Tag: Hungary

Shopping Overview Popular souvenirs include embroidered blouses and tablecloths, Herend and Zsolnay porcelain, woodwork, and costume dolls. Bargain hunters should try their luck in Budapest at the Ecseri Flea Market or the so-called ‘Chinese Market’ near the Kerepesi Cemetery; Both markets have a rich selection of antiques and knick-knacks. In Hungary you will find numerous […]

Hungary can be divided into three regions, which have different orographic and climatic characters: 1. Alföld; 2. hills of northern Hungary; 3. Pannonia. The Alföld or “low land”, placed at an average height of 110 m., Occupies the area to the East. of the Tisza up to the foot of the hills of Transylvania, the […]

Establishment of the new democratic Hungary (1989-2005) The Hungarian Democratic Forum (Hungarian abbreviation MDF) was founded on September 27, 1987. Other parties emerged in 1988/89, including the Bund Free Democrats (SzDSz; founded on November 13, 1988), the Independent Party of Small Farmers, Agricultural Workers and Citizens (FKgP, re-established on November 18, 1988) and the Christian […]