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Here are some extra details: The surface is made of hundreds of small, square-headed metal pins or studs driven into a wooden core. It feels completely solid and well-made. Anyone recognizes what this is? Thanks in advance!

Sri Lanka Railways refurbishing a Romanian-built Astra carriage (imported in the 1980s/90s) at the Ratmalana Railway Workshop. The video shows the coach body being lowered onto a 5 ft 6 in (1676 mm) broad-gauge bogie.

When people think of Budapest's historic architecture, they usually imagine grand stone facades. But behind the heavy wooden gates lies a whole different ecosystem. These 19th-century apartment buildings feature central courtyards that have been transformed over decades into multi-layered gardens.

It's not just vertical ivy on the walls. As you scroll through the gallery, you'll see how these spaces have become actual micro-forests, filled with dense bushes, trees, ferns, and winding paths right in the middle of the urban hustle. They create beautiful, self-cooling microclimates during our increasingly hot summers.

I have selected 10 photos showing different styles of these hidden paradises—from lush vertical greenery to thick, park-like ground gardens.

This giant watermelon was grown by a Hungarian agricultural engineer named Tamás Darvas. He has been breeding these giant varieties since 1998 (using seeds originally from Arkansas, USA). During its peak growth phase, this unit was gaining about 1 centimeter in size every single day!

The Velorex was a three-wheeled small car made in Czechoslovakia for the disabled after World War II. Featured a unique construction based on a lightweight welded-tube steel frame wrapped in vinyl or canvas rather than metal. This engineering approach offered absolutely no structural safety, lacking crash protection, with a fuel tank positioned over the passengers' legs.

A képen látható kék-fehér zománctábla az 1960-as évek végéről és az 1970-es évekből származik.

Az 1968-as új gazdasági mechanizmus bevezetése után az állam szigorította a kereskedelmi egységek és vendéglátóhelyek készpénzforgalmának ellenőrzését a feketekereskedelem visszaszorítása érdekében.

Az 1970-es években 5 forint jelentős értéket képviselt. Összehasonlításként: egy kiló fehér kenyér 3,60 Ft, egy gombóc fagylalt 0,50–1 Ft, egy mozijegy pedig 2–4 Ft között mozgott.

A belkereskedelmi előírások értelmében ezt a figyelmeztetést a boltokban, állami áruházakban és vendéglátóhelyeken a pénztárak mellett, jól látható helyen kötelező volt közszemlére tenni.

Everything about this screams old-school cool. The tiny banjolele, the shorts with suspenders, and the lead singer already having a dramatic rockstar moment on the sidewalk.