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Subjective reporting from Hungary

_{The silence that can freak you out – a usual Bakonybél-experience}

^{INDUSTRIAL BUDAPEST – AN ABANDONED GAS FACTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PHOTO ARTIST, JÁNOS VACHTER.}

_{LOSS AND BEWILDERMENT: A JOURNEY THROUGH BUDAPEST IN THE AGE OF COVID-19}

_{Anger and frustration silently build up behind the masks in the Hungarian capital}

In Budapest's stores it would be easier to be nice, yet people are rather angry and distressed. It's not the case at Flora's store, Vekni, at Ferenc Square.

_{“A NICE QUESTION GOES WITH THE COFFEE, YOU’VE GOT NO CHOICE- A BAKERY IN BUDAPEST’S NINTH DISTRICT”}

If I were younger, Flora would be my role model.

‘YOU DON’T BETRAY YOUR HOMELAND, EVEN IF YOUR HOMELAND IS ROTTEN’

Can we still have our roots here when the political will is to hinder us in feeling at home?

The Hungarian grocery store keeper who dislikes customers with a bad vibe

Neusiedler Lake / Unsplash, Dimitry Anikin

How boredom turned out to be happiness in the Hungarian borderland

A butter-coloured Trabant headed to Fertőrákos 30 years ago. Now, the family wouldn’t have the chance to get there.

Where has all our freedom gone?

We are losing our democratic rights. Some of my generation—who were born into the last, looser days of communism, the days of political change and increasing political freedom—are left wondering how this could have happened.

These are the top 3 Hungarian novels from the 20th century. Hungarian literature at its best.

3 Hungarian novels to read as a start— hardcore and easy-reading included

The most popular homeless guy of the district

He claims to have millions of forints in the bank which he will use whenever the time is right.

Photos of an alternative Budapest by Hungary’s top journalist, Dávid Dercsényi. Follow him on Instagram.

Faces of Hungary

The Hungarian homeless guy is fed by the district inmates — Vilmos, the district’s most popular homeless guy. — photo: András Dimény

Vilmos, the popular homeless guy

He likes passersby, especially when they reciprocate his far too appropriate székely greetings.

Atmosphere in the grocery store — A storekeeper accused me of having a bad vibe — photo: Unsplash/Mehrad Vosoughi

Dezső bans customers from the grocery store

He says that my vibe is not good. As a matter of fact, it has never been.

In Budapest's stores it would be easier to be nice, yet people are rather angry and distressed. It's not the case at Flora's store, Vekni, at Ferenc Square. — Flora in her bakery – photo: András Dimény

Flora, the favourite baker of the district

“It is so much easier to be nice than angry”, she says.

Personal Budapest

Block of flats, Budapest – Unsplash/ Aneta Pawlik

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