Visit Budapest - Five Things You Will Love & Hate about Budapest, Hungary 

it has gotten better that is for sure. I filmed this in 2010 so 4 years can make a difference. thank you for sharing!

My partner and I are going for 4 days in less than 2 weeks so your comment was SUPER helpful, far moreso than the actual video you commented on. I'm particularly glad to hear about the prevalence of English, though I AM trying to learn some phrases in Hungarian so I can at least make an effort when I go. Thank you

Oh yeah then why do they treat Arab and Africans so badly 🤔 huh? Explain that to me?

@@Kingkillersstripe632 explain to you? Why? I don’t owe you any explanation you random stranger online. I had a good time there and I’m only sharing my experience. Get over yourself.

Most food is better than English food. They manage to make "food" a four letter word.

dareczek63 Yeah and they bring shitty attitude over where we don't want so yeah they can go home and so can you go home immigrant

bohemianwriter1 Oh please English food isn't better most good in including Eastern European food and also Scottish,Irish,Welsh and definitely German so STFU

King Killerstripe Did someone kick you out of the wrong side of the bed this morning? Or is is that shitty attitutude of yours reflective of all Hungarians?

bohemianwriter1​ Nobody had to do anything I know what they are like so all I'am doing is being just speaking like everyone is so go drink vodka

The western part is not flat at all, quite the opposite. That's the south-eastern region.

whats the one thing

hassan ishaque i was in budapest one month ago and it was great.The service was fun and polite,i didnt see any problems with racism homophobia etc,people spoke english and there are english signs and menus so no problem.I didnt take a taxi so i dont know about this but in general if you can avoid taxis because budapest has amazing public transport.About the money,i am from greece so going there the prices were a little bit high for me but nothing too crazy really,i just picked activities that didnt require a lot of money.As a 20 year old female solo traveller i loved my time there and i would highly recommend.

I was there 2 weeks ago. I enjoyed my time there but the people are generally unfriendly, unhappy and the Taxi drivers rip you off. If they say this is a night rate then this is just a rip off. There is no night rate. The place is small. Walk everywhere. Download a city map. Don't give them your money.

People in Hungary getting much more tolerant for black people unlike they do for gays

@@gergolini choose between gays or romanians to join you

If you act nicely and do not provoke anyone you will get well easily. I am glad to hear you loved it.

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That's so good to hear! ❤ That's my experience too! Gay boy here, grew up in Budapest, lived in the U.S., lived in North Africa, and absolutely love being back in Budapest! Best place!

well, i think every country is heaven compared to belgium lol

+Stewie Griffin Yes, you are right. Budapest is a nice city. 'As far as english... Please use common sense. In any shop etc. in the center of city thety will speak english. If you are the owner of a shop in the center where you will see lots of tourist you would most likely hire people who speak english! Its all about making money. Would you hire someone who does not speak english if you had a shop down town????? If you go little bit more outside of the city you will realize how bad their english is. Which i understand due to their history. but things is changing nowadays... The youth is doing much better in english now.

I’ll be damned if I am going to an italian restaurant while in Hungary. I won’t waste a meal on that, nothing but Hungarian food for me.

thanks for the heads up!

Ha-ha. There was a maximum rate before, the companies could charge any amount up to that maximum rate. The only change was they said everyone must use this maximum rate. Thanks to this I pay double the fare I paid before from/to the airport. And they banned the fixed fare airport transfers.

They can still rip you off in taxis and restaurants if they hear you are not Hungarian. They know they are breaking the law but they don't care. Also, it's funny how taxi drivers managed to make the right wing govt get Uber out of the country for "reasons", when in fact taxi drivers are the biggest hyenas

And unfortunately they banned UBER as well

This is not true. Stop spreading fake imformation. We walked everywhere but we where often approached by Taxi drivers with a heavily inflated price and simply said this was a night rate. There is no night rate. This is a blatant rip off. Taxi drivers in Budapest rip you off. You must be a taxi driver.

Hungarians are not beautiful. I saw about 2 stunning women in 1 week there. You wanna see beauty - go to Italy

and by beauty you mean horse-face :P

justme7303 Hi, if possible, please share information about the area where you stayed. I'm heading to Budapest for about 4 nights soon...hoping my experiences as a female traveler going solo will be equally good. Thanks!

Marco Torres I agree, it has changed a lot since 2010 when I filmed this. all the best!

Marco, I liked your remark of Igor the masageman as I had the same on my mind. :-) Still finding an Igor at one of the baths to squeeze the shit out of you may still level up the experience!

No of course not, Budapest is a very cosmopolitan city including a gay scene, it's not like Afghanistan :)

***** Hi hello

Finally an American who be able to thinking without brainwashing! All the best! :)

***** Who? Only we would like -as Hungarians- living in Hungary and we wont adaptive for everybody, they adaptive around we IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN HUNGARY! IT'S THE ALL...

why did everyone get so angry at each other? I appreciated the comment. A lot of people have had bad experiences with Americans. Many have had no firsthand experiences, but instead see our the ignorance through politics and pop-culture. I've met a lot of people that have told me I changed their view of Americans because they'd never really met and had an honest conversation with one before. That's totally cool. Can we not jump all over each other and attack, please?

Uber was banned. R.I.P.

+MamboJambo because fucking rude taxi drivers vote down the uber

TOMI Yes. Mean assholes.

I am going there in June. Is there Uber in Budapest? What is the best and cheapest way to get from the airport to the city? Thanks, AlanLouganis@yahoo.com

Alan Louganis We don't have it anymore. That depends on the airport you speak of. The cheapest is the public transport, but you can always get a taxi. Just don't let them fraud you or anything. Taxi people are far not the nicest people in Hungary.

$25 a night in a hostel? Then that's approx $50-70 USD a night in a hotel. That's not cheap.

eltfell You are talking about old folks who were born and raised during Communism.I have recently spent a week in Seville and 90% of floorstaff serving tourists in bars speak no English whatsoever.I was lucky to have an Italian friend around who managed to make himself understood due to similarities in Italian and Spanish.NOT even BASIC like pineapple juice, orange juice was understood and mixed up.It was crazy.Their standing is that they need not make any effort because the tourists visit anyway.In addition they tend to ignore you.The receptionists at the hotel similarly struggled with English and had to keep repeating myself and slow down all the time in order to make myself understood with varying success.You cannot work in a restaurant in Hungary if you are not able to understand and speak at least the basics of the language and take an order.Pop in to a McDonalds (lowest paid job possible in Hungary)and check out language skills of staff:)

Seychellois lady Actually, people at McDonalds aren't the lowest-paid in the country, the ones being forced by the government to work if they want to get their unemployment benefits are the lowest-paid. Also, when you say everyone who works at restaurants in Hungary speaks at least basic English, you must be talking about restaurants in tourist areas. I've been to many, many restaurants here in Budapest where the waiters don't speak a word of English.

+Freeman Fox Well my husband is Italian and he was shocked how well he could get by with English and Italian in Budapest.In the contrary I cannot make myself understood at all over there as no one speaks English there.No one in his family and town,maybe one cousins wife a bit.My problem,have to learn Italian:(

+Seychellois lady Yes, in certain areas of downtown Budapest, and a few parts of Buda, lots of people speak foreign languages. In most of Budapest, where there are very few foreigners, foreign languages are rarely understood. Everyone who speaks foreign languages is either working downtown or has moved to foreign countries to work. When I was in Italy, even in smaller cities, I had no trouble finding people in the downtown areas who spoke English. I speak almost no Italian, and they didn't speak Hungarian, so English is how I got around. Of course, I was a tourist, and stayed in the tourist areas or downtown, so that probably explains our different experiences.

+Freeman Fox I totally have to agree with you on this one.Whenever I am back I stay in the heart of the city(6th disctrict)as I still have a flat there.I do not venture outside at all.My partner`s parents and family are indeed village people from the South of Italy.

Adrian Bury oh I conquer

Many guy called Igor in Hungary. My neighbor's name is Igor actually.

Igor is actually a name in Hungarian as well. By the way, why do you think only Hungarians live and work in Hungary?

@@sandorpalcso1142 Nem létezik! :)

@@igorjee Lebuktam! :D

Rodrigo Gibson exactly! I’m in Budapest right now and that’s one of the most recognizable landmarks

justme7303 thanks justme. it is a very cool city. have a great trip!

you will love it :) go to the 7th district at night!

Just came back from Budapest mate. Its a fucking shithole. People are very unfriendly & rude and yes, the taxi drivers will rip you off. If possible, go somewhere else.

Too bad regarding the opinion of the unhappy guy. I've traveled extensively in my lifetime (am nearly 60) and I rarely came across rude and awful people enough to discount an entire place. And taxi drivers around the world are notoriusly awful ... meh! I just put forth the best attitude I can and hope for the best. But I never, ever judge an entire city and/or country on a few bad apples. Dear God ---I know I've been a bitch a time or two under duress and would hate that someone would equate all Americans and/or Texans by my crappy day. Just sayin' :D

justme7303 Hey! I'm from Hungary and it is really weird for me to hear bad opinions coz so far everybody I know really loved it and found it beautiful :) Hopefully you will feel the same! Anyways please keep me updated about your visit here!

thanks katalin! I really enjoy Budapest and hungary. fun place, fun people, good food,

woltersworld Awesome place to live.

woltersworld I agree with you in most points too.Most precisely 9 points. However, I have too say I feel a little bit shocked that you say 'nazi kind of state. There are problems in every country which is unfortunately, the fact but I do not think that Hungary is more intolerant that any other country.

katalain ligeti Sorry, would like to correct one thing. You said 'neonazi problem' and not nazi state.

+Pete Pasternak the prices have definitely normalized since 2010 when I filmed this one

Hello my Slovak-German relatives speaking in Magyar language. Cheers :)

Budapeszt is not for second cheap proces like in London

Better for you if you go immediately to the third world little bighead, and take your homeless, ungreatful head out of your ass, and after some nice experiences with "tolerance, taxis, pubs, service" you can go home with crying and with kissing your homeland's soil. You are very lucky, that you can live in Hungary, but you don't deserve it, because you shit inside your bed. Let's learn proudness to the US., cosmopolite homeless, or go to the Paris suburb, if you want to know, what it means racism! Magyar létedre talán nem ide kellene az önlehúzó kommenteket firkálnod, vannak ahhoz megfelelő politikai forumok, és van is képviseleted, kicsi de annál nagyobb hangú, pont mint a rasszista tükórképeiteknek....

This video warns tourists that even if it's a great place to visit, they have to get ready for certain issues. Nobody said that it's like a third world country or it's the worst place in Europe, just that they have to get ready for some inconveniences, so they'll enjoy their stay and won't bitch about things like bad service. So we should say thank you to Wolter, because his video helps more with Hungarian tourism than your fake and blinded nationalism ever could. If you love your country, you shouldn't ignore it's problems 'cos that's the only way you can make it better. It's not nearly perfect. No country is.

dlovas Earthly Heavenly Kingdom is perfect, but still not existing. I like and accept real critics about my homeland, but I didn't accept fake lies. If someone emphasizing things, what existing all over the world (racism),it means that he have a spite against my country. Defending ourself is normal all over the world, only some wretching mind cosmopolitists think, that warning some bumptious blithe smarty-guy is equal with nationalism. Or you think, that you didn't belonging to any nation, or you belonging secretly to another, and for this reason attacking your own nation? I don't mind. Wolter's guide in 80 percent can acceptable, but the other 20 percent is blitchy bullshit. But until Budapest have almost 6 million visitors/year, and this video watched only 60 000 people in the last 3 years, I didn't worrying nothing....:-)

Lilla Csonka Go back to Hungary and take your jobbik shit with you we don't want you here

@swellh2o :-)

Ed Roker Thanks Ed. Great helpfulness here in your comment. all the best for your travels!

hi (sorry)

@@igorjee One person called Igor in Hungary.

@@gergokun7154 nyehe X)

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Check out his channel first an you'll realize that he highlights 5 positive and 5 negative aspects of every single city he's visited. Ranking cities is such a dumb concept anyway, but traveling is awesome wherever you go, and this is exactly what this channel is about. There's no hate or lying here. Get your proud head out of your ass my friend.

dlovas if it was unbiased, you wouldnt tread in every comment under this video " Im afraid to go to budapest now" "i'll remove bp from my list" etc. This video is pure bullshit.

Do not say "remoaner". Britain cannot survive without EU, because it should never have joined. When it did the establishment went hogwild stripping Britain of its self-sufficiency, turning it into a parasite. A parasite cannot survive without its host. Soveriegnty is for those that can afford it. ~If UK leaves EU, it will become actually more dependant than ever on foriegn deals with climbing prices, reducing its global worth, turning it into a small, insignificant ghetto-country.

christoc99 we are hoping to get down to south America in the next year maybe next November (spring 2016 at the latest) i miss living down there. i loved it so much. great people seriously great people

You are wise. Breed and live for a thousand years.

Damn right.

I so agree. If someone (and this not only applies to Muslims) has a problem with adapting to a countries culture and values - then that person shouldn´t come to begin with. Why allowing parallel societies which get exceptions from the law, like allowing them to kill animals in a way which is forbidden to all others due to the needless torture like halal and kosher slaughter? Or why allowing them to teach in their mosques misogynistic speeches, like that women have to obey to men and are subordinate? I will never tolerate that. And if this makes me intolerant, then I am proud of being intolerant. Contrary to them, I value human rights and thus equality for all people. Not tto speak of these immigrants of likely being not loyal to their country they move to but rather to their country of origin. You can see this especially in Germany, where many people with turkish origins still don´t consider them as Germans but Turkish and support and use their vote in favour of Turkeys interests. We are stupid if we think we can solve our demographic problems by importing other problems.

Gabal W. Great minds think alike... :)

Gabal W. Remember when world overpopulation was a "problem" and now it's declining population?

You're English was not too bad. Thanks for the information.

Maybe its the fault of the communist domination :O

Very nice post, i hope i change my perception in the times to come of my stay here!

I'm Hungarian my family moved when I was four I'm ten now and trust ms it is an absolute gorgeous place and money is done slightly differently there like my grandma said she bought something for 1000( idk the name of the money) and I'm like wow that is expensive but then she said in English money it would only be like £5 which I think is fair

Kata Pal actually 1000Ft(forint) is about 3 pounds. So basically if you come with a sane amount of pounds or euros, and you are not looking for extravagance, it's pretty cheap. I mean if you're planning to spend 1000gbp over a week(for a couple), you can afford the time of your life!

November can be a bit chilly and rainy. we use the weather channel website to look at monthly averages to get a rough idea.

thank you. I was afraid to even think of visiting because of the fear of being hated because of my race.

Derek Lowery don't be! They are generally nice people but less open than those in for example London.

+L Komaromi Hey, I also wanted to know If Hungary is really homophobic???

No, its not.

L Komaromi Not at all? 'Cause I've heard that it is.

Sylf Akwasi you buy a pass to public transportation in Budapest for 10.000FT and and free to go anywhere all day if you like. It's worth it even if you stay for 1 week if you want to use it often...still lot cheaper than buying tickets daily

Gabriella M Vaughan And that's a monthly pass! I was at home in feb, and bought a bi-weekly pass for about 4000(if memory serves) but i recommend everyone to check the bkk.hu page. Also passes can be used on night buses and all trains and suburban trains within the borders of Budapest(meaning daytrips can be cheaper as well).

/shrug Remember he is very up on Hungary. It is not just people who follow the world press or blogging travelers like this person. The Helsinki Hungarian Committee has documented problems. helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/General_climate_of_intolerance_in_Hungary_20110107.pdf He wasn't singling out Hungary as being unusual. Europe overall is slipping backwards on Jews. I am glad your experience is good.

grafplaten Name please just ONE antisemitic hate crime in budapest in the last ten years.

The Zionist jews are what people have problem with. And of course, the supremacist aspect that you find in any culture or religion to some extent is very obvious in certain jew factions. The zionist ashke-nazi jews funded and were part of setting up the world wars themselves. but of course you wouldnt know that given the indoctrination propaganda. You do not come even close to seeing what really going on. And what has been going on... Divide & Con-quer/rule.

grafplaten Well-well you coudnt name any antisemitic hate crimes in Budapest because there was NONE. NOT ONE in the last 10-20 years. You just pulled the "regular hate crimes" out of your ass, they dont fit there anymore because you are obiviously full of shit. While in other countries, like france, germany it is really common, people even get shot because they are jewish, in hungary the worst thing in the last 20 years that happened is that someone said "fuckin jew" to a rabbi on the street. And then even the President of hungary apologized for that. So either get your facts together or stop deliberately lying.

3Dtimespace The zionism was born in hungary xD

With Hungarian being so difficult I would be up for the challenge to learn it.

Hungarians is the second most difficult language in world. First is Slovak! :)

As far as Slovak language I studied Russian and it was challenging

1. Slovak 2. Hungary 3. Finish 4. Arab 5. Persia 6. Korea 7. Japan 8. Chinese 9. French 10. Germany. :) Cheers :)

***** I read it diagnostic by linguist professors. I wrote because of this. :)

Hungary T.T .. not hungry...

You may be right. Be even in America, people who feel the need to downplay racism while speaking highly of patriotism have given me good reason for caution.

The people who live there made that place as it is. They worked through hundreds of years, protected it with their blood, built every pavement, school, city that is there. What makes you think you have a right for it? What makes you think you can take that land away? The people there might be white. True. And keeping the country the same, could be interpreted as basicly keeping it white. That is true. It's a white country. It doesn't sound nice. But just because you are a "minority" or some other BS, that doesn't give you rights. That doesn't make you special. It doesn't mean that you are not an invader or an outsider. Even if you come here, drop a baby or born such way in Hungary, that still doesn't make you a hungarian. Not letting hungarians defend their own land, because they are WHITE is racism. That is the book definition. Keeping Hungary as the first, makes you a hungarian. Serving the nation, your people, protecting it, helping it, norturing it. That makes you a hungarian. That is not a hard thing to understand. What many fails to understand is that these white nations are good because of those "Whiiite people". Because those "whiite" people kept it well. The people made that land as good as it is. If the people however whom immigrate, be any color, race, or religion CANNOT keep it as good, even ruin it, than they are not welcome. But these countries here in Europe were always welcoming to good people. They always welcomed people of worth. They are lived by multiple races, cultures, even multiple nations. BUT these people united, to stand taller together. So they could do even More to the land and the people on it. This is what the western idea of utopy is. If a lot of immigrant is unwelcomed because of their incapabalities, to act or live properly- Because they are not making the land better, but that of worse, than they are unwelcomed in the boundaries of these countries. Even if they are massed in the same religion, color, or race. Doing otherwise would be Racism. By book definition. Calling for racism when most is just not worthy is not an idea most accepts. Usually things as such end in nacionalism.

+MamboJambo where do good men like you hide these days?

Venon Sumsger That was just a general knowledge kind of thing. Even the most unskilled workers know that. Ask a man how would he feel if strangers were to move in his house, use it, dirty it, without his permission or rent. But to make it further-> What happens, when he sees that they break his things, amortize the furniture, live down his house, everything he has? He would get angry. What would happen if the media were to call on him, for beating those invaders and throw them out? What happens when others see the media do that? What happens when the police is introduced into the situation, saying that this is just as much their home as his is? When others see the police do such? Things are very simple. The media likes to make a big fuss about it, because their word means nothing, and nothing is hard to sell. But to answer your question, I'm teaching english, and learning to be a confectioner/pastry cook.

He did exaggerate!

What do you mean by that?

Miller Creative Strategies, LLC I mean if you want to experience tolerance, just wander around in one of our cities in America at night. Maybe you will survive it. That's what I mean.

Budapest is one of the safeties capitals in Europe...

revdavid11 No doubt.

not to mention the the Hungarian hard candy called Negro :) It was named after its inventor, Pietro Negro (the candy itself is black) The word Negro only means this candy in Hungarian, no one would use it to insult a black person. no racism there :)

Good Day.....Southern Americans have been typecast. The movies and television shows like to make people living in the south as racist and stupid as possible. They only show the negative news and nothing positive. Trust me, Southerners can be the nicest people you will ever meet and do not all carry guns. Southerners will go out of their way to help people with anything and are very trusting. If you kick someone's butt you will end up in jail and/or sued. Not worth it. Besides, you just don't see many people act like that and if you know of someone that behaves that way you just ignore them. Anyway, I hope you have a great day and take care.

Dobos Abigél I don't know why anyone has a problem with a certain group. Doesn't make sense. We are individuals first. There's good and bad in people everywhere.

Dobos Abigél Dear Abigél, if I may ask you would you be so kind to transfer more energy from hate certain groups of people to improve your english and do not make shame on the Huns, please.

I agree 50000 million percent. : )

Becky G Hey I live in Budapest and I would encourage you to visit our city. AirBnB is generally ok and safe. I would recommend that you stay in the 5th district if you want central location and dont mind noisy nightlife, or the 1st district which is just across the river but more quiet. The city is very safe however just in case during the night avoid the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th districts. The 5th district around Deak square turns into a giant party scene every evening, especially weekends. As for culture you can go to the castle hill, visit the citadel on gellert hill for views, go to the gellert bath, etc. If you take a cab, as he said dont stop one on the street, instead find out your address and order one on the phone, for example +36-1-2-666-666 will get you good cab service. I hope you visit with your friend, and enjoy your stay.