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Shorter notes: what has opened, what has closed, what changed this season, and the occasional argument about where the best lángos actually is.
Budapest rooftop bars, ranked by what you can actually seeHalf of Budapest's rooftop bars sell a view of other rooftops. These are the ones where the view is the reason to be there.24 June 2026 · 7 min read
Free things to do in Budapest that are not fillerSome of the best things in Budapest cost nothing, including the view everyone photographs and the most affecting memorial in the city.16 June 2026 · 8 min read
Budapest's Art Nouveau: the man who tried to invent a Hungarian architectureÖdön Lechner set out to build in a language that was neither Viennese nor German. What he produced has no real parallel anywhere in Europe.3 June 2026 · 8 min read
The bridges of Budapest, and why every one of them is a rebuildIn January 1945 the retreating German army destroyed every bridge in Budapest. What stands today is a city's reconstruction of itself.29 May 2026 · 7 min read
Budapest beyond the centre: six outer districts worth the journeyA hundred kilometres of wine cellars, a garden city built for workers in 1908, and the plot where 1956 was buried face-down.20 May 2026 · 9 min read
Four day trips from Budapest worth the train fareA baroque riverside town, a wine region built on a castle siege, a lake the size of a small country, and a bend in the Danube.14 April 2026 · 2 min read
Budapest street food: what to eat, where, and what to walk pastThe best cheap food in Budapest is in the market halls and the courtyards, not on the streets where it is advertised in four languages.4 February 2026 · 9 min read
The best views in Budapest, ranked honestlyThe famous one is not the best one, and the best one is free.18 December 2025 · 2 min read