Living and Working Abroad in Budapest: My Experience

I love exploring new cities, working and living in different places for a while. I spent about 4 months in Budapest and really liked it. In this video, I'll share my experiences - the good and not-so-good - take you to some of my favorite (coffee) spots and encourage you to give living and working in another country a try!

[Shyllard]

"Low cost of living" is always one of the worst takes by digital nomads, especially when a Lot of locals are struggling with the cost of living. I like meeting foreigners, but when you come here with your better salary and you take away the living spaces of locals, you are actually contributing to the raising of rent prices.

Other than this point, it's an interesting perspective. But the topic of cost of living ticks me the wrong way when more and more hungarians are struggling.

[AbdulhayAmirov-td]

I have been to Budapest several times and lived more than 2 years. And I can say that Budapest is the most amazing city for me. Budapest is in my heart!!!

[CombatantBlog]

I am hungarian, and live in Budapest. So probably thats why this video poped up for me. Interesting to see a foreign opinion of my city.

[artnouveau-travel]

We love Budapest. Awesome movement is art nouveau. Budapest and Szeged are amazing. Looking forward to visiting it again

[mattmoss]

Great video, new subscriber! I'm an American with Hungarian roots! My great grandfather and further back are all from Hungary! Looking to visit in the next year and maybe relocate!

[GrahamConnor]

I'm also moving to Budapest, and I'm also part of the LGBT+ community. But when I visited in February I fell in love with the place. Even ended up at Why Not bar :)

[gabuko_web_studio]

I live in Budapest and I love working in coffee shops, there are so many good ones.

[mgames]

And the city looks more beautiful with you in it! Also loved the self-ironic cuts!

[berryydiary]

Well explained and a very enjoyable video, thanks!

[naidourod]

As an international student interested in pursuing a PhD position there, could you tell me if the locals are friendly to foreigners? Is there any noticeable racial discrimination, especially for someone like me from the Middle East? Also, how about the English language? Do most people speak it well, similar to countries like the Netherlands?

[MadiAubakirov]

Amazing, Sabrina! Love seeing you on YT! 🙌🏼🔥

[nickfasfasd]

Thank you, liked the video, liked the style. I think youre the first Swiss person Ive seen, you seem very professional in your approach, I like it. :D Im surprised by the salty comments by some Budapest locals, dont worry about that. From the perspective of the diginomad, its ok to say there is a low cost of living. Its a fact. Yes, when more people from abroad come live there, it raises some prices, but Im pretty sure the benefits for the local ecosystem outweigh the costs.

[slickepinne]

I would like to live in Budapest but I am concerned about working. Here in Norway I can tell my boss or coworkers what's on my mind, even get angry, knowing that I keep my job. I don't know how tolerate employers are in Hungary.

[marip]

Loved your video! Which camera are you using?

[rithishwise]

Hi i want to discuss about hungary as i wanted to settle down there !

[nnamdierondu]

Wow nice video hope to see more and meet too

[zephyrna]

I appreciate the video but you aren't very self aware in that most of your complaints about the city are either you problems or problems caused by the presence of lots of people like you. Especially the touristy gentrification problem you mentioned.

The cost of living here is actually very bad and most of us struggle to get by month to month but you wouldn't know that as one of the richest demographics in Europe.

Still. I appreciate the general positivity regarding my beautiful city.

[bautistalopezpena]

Hi!! what do you mean by not LBTQIA+?? because I'm planning on moving to budapest in october and that was one of the issues I was most concerned about

[ismimeli]

What do you mean not LGBT friendly? Did you feel discriminated against when you were looking for your apartment? Or when getting a coffee or getting a job?

[kaszaspeter]

Ich habe das umgekehrt gemacht: ich komme originell aus Budapest, arbeite jetzt aber in Zürich :)