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Hungarian kick-boxing girl becomes world record holder

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Anna Kondár won her tenth world champion at the kick-boxing World Cup in Antalya at the end of last year and became the most successful female athlete in the history of kick-boxing, the Hungarian Kick-boxing Federation informed here on Tuesday.

“In addition to six individual golds, the Hungarian fighter has been awarded four team medals.

She won her first World Championship gold in 2007,

making her the youngest world champion in kick-boxing,” the Hungarian federation said in a statement.

“My career as a competitor started as a dream,”

Kondár recalled, quoted by the statement. “The success came very early and very fast, as I became an adult world champion as a first-year junior. And because one can get very uppish very fast, we had to find new motivations after the early victories. Fortunately, we always found new goals,” she added.

She built her entire life around kick-boxing for a very long time, and loves not being the one who can hit or kick bigger, but the one who can be the smarter fighter and can overcome the mind of her opponent, the statement concluded.

Lufthansa loses title of Europe’s largest passenger airline to Ryanair

German airline Lufthansa has lost its position as Europe’s largest passenger airline to Ryanair after it announced on Monday that it carried 145 million passengers in 2019.

Despite three waves of strikes by their cabin crews, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group registered a 2.3 percent year-on-year increase in the number of passengers.

This was still less than the 152.4 million passengers carried by Irish airline Ryanair and its subsidiaries, such as Austrian Lauda, in 2019.

While passenger traffic at the airports in Zurich, Vienna and Munich increased in single-digit percentages, the number of passengers served by Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s largest, increasing by just 0.4 percent.

Lufthansa’s cargo segment reported a 2.1 percent decline in 2019.

Although the company’s total cargo capacity was 6.3 percent higher than in the previous year, utilization fell by more than 5 percentage points to just above 60 percent.

Great! Record number of passengers used Budapest Airport in 2019

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A record 16.2 million passengers used Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport last year, the airport’s operator said on Saturday.

Passenger traffic grew by 8.8 percent in 2019 compared with the previous year and by 64 percent in the past 5 years, Budapest Airport said in a statement. Ferenc Liszt is one of central and eastern Europe’s fastest growing airports.

Each month, more than one million passengers passed through airport last year. This went up to more than 1.5 million during the busiest months of July, August and September.

The most popular route is London, with every ninth passenger travelling between Budapest and the UK’s capital.

Last year, 49 airlines operated direct flights to 135 cities in 49 countries from Budapest.

Services to Asia were up 50 percent, with new flights to Shanghai, Seoul, Chengdu, Chongqing and Sanya.

Meanwhile, Budapest Airport handled 135,521 tonnes of air cargo in 2019.

The new 6 billion forint BUD Cargo City will boost total cargo capacity from 150,000 tonnes per year to 250,000 tonnes.

In 2019, carbon dioxide emissions per passenger fell by nearly 20 percent compared with the previous year, partly thanks to the airport operator’s sustainability and energy-saving endeavours and also due to the a higher number of modern aircraft with higher environmental standards.

World oldest Olympic champion turns 99 in Hungary

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Five-time Olympic champion Ágnes Keleti celebrated her 99th birthday as the most successful Hungarian gymnast ever and the oldest living gold medalist in the history of Summer Olympics, Hungarian news agency MTI reported on Thursday.

Ágnes Keleti, born on January 9, 1929, is the oldest living Olympic champion and a Holocaust survivor.

Keleti won ten medals in gymnastics, including five golds at the 1952 Helsinki Games and at the 1956 Melbourne Games.

Keleti was a strong member of the Fencing and Athletic Club of Budapest from 1937 and in the National Gymnastics Association before making it to the national team in 1939, according to MTI.

She won her first Hungarian championship in 1940 but was banned from all sporting activities because of her Jewish origins that same year.

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Keleti’s father and several family members died in the Auschwitz concentration camp, while her mother and brother were rescued by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg from Budapest.

Keleti emigrated to Israel in 1957. In 1959, she married Hungarian physical education teacher Robert Biro whom she met in Israel, and they had two sons. Following her retirement from competition, Keleti worked as a physical education instructor.

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Keleti was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1981, the Hungarian Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2001, and the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2002.

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2019 hottest year in Hungary since 1901, says weather service!

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Last year was the hottest year in Hungary since 1901, the weather service said on Wednesday.

Of the ten hottest years, eight have been recorded since 2000 in Hungary,

where warming has been slightly above the global average, rising by 1.2 degrees since the beginning of the 20th century, the statement said.

The national daily mean temperature averaged 12.9 degrees Celsius last year, 1.87 degrees above the average mean between 1981 and 2010.

The summer of 2019 was the second hottest since 1901, with June 3.6 degrees hotter than the average of previous years and daily records broken both on June 15 and 16. The hottest day of 2019 was August 12, with 38 degrees recorded in Derékegyhaz, in southern Hungary.

Record temperatures were witnessed last autumn, with September 1 degree hotter than the average of previous years, October 2 degrees hotter and November 4 degrees hotter.

The weather office said the climate conditions of Hungary fitted the global trend of warming last year, also characterised by extremities in terms of rainfall.

Last decade second hottest in 100 years in UK!

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The last decade was the second hottest in the past 100 years in Britain and holds eight high-temperature records, Met Office said Friday.

The Met Office said that the 10 years from 2010 to 2019 had been the second warmest and second wettest decade in Britain over the past 100 years, slightly behind 2000 to 2009.

Four new British records were set in 2019 alone, including the highest winter and summer temperatures ever recorded.

But experts have warned that with the climate expected to continue to warm, more records could be broken.

The 2010s also saw Britain’s highest daily maximum temperature records set for February, July, October, November and provisionally for December, it added.

Further records for highest daily minimum temperature were set for January, February and April between 2010 and 2019.

The Met Office said that 2019 was provisionally the 11th warmest year on record, with a mean average temperature of 9.42 degrees Celsius.

Amazing! Hungarian folk dance group Fricska sets new world record – VIDEO

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Not only did they set a brand-new world record but they also broke their own one.

Szeretlek Magyarország reported that Bálint Gergely Papp, Bence Máté Papp, Márk Popovics, and Dániel Szabó set high standards and expectations for themselves. They were not satisfied with their recently earned Guinness World Record and applied for an extremely dangerous act 10 metres above the stage of the Hungarian National Circus.

The unique folk dance band known for their extremely fast dancing decided to show their incredible speed up in the air. In this breathtaking video, you can see them spinning around extremely fast in the air, setting a new world record and also establishing a new dance form.

During the show, the boys clapped 1,713 times and spun around 192 times in one minute.

 

Bálint Gergely Papp reported that with these incredible acts, their aim was to make the treasures and culture of the Hungarian folk dance genre more popular not just in their home country but all across the world. They would also like to show their respect for the former iconic Hungarian folk dancers in history.

This year, this was the second significant act from Fricska after breaking their own record on September 29. They are the absolute record-holders in the category of the fastest folk dancers in the world.

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Record warm temperatures in Hungary!

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Hungary witnessed a record temperature of 28.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the meteorological office said.

The daytime high was recorded in Dombegyháza, in Békés county in the south-east.

The previous record of 27.3 degrees was measured on this day in 2013, in Baja, in southern Hungary.

Weather forecast for Thursday

Clear and sunny, gentle southerly, southwesterly winds.

Lows: 6, 14 C.

Highs: 23, 28 C.

How Europeans overcome the recent heatwaves?

Guinness Record in Budapest!!! – Two Frenchmen cycled 4,000 km, drawing ‘LOVE’ on the map – PHOTOS

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Budapest has been chosen as the final destination of the two French cyclists who accomplished their ‘LOVE’ tour, finishing at Kossuth Square.

The two adventurers started their trip in Nancy and cycled through Europe in a way that their itinerary sketched the word ‘love,’ reported France Info.

The meaningful word was chosen for two reasons – firstly, because of its positive message; secondly, it is the anagram of the French word for bicycle: “vélo.”

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Ugo Pellini and Nicolas Klein cycled a total of 4,000 kilometres, thanks to which they can get on the list of Guinness Records in the category of greatest cycling GPS drawings;

whose record had been set by an Egyptian team by drawing a 761-kilometre-long ‘heart’ on the map.

On 1 September, the two friends started their tour at Stanislas Square (Nancy), rode through 11 countries, and finally crossed the finish line at Kossuth Square this Saturday.

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As Hungarian news portal hvg describes, they approached Hungary from Croatia, then rode along Lake Balaton in the direction of Budapest, completing the final letter of the ‘LOVE’ trip.

New record! – Budapest’s tourism is better than ever!

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In the first half of the year, more than 2.5 million visitors spent 5.8 million guest nights in Budapest. With this result, the Hungarian capital has exceeded such idealized values that could not have been imagined 5-10 years ago. According to Teodóra Bán – Director of Budapest Festival and Tourism Center – Budapest has become a real brand.

Budapest is a wonderful place; just think about its natural treasures. Moreover, there is always something happening in the Hungarian capital – visitors can choose among a wide range of programs on 365 days of the year, and can enjoy the bubbly, lively nights of the city. Its uniqueness lies in its diversity – thanks to which, everyone can find interesting and valuable programs, regardless of age group or interests.

“Budapest is a brand that has achieved world-class level for today” – commented Teodóra Bán, Director of Budapest Festival and Tourism Center. – “Regarding guest arrivals and guest nights, we managed to cross the dream value, which seemed to be a ‘mission impossible’ 5-10 years ago.“

“The good news concern everyone – it has a positive effect on citizens as tourism expenditure is invested in urban development projects of Budapest; moreover, tourism has an important role in job creation as well” – she added.

As the Hungarian news portal Lokál reports, the capital performs outstandingly this year as well; according to the data of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) – more than 2.5 million visitors spent 5.8 million guest-nights at commercial accommodations in the first half of the year, which is a record. The busiest month was July with more than one million overnight stays. “Our popularity can be explained by the fact that tourists know that – besides feeling good – they will be safe here, no matter whether they come with friends or family” – said Teodóra Bán.

According to the expert, hard work has been paid off; as a result, Budapest has been awarded by several international acknowledgements.

In 2019, Budapest has been top-ranked as:

  • Sports Capital of Europe;
  • The best European destination;
  • The most livable capital in Central and Eastern Europe;
  • The safest European capital (number of crimes has reduced by 10% since last year, and has decreased by half in the past nine years.)

The Brits love us the most! According to the data of the Central Statistical Office – in the first half of the year, the majority of tourists came from the following countries:

  1. United Kingdom – 544 447;
  2. United States – 430 691;
  3. Germany – 391 891
  4. Italy – 307 802;
  5. Russia – 228 225;
  6. Spain – 222 122;
  7. France – 215 088;
  8. Israel – 214 192;
  9. China – 185 392;
  10. Republic of Korea – 139 555.

Budapest has become popular in the overseas as well, thanks to international flights. Namely, Budapest-New York flight launched last summer; Shanghai-Budapest flights started to take off this June. As a result, visitors from the overseas can travel to Europe by landing – besides London, Paris, and other big cities – in the Hungarian capital as well, throughout the whole year.

New World Record – Hungarian folk dancers are faster than Michael Flatley – VIDEO

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The Hungarian folk dance band ‘Fricska’ has become a world record holder. The four boys are not only faster than the Irish “Lord of the Dance” Michael Flatley, but have smashed their five-year-old record and even created a new dance style.

The half-year-long process of practising has been rewarded – Fricska has become the fastest folk dance ensemble, individually and in a team as well.

Actually, they set their own new record, by which the Hungarian folk band has triumphed over the Irish king of tap dance, Michael Flatley.

The Irish dancer tapped 35 times within one second; however, Bálint Gergely Papp, Bence Máté Papp, Márk Popovics, and Dániel Szabó managed to do this 39, 42, 45, and 44 times, by which they have set an absolute speed record in Hungarian folk dance. Besides knocking their iron shoe heels, they stroke their chests and thighs during the movement; the speed is almost impossible to follow, and the steps could be counted by the jury only in slow motion.

“We are very proud of ourselves for managing to do this. All our hard work has paid off. Through this, we would like to draw the world’s attention to the uniquely rich cultural treasures of folk dance in Hungary and the Carpathian Basin.”

“With this extraordinary performance, we would like to pay tribute to the dance heritage of our ancestors,” reported the band’s manager, Gergely, to Hungarian news portal Borsonline. As he says, “We want to show younger generations that folk dance can also be cool.”

“There was immense pressure on us, we could feel the tension. In the last moments, I was thinking of my two sons and my wife; I wanted to tell them – Dad did it, he became the fastest!” said Mark, who bears the title of the fastest folk dancer with 45 strokes and tapping within one second; but of course, he is immensely proud of his team’s performance as well.

Fricska has also gained international acknowledgement – at a talent show in Bratislava, the jury awarded the folk band a golden button, with which the boys directly got to the finals. Moreover, the Hungarian folk dance ensemble created a new style as well, which is a combination of aerial acrobatics and folk dance.

“We would like to do our team record upside down, hanging from a so-called ‘hammock.’ No one has done this before. Here, our dancing skills are not enough, we have to learn difficult aerial acrobatic movements to complete the performance safely. We love challenges,” said Gergely with a smile.

SHOCKING RECORDS

  • Michael Flatley – The world-famous Irish dancer tapped 35 times per second.
  • Shemika Charles – The 22-year-old “limbo queen” went through under a car leaning back, which had the height of a beer bottle.
  • Jeanne Carlin Cilliers – In March 2005, the prima ballerina swung her alternating legs 1199 times in the air.
  • Alicia Clifton – In December 2010, the professional dancer made 50 rotations – lifting her legs to the side – within 30 seconds.
  • Steve Stevens – In 2011, the adventurous man was dancing for 123 hours and 15 minutes, having only a five-minute-long break every hour.

Chess supremo Polgár preparing kids for Guinness world record

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Hungarian chess grandmaster Judit Polgár has announced the world’s largest online chess event of all time on the website chesskid.com, and hopes to set a new Guinness world record by teaming up to set the record for the world’s largest online chess tournament.

Polgár, who topped the women’s world ranking for 25 years and triumphed in two chess Olympiads, has invited kids from all around the world to participate.

Since Sept. 1, about 4,000 kids have turned up at the online chessboards to test their skills.

Polgár said she hoped that at least 20,000 children would enter for the competition by the Oct. 5 deadline.

“I would like to write chess history with young players. The record attempt may once again demonstrate how chess connects people globally,” Polgár, who retired from competition in 2014, said.

The winners of the Oct. 19 final will be given an opportunity to play with Polgár.

New negative record in the Hungarian healthcare system

According to data of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), this year is the first time when expenditure devoted to healthcare service has fallen below 7% of the GDP. Out of the 6.9%, only 4.8% is financed by the state; the rest is paid by patients. 

Concerning the issue, Válaszonline carried out a comprehensive analysis; within the framework of which, the portal intended to find answers for the following significant questions:

 

1. Why do patients need to wait months or years for medical operation, when 14,000 hospital beds are empty?

The facts: 34% of hospital beds are empty, partly for financial reasons – money is not sufficient to carry out operations.

Development of the private health service is based on this contradiction. In order to avoid long waiting, patients choose private clinics; it does not matter that they need to pay more for these services. However, the majority of private clinics staff is made up of state doctors and nurses.

In order to alleviate the budgetary crisis, leftist governments took away significant amounts from the health system, by which state bankruptcy could be avoided. Since 2006, its financing is less than 8% of the GDP.

For this year, this ratio has even worsened – it is the first time when it has fallen below 7%. Furthermore, only 4.8% is financed by the state, while the rest is paid by patients, even in the most challenging situations.

Among Visegrád countries, Hungary and Poland are ranked in the last two places.

The lack of resources in Hungary can be explained by the remaining contradiction between waiting lists and overcapacity. According to the National Health Insurance Fund (NEAK), the occupancy rate of the 41,000 Hungarian hospital beds is 66%, out of which daily an average of 14,000 are empty since patients choose to spend their money for private health care.

The three possible solutions:

  • Elimination of “excess” – closing hospitals, clinics;
  • Enhanced marketing of those capacities which are not financed by the state;
  • Significant increase in health care spending.

The first two are politically too risky and professionally not justified. It could bring a solution if more money would be spent on health care, and modern technologies would be supported. Thus, the patient could spend less time in hospital and institutions could apply advanced techniques. However, the introduction of these procedures costs more in the short term; in order to stimulate this, a greater proportion of GDP should be spent on health care.

2. Why do patients feel more neglected if the news is continually reporting about financial supports devoted to the health care system?

According to Válaszonline, the significant amounts of financial support – which are reported in the news – are created by planning next year’s budget below the previous year’s actual figures. Therefore, hospitals are continuously accumulating debt; they cannot pay the bills. Their support is realised at the end of the year – when they get to the edge of operability.

3. How can happen that wages in the health care system are increasing, while its GDP share has reduced?

The facts: proportionally, less financial support was devoted to the operation of hospitals and clinics.

Expenses can be categorised into two main groups – 1. employee-related costs,  and 2. material expenses. Every year, these amounts are clearly recorded in the Budget Act. In 2012, the proportion of material expenses was 53%. In 2014, it dropped below the critical 50%, which index even decreased to 40% in 2018.

This year, this ratio is even worse –  below 39%. That is why patients feel that hospitals are characterised by a deficit. Meanwhile, the amount spent on wages has increased by 22%, which is an essential factor; however, not by neglecting material expenses.

The most accident-prone jobs in Hungary

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The number of accidents at work rose the most in the first half of this year compared to the last five years. Based on statistics, most of them happen in Budapest, in medium-sized companies and the manufacturing industry. 

This year, 11151 accidents have happened at work, 32 of them were fatal, 77 were severe, and 120 of them ended in mutilation

– according to the Finance Ministry’s data. Comparing the capital with the counties, we can see that the Budapest has the worst statistical data. 1836 accidents at work have been registered in the city, and Pest county follows with 1011 – it is not that surprising, considering that most of the workplaces are there. 

On the other end of the list, we can see Nógrád county with the number of 218. Zala and Tolna are also under 300. 138 work accidents were registered from abroad, and two of them were fatal – based on data of the Ministry of Finance. 

According to the statistics, the most dangerous workplaces are in medium-sized companies (with 50-249 employees), because 3805 accidents were noted there.

Small-sized companies (with 10-49 employees) are just a bit behind with the number of 3124. The least dangerous jobs are in corporations (with more than 500 employees) with the accident number of 1856 this year so far – and in the micro-companies (9 employees max.), with only 1201 accidents.  

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Considering the professions, we can see, the manufacturing industry emerging with 4344 accidents. There were a lot of accidents in the sectors of storage (1424) and vehicle repair and trade (1263). In the building industry, there were “only” 437 accidents, and 12 of them were fatal – but if we add the accidents of construction (145 – 10 deadly), special construction (168 – 2 fatal), we can see a higher number – KSH (Hungarian Central Statistical Office) measures these separately. Agriculture follows with three fatal accidents, but there were many deadly accidents in forest management, typographical and other reproduction activities, metal manufacturing and vehicle production. In the sectors of electricity, gas and steam service, air conditioning many accidents occurred as well, just like in pipeline transportation and storage on land. 

You may have noticed that there were accidents in almost all of the sectors.

0 accidents were only registered in carbon and metal mining, in animal health care, gambling and in domestic work – according to the statistics. It also means that the advertisement and market research also have three accidents, broadcasting service has one, and air transportation has 5. The hospitality industry has 231 accidents registered this year, less than garbage collection (367). In education, there were 453 accidents, more than in advocacy activities (49). 

WOW! – The most unique Hungarian Guinness Records – VIDEOS+PHOTOS

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The first book of Guinness World Records was published in 1955; since then, it turns up year by year with the strangest and most hair-raising world records ever. Of course, Hungarians also left their mark on the list of the record-holders. The prize of Guinness World Records has awarded several outstanding performances. The world’s largest book, the fastest piano, 24-hour Rubik’s Cube record and the world-famous number plate collection are all connected to Hungarian record-breakers.

  1. The world’s most giant postcard – painted by diseased children
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The world’s largest postcard – 86.4 m2 – was painted by children suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in eight Hungarian towns within the framework of „Take paintbrush” program. The giant postcard was exposed in the Millennium Park by the Hungarian Association of Rheumatic Patients, on 12th October 2013, which is the International Day of Arthritis.

2. The unique Miniature Castle Park – on the shores of Lake Velence
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The small collection of the unique castle dummies can be found at Dinnyés, in the vicinity of Lake Velence. The miniature model displays realistically built medieval castles, made of 35 original ingredients. The special Castle Park has become world-renowned after getting ranked on the list of the Guinness World Records in 2018 as the largest exhibition, presenting miniature castle dummies.

3. The world’s tallest LEGO tower – 34-meter modern obelisk
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The 34.76 meters high tower was built from more than 450,000 legos in front of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, in 2014. As no adhesives could be used during construction, the giant Lego tower was disassembled one day after setting the record. In the next year, the Hungarian record was broken by Denmark, which was followed by Germany in 2016. Since then, they are the world record holders.

4. The furthermost basket toss record – amazing dunk by the Hungarian acrobatic basketball team

The Hungarian Lords of Gravity acrobatic basketball team impressed the world by their breath-taking stunts. In 2016, they left their mark in the Book of Guinness Records. Csanád Károly Borlay set a world record by making a shot at a distance of 8 meters, jumping from a trampoline.

5. The most slow-dancing couples in one place

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In June 2012, the ’slow dancing’ record of Paris (2009) – where a total of 2,515 couples were dancing together – was beaten by Budapest. At the Athletic Center of Margaret Island, even more, people got together for a slow communal dance, so the record attempt succeeded.

6. The world-famous number plate collection
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The unique hobby is connected to two Hungarian men, Péter Kenyeres and Tamás Kenyeres who began to collect number plates in 1990. Their strange passion made them get on the list of Guinness Records in 2011. The collection contains 11 345 different registration plates, obtained from 133 countries. According to the Guinness World Record certificate, their selection is the world’s largest of this kind.

7. The world’s fastest-handed pianist

In 2009, Balázs Havasi attempted the record experiment in front of a broad audience in the Hall of Budapest Academy of Music. The musician became the world’s fastest-handed pianist by strucking down the same key 498 times within 60 seconds. Besides Havasi’s undoubted talent, this production is more of a sensation-type world record.

8. The greatest book in the world – exhibited in Aggtelek
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As impressmagazin.hu describes, the world’s biggest book was created by two Hungarians – Béla Varga and his son, Gábor Varga – who won the world’s largest book title in 2010. The title of the perfect codex-bound giant book is ‘Fragile Natural Heritage’ (Törékeny Természet Örökségünk), in which Zemplén Mountains’ wildlife and natural values are shown and illustrated with pictures.

The giant book consists of 346 pages, weighting 1420 kg, the height of 4.18 meters and width of 3.77 meters. The book can be viewed in the Aggtelek National Park.

9. The longest string of garlic
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The world’s longest string of garlic was prepared at the Csongrád town, Makó in 2006. Norwegians set the previous record with 130 meters length; however, this was almost its double – women of Makó wove 255 meters on the international festivals of Makó onion. The world record string made of 6800 garlic.

10. The most martial arts throwing within 10 hours
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Csaba Mezei and Zoltán Farkas threw each other down to the ground with 57 603 judo throwings in series within 10 hours. Thanks to this stunt, the two athletes won the world record title in 2003; since then they are the Guinness record-holders in this extraordinary sport.

11. The 24-hour Rubik’s Cube record

Milán Baticz from Nagykanizsa set the 24-hour Rubik’s Cube record in 2008. Currently, he is the only one who is able to resolve the biggest number of Rubik’s cube in one day. During the record experiment, Milán deciphered the different algorithms-based mixed Rubik’s Cube 4786 times within 24 hours. This performance has not been surpassed since then.

 

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The first Hungarian just climbed the world’s toughest mountain without an Oxygen tank

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Szilárd Suhajda, a Hungarian climber, reached the top of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, without an oxygen tank. His achievement is outstanding not only among Hungarian climbers but worldwide too.

Index reports that Szilárd Suhajda made it to the top of the second-highest mountain in the world, K2. The climber set out with his partner, Dávid Klein, to reach the top without an oxygen tank, but Klein had to turn back because of stomach issues. The duo set out to climb Mount Everest without an oxygen tank two years ago but abandoned their attempt.

Suhajda, who’s achievement is extraordinary in many views, has not yet arrived at the base camp. Several alpinist blogs wrote that the climber was near camp 3 on Thursday 15:00 (according to Hungarian time).  

Even though Mount Everest is significantly taller, most climbers prefer it to K2.

K2 stands at 8611 metres, making it the second-highest mountain in the world, right after Mount Everest (8848). At the same time, it is the most challenging mountain above 8000 metres: its sides are incredibly steep, and because of the dangerous weather conditions ruling there, it represents a tougher technical challenge. On top of all the difficulties created by the conditions on K2, climbing this height and such a steep terrain without an oxygen tank is even harder.

Suhajda was not only the first Hungarian to reach the top of K2, but also the first Hungarian to do this climb without an oxygen tank.

The Hungarian climber defied expectations, as this year’s climbing season seemed to be hopeless. A considerable amount of snow fell on the mountain, which could cause avalanches at any time. Index writes that the end of the climbing season is nearing and while most of the expeditions gave up, the Hungarian duo and a commercial expedition, Seven Summits, still set out to conquer the mountain.

Among the others who have turned back or remained at the base camp eventually, were star climbers like Adrian Ballinger (US) and Carla Perez (Ecuador), who both attempted to climb K2 without an oxygen tank.

Nirmal Purja (Nepal) also set out to climb K2, though he set a different challenge for himself: he wished to use an oxygen tank, but

he planned to climb all 14 of the mountains standing above 8000 metres in under seven months.

Purja, who used to be a member of the Special Boat Service, an elite special forces unit of the UK’s Royal Navy, decided to stop before K2, which was to be the tenth climb.

However, a beacon of hope arose for climbers in the form of strong winds that the end of July brought to the mountain. These winds cleared the deep snow, creating a path for the climbers. Purja and his two companions, Gesman Tamang and Lakpadendi Sherpa did not waste their time; they reached the top of K2 on the 24th of July. Seven Summits’ rope fixing crew, Changba Sherpa and Lakpa Temba Sherpa reached the top with them as well.

The Ballinger-Perez duo set out on the track beaten by the previous group. The duo was accompanied by a party of three (using oxygen tanks) to the top of the mountain.

Szilárd Suhajda set out from camp 4 on Wednesday night at 7700 metres, and reached the peak after 15 hours of climbing, at 11:30 on local time.

As he planned, he did not use an oxygen tank.

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He checked in with his Facebook followers after he reached the top:

‘I am happy to announce that the Eseményhorizont K2 Expedíció 2019 was successful, I am at the top of K2. It is amazing; the clouds are scattered, I can see everything. The view from the mountain crest is beautiful’

Suhajda is expected to arrive at the camp on the 27th of July.

featured image: The Northern side of K2, Wikimedia Commons – Kuno Lechner

Hungary’s Milák is World Champion! He breaks Phelps’ 200 butterfly WR

Hungary's Milák is World Champion!

FINA World Championships 2019: Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milak broke the world record in the men’s 200m butterfly at the world championships in Gwangju today, capturing his first world championship title in the process.

Milák won the race in 1:50.73 to become the first to break the 1:51 barrier. American Michael Phelps had held the previous record of 1:51.51 for 10 years.

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Milák won the race in 150.73 to become the first to break the 151 barrier
Photo: MTI

The 19-year-old Milák had an amazing time (1:50.73) ahead of Japan’s Daiya Seto (1:53.86) and South African Chad le Clos (1:54.15).

World fame! – Hungarian gardener celebrates his 100th birthday – PHOTOS

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“György Bálint, Hungary’s favorite gardener, turns 100 this month, and his advice is more sought after than ever.”

This is how news portal Reuters introduced its article about the Hungarian horticulturist, György Bálint, who is continuously working on discovering new tricks and tips about his favourite activity – plant cultivation and gardening.

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Reuters also noted that despite the jubilee birthday of the Hungarian gardener, his routine has not really changed in recent years. He still begins each day by giving advice and helping those who turn to him with questions related to gardening.

As Hungarian news portal Index describes, the world has changed a lot; however, the only way Bálint György is affected by that is that he no longer receives letters but answers all his requests via his Facebook profile, which has more than 430,000 followers.

 

“If I look back on the previous 100 years, I have to say that taking care of our environment is the most wonderful profession that one can wish for.”

– the gardener admits, adding “It does not matter how much land we have, the important thing is to produce some vegetables or fruits for ourselves. Those who produce food for themselves tend to consume more vegetables and fruits than those who do not grow anything at all”.

According to Bálint Görgy, due to climate change, it is particularly important that as many people as possible organise themselves into self-sufficient communities.

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When Reuters asked him about the secret of being fit at the age of 100 and continuing to work, the Hungarian farmer explained his success by having spent his entire life with the thing he always loved and enjoyed. 🙂

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