Dentistry News

The Christmas market (sorry, Advent market) at Vörösmarty Square is officially open for business! Anyone who has been to Central Europe will know what this means, as all of the cities in this part of the world hold artisan markets with some of the best materials in the world available, with bargains, great food, mulled wine and the real feeling of Christmas! This year, as every year the Vörösmarty square will become a magical Christmas village, full of stalls that will be selling stuff that you have not seen before, if you have never been to a Christmas market.

Budapest is a city with numerous botanical gardens, but the most famous one of them all is the Fűvészkert, located in a rather dodgy area of the 8th district. This botanical garden is unique and beautiful, and is one a small, but miraculous green haven for plant lovers. The last few days of fall are upon us, and this is one of the last times that you can go to the botanical gardens, as they close up for the winter, with a few exceptions (green house exhibits are open during the cold months, too). In the fall, some of the trees are presenting marvellous foliage, and many plants are at their most beautiful right now, so this is the last chance to see some of the plant wonders of the world.

Because of the unique environmental conditions that created the many thermal waters and the cavernous Buda hills, Budapest is the capital not only of Hungary, but of spelunking. This oft overlooked hobby is actually a ton of fun, and is enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of aficionados across the world; it is the sport of going into caves and crawling around in them, exploring the life down there. It is part hiking, part boulder climbing, part extreme sports, and is a lot of fun. Budapest has many kinds of spelunking; form the very extreme to the mildest forms that can be done by a 3 year old (not to mention a 73 year old).

The weather is getting cold, much to everyone’s dismay, but there are a few good things that come with cold weather; long nights to stay indoors with hot tea, street vendors selling mulled wine, Christmas and advent and of course, outdoor ice skating rinks to romp around in. Here is a description of the most famous one in Hungary, the Műjégpálya.

Behind the Arena Plaza shopping mall, spanning all the way to Örs Vezér tér is a very unobtrusive and unvisited side of Budapest.