Photo of the week: Wine region next to Balatonfüred
The first of the very stunning pictures from our new contributor, Evelin.
A very open and clear shot of a vineyard near Balatonfüred
Debreceni VSC enters soccer elite
No Hungarian side has appeared in the UEFA Champions League for the last 14 years, since the days of Ferencvárosi TC in 1995/96. This year is different though, as Debreceni VSC managed to get there, first beating PFC Levski Sofia 2-1 in Bulgaria and beating them at home 2-0 last Tuesday; an aggregate 4-1 that allows the team to enter the Group Stage of the Champions League.
Debrecen celebrate their late winner in Sofia (©Getty Images) Photo Credit
It is a very memorable and joyous moment for the team and for Hungarian soccer in general. András Herczeg, Debrecen coach, summarize it well: “We’re proud to have brought so much joy to so many people and to be the first Hungarian team since Ferencváros in 1995 to qualify for the Champions League,” he said. “Levski are ranked 100 places above us so we are delighted to get past them. Each game in the group stage will be a wonderful memory for us all. Whoever we meet will be a great team with great players.”
A nice bonus on the side: Debreceni VSC has secured itself €7.1 million by qualifying for the Champions League, and that equals several years of the club’s budget. As all the future home Champions League matches will be held in Budapest and not in Debrecen city the hope is that the city itself will gain some exposure and advantages.
While waiting for the draw that will decide which team Debreceni VSC will have to face (and in the group there are teams of the caliber of Barcelona, AC Milan, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, just to mention a few) we wish the team flying the flag for Hungary the very best of luck.
Posted by Paul 1 year ago at 12:51 pm. Comments
Budapest Museum of Fine Arts: Exhibition of sculptress Márta Pán
Until the 20th of September the Budapest museum of Fine Arts is dedicating a temporary exhibition to the sculptress Márta Pán.
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Following fate similar to that of many other artists, Márta Pán is not widely known in the country that gave her birth (Hungary, although from 1952 she became a French national) but her sculptures are displayed in public spaces all over the world. Her works are erected in Ottawa, Amsterdam, Paris and in Japan, where there are around 30 of her works, she was awarded the Praemium Imperiale Prize by the Emperor. The award is an equivalent of a Japanese Nobel Prize.
Just one year after her death, Budapest Museum visitors are able to see ten of the artist’s monumental steel sculptures, displayed one after the other in the impressive Renaissance and Baroque Hall on the ground floor, and on the first floor, displayed among the paintings of German and Flemish masters.
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Culture.hu defines walking among Páns works “like being in a dream city where gravity does not pull one downward, but lifts one up. Her sculptures radiate perfection, like survivors of the loss of the sense of beauty”. Indeed an exhibition not to miss, considering also the numerous other collections to see once in the Museum of Fine Arts.
Posted by Paul 1 year ago at 12:10 pm. Comments
Photo of the week: Hungarian National Day
Happy Hungarian National Day!
August 20, St. Stephen’s Day, celebrating the founding of the Hungarian nation.
Some amazing fireworks show.