EU Entry/Exit System Hungary 2025: From Stamps to Scans
Sunday Morning: New Borders, Familiar Confusion It’s Sunday morning, and the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES) officially begins. I just came back from Rome yesterday, and even there, you couldn’t miss it - posters, screens, and warnings everywhere across Europe. This...
Budapest Restaurant Week 2025: Gourmet Dining for Less
Every October, as the evenings draw in and the air smells faintly of roasted chestnuts, I find myself scrolling through restaurant menus instead of Netflix. Budapest’s Restaurant Week 2025 has just kicked off (2–19 October), and this year more than a hundred of the...
Inheritance Law in Hungary: What Homeowners Need to Know
I was genuinely surprised when I first learned how inheritance works here in Hungary. Having lived in Canada, the US, and the UK, I’d always assumed that if you left a will naming your spouse as your sole heir, that would be that. Simple. But in Hungary, the law has...
MOHU Waste Collection Rules 2025 in Hungary
As watch the bins being hauled out this morning - first chilly one of October - I realised our street in Budapest looked a little more alert than usual. Lids properly shut. No artful pyramids of recycling. It’s not paranoia: MOHU waste collection rules 2025 kicked in...
Hungarian Citizenship Process: How to Make it Official
The rain is coming to finally break Budapest’s summer heat, and the city feels alive again. September always has that “back to school” energy, even for grown-ups like me. It’s also the month when my inbox fills with the same question: “How do I actually get Hungarian...
Hungary Tax Rules for Airbnb, Couriers and Crypto
The shift is undeniable: autumn has arrived. The rain has broken the summer heat, and Budapest feels lighter, brighter, and a little more alive. Andrew and I are spending more time back in the city, and it’s already shaping up to be a busy September. September 17th...
HOW TO HUNGARY @ KLUSTER: Residency & Immigration 2025
September always feels like a fresh start. In my family, it’s when we swap lazy Balaton days for the sharper pace of city life. This year brings something new: HOW TO HUNGARY @ KLUSTER. From mid-September, KLUSTER - a collaborative team house in the heart of Budapest...
Managing Money in Hungary: 8 Key Questions Answered
Money doesn’t stay behind when you move countries. It follows you - in all its messy, complicated forms. Pensions. Taxes. Healthcare costs you didn’t think about until the first time you need a doctor. Even the exchange rate that suddenly makes your monthly budget...
Hungarian Citizenship 2025: Your Real Guide
I didn’t apply for Hungarian citizenship. I inherited it. Through descent. A neat perk of having Hungarian parents though it came with none of the practical instruction manual. Passport in hand, I landed in Budapest 8 years ago thinking it would smooth everything. It...
Hungary Digital Nomad Visa: Can You Qualify for the White Card?
It’s late August, and while Andrew is still clinging to shorts, I’m staring at the calendar and admitting that autumn is sneaking up fast. This week will bring not just the return of school bells and Budapest traffic but also a new routine for many digital nomads...
Quest Rally 2025: A One-Day Challenge Through the Balaton Hills
It’s August, and while Andrew is still tinkering with projects at our Balaton house and I’m trying to keep the garden from crisping under the late-summer heat, the calendar has me looking ahead. Not to heating bills (yet), but to an entirely different challenge: the...
Heating Season in 2025: Dates, Rules, and How to Prepare
It’s mid-August, and in Budapest we’re still wiping away the sweat after the hottest summer on record. Yet, while I’m watering the plants and dodging tiny flying gnats, my thoughts are already turning to radiators, bills, and boiler checks. Such is life here: autumn...
I’m Anikó Woods, a Canadian-Hungarian who’s been knee-deep in life here since 2017 - bureaucracy, culture, and everything in between.
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