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More From Keleti Train Station

Hard to believe that this is “just a train station”. But when it was built (1881-1884), such architecture was used to showcase and aggrandize the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal splendor. No talking of a lean state at that time.

November Wallpapers: Üzlete Váróterem

In yesterday’s post I mentioned that there was enough interesting to see in order not to waste time with bad (instant) coffee. The entrance door to the business lounge was one of them – perfect secessionist style, and it is at least noteworthy that this door handle in seemingly original condition is still in place.

Kávéház – Coffee Shop

Unfortunately the coffee shop in the north wing of Keleti train station was closed and my kaffeine level dropped to an all day low. But the place was too interesting to spend time with bad coffee (and good coffee seemed not to be at hand).

Nagytemplom – Great Reformed Church Debrecen

This church is one of the most important places in Hungary’s history, is in 1848 the Hungarian Declaration of Independence was made just here. That it is a protestant church in the mainly roman catholic Hungary has its reason in the proximity to the then Osman empire: The counter-reformation could not reach this place due…

Belvarosi Üzlethaz

The store with the hard-to-pronounce name (at least for non-Hungarians) seems to be part of a large chain of shopping malls. When it comes to attract the bargain hunting crowd, the inner part of the art nouveau entrance is just a suitable area for a big banner shouting ‘Discount’.

New Folio: Debrecen Tagged

The many images of graffiti I made in Debrecen finally found their way into a folio in pdf-format, Debrecen Tagged, now available in the books section. Again my thanks go to Eric Jeschke from redskiesatnight.com for his latex framework, published under GPL and forming the basis for my work.