Hungary’s Bottle Return System REpont Is Under Review
Hungary’s bottle return system REpont adds a HUF 50 deposit to eligible bottles and cans. You reclaim it at a machine or return point. The system has recycled billions of containers, but broken machines, retailer disputes, and MOHU’s monopoly are now under government...
Hungary Election 2026: From My Side of Budapest
Election day in Hungary starts early. We voted in the morning, the three of us, my mother, my sister and I, each at our local polling station in Budapest before the city had fully woken up. Afterwards we went for brunch with the family, found a table in the sun, and...
Emergency Numbers in Hungary (English): Save These Now
April in Hungary always feels like a bit of a reset. We’re heading into the long Easter weekend, and I’m writing this from the countryside, watching grey skies that are apparently about to turn into 20 degrees and sunshine by Sunday. Andrew and I already have plans...
Is Hungarian Impossible? What Happened at KLUSTER
Last Wednesday evening at KLUSTER, every chair was taken. By 17:30 the room was full. Coats piled on chairs. Latecomers hovering near the back wall. That particular February light outside that makes Budapest feel grey and theatrical at the same time. The event was...
I’m Anikó Woods, a Canadian-Hungarian who’s been knee-deep in life here since 2017 - bureaucracy, culture, and everything in between.