Feeling Safer on Budapest Transport
Budapest is in a proper deep freeze right now. The kind where the temperature doesn’t flirt with zero all week and everyone looks slightly annoyed before they even get on the tram. It’s giving me very Canadian vibes, and not in a charming, snow-globe way. I have a...
Hungary Property Market: What 2025 Really Told Us
It’s 19 December, and Budapest has slipped into that familiar pre-Christmas state where everyone seems to be doing three errands at once. Andrew and I are trying to wrap things up before the pace slows. Christmas Eve will be at my mother’s, as it always is, and...
New employment rules in Hungary: Family Reunification Update
A few days ago, I posted a short video on social media about the new employment rules in Hungary. It was filmed quickly, between meetings, after reading the announcement and trying to interpret what it meant for families already here. I promised I would follow up with...
Hungarian Immigration Health Insurance: Avoiding Rejections
Wednesday night’s immigration event at KLUSTER with Dr. Sánta came with the usual mix of practical questions, and one in particular stuck with me: someone asked about the health-insurance requirement for residence applications. It was a simple question, but a sensible...
I’m Anikó Woods, a Canadian-Hungarian who’s been knee-deep in life here since 2017 - bureaucracy, culture, and everything in between.