Budapest, Hungary
I've recently visited Hungary one of the least multi-ethnic countries in EU.
I stayed in Etyek (30 km from Budapest) one of the main wine producing areas of the Etyek-Buda wine region.
There are many small, family owned wineries in Etyek and almost everyone in the village is connected to winemaking.
Hungarians in general are really polite and happy people, they're energy is refreshing! I met a lot of interesting people, and even made good friends there!
You can go travel to Hungary till the end of September to catch the last summer sun. And possibly visit the harvest festival: where they come together sing, dance, celebrate the end of season, drink wine and cook gulash!
But let's go to Budapest, traveling is easy there because they have the best metro systems. The metro system is easy to use and you can get to anywhere in the city fairly quickly.
As rich with history.. art..culture.. and wine villages all across the country, the architecture is the most breathtaking! Ohhh, the architecture.. If you are an art lover, like me, you will fall in love with Budapest and never come back!
I know, I'm going back, because there is much to Budapest I didn't even have time for, for example the public bathhouses from Roman times which are still running!
Today’s Budapest was formed in 1873 through the joining of three cities: Buda, Pest and Óbuda (Old Buda)
Budapest is an architectural paradise. Roman, Turkish, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicist and Art Nouveau styles can all be found in Budapest.
This country has more than a thousand years of history, full of great events, battles, kings, allies, intrigue and enemies.
Elisabeth Bridge (Hungarian: Erzsébet híd) is the third newest bridge of Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube. The bridge is situated at the narrowest part of the Danube in the Budapest area, spanning only 290 m. It is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, a popular queen and empress of Austria-Hungary.
The Parliament Building covers an area of 18,000 sq meters (193,750 sq feet), it has 691 rooms, 20 kilometers (12,5 miles) of stairs and it is 96 meters (315 feet) high. There are 90 statues on the façade and 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of 23-carat gold was used to decorate the interior.
Successfully delineated groups based on culture, religion, geography, and other attributes to create the countries with which we are so familiar.
While some Western European nations would continue power struggles and princely battles and civil wars.
Hungary, founded in 896, was a peaceful multi-ethnic state for over 1100 years and her borders were virtually unchanged.... Until 1920.
Unfortunately after WWI Hungary shrank to a much much smaller scale, taking away all the magnetic mountains meaning in Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia.
BEST PUB OF ALL AGES OF PEOPLE
I wanted to share this ruin pub I came across in Budapest Szimpla Kert located on the Kazinczy Street (utcja) 14, because this place stayed in my memory the most
The legendary Szimpla Kert is the most complex and best-known ruin pub in Budapest. It offers a variety of programs every day of the week: concerts, parties, activities for the elderly, exhibitions, a farmers’ market, and numerous cultural events are all held under the same roof.
This pub stayed in my memory the most due to its a mix of styles, and the eclectic vibe of urban life. the place is for all groups of people! That place was packed!
The place is mostly occupied by foreigners, but there is no lack of Hungarian guests either, thanks to a wide variety of cool concerts.
Furthermore, on Sundays we can also pop in for breakfast, while on any other days of the week we can devour delicious lunch specials as well. This is a popular, homey place for friendly get-togethers, and it sports peculiar interior-design solutions
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I really recommend going to Hungary to spend your holidays there!
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"""""Hungary one of the least multi-ethnic countries in EU"""""
That means they are doing it right.
You are right! Only Budapest is multi-cultural, I think.
Thank you for these great photos of Budapest and Etyek! Have you been to other sites of the country? Have you seen the natural beauties? For example Danube bend?
I have a remark: "This country has more than a thousand years of history, full of great events, battles, kings, allies, intrigue and enemies." Well, this is what forged history "teaches" us! Thousand years? 895 is just the arrival of Arpad, who came to a country where people were already speaking Hungarian, and they had a kind of Christian religion (Not Byzantine, nor Catholic but an early form of Christianity). Hungarian people are genetically originated from the Carpathian Basin (That means they were here by the time of the last glacier, where the Carpathian Basin was a shelter, with its hot waters.
Your pictures are OK. I love Hungary, too, and what I like about it is that it's one of the least multi-ethic places in the world. Sure, there are some Roms, but you don't see Asians or Africans everywhere in Budapest like you do in Paris or Rome. Sure, there are some Slovaks, but as a foreigner, you can't tell the difference with the locals. We shall also remember that Austrians and Hungarians were the same people at a point.
Interesting, because I came across a lot of Asian, Japanese people in Budapest and there I even saw the "Bank of China (Hungária) Zrt." Apperantley, it's the ninth largest bank in the world! And the Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade Péter Szijjártó, belives that it's a great acknowledgement of the Hungarian environment!
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I wasn't saying there aren't any, but I'm used to the big cities of western Europe, and the difference with Budapest is striking. In Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels or London, there are entire neighborhoods where white people are a minority.
I hope I soon will have a chance to visit these cities and will have something to compare to!
Very interesting post! I want to go to Budapest , my family is of there but i never gone. Thanks for sharing,
Thank You! Yes, go there, you will have lots of fun, cheap street food, cool people and dozens of community gardens!
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Good post. Glad you liked Budapest and area.
A note on the multi-ethnic comment because I have to. If every country was multi-ethnic, there would be no point in visiting Hungary and what makes it unique. Just because the West suddenly developed a new philosophy of multi-culturalism, does not mean that the world must suddenly adopt this 'idea'. Hungary is unique because, as you pointed out, for 1000 years they have been Hungarian, with their own distinct culture, very distinct language (completely distinct from all neighbouring European languages) food, customs, etc. I've lived there on and off for over two years and I've been all over the country, all over and it is fantastic. Being from a multi-cultural country myself, I am overjoyed that Hungary has stayed Hungarian. I'm happy they let me in to live, but I am more than happy as a foreigner to recognize that I am the foreigner and I must adapt to them.
Hungary for Hungarians!
On to Etyek...awesome awesome place. Did you go to any of the home-restaurants nearby? In the neighbouring villages you can drive down the street and people will put up a sign in front of their house and you can just sit down at a picnic table and nagymama (grandma) will bring out food.
Szuper!