It happened in the 18th century, shortly after the Turkish occupation if Hungary has ended, during the good old Habsburg times, that the town clerk of Szeged damaged and then stashed a freshly made seal of Szeged in a fisherman’s net. With the rusty piece of seal-ring he wanted to prove that…

You might feel excluded from stage events in Szeged but this is not necessarily the case. Have you ever rambled around in Szeged's former Jewish district? Next to the "new" synagogue there is an "old" one. About 20 years ago the once sacral space has been turned into…

Fashion, fiesta, friends... Well, b&b could already stand for the fabulous surprise that awaited me in the City of Sunshine this morning. I was passing the cathedral in my usual morning mood, when some cute biker guys popped up to give me…kakaós csiga!!!,  a.k.a. the best Hungarian…

 The Turin Horse - the official synopsis of the plot reads:"In Turin in 1889, Nietzsche flings his arms around an exhausted carriage horse, then loses consciousness and his mind. Somewhere in the countryside: a farmer, his daughter, a cart and the old horse. Outside, a windstorm…

Once you have lived in a place, it becomes ingrained in your soul…This single sentence could be my summary, my key phrase to Mary Domart. She might as well be the next sequence of  our unintended "feminine force" set.The young Mexican painter has lived for…

2011 became the international Ferenc Liszt year. (You might have heard of him as Franz Liszt.) The grand Hungarian composer was born 200 years ago. Inferno, the new work presented by the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company, was inspired by two of Liszt’s symphonies.The Dante Symphony –…

When I started this blog, my aim was to write about local cultural events….actually anything BUT MUSIC! Yet, I cannot resist writing about my favourite Hungarian singer and her amazing concert in Szeged. Who? Bea Palya, who else.More than ‘world music’Bea Palya is a…

In memoriam 6 years on FM89.9Exactly 6 years ago, in a small garage on the József Attila Av. …Let me proudly present you Rádió MI. Proudly, because I have been working there, I have been a member of this community for some years. I say community, because it is a so-called community radio…

* sunshine * beautiful girls * hot cycler guys * banks of the Tisza * open air theater * Grand Café * “old” bridge with flowers * watching the musical clockwork * bathing in the sun on the Kárász street  * walking home in the dawn on the Boldogasszony avenue * Christmas market…