Budapest Week was founded in March 1991 during the first years of Hungary's post-communist transition. Published until 2000, the newspaper chronicled a city and a country redefining themselves politically, economically, and culturally.

Written by a mix of foreign correspondents and Hungarian contributors, the paper covered politics, business, culture, and daily life in Budapest during a period of rapid transformation.

Today, the newspaper forms part of the Hungarian historical record and is held in national collections, including the Széchényi National Library. The Budapest Week Archive preserves the first four years of publication in digital form. This anniversary page marks the opening of the public archive and the beginning of structured access to Volumes 1–4.

The project is developed in partnership with the Blinken OSA Archivum in Budapest.