Budapest anno 1936

A rarity: short film for tourists by the Swedish Television, from 1st of January 1936, advertising the Hungarian capital's baths.
Egy ritkaság: a Svéd Televízió rövid turisztikai filmje 1936 január elsejéről, a magyar főváros fürdőit reklámozza.



Source: open archives of Swedish Television
Forrás: a Svéd Televízió nyilvános archívuma

Old house in Pest

I have posted here a picture of an old district with some houses that really need a face lift. This is how one of them looks from inside. Isn't it worth to save it?
Picit régebben felraktam ide egy képet az egyik öreg kerületből, néhány házzal, amelyre igazán ráférne egy ráncfelvarrás.

This is how one of them looks from inside. Isn't it worth to save it?
Az egyikük így néz ki belülről. Hát nem érdemes arra, hogy megmentsék?

Almássy utca

Almássy utca (street) leads to Almássy tér (square) in district 7, where there was a famous cultural centre with a lot of concerts, since God knows how long. I used to go there every Friday, 20 years ago... and later, I took my little baby to the swimming pool.

Unfortunately, they sold the building and closed the place down :-(((

Anyway, in December, I went there to see some bands and on the way home, I enjoyed the mood of the environ.

Old district

Well, I am in Budapest now, arrived yesterday. (Will have some concerts and such, pop by if you are around!)
Nos, Budapesten vagyok, tegnap érkeztem. (Lesz néhány fellépésem, gyere el, ha erre jársz!)

I stay here in a cosy little appartement. There are areas in the city that have been badly neglected but recently they started renovations all over the place. Huge projects everywhere.
Egy helyes kis lakásban lakom. A városnak vannak olyan részei, amelyeket rettentően elhanyagoltak, de nemrégiben mindenfelé megkezdődtek a felűjítások. Óriási projektek.

I wonder if they will heal these ones, for they could be very nice with a full facelift, or they just tear them down:
Kíváncsi vagyok, hogy ezeket a házakat vajon meggyógyítják-e, mert nagyon szépek lennének egy teljes kozmetikával, vagy egyszerűen ledózerolják őket:

A house in Budapest

An "ordinary" house that you can see if you walk around in downtown Budapest...
Egy "közönséges" ház, amit Budapest belvárosában sétálva láthat az ember...

Lamp on a sunny day

After a night lamp in Stockholm, here is a day lamp from Budapest.
Egy éjszakai lámpa után Stockholmból, itt egy nappali lámpa Budapestről.

Corner of Vörösmarty square.
A Vörösmarty tér sarkán.

Back side of Szent István Bazilika - Saint Stephen's Basilica

After inside and the front of the Bazilika, here is the back side.
A Bazilikát megnéztük belülről és elölről, most lássuk hátulról!

Nyugati

As you walk on from the McDonald's, you get to the Nyugati Pályaudvar(Western Railway Station), which people just call Nyugati.
Ahogy továbbsétálunk a McDonald's-tól, a Nyugati pályaudvarhoz érünk, amit csak Nyugatinak hívnak.

A beautiful building, designed by Eiffel.
Gyönyörű épület, Eiffel tervezte.

At the Blaha

At the Blaha (Blaha Lujza tér), in the heart of Budapest, amongst trams, subway, cars, neon billboards, boring modern office buildings, one can find real treasure, like the New York Cafe.
A Blahán, Budapest szívében, villamosok, metró, autók, neon hirdetőtáblák és unalmas modern irodaházak között igazi kincsekre is bukkanhatunk, mint a New York Kávéház.

Another nice building is actually used as an office building, some authority, I forgot what.
Egy másik szép épületet valójában irodaépületként használnak, valamilyen hatóság, elfelejtettem, micsoda.

That's where I took the first photo of this post.
Ennek a bejegyzésnek az első képét itt készítettem.

Szent István Bazilika - Saint Stephen's Basilica

In the 5th district, the hearth of Budapest, there is a very spacious square where you fcan't miss the Szent István Bazilika - Saint Stephen's Basilica.

We come out from the street where you saw these two nice houses and there it is, a huge monument.

Here you can even see the building of my previous post in the corner of the picture:





In the brochures, I didn't read anything about those two numbers you can see on the facade, but as it was year 2006, 1456 must represent the battle of Nándorfehérvár (today: Belgrade) where the Hungarians beat the Turks and so stopped them from their intent to invade the Christian Europe. And 1956 - well, one can find a lot of material about the Hungarian revolution of that year.





Have a look inside (last post on that page)

Yet another nice house

In downtown Budapest, I think in the same street as the one in my previous post, with the beautiful balcony, right beside the Bazilika

Balcony

One thing that I like very much in Hungary: very often they have a lot of flowers and plants at the windows and terrasses.

A house in downtown

Painted ceiling of New York Cafe

A peek throught the window, like here

Sic transit gloria mundi

New York Cafe at night

On a Thursday night, I peeked in to the famous New York Cafe, after they've closed