one of Hungary’s greatest football legends is set to captivate audiences in a new series titled Puskás currently under development by INANI Production will focus on the transformative ten years that saw Puskás evolve from ‘Öcsi of Kispest’ to an internationally celebrated player for Real Madrid The series will not only spotlight Puskás’s meteoric rise but also delve into the historical and social backdrop of communist Hungary in the 1950s Viewers will be transported to key locations such as Helsinki and Madrid—venues of unforgettable triumphs and heart-wrenching defeats as described in the producer’s announcement The creative process has been enriched by extensive research with contributions from football experts and historians to ensure authenticity and accuracy also known as ‘Pierre,’ serves as the series’ creative producer A former director of drama and entertainment programming at RTL Hungary Herman is known for his work on a number of acclaimed television series The project has received notable financial support The National Film Institute has provided 90 million forints for script development through its subsidiary Szerencsejáték Service Nonprofit Ltd has contributed 280 million forints as a principal sponsor The Puskás series promises to offer a rich portrayal of a pivotal era in Hungarian sports and cultural history celebrating the life and achievements of a man whose name remains synonymous with football excellence worldwide the series is poised to become a landmark production in Hungarian television Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective Stephen was made by sculptor István Harmath (Source: budapest.hu) The Budapest General Assembly decided on the erection of the statue of St it was decided to demolish the statue of the communist politician György Lukács the People's Commissioner of the Soviet Republic and to erect a public work depicting King St Stephen near the site of the former statue national competition by the Budapest History Museum - Budapest Gallery and the Budapest City Council and in 2019 the capital permitted the sculpture to be erected.  Work on the placement of the bronze statue began in the autumn of 2019 in Szent István Park but the newly elected Council suspended preparations Mayor Gergely Karácsony claimed that local civilians initiated the halt: to review the statue's planned location The Capital initiated a consultation with 13th District NGOs while the Budapest Gallery prepared a new expert opinion and proposed a new location within the park Stephen would not disturb the other works of fine art nor would it remove green areas - highlighted the Budapest Gallery a proposal was submitted to the representatives of the capital with a completely new location After a lengthy debate in the General Assembly with a decision being renegotiated to the General Assembly.  the topic was not on the agenda again in June 2021 The mayor decided to erect the work of sculptor István Harmath on Templom Square using the personal authorisation granted to him during the epidemic It was also revealed exactly where the statue of St Stephen will be erected in the area marked with point 2 (Source: budapest.hu)  the tourist signs the lamppost and the fire hydrant will be relocated and the green area will be arranged (Source: budapest.hu)  The statue was originally intended in line with the main entrance of the church the sculptor proposed a new site: he suggested the statue be placed on a smaller green island southwest of the church’s main entrance Budapest Gallery indicated that the tourist sign the streetlight and the fire hydrant in the green area should be relocated © 2025 Látóhatár Kiadó Lap-és Könyvkiadó Kft Hungarian football legend who led his side to the historic 6-3 thrashing of England at Wembley in 1953 The remarkable footballing career of Ferenc Puskas, who has died aged 79 in Budapest, falls into two parts. The first was as the outstanding captain of a remarkable Hungarian team - once called "the best team in the world" by England's Billy Wright - which he led to the World Cup finals of 1954. The second was as a star of Real Madrid from 1958 to 1966 The watershed was the Hungarian revolution of 1956 when Puskas and other Hungarian internationals were on tour with Honved the army club into which most of them had been drafted possessed of a left foot of astonishing power Puskas was born in Budapest and brought up in the nearby country town of Kispest. The son of a footballer, he kicked a ball about in the streets with, among others, the future Hungary right-half and admired such foreign stars as Charlie Buchan Ted Drake and Spain's celebrated goalkeeper Nicknamed "Ocsi" (little brother) Puskas was coached at the Kispest club by Nandor Szucs and made his debut in November 1943 against the then league leaders Puskas perfected his ball skills by endlessly juggling with a tennis ball At 18 he won the first of his 84 caps for Hungary Puskas was commissioned in the army - hence his eventual nickname a brilliant Hungarian team was kept under wraps behind the Iron Curtain but in the summer of 1952 it finally emerged to waltz through the Olympic football tournament in Budapest They beat Yugoslavia 2-0 in the final and although Puskas missed a penalty In May 1953 Hungary took part in the first game to be played in the new Olympic stadium in Rome with a superb performance they came to London and thrashed England 6-3 becoming the first foreign team to beat England on English soil one coming when he coolly pulled the ball back with the sole of his boot so that in the words of Geoffrey Green in the Times the English captain Billy Wright rushed past him "like a fire engine going to the wrong fire" Inevitably, Hungary were favourites to win the World Cup in Switzerland in June 1954 not been injured in a tackle by the German centre-half This might have been the kick that won West Germany the cup final Hungary regrouped to great effect but when the team eventually reached the final with Hungary 3-2 behind after squandering a 2-0 lead he raced through the opposing defence to score what looked like a perfectly good goal an increasingly tubby but still marvellously effective Puskas struck up a famous partnership with the Argentine centre-forward Puskas became the leading Spanish goalscorer four times Both he and Di Stefano triumphed in the European Cup final of 1960 in Hampden Park where Eintracht Frankfurt were demolished 7-3 Puskas would get another three in the European Cup final in Amsterdam against Benfica but the goal Puskas scored when Di Stefano cleverly put him through from the halfway line was as good as any of those scored that night It was reported that at the end of the match Puskas took off his jersey and gave it to Eusebio the young Mozambique inside-right whose thunderous right foot was the equal of Puskas's left But Puskas subsequently denied that he had presented his shirt to anybody he played for Spain in the World Cup finals in Chile where he was used in three games at centre-forward lamenting happier days with Real and Hungary when goals were easier to come by I have an engaging memory of him when Chile won third place in Santiago With the Chilean fans celebrating in the streets of the capital Puskas was to be glimpsed standing in a doorway wearing that Budapest urchin grin which would never desert him he returned with distinction to Wembley to play for the Fifa XI which met England celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Football Association Still capable of scoring five goals against Holland's Feyenoord as late as 1965 he retired the following year and went to Canada to coach Vancouver He was said to have demoralised the club's goalkeepers with the power of his shooting Subsequently he became manager of Panathinaikos of Athens and got them to Wembley for the European Cup final of 1971 After the collapse of communism in eastern Europe In 1999 he was voted the sixth best player of the 20th century He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease for some years US EditionUK EditionScottish SunIrish SunSearchMy Account FootballLa Ligaicon of the game Adored by Fergie and nearly signed by Manchester United: The legendary genius of Ferenc PuskasBy Billy HawkinsPublished: 9:00 one of the all-time footballing greats was born But Ferenc Puskas wouldn’t want you to know that he didn’t want anybody to know he was born on April Fool’s Day; Puskas destroyed every record of his birth that he could with his passport all that remained to prove his real birth date Puskas avoided the dressing room banter and could instead brand his Hungary teammate Zoltan Czibor Puskas would not entirely escape the unforgiving atmosphere of the dressing room He joined Real Madrid and was given the nickname ‘fatso’ by Alfredo di Stefano who saw an overweight and over the hill footballer Born in Budapest to footballer Ferenc Purczeld Puskas grew up in Kispest as his father played for the local team It was the elder Ferenc – who changed his surname to Puskas in 1937 – who developed his son as a sportsman and later managed him as Kispest’s head coach The younger Puskas was still a teenager when the local press branded his father Ferenc Puskas Senior; as Gyorgy Szollosi writes in his excellent book Puskas: “For Hungarians the name [Puskas] applied exclusively to his 16-year-old son.” Puskas joined Kispest at the age of 12 with his father part of the coaching staff; his senior debut came four years later in a November 1943 match against Nagyvaradi AC but under the tutelage of Puskas Senior from 1945 onwards they Improved and achieved four consecutive top four finishes combined with Puskas and teammate Jozsef Bozsik’s influence in the national side was largely the reason Kispest were taken over by the Hungarian Ministry of Defence to become the Army team when the country became a communist state in 1949; the village of Kispest was absorbed into Budapest and the club was renamed Budapesti Honved SE Army conscription allowed Honved to raid their rivals for Hungary’s best players all but used the club as a training camp; Puskas won five league titles with the side who eventually boasted national team regulars Sandor Kocsis as well as Puskas and Bozsik who were there during the Kispest days With the core of the national squad playing together at club level as well it is no surprise Sebes worked wonders with Hungary to build the Aranycsapat (Golden Team); also referred to as the Mighty or Magical Magyars this was the side which dominated the early 1950s and inflicted two huge defeats on England but had their destiny stolen away from them as Germany came from two goals down to beat Hungary and win the 1954 World Cup final in the Miracle of Bern The games against England – defeating the Three Lions 6-3 at Wembley in November 1953 and 7-1 in Budapest six months later – have gone down in history The initial game is still considered one of England’s most embarrassing defeats ever and it is regarded as the event which made this country wake up to what was happening in football on the continent The insular English viewpoint from this moment in time can be summed up by captain Billy Wright’s comment to striker Stan Mortensen as he walked onto the pitch after seeing Hungary’s unorthodox shirts and boots: “We should be all right here “they haven’t even brought the proper kit.” in perhaps the most famous moment of his entire career Hungary took the lead inside the first minute and he added a second 19 minutes later as England could not deal with a tactic they had never come up against before; Hidegkuti was deployed between the lines in what would now be considered the attacking midfield role; at the time it was revolutionary As Wright rushed towards Puskas in an attempt to tackle him the forward dragged the ball back in a remarkable show of genius; Wright ended up on the floor and Puskas fired the ball home correspondent Geoffrey Green wrote Wright ‘rushed past [Puskas] like a fire engine going to the wrong fire’ while the Daily Mirror opined ‘Wright has never been given such a chasing in all his life as the one he got from Ferenc Puskas’ Puskas scored a second three minutes later with Hidegkuti later completing his hat-trick and Bozsik also getting on the scoreheet In the foreword to Szollosi’s book Sir Alex Ferguson writes: “The great players do things that you don’t expect so when I dodged school on that Wednesday afternoon in 1953 to watch the England vs Hungary match at a misty Wembley on TV no one expected what we were about to witness: a new way of playing football Puskas again ran England ragged with another brace it all came crashing down for Hungary; Germany’s comeback in the Miracle of Bern meant they missed out on their crowning glory – winning the World Cup the wins and dominance of European football continued after the World Cup but at the end of 1956 the Golden Team was broken up; the Hungarian Revolution erupted in Budapest and the Honved players Some of the greatest footballers of the era were left in limbo ‘once more there was great excitement and anticipation in Scotland when several of the Hungarian players turned up at the British Embassy looking for asylum after the Uprising in their homeland in 1956’ Fergie himself writes of the Scottish papers going crazy and linking Puskas with Celtic and Rangers He nearly joined Sir Alex’s future club Manchester United in fact but the signing was scuppered due to the Football League’s maximum wage policy; players could earn only £18-a-week at this time and not until January 1961 was the rule abolished Puskas was off the market by then; a few months after his proposed move to Old Trafford fell through Real Madrid signed him and he was earning £800-a-week But for all the history he would write in Madrid it’s not to say Real necessarily wanted Puskas in the first place had watched Puskas in his penultimate game for Hungary; against France in October 1956 just days before the start of the Hungarian Revolution; and it’s widely considered he put in a woeful performance after incessant arguing from Emil Ostreicher Bernabeu relented and invited Puskas – who ‘looked like a giant balloon’ - in for a meeting turning his back on gluttony; he never lost his confidence to play football Puskas was forced to run laps while the rest of the squad trained with the ball the greatest of all great Real Madrid players didn’t really understand the hype; ‘fatso’ he branded Puskas; but before long the pair had formed a formidable partnership Puskas even knew how to keep his teammate on side; in the final match of his debut season he had the chance to score with the two players joint leading scorers heading into the match though Carniglia never favoured him; he left a supposedly injured Puskas out of the team for the 1959 European Cup final which Real Madrid won to claim their fourth successive title and second under the manager Puskas watched the match from the stands and was asked by Bernabeu why he wasn’t playing; in response but come the new season Real Madrid had a new manager; Carniglia was sacked despite winning two European Cups and LaLiga in just two years; the decision to drop Puskas had cost him his job There is little else to write that has not previously been recorded about the remainder of Puskas’ time in Madrid Eight seasons brought a return of 156 goals in 180 league games and 35 goals in 38 European appearances; he helped fire Real to five LaLiga titles one Copa del Rey and the Intercontinental Cup He regularly scored hat-tricks – hitting two against Barcelona – and also made a habit of netting four or five times a game; undoubtedly his most famous four-goal haul came in the 1960 European Cup final when Di Stefano also scored a hat-trick as Real beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 Widely regarded as perhaps the greatest football match of all time Ferguson was present at Hampden Park to watch Puskas in action; he saw the now 33-year-old score four times but give the match ball to Erwin Stein the Eintracht forward who had netted two of the German side’s three goals Puskas was again banging in the goals in a European Cup final; but his hat-trick was not enough to down Benfica who won 5-3 in Amsterdam with a 20-year-old Eusebio grabbing a brace Puskas sought out the youngster after the final whistle and handed over his shirt; it was the mantle being passed from Europe’s greatest player of one era to that of another era and he enjoyed success in guiding Panathinaikos to the 1971 European Cup final; but that is just a footnote to a legendary playing career Honved’s and Real Madrid’s greatest ever players Ferguson got to witness Puskas’ genius in the flesh “I was fortunate to have seen him play and he was without question one of the greatest players of all time It was an honour to have met his wife Erzsebet recently when I visited Hungary and I was impressed at how humble she was Start page News 5 August 2022  – After the reconstruction works planned for the summer along metroline M3 have been finished the service of metroline M3 will be resumed on the Southern section Nagyvárad tér will be skipped by metroline M3 and the surrounding area will be accessible either by the station replacement bus M30 or some other alternative lines The most important changes in the transport service of metroline M3 and the replacement buses from the middle of August are the following: Please note that the metro will be out of service on the Northern section between 13 and 16 August therefore replacement buses will be running to Újpest-központ Transport service applicable along metroline M3 from 17 August is Please note that on the holiday weekend starting with 20 August regular weekday service will be applicable on metroline M3 the metro will be running between Kőbánya-Kispest and Kálvin tér and between Göncz Árpád városközpont and Újpest-központ while replacement buses will be in service between Kálvin tér and Göncz Árpád városközpont Please note that the Nagyvárad tér will be skipped by the metro BKK Centre for Budapest Transport would like to kindly request both public transport passengers and other passengers using individual transport to not get about in the Hungarian capital in the upcoming weeks, as they have accustomed to, as several changes are expected due to the metro replacement works. BKK would like to kindly recommend that passengers use the BudapestGO app to plan their trips calculates the most appropriate route for passengers to reach their destinations based on real-time information on public transport lines and passengers have the chance to even purchase their tickets and passes in the app New organisation to be responsible for increased sense of security and social assistance to passengers Reconstruction works of the overpasses at Flórián tér starting soon: travel changes to be made and throughout information to be provided by BKK It has never been easier to board with a digital pass: the boarding button is now available in BKK’s BudapestGO app Phone: +36 1 3 255 255 E-mail: [email protected] Our website uses cookies for basic functionality, marketing and statistics.For more information about cookies, please click here The cookie stores the login status of the user account The cookie collects information about how our visitors use our website This cookie is used to track sales from ads and free data Cookie is responsible for providing advertising and website analytics services Before going into details, let’s take a moment to clarify who we are talking about The founders of Barber Shop Budapest are all members of the Gellei Family a multigenerational clan of Budapest barbers – decades ago the grandfather had a parlor in Kispest before moving to Váci Street then his son had a haircut shop on Bartók Béla Avenue opened their unique styling establishment in the city center after a stint of living in Australia After opening their first Barber Shop on Dob Street with great success they expanded to a new location on Király Street and most recently opened a new site by Astoria “Our service has swiftly risen in popularity since the profession was long absent from Budapest barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards We dropped the latter of those three services and focus on men’s heads with classic techniques like using a straight razor and aftershave There is a real demand for this these days,” says elder brother András The third Barber Shop also opened near the party district of Pest András explains that tourists are purposefully browsing barber shops and the Gallei Family’s establishments give them everything they are looking for The guest is given a welcome drink – a water or a coffee – and the new location by Astoria also features a huge brown chair in the shop window where waiting customers can get a shoeshine All three locations are similar in terms of their interior design and vibe Their walls are adorned with surfboards (a memento from the brothers’ time in Australia) and museum-quality vintage scissors and barber tools The wooden furniture gives a unique look to the new shop which also features old-school-style barber chairs made specifically for thechain and have a built-in sink to make the experience all the more comfortable for guest and barber alike and this novelty makes the process simpler by eliminating the need to walk the guest to a sink There are plans to include tattooing among the services and the owners are going to start a barber school called Barber Shop Budapest & Academy for the time being this is only for the benefit of the current team and barbers from abroad.) A couple of days every week the shop will close early for practice and to experiment with new ideas since they perfectly complement each other orchestrates everything from the background with exceptions made only for female members of the Gellei Family You don’t need to worry about making an appointment: this practice is simply not a barbers’ thing Guests are attended to first-come-first-served or a chat with the others – like at any gentlemen’s club We have a feeling that this won’t be the last Barber Shop Budapest location With record passenger numbers of 17 million expected in 2020, despite a higher frequency of bus services, Budapest Airport still needs a swift Plans are now in place for an express rail link of 22 kilometres the southern terminus of the M3 metro line about the same distance again south-east of the Hungarian capital public transport from Budapest Airport will be limited to the 100E bus direct to the city centre and the 200E stopping service to the southern end of the M3 metro route this runs further into town at Nagyvárad tér due to construction work on the line – any suggestion of extending the network all the way to the airport is now null and void For more details of how to get from Budapest Airport to town, see here Ideas about constructing high-speed underground trains in Hungary date back to the 19th century each of which contained a north-south line an east-west connection became more important The metro was a prestigious project of the Rákosi Era which aimed to alleviate some of the capital's serious traffic problems at the time construction of the east-west metro resumed in the 1960s and in 1968 a final decision was reached regarding the north-south line The first stage was opened in 1976 (Photo: Fortepan the 14,8 km line was planned to be completed 1985 but changes in the economy and transport policy brought changes to both the route and the deadline Kőbánya-Kispest became the southern terminus (although this was intended as a temporary solution Kőbánya-Kispest would have become a sub-branch and Határ Road station was built in a way which ensured the metro could be continued at any time.) Plan of the Budapest Metro Network in 1974 (Photo: Fortepan/Uvaterv)  Káposztásmegyer became the planned destination in the north increasing the length of the line to over 20 kilometres Sections were completed one after the other from 1976 onwards In 1976 the line between Deák and Nagyvárad Squares was completed which was extended to Kőbánya-Kispest in 1980 Work finished on the section to Lehet Square (Élmunkás Square at the time) in 1982 and in 1984 the tunnel reached Árpád Bridge The section to Újpest was completed after a six-year hiatus On 15 December 1990 the daily Magyar Nemzet reported: "Budapest metro network expanded with new section today Following the opening of continuation of the north-south line the well-known trains will now run along the new section from Árpád Bridge to Bajcsy Zsilinszky Road in Újpest Csaba Siklós opened the new section – which cost 10 billion HUF at a ceremony on Friday afternoon." the present form of the line was completed 30 years ago Plans had been made for it to run to the housing estate in Káposztásmegyer in the north Space for the metro was even left open during the construction of the estate tram 14 was created as a metro replacement service but by 1990 – when the metro reached Újpest – the construction of the South Buda – Rákospalota metro came into focus Construction of the last stage of the metro in 1987 Váci út runs above the ditch (Photo: Fortepan The ornamentation of the Budapest metro falls behind that of Moscow lines that influenced it (though Stalin-baroque stations were planned for the east-west line in the 1950s) the stations were designed according to an overarching concept The colour scheme of the new stations was determined by an expert body taking into account the existing differences of the three underground railways of the time The aim of the design was for the colours and symbols in metro stations to indicate which section of the city a passenger was in referring to the Hungarian National Colour Committee "The system of forms and colours indicate which metro line a passenger is travelling on and where they are in the city The regions and metro lines of Budapest have been colour-coded Similarly to the symbols for the lines themselves stations are indicated by circles on the north-south line squares on the east-west line and triangles on the small underground railway." It is no coincidence that the north-south metro line is known as the blue line The colour scheme of the four new stations also aligned with this concept The station on Forgách Street was Coventry blue Újpest városkapu was painted Copenhagen blue Circles appeared on the walls of the stations (Photo: metros.hu) The four-station section runs in a cut-and-cover tunnel as the line follows the route of Váci Road A significant lack of finances hampered construction Pro Urbe Award-winning Professor Endre Kerkápoly that if the necessary funds had been available when construction began the section would have been completed by 1988 Ornaments in the Újpest-Városkapu station (Photo: Barnabás Kiss/Hungarian Museum of Science The renovation of metro line 3 has been underway for several years and began on the youngest Another ornament in the Újpest-Városkapu station (Photo: Barnabás Kiss/Hungarian Museum of Science the old decorative elements have not been destroyed After being assessed by experts from the Museum of Transport several ornaments were moved to the warehouses of the museum Cover photo: Train glides through a station (Photo: Barnabás Kiss/Hungarian Museum of Science we string them together for a walk of about 6-7 miles during which we get a view of the district parks It is worth noting now that it is astonishing how big and what kind of forests the outer districts of Pest often have It is also true that in recent years it is as if something is starting to change which is the most important step for the proper maintenance and utilization of an urban forest We start our discovery walk on Gilice Square there are several buses coming directly from Kőbánya-Kispest railway station but the forests can also be reached from Pestszentimre railway station or by trams from Üllői Road It can be seen that the many small parks and the Péterhalmi Forest can be explored from several directions From Gilice Square we were the first to head north to Bókay Garden on Cziffra György Road as this small fenced park provides several interesting things based on our preliminary knowledge we could state that there is a significant opportunity for social and sports life here: an ice rink a sandy BMX track and a skating rink under construction await visitors Entrance to the garden (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) Adventure park with a plane (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) several tennis courts and a small outdoor theatre There is also an indoor restaurant and summer bar the diversity and orderliness of the park is an absolute positive surprise It is also difficult to list the many sports fields and recreational opportunities (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu)  The BMX and skate park under construction (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) There is also a small lake inside the park Bókay Garden is a worthy counterpoint to the infamous Havanna microdistrict it is also true that the Havanna microdistrict is not the same as in the old days Outside the garden fence is a small hill on the west side but that’s all we have to settle for here now The Lajos Tomory Museum of the district municipality is also worth visiting The panorama from the hill of Turul Park (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) which can be reached on Benedekfalva Street within a few minutes ’walk From this street you can also see to the east a nice big white sphere on some feet as it is an important meteorological measuring station and even the main meteorological observatory in the capital: the György Marczell Main Observatory The Pál Ambrózy Meteorological Study Trail has also been established in its garden There are many programs on the night of the museums but of course you can visit at other times which tries to attract visitors from afar (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) then immediately turning right onto Mályinka Street we can see the edge of the Péterhalmi Forest on our right It is the best known and largest forest in the district We soon reach one of the main entrances to the forest a children’s playground and a small wooden hut A smaller car park has also been built for those arriving by car it is advisable for them to park their car here There is a green area perfect for a picnic The leisure park at the entrance to the forest (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) If we go further in the rather worn yellow tourist sign we will find ourselves in the depths of the forest The dense forest (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) We also cross the route designated for running and then reach a more open section Here the sandy forest soil from the alluvium of the Danube emerges clearly Information boards can be found alongside the road and vandalism can be seen in action here as well there are many information and knowledge boards (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) then turning right into the depths of the forest after a few hundred meters we notice an interesting phenomenon: a lot of plastic bag remains on the top of the trees At first we didn’t know what to think about but then we saw an industrial site in the middle of the forest and its yard: a lot of plastic waste was waiting for its fate A higher fence might have been possible so as not to pollute the forest to such an extent… Nature has already taken possession of the railways (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) Plastic "crop" on the trees (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) and after another kilometre we reach the southern main entrance of the Péterhalmi forest: here again there are football fields information boards and even a beach volleyball court ideal for the above-mentioned sandy ground we end up at the southwestern tip of the forest actually walking down the street that opens into a forest But let's not expect many other curiosities besides nature The southern edge of the forest is also the city border towards Gyál There is still a playground and some information boards The Kapocsi Road forest is worth the small detour (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) The Pestszentimre railway station is not far from here from where you can return to the Kőbánya-Kispest railway station Here is the largest memorial park in the district but at the same time it was very heartbreaking to see that names of people can be read up close in each small brick cube The '56 Memorial Park (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) During our trip we went through several parks and forests of the 18th district The Péterhalmi Forest actually separates Pestszentlőrinc from Pestszentimre The old industrial tracks connecting the two main railway lines cut the forest in two but the industrial plant in the middle of the forest is the problem with the pollution already mentioned it seems that the sacrificial work of local NGOs is paying off as they are also trying to defend the forest against vandalism We have seen that the park forests offer a variety of recreational opportunities for visitors The flat terrain is definitely favourable in this respect Forest management is carried out by Pilisi Parkerdő Zrt it can be said that a day trip and a city tour is worth a visit to the 18th District and the Bókay Garden offers a variety of recreational opportunities for those interested in sports and culture while the meteorological observatory delights those interested in natural sciences Cover photo: The leisure park at the entrance of the Péterhalmi forest (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) (Photo: Dávid Palotás / pestbuda.hu) train services at Budapest’s Nyugati railway station were severely disrupted due to a switch failure caused by a shunting train The malfunction led to restrictions imposed by MÁV affecting several suburban and intercity routes Passengers experienced extended travel times and service reductions on key lines with alternative public transport options temporarily accepting train tickets The malfunction significantly impacted trains operating between Nyugati railway station and Kőbánya-Kispest, leading to prolonged journey times and altered routes. As a temporary solution, MÁV announced that train tickets would be valid on alternative Budapest public transport lines Several services faced cancellations or modifications: MÁV announced that the switch failure at Nyugati railway station had been repaired and normal service was expected to resume gradually on the Cegléd and Lajosmizse lines train tickets remained valid on affected BKK routes until 10:30 AM to accommodate passengers still experiencing disruptions passengers are advised to check for real-time updates and allow extra travel time when using affected routes and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list SupportUs Newsletter © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved George F. Hemingway was not bluffing when he was asked about the selling of Honvéd last week. As reported by sportfaktor.hu on Monday morning the club confirmed that the investor company belonging to the Metalcom group has acquired 100% of the club’s shares from Quinex America LLC which is a subsidiary of The Hemingway Group In addition to making sure Ferenc Puskás former club continues to generate profit the company wants to further improve youth development and finish high enough in the league table to reach European club competitions’ qualifiers Hemingway bought the club in 2006 via one of his investment companies that is based in Nevada Honvéd was a shadow of its former glory – in the two preceding seasons they finished in the bottom half of the table which includes winning 5 titles in the 1950s under the captaincy of Ferenc Puskás Under Hemingway’s tenure Honvéd won the 2007 and 2009 editions of the Hungarian Cup and the Hungarian League title in 2017 The acquisition price will remain undisclosed by both parties “Our aim is clear; we want to develop even more future players at Magyar Futball Akadémia who will later join the senior team from where they can become successful internationally but Hungarian football in general too ” emphasised Zoltán Bozó and Dr also finds it important to maintain stability while setting more and more ambitious goals over the coming years: “Few people know that Honvéd was able to achieve its recent successes while also staying profitable Alongside continuing to accomplishing targets on the pitch it is just as important to maintain financial stability and increase profits from the transfer market This is the only way the club can compete for European places and the title in the future” Featured image: https://www.facebook.com/honvedfc/ is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers in history Known as the “Galloping Major,” Puskás was a prolific goal scorer and a charismatic leader whose career spanned decades of brilliance played a significant role in shaping his career the family adopted the surname “Puskás,” and Ferenc began playing for Kispest Honvéd at just 12 years old under the pseudonym “Miklós Kovács” to bypass age restrictions Puskás made his senior debut in 1943 and quickly established himself as a scoring sensation, MLSZ said Kispest had transformed into Budapest Honvéd under the Hungarian Ministry of Defense and Puskás earned the rank of major—hence his famous nickname he won five Hungarian league titles and was the league’s top scorer four times Puskás became a cornerstone of Hungary’s national team during its golden era in the 1950s Known internationally as the “Mighty Magyars” or locally as Aranycsapat (“Golden Team”) Puskás debuted for Hungary in 1945 and scored an incredible 84 goals in just 85 matches—a record that remains one of the highest scoring ratios in international football including winning gold at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 and defeating England 6–3 at Wembley Stadium in the “Match of the Century” in 1953 Hungary fell short in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final losing to West Germany in a dramatic upset Following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Puskás chose not to return to Hungary and faced a two-year ban from UEFA competitions his career rebounded spectacularly when he joined Real Madrid in 1958 at the age of 31 Puskás became an integral part of one of football’s most successful eras five consecutive La Liga titles (1961–1965) His scoring prowess was unmatched; he netted seven goals across two European Cup finals and won four Pichichi awards as La Liga’s top scorer Puskás embarked on a global coaching journey that spanned continents His most notable achievement came with Panathinaikos in Greece leading them to the European Cup final in 1971 and securing two domestic league titles He also managed clubs and national teams across countries like Spain Ferenc Puskás left an indelible mark on football history Scoring over 800 goals across official matches during his career he was named by IFFHS as the greatest top division scorer of the 20th century His sportsmanship and leadership inspired generations Hungary’s national stadium was renamed Puskás Arena in his honor in recognition of his contributions FIFA also commemorated him by naming its annual award for the best goal after him—the FIFA Puskás Award but his legacy continues to shine brightly As we celebrate what would have been his 98th birthday today we remember not only his incredible achievements but also his enduring impact on football worldwide inventors and many others did and discovered great things from the Rubik’s cube to the Vitamin C his name is well-known from Argentina to Japan and from Australia to the United States Born to a German (Danube Swabian) family in a suburb he showed great talent for football already when he was young even though he did not reach the minimum age (12) he could play in the local club with his childhood friend József Bozsik who became a member of the Hungarian Golden Team He made his first senior appearance for Kispest in November 1943 in a match against Nagyváradi AC It was there where he got the nickname “Öcsi” or “Buddy” because he was not too tall and was very young Kispest became the team of the Hungarian Army during the Communist dictatorship The club acquired the best Hungarian players of that time He also finished as a top goal scorer in the league in 1947–48 he debuted in 1945 against Austria when they won 5:2 He played 85 games and scored 84 times for Hungary he formed the nucleus of the Golden Team that was to remain unbeaten for 32 consecutive games between 1950 and 1954 beating Yugoslavia 2–0 in the final in Helsinki Puskás scored four times at the Olympic tournament first with a 6–3 win at Wembley Stadium on the “match of the century” and then 7–1 in Budapest Puskás scored two goals in each game against England Here are the highlights on what happened in the Wembley Stadium they lost first against West-Germany in the finals of the 1954 Switzerland Football World Cup HERE we summed up what happened in Bern while below you can watch a video about the highlights of the Hungarian team in the world cup: Among those was Puskás who went first to Italy then to Spain but could not play because the FIFA banned him from playing for 18 months During that time he managed to get his family out from Hungary occupied by the Soviet forces after the ban finished and even though he was overweight He helped Real win La Liga five times in a row between 1961 and 1965 and the Copa del Generalísimo in 1962 He scored both goals in the 2–1 victory over Sevilla FC in the Copa final Puskás took Spanish nationality and subsequently played four times for Spain Three of these games were at the 1962 World Cup He finished his professional career at the age of 39 in 1966 Here is a cartoon movie about Ferenc Puskás: he guided Panathinaikos of Greece to the European Cup final the only time a Greek club has reached a European final to date his only other success came with South Melbourne Hellas with whom he won the Australian National Soccer League title in 1991 he took charge of the Hungarian national football team for four games including a 4–2 friendly victory against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin where Hungary came from two goals down to beat their opponents eventually Below he does the first kick against Australia in 1997: he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease spent his last years in hospitals and died on 17 November 2006 of pneumonia Today not only streets and football clubs bear his name but also the new Puskás Aréna in Budapest discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky and Gyula M Szabó was also named in his honour in 2001 Ferenc Puskás was the best Hungarian footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues Puskas.com remembers the biggest Hungarian football player: I loved my family and I would always be on the pitch; nothing else interested me” – Puskás The most well-known and popular Hungarian person was born in Budapest on 1st April 1927 Following the birth of their first child the family moved from the city to Kispest where the father Ferenc Puskás senior got a job and a contract to be a semi-professional footballer Coincidentally Öcsi and his family lived next door to the local football pitch in one of the modest flats consisting of only a room and a kitchen One of the neighbours was the Bozsik family including József the child who was a year and a half older than Öcsi and with whom he would be newsworthy the world over as members of the Honvéd club and Hungary national team The local kids would play street football competitions against teams from neighbouring districts using a home-made football made of rags and the most talented young footballers such as the little Puskás would be recruited for the Kispest youth team for the most part under the guidance of Puskás senior who was by then a coach at the club They loved the game so much that even during the time of the 2nd World War they would do everything they could to play football in the leagues connected with the main national youth association even though the sport had been paralysed in most parts of the country Öcsi had already made his full debut for Kispest in the national football league’s top tier (NBI) in 1943 and as soon as the war was over he received his first call-up for the Hungary national team’s first post-war international match At the age of 20-22 years old Puskás was already attracting the attention of star clubs from the West but emotionally he was so close to Kispest that it never occurred to him to move abroad Puskás stayed and in 1952 travelled to Helsinki with the national team; there The following year Hungary beat Italy to win the Dr Gerő Cup, the forerunner of the UEFA European Championship. Also in 1953, Hungary beat England in the ‘match of the century’ to become the first team from outside the British Isles to beat England at home The team won all its subsequent matches until the World Cup final the following year when it unexpectedly and extremely unluckily suffered defeat at the hands of West Germany so Puskás was ‘only’ presented with a silver medal from the FIFA President rather than the World Cup itself and in 1952 their only child Anikó was born in Budapest Meanwhile the national team under Puskás’ captaincy recovered from the World Cup final loss and embarked on another successful run The 1956 uprising changed everything though; when Öcsi and the rest of his Honvéd teammates left the country at the end of that November they could not have thought that some of them would not return home for several decades so it was to nearly everyone’s surprise when he received a contract offer from Real Madrid At the age of 31 he again strained every sinew; he lost 18 kilograms in weight and despite the initial difficulties came to earn a place for himself in a Real Madrid team full of world stars It is almost unbelievable that for ten more years he was able to stay as a world-class superstar in Europe’s most successful club Due to the political dogma of the time he was not able to continue performing for the Hungary national team but even today his statistic of 84 goals in 85 matches is still a world record Puskás’ incredible goalscoring records were followed by newer feats even harder to eclipse; in the 1960 and 1962 European Cup finals he scored four and three goals respectively and after finishing top goalscorer four times in Hungarian league seasons he managed the feat four times in Spain too achievements which led to him being recognised as the greatest goalscorer of all time being afforded a measure of moral satisfaction by way of being appointed the Hungary national team interim head coach for four matches before going on to represent the Hungarian Football Federation and the Hungarian government as a leader and member of various international delegations due to a particular strain of the Alzheimers disease which led to him living permanently in a hospital from the year 2000 Foreign celebrities queued up to visit him and everyone did everything they could to give him the best care possible but of course no one foresook as much as his wife did to care for him visiting him and sitting by his side as she did every day for years thereby giving up on periodically flying to Spain to visit their grandchildren and great-grandchildren Real Madrid also visited Budapest to participate in a gala match and show their respect and love for their club icon the ‘National Sportsman’ who was the symbol of Hungarianness in the twentieth century left us on 17th November 2006 to – as he himself put it – join up with the other national-team members up there For the benefit of the legendary Imre Schlosser he would even be prepared to move out to the left wing position Puskás would wear the number 10 shirt there too and the captain’s armband because he is Hungary’s eternal captain… and the favourite of the world’s football lovers Shopmark that used to be called Europark is a shopping centre in Kispest, Budapest that is temporarily closed due to reconstruction. The aim is to create a smaller ecological footprint by switching to green energy, as forbes.hu reports Shopmark lies in Határ Street, Kispest Budapest and it will be closed from the 23rd of April due to reconstruction most of the renters move out in the first week some of the renters got special permission for being open during the reconstruction They are in Shopmark Point that is the only open part of the mall The new plaza is going to open in the third quarter of 2018 with a new look The company responsible for the reconstruction is called KÉSZ Építő Zrt They started with the facade in February even before the shopping centre closed and continue their work until it gets its brand-new look The entire building’s electric system will be updated and renewable energy sources will be involved Not only the mall itself but also its surroundings will have a different look namely the Magyar Posta Takarék Ingatlan Befektetési Alap (Hungarian Post Savings Property Investment Fund) Diófa Alapkezelő Zrt (Diófa Funder Ltd) handles this fund It was the Mészáros’s Konzum Nyrt that bought its other half that is worth 11.9 billiard forints (about 38 million euros) We have already reported that the property prices are increasing A huge sum of money flows to building shopping centres and offices as well Gránit Pólus is planning on creating a city centre around WestEnd shopping mall with offices It is worth investing in shopping malls because the 8.2 percent increase of the Hungarian retail sales was in the first three places of Europe in the last quarter of 2017 metro line M3 will be replaced by buses between Nagyvárad tér and Kőbánya-Kispest on 6-7 August 2016 (Saturday-Sunday) Metro cars will be operating between Újpest-Központ and Nagyvárad tér the replacement bus M3 to Nagyvárad tér M will run on the route section Kőbánya-Kispest M–Déli bejáró út–Vak Bottyán utca–Lehel utca–Üllői út–Könyves Kálmán körút–Albert Flórián út–Vágóhíd utca–Üllői út–Nagyvárad tér M and will serve the following stops: the terminus boarding point of bus line 148 at Kőbánya-Kispest M will be relocated to the boarding point of bus line 193E Modified departures of the last scheduled lines running between Nagyvárad tér and Kőbánya-Kispest connected to the last scheduled metro are the following: Regular metro service will be available between Újpest-Központ and Nagyvárad tér The required involuntary transfers during the replacement period are not considered to be trip interruptions therefore when transferring between replacement buses and the metro already validated single tickets (also of those from a block of 10 tickets) and transfer tickets are valid for onward travel The other end of single tickets (the end without a number grid) needs to be stamped or punched with the validating machines In the case of older-type single tickets from a stapled block the individual tickets need to be torn out to do this Older-type transfer tickets have number grids at both ends therefore no revalidation is needed at the other end in the case of this ticket type as the second grid has already been validated or will be punched/stamped in the course of a regular transfer When using short section metro tickets for up to 3 stops please consider the following when transferring between metro line M3 and the replacement bus: section ticket validity must be calculated from the trip’s starting point so the 3 stops need to be counted from the original stop (without replacement) where the passenger boarded For journeys started on the replacement bus where the point of boarding cannot be determined so the section ticket is valid for up to 2 stops calculated from the transfer point (the second validation on metro line M3) which is Corvin-negyed metro station Nyugati Railway Station will temporarily close from June 22 to July 5 midnight There will be maintenance and refurbishment works on tracks the passenger platforms and station buildings which have become urgent but it isn’t possible the do it by train traffic – MAV (Hungarian railway company) wrote MAV-START introduces a temporarily timetable in order to enable the passengers to easily reach their destinations in Budapest Several trains will be redirected to other stations in Budapest by the railway company which are operating on the Budapest-Debrecen-Nyiregyhaza and Budapest-Miskolc-Nyiregyhaza lines and the Zahony IC trains are operating until the Zuglo stop The Budapest-Nyugati-Zahony trains depart from Kobanya-Kispest and also arrive there The timetables of Budapest-Nyugati-Vac-Szob and Budapest-Nyugati-Cegled-Szolnok trains will be merged: the zone trains will operate on the Szob-Vac-Rakospalota-Ujpest-Zuglo-Cegled line the local trains will operate on Vac-Rakosrendezo-Zuglo-Monor line There will be trains which go from the Dunkanyar until Rakospalota-Ujpest The Budapest-Nyugati-Veresegyhaz-Vac  trains’ temporarily terminus will be the Rakosplaota-Ujpest station The Kobanya-Kispest-Szekesfehervar G43 trains only operate between Kelenfold and Gardony The S36 trains will be operating between Kobanya-Kispest and Tarnok buses will transport the passengers between Kobanya-Kispest and Ocsa from June 22 until August 19 Metroline M3 is in service only on the Northern part between the section of Újpest-központ and Göncz Árpád városközpont every day from 18 June (Saturday) until the middle of August Between the section of Kőbánya-Kispest and Göncz Árpád városközpont air-conditioned replacement bus M3 running quite frequently their scheduled headways are less than one minute BKK would like to kindly ask public transport passengers and motorists alike getting about on the route of metroline M3 to be patient and understanding during the traffic restrictions made during the reconstruction works – bkk.hu wrote Please note that metroline M3 is in service only between the section of Újpest-központ and Göncz Árpád városközpont every day from 18 June (Saturday) until the middle of August while between Göncz Árpád városközpont and Kőbánya-Kispest the replacement bus M3 is in service There is even a replacement bus M3A running on weekdays between Göncz Árpád városközpont and Határ út air-conditioned replacement buses in service their scheduled headways during peak hours are less than one minute Please note that as the replacement buses running on an extended route to South Pest serve also Nagyvárad tér the station replacement bus M30 is out of service during the above-written period the city centre from the surrounding area of Nagyvárad tér is available directly by the replacement bus running between Göncz Árpád városközpont and Kőbánya-Kispest BKK would like to kindly recommend that also during this phase of the reconstruction works passengers take tramlines 1 and 1M in operation between Göncz Árpád városközpont and Népliget Please note that both in the Northern and Southern city parts the operation of alternative lines remains unchanged also the passage to be found at Deák Ferenc tér of metroline M1 is reconstructed thus that station of  metroline M1 is accessible from the direction of Erzsébet tér To provide smooth operation for replacement buses in addition to the already-designated bus lanes – the former bus lanes are designated again on Üllői út between Nagyvárad tér and Határ út thus motorists have to prepare for a changed transport service For the period of the metro replacement extended to the Southern part Vak Bottyán utca to be found in the Kispest district is closed to car traffic between Határ út and Lehel utca where only replacement buses are authorised to enter except for destination traffic with a permit whose reconstruction has recently become required and urgent However each reconstruction brings about some inconvenience this reconstruction results in a positive impact on the transport of the whole territory of Budapest After the reconstructions realised by the investment of Budapest Transport Privately Held Corporation (BKV) Budapest’s passengers will be able to travel on a renovated to help disabled persons get around in the city therefore tactile walking surface indicators make the trips of visually-impaired persons easier and each and every station becomes accessible for physically-impaired persons BKK pays particular attention to providing smooth and convenient service also during the reconstruction works thus the company operates vehicles of the highest possible quality to Budapest’s passengers articulated replacement buses replacing metroline M3 depart quite frequently with scheduled headways of less than one minute The vehicles are accessible and are equipped with air-conditioning BKK would like to kindly ask customers and motorists alike to be patient and understanding in relation to the reconstruction works in progress until the spring of 2023 you can find out which are the most popular regions for burglars in Budapest as well as their most frequently used methods what property owners can do to avoid significant financial losses the 14th district of Budapest is at the top of the burglary list followed by the 3rd district and the 9th district the highest number of such crimes occurred in Zugló followed by Óbuda with 101 cases and the third-ranked Ferencváros with 99 burglaries the highest number of such crimes were experienced in Zugló followed by Óbuda with 101 cases and the third ranked Ferencváros with 99 burglaries burglars also targeted a high number of properties in the 18th (Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre) and 19th (Kispest) districts the continuously developing Újbuda (11th district) also experienced a significant number of cases The latter is also a prominent target for criminals who do not break into private homes The list also depicts that the safest zone of Budapest is the Buda Castle district where only 12 burglaries were registered in the examined year This is followed by the 23rd district (Soroksár) district (Csepel) with less than 40 cases registered in 2020 As the Hungarian news portal Pénzcentrum reports the number of burglaries in Budapest has decreased significantly compared to the previous years 1,846 burglaries and 1,274 home burglaries were recorded in the Hungarian capital which is significantly less than in the previous years One of the reasons for the drop is the pandemic the number of cases has been decreasing since 2013 According to a survey that was carried out by questioning Hungarian burglars the main targets of criminals in the Hungarian capital are detached houses The most common methods to enter homes are damaging windows and doors by breaking Read also: Incredible Easter story: a Hungarian burglar shat himself after being shouted at! Perpetrators mainly look for cash in the properties but they are also interested in high-value electronic devices (TVs the installation of property security equipment alarms or cameras is of primary importance it is also crucial to let the outside world know about it as a deterrent it is also necessary to get connected to the police The 23 and 15-year-old perpetrators were soon arrested They were interrogated and detained for a well-founded suspicion of attempted robbery and theft and the court has since ordered their arrest if you take out ‘the main targets of criminals in the Hungarian capital are detached houses flats in panel houses and terraced houses’ what is left That is just about the only thing missing from the list…. Thank god my home was built in 1910 and is ‘Tégla’ (brick) the 200E will operate more frequently in Budapest during the morning rush hour between Kőbánya-Kispest and Liszt Ferenc International Airport (Budapest Airport) on weekdays the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) announced on Friday The decision was justified by the fact that in the summer peak season the airport is expected to see higher passenger traffic than ever before For those travelling to the airport from the city centre, BKK offers the fast 100E airport shuttle, which will run at its busiest during this period many passengers choose the 200E from Kőbánya-Kispest as it offers a cheaper way to the airport for those arriving from South Pest or by train The number of airport employees and the number of people working in the logistics park in the area has also increased significantly, so this spring, BKK conducted a passenger count, Pénzcentrum writes the transport company has already expanded the number of early Saturday morning departures for the 200E service