Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Disappearing Budapest
Széchenyi lánchíd lion (tongue-less or not?)
©LucyMallows.digitalpix.2007
I have a new blog, collecting all the timeless articles I wrote about Disappearing Budapest; all the hidden aspects of this fascinating city that I researched over a 12-year period of living in Pest and Buda.
While writing, reporting and editing for Budapest Week, The Budapest Sun, The Budapest Times and as editor-in-chief of Where Budapest, a glossy travel magazine, I amassed a vast collection of material about thei history, architecture, culture and society of Budapest and I want to share this intimate knowledge with readers and those interested in the Hungarian capital.
Unfortunately, Budapest wants to shake off its past and join the bland, mall-packed European muddle of homogenous metropoli, knocking down dusty coffee houses and ancient menzas, replacing them with burger bars and garish coffee chains. The swirly neon shop signs are disappearing fast, along with the department stores lurking behind blankets in the doorways.
Come with me to the secret cemeteries, those coffee bars still clinging on, the hidden market halls, the back streets filled with master craftsmen: watch makers, zip repairers, goldsmiths and those talented individuals who can sew up the ladders on stockings. Explore the hidden gems of Disappearing Budapest with me - while we still can.
Labels: accommodation, architecture, bar, Budapest, cafe, city guide, culture, Disappearing Budapest, drinking, eating, guidebook, hidden gems, history, restaurant, treasure
// posted by Forbies @ 12:30 PM 
