MaNDAHungarian National Digital Archive

One of Budapest's most glamorous hotels has a legendary history: at the end of the Second World War, when the guns were blazing in our capital and the Red Army had already reached the Great Boulevard (Nagykörút), the waiters served the remaining food (caviar, "rizibizi" -Hungarian for rice and peas- and French wine) to the residents of the surrounding houses and the retreating German and Hungarian officers with their usual elegance, silver platters and crystal glasses. In this exhibition we recall the history of this famous hotel, Hotel Dunapalota.

The Hungarian name Miklós (and the English Nicholas) comes from the Greek name Nikolaos, its original meaning: triumph + people. Its registered versions separated from the ancient Hungarian nickname: Miksa, Mike, Mikes, Mikó and Nikolasz that was taken from English. Miklós was the 87^th most frequented male name in Hungary in 2022. 118 children got it as a first name.

Cold weather has arrived, the quivering one. Now you can choose between huddling up against your sweetheart, your little pet or putting your warmest clothes. The road while people got from animals’ fur to faux fur and from hand-made hats to machine-knitted hats was long enough. To our actual selection, cardigans, fur-coats and muffs provide suitable temperature.

The Baradla is more than a geological curiosity: it is one of the birthplaces of Hungarian nature conservation, where the silence of the underground preserves the echoes of science, art, and history. In this virtual exhibition, we present the most significant underground treasure of the Aggtelek Karst—the Baradla Cave—and its associated natural values.

Is it sacrilege that the first thing that comes to mind about the apostles is not twelve men but a restaurant in Budapest for many people? Maybe. The Apostles (Apostolok) restaurant and pub may be a profane place, but there was something sublime about it. Perhaps it was the pious apostles' faces above the dimly lit boxes that made you feel as if you had entered a chapel, where even the beer foamed in a solemn atmosphere. The first in our series (Legendary Restaurants) that is still in operation today, though a co-tenant with another legend, the Ice Buffet.