
If you visit Castle Hill (Várhegy) in Buda, you’ll notice construction cranes busy rebuilding structures damaged during the war. The area has undergone significant changes. I lived on Úri utca in 2013-14, and some buildings I saw daily were demolished. Bullet-ridden facades were repaired, erasing signs of past conflicts. Yet, a few old houses remain…

In January 2024, I spent a weekend heading towards southern Hungary to explore Dombovár and Sásd. Since I had some time, I decided to spontaneously explore a random place between the two towns, and this is how I ended up spending a few hours in a small town named Sásd. Sásd is a town in…