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Festival Sziget Police. The basement housed a maze of prison cells where inmates were routinely beaten and starved. It has since been turned into a museum and aptly been given the name ‘House of Terror’.
Since its humble beginnings as a student event in 1993, the music and cultural festival now expects around half a million visitors.
Hősök tere (or Heroes Square in English) is a large plaza boasting the Seven Chieftains of the Magyars monument to represent the leaders of the seven tribes of the Hungarians back in 895AD. Various places of worship are sprawled throughout the city, notable Matthias Church with its eclectic architectural style, or the Great Synagogue - the largest of its kind outside New York
City. To the north stands the Holocaust Tree of Life Memorial over the mass graves of those killed by the Nazi’s in World War II. The leaves of the trees bears inscriptions of some of the family names of the victims. Sziget
Every August, a week-long festival is held on Old Buda Island in the Danube. Since its humble beginnings as a student event in 1993, the music and cultural festival now expects around half a million visitors. Sziget hosts an eclectic mix of genres attracting people from around the globe. It’s becoming increasingly fashion-
able to the festival world as the Burning Man festival in Europe. There are even dedicated party trains complete with DJ’s to transport people from various European cities. If you’re planning on going to Sziget Festival, try not to forget that you’re in Budapest and go see some sights too. You crazy party animal. Lake Balaton One of my favourite European getaways is only a short train ride from Budapest. Lake Balaton holds the title of Europe’s largest freshwater lake and, touristy though it is, it’s very beautiful. Flanking the shores of the lake are plenty of guest houses, hotels, camping sites, and other lodgings to suit your needs. By day, you
You’re outside because it’s cooked traditionally in a massive hanging cauldron over an open fire.
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Most typical Hungarian wine Tokaji
Badacsony Hill and Lake Balaton 68
GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE MARCH 2018