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ELTE Summer University of Hungrian Language and Culture
"The summer university brings together international students for an intensive Hungarian language course, lecture series about Hungarian culture, and social activities organized in and around Budapest. For further information visit our website." Forrás: ELTE BTK MID Tanszék weboldala
Hungarian Club Activities on Fridays
Hungarian Club Activities on Fridays
1, Hungarian cuisine
1, Hungarian cuisine
About Hungarikums
There are 8 category of Hungarikum:
Hungarikum is a collective term. It refers to many different things that represent the uniqueness of Hungarian culture, people, and food.
The institution of the Committee for Hungarikums was established on the 18th of October in 2012. The committee’s main role is to protect, maintain and make widely popular the national- and outstanding national values, furthermore the Hungarikums.
Altogether, there are 75 Hungarikums in different categories like for example Agriculture and Food Industry with Ground paprika from Kalocsa, Cultural Heritage with the Old village of Hollókő and its surroundings or Tourism and Catering with Karcag mutton stew or Fish soup from Baja.
About some Hungarian Cakes
Dobostorta is a Hungarian sponge cake layered with chocolate buttercream and topped with caramel. It is named after its inventor, József C. Dobos, who owned a delicatessen in Budapest. At the end of the 19th century, he decided to create a cake that would last longer than other pastries in an age when cooling techniques were limited. This cake was first introduced at the National General Exhibition of Budapest in 1885. Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth were among the first to taste it. Then Dobostorta became popular throughout Europe for its durability and its unique appearance.
Esterházy-torta is a Hungarian cake named after Prince Paul III Anton Esterházy. According to the legend, this cake was first served to him in the late 19th century. Soon it became one of the most famous cakes in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It might be interesting to note that, as we don’t have any original recipes of this cake, nowadays, it has numerous variations concerning for example the number of its layers.
Gundel-palacsinta is a pancake with walnuts, raisins and rum filling served in a dark chocolate sauce and it’s really good. In general, you can see everywhere that the first Gundel pancake was created by Károly Gundel, but there’s an anecdote saying that the original recipe was invented by Ilona Matzner (Lola), Sándor Márai’s wife (Sándor Márai was a well-known Hungarian writer of the 20th century). Her pancake was served at an event in Gundel’s restaurant and when he saw its success, he immediately wanted Lola to give him the recipe. After that, during a certain period, it was called Márai pancake, but after the family Márai emigrated and the restaurant was nationalized, this already very popular dessert got the name Gundel pancake. The original recipe is still secret, only the worldwide-known Gundel restaurant knows it.
About canteen at school in Hungary
Hungarian students don’t really have a lunch break around 12, they usually eat after their last lesson that can be late in the afternoon. That is why children always bring a sandwich, a kind of pastry, some fruit or other snacks to school so that they can eat between their lessons.
As for lunch, in Hungary, children always have a hot meal. They usually get a soup, a main dish and sometimes some fruit, fruit juice or cake. During a week, there’s some meat in the dishes at least 3 times, but recently, I think there are more vegetables as well.
Something that can be interesting is that in Hungary, we eat a lot of „főzelék” which is a kind of vegetable stew. We make it for example from green peas, potato or beans and children eat it often at school too.
There are some all time favourites for everyone like goulash soup, tomato soup with alphabet noodle, potato stew with minced meat, pasta with semolina, poppy seeds or tomato sauce, sponge cake with chocolate sauce or jam-filled roll.
About Cake of Hungary
It is connected to an important national holiday when Hungarians celebrate the Foundation of the State. The event is connected to our first king, Saint Stephen. As a result, the cake is also a birthday cake for the country. This is a competition organised every year to celebrate the most talented confectioners of Hungary and promote culinary innovation. The Hungarian Confectioner Craftsmen Corporation has organised the competition since 2007. Professional confectioners can take part in the event and one cake is chosen as the Cake of Country by a professional jury. That cake is then recreated and served throughout the country starting on 20th August (Foundation of the State). For some time, an additional category is also available where sugar-free cakes are baked.
2, Once Upon a Time in Hungary
2, Once Upon a Time in Hungary
About Hungarian Movie Industry
Oscar-winning Hungarian Movies
Mephisto, 1981
Storyline - Drama -
The story of this film takes place in Germany, before WWII when the Nazis take power in the country. A German stage actor finds unexpected success after his performance in a Faustian play. Most of his associates and friends flee or ground under by the Nazi terror and the popularity of this character supercedes his own existence. In the end, he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons. So it’s an Oscar winning drama film from 1981, based on the novel of the same title by Klaus Mann.
A légy (The Fly), 1980
Storyline - Animation, Short, Comedy, Drama -
This animated film directed by Ferenc Rofusz shows the story of a fly that flies in a house and tries to escape from the owner’s swatter. During the whole film (which is without words and just a few minutes long), you can see the world through the eyes of the fly. Finally, the owner of the house kills the fly and at the very end of the movie, you can see an insect collection with all the victims of this man. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1981.
Saul fia (Son of Saul), 2015
Storyline - Drama, War -
In this film, you can see two days of Saul Auslander, a Hungarian prisoner who works as a member of the Sonderkommando in one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums. He finds the corpse of a boy he takes for his son. So he tries to salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. So you can see how Saul turns away from the Sonderkommando to save the remains of his son he never took care of when he was still alive. After Mephisto, it was the second Hungarian film to win an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2016. It also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film so it became the first Hungarian film to win this award.
Mindenki (Sing), 2016
Storyline - Short, Drama, Music -
Mindenki (or Sing) is a short film written and directed by Kristóf Deák. Its story takes place in 1991 in Budapest. You can follow a girl who moves to a new elementary school and becomes a member of the award-winning school choir but she’s told not to sing out loud because the teacher thinks that her voice isn’t good enough. The choir is preparing for a competition where they could win a trip to Sweden, that’s why the teacher is so strict. The girl is visibly hurt, but she obeys the teacher’s secret request. However, one of her friends notices that she doesn’t sing and finally, she tells her the whole story. Then they find out that there are many other children who are not allowed to sing…When the day of the competition arrives, they want to give the teacher a lecture so nobody sings. When the teacher furiously leaves the stage, the children start the song.
Some movies you can find on Netflix.
There are also some useful sites you can use while you're searching for some Hungarian movies or some movies that were shot in Hungary on IMDb.
3, Student life in Hungary
3, Student life in Hungary
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