Why is the Swiss William Tell on the playing-card? – Discovering the secret of the Hungarian deck
In Hungary everyone is familiar with the so-called Hungarian playing cards, this popular, unique, and historical Hungarian game where the cards, oddly, are decorated...
”Sometimes you want to look pretty, I’m happy now” – Volunteer hairdressers make new hairdos for Ukrainian refugees
We received an invitation to a special event: the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid turned its office in Erzsébetváros, Budapest into a hairdressing salon for...
Never before have so many herderesses gathered in Hungary! – “It's not merely a struggle, the way we live, but it's wonderful, too!"
"They are indispensable in everything, helping us fully in the family, in the household, and with the animals. This way of life can only...
”It’s Easy For You, ’Cause You’ve a Company” – A cool designer in Transylvania: Zsolt Rancz and the Wameleon Design
”Are you a rockstar designer? Has drawing always been your thing? Are you a good problemsolver? Do you love challenges? Can you master Adobe...
Europe’s best at joinery at 23 – “There must be no space between two wooden elements, not even for a sheet of paper”
He made garden benches as a child and recently became European champion in joinery at the age of 23. Despite his young age, Dániel...
”Professional musicians need nerves of steel and the physical condition of an astronaut” – There might be a lot of pain behind musical achievements
As early as 1959, Zoltán Kodály noticed that there were many health problems among musicians: tendonitis, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, spinal disorders, in other...
“Komárom is a city with weight” – Adrián Marcinkó is building the community of Hungarian entrepreneurs in Slovakia
Many people think that entrepreneurs are lonely people, and as a minority Hungarian, this can be doubly true. Adrián Marcinkó from Komárom, Slovakia, founder...
The love of the whole team is in every dish – the Kiscsikó restaurant in Transcarpathia is open even in wartime
The phone number starts with +38. This is Ukraine. The neighbouring country where there has been a war for two years now and which...
A big New Year's Eve bank robbery in Pest – the action of three petty criminals ended in a tragic bloodbath
In 1903, at the age of 23, Géza Schäffer was employed by the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest, and ten years later he experienced...
The movie-like story of a Hindu-Hungarian aristocratic family and their Transylvanian heritage
People call him Count Gergely; Gregor Roy Chowdhury-Mikes , the majority shareholder of the Secuiana, an apparel manufactory in Kézdivásárhely (Târgu Secuiesc), Romania, has...
European champion Hungarian web developer says his profession is where art and engineering meet
He first got into programming when he was ten years old and had barely started high school before he developed his own web application...
Bringanti puts even those on special bikes that others have given up on – "The morning wind touched him again, he saw the birds, the trees, the colours"
He creates bikes for people with special needs – disabled, injured, elderly, or otherwise challenged - but who are enthusiastic and know no limits...
Hungarian Women for India – and what they shared: dedication, intellectual strength, and sensitivity to others
India became an independent country in 1947. Few people know that until the outbreak of World War II, a few self-sacrificing Hungarian women worked...
Becoming a father in a single minute – "I gave up my high-paying job, European travels, and my life as a cool, single man for a baby"
In some strange way, the theme of motherhood comes to my mind like the giant fish in the old fisherman's. Sometimes I feel like...
Saving Jews with currant jam – The fascinating life story of the unjustly forgotten Géza Soos
To fly a stolen German plane over the front to the Allies, to save the lives of a dozen Jews and prisoners of war...