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Faces Behind the Places: Christian Jensen, Jensen’s Gin.

27th June 2019

Over the last decade, Gin has seen a massive resurgence, with the spirit fast becoming a favourite after falling out of favour when Vodka was all the rage. Now if you go to any cocktail bar, club, rooftop or family BBQ, you’ll find a half-empty bottle of Bombay Saphire or beefeaters, and a crowd of […]

Local Stories: Jordan’s Journey to Budapest

24th June 2019

“Wanderlust: a strong desire or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world” I would say this quote sums me up pretty well. My desire to travel led me halfway across the world from the place I call home at 18 and since then I have moved cities twice from Sydney, Australia to London […]

Local Stories: Why Budapest?

5th June 2019

There used to be an after-hours night club on the outer edge of the Blaha Lujza Ter metro station between Budapest’s ramshackle district VII and VIII. The club went by the name of Corvintető and it occupied the top two floors of the dishevelled, communist-era Corvin department store. Tető means rooftop in Hungarian and it […]

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Faces Behind the Places: Christian Jensen, Jensen’s Gin.

Local Stories: Jordan’s Journey to Budapest

Local Stories: Why Budapest?