For all the fans of great beer!
The largest gastronomic event in the Czech Republic is happening from May 14 – 30th in Prague.
The 17 day event features an extensive offering of the best products from Czech brewerers including over 50 brands of different beers, food, live music, and much more.
Visitors will be greeted and served [...]
Zsuzsa Szikra is well-known in Europe for her poetic abstract paintings and portraits.
Born in Hungary and schooled at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest, she studied under Jeno Barcsay who is the influential practitioner of Hungarian Constructivism and created the famous “Anatomy for Artists“. Barcsay strongly influenced the work of his pupil, Zsuzsa Szikra.
Szikra’s work has been [...]
The 2010 annual Budapest Spring Festival will be happening from March 19th – April 5th.
The festival offers over 200 cultural events which includes operas, exhibitions, theatre performances, ballets, and classical and compentary concerts.
First held in 1981, the Budapest Spring Festival is the largest annual cultural event in Hungary.
For full details of the programme, visit the Budapest Festival Centre’s website.
Budapest [...]
The 14th annual Christkindlmarket Chicago will be happening from November 25th – December 24th.
The festive market features a unique shopping area with over 50 vendors, live music and entertainment, traditional German foods and drinks, decorated displays including Santa’s House, and lot’s more.
Special events include an appearance by the real Christkindl from Nürnberg, Germany: the annual Children’s Lantern Parade; and the [...]
If you’re planning to visit Budapest during the holiday season, here are just a few of the festive things you can see and do in this charming city.
Budapest Christmas Fair – Vörösmarty Square
Vörösmarty Square is home to the annual Budapest Christmas Fair, one of the most spectacular markets in Europe.
It offers a non-commercialized and [...]
Vienna’s largest and oldest Christmas market will be happening from November 14th – December 24th on the Rathausplatz (City Hall Square).
The yuletide market features traditional carol-singing, over 140 stands selling seasonal crafts and gifts, artistically-arranged displays, festive foods and drinks, fairground rides, and lots more.
From November 27th and onwards, visitors can mingle to the sounds of traditional [...]
The 13th annual Christkindl Market will be happening from December 3rd to the 6th in Kitchener, Ontario.
The 4 day festival features traditional German music and dance performances, a children’s craft centre along with a model railway display, a live Nativity scene, and over 70 merchants and vendors.
In addition, a candle light procession will be held prior to the opening ceremony which begins on December 3rd at 5:30pm. [...]
The 16th annual Stollen Festival will be happening on December 5th in Dresden, Germany.
The historical event is one of the highlights of the busy and colorful pre-Christmas period in Dresden.
Each year a giant Stollen is baked, a traditional German bread, weighing approximately 3 to 4 tons and is paraded through the city’s Old Town (Altstadt) towards the Dresden Christmas Market (Striezelmarkt).
The festival consists of many decorated [...]
The 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Romanian born-German writer Herta Müller.
The Swedish Academy that decides the winner recognised her ability to depict “the landscape of the dispossessed.” Many of Müller’s novels, poems and essays relate to the harsh conditions of life in Communist Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceausescu regime.
Müller becomes [...]
Are you interested in Tokaji wine? Want to learn more about it?
Autumn in Tokaj is a festival located in the small village of Mád, Hungary. The two-day event is an exploration of Tokaji wine that includes tours, tastings, and the opportunity to meet with individual winemakers. Participants will also enjoy samplings of restaurants in the [...]
