicy fish soup and the famous Pick salami, as well as the thermal baths, for which Hungary is already famous.

The list of the 10 Best Univerity Towns in Europe can be found HERE.

based on article of travelo.hu
translated by Vivien Pásztai

December 27, 2014

FIFA World Rankings: One Position Down for Hungary

The Hungarian National Football Team is on the 45th positions, eroding one place, compared to the position in November. We are preceded by the Serbs, who pop-up 8 positions, while Zambia came to the 46th, jumping 16 positions forward. The rank of the first 23 remained unchanged, Nemzetisport.hu says.

The world champion Germany leads the FIFA World Rankings, ahead of Argentina and Colombia. The Germans are on the top for the second time after 1993, moreover, they earned the most points in 2014. december 19.

According to Nemzetisport.hu, teams, which are in the same qualifying group as Hungary, Romania remained the 15th, Greece is the 24th improving one place, Northern Ireland is the 48th eroding one place, Finland remained the 70th, while Feroer came to the 104th place.

FIFA World Ranking (18-12-2014)
1 (0) Germany 1725 points
2 (0) Argentina 1538
3 (0) Colombia 1450
4 (0) Belgium 1417
5 (0) Netherlands 1374
6 (0) Brazil 1316
7 (0) Portugal 1160
(0) France 1160
9 (0) Spain 1142
10 (0) 1135 Uruguay
… 15 (0) Romania 1014
… 24 (+1) Greece 856
… 45 (-1) HUNGARY 632
… 48 (-1) in Northern Ireland 615
… 104 (+1) Faroe 317

based on the article of Nemzetisport.hu
translated by BA

December 19, 2014

Budapest Among the 50 Most Recommended Tourist Destinations

The members of Minuet, a travelling social site, has named Budapest as one of the 50 cities that every tourist need to see.

Budapest is on the list among such tourist attractions like Venice, New York and Rio de Janeiro.

During the decision, the cultural heritage of Budapest, the openness of the people and the historical traditions were taken into consideration. The communication on this issue emphasized that in the case of the capital of Hungary, the number of world heritage monuments and the uniqueness of the tourist attractions meant a lot.

The list is based on the actual experience of the travelers in 2014: about 1.2 millions views of travelers have been taken into account. Minube is a mobile- and web-based travelling site that had more than 60 million users in the past year, from 40 countries.

The list has been seen and liked by more than 2 million Facebook users, and has been shared 300.000 times.

The full list can be seen HERE.

based on article of travelo.hu
translated by Vivien Pásztai

Photo: TyBoR

December 12, 2014

How Happy Is Your Country? Find out on this map!

Are Hungarians really as discontent as the stereotypes say? Happy Planet Map, an immense survey helps us finding the truth, hvg.hu reports.

The project’s aim was mapping the ”happiness-index” of every single country, summarizing the given answers of each nation and creating a map which features the extent to which people are happy in a given state. Of course, the outcome should not be taken too seriously, as the answers were all very subjective and the actual full picture might be far from the one displayed by Happy Planet Map.

The data had been given by answers to questionnaires, so the ”happy” countries are those, whose residents answered that they are very happy in their countries, and those who were the least content with their residence, are the people of ”unhappy” countries, accordingly. The criteria of a happy country also includes the expected life span, the ecological footprint, and the standard of living and sustainable development.

Costa Rica ranked first, Columbia second, and Vietnam is the third happiest country in the world. Hungary conquered the 107th place, which does not seem very pleasant, but if we consider, that Hungary overtook the United States, this rank seems quite impressive. However, if we go into details, it seems that the stereotypes about the pessimistic Hungarians are true: they ranked their happiness in their country on the average of 4.7 (out of 10), while Americans seem to be much more content with their 7.2 rate.

It was the difference of the ecological footprint that resulted in Hungary overtaking the U.S.

If you are interested in the project, visit their website HERE.

based on article of hvg.hu
translated by Laura Kocsis

Photo: happyplanetindex

November 23, 2014