Hungary: 10 Shocks of Visiting Hungary

From Eger to Budapest to the Danube to the caves Hungary has a lot to surprise tourists. Here we go through some of the culture shocks that tourists have when they visit Hungary in central Europe for the first time. Whether you are spending a month exploring the countryside or a weekend in Budapest here are some tourist surprises you should look out for and some you might enjoy.
Filmed in Budapest, Hungary
Copyright Mark Wolters 2021

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[crayonyum]

As a Pole, i see Hungary i click like.
Lengyel, Lengyel, magyar – két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát

[szymonrogowski]

Im Polish, I see Hungary i click like :)

[stayhumble]

Hungary is an amazing country ! I've visited many times Budapest and never got bored. I love the people, food, culture 😊 Sziasztok❤️🇭🇺

[teresaapro]

I'm Irish, married to a Hungarian and we go every year. We split our time between my husbands place in Budapest and the little holiday home we have recently bought, in a small village called Toalmas. We also intend to retire there. I don't speak a lot of the language, but, I will learn it. It's a lovely country and I love it there.

[Dusklight]

I was in Hungary. Wonderful country. The real classical Europe =) Greetings from Russian Federation! =)

[robdom]

Fun fact: The Tokaj wine region was the very first of it's kind ever made in Europe. It goes back to Roman times. Hundreds of years before France even existed. The only reason French wine is more famous is because of better marketing and they weren't behind the iron curtain like we were.

[abradjan]

I’m Hungarian and I grew up in the US. I think you’ve done a wonderful job of capturing the essence and what us viewers watch your video for. I actually started by watching your other videos on other places, and you do a wonderful job all around. I appreciate people like you, very normal people, good-natured, pleasant, who make these type Videos for those of us who don’t have the opportunities to travel. Please keep doing what you’re doing for those of us who can’t. Thank you.

[olgaboisvert]

Here's a lesson I learned when I travelled through Hungary. Always have a pocket of 100 forent coins for the public washrooms. And if your really smart, have a roll of toilet paper too.

[bertalanlorincz]

About his second point: The reason you will probably travel faster from one side to another of the country through Budapest is because we used to have many big centralized cities which were these meeting points for all type of transportations, but as a 100 years ago most of Hungary's territory was cut we lost all these big cities too and only Budapest left. With that these travel ways were also cut off and there's not much connection in between other bigger hungarian cities but through Budapest. Slowly they are trying to build the highways to help this but public transport is still very slow in these terms.
About his third point: many people are not buying tickets for the public transport, it's not in our culture for some reason and they really trying to catch those people who don't pay for these services or at least trying to push the people towards this way of thinking. When you jump on a bus, trolley, metro etc 100% sure there will people who didn't pay for the travel.

[alaskabrandy]

I love Hungary and Budapest is my favorite city. I went a few years ago to see my ancestors culture and just explore. I studied a little bit of the language. It's crazy difficult, but such a beautiful language to listen to with the front and back vowels.
The police cameras on the corners helped me feel safe as a solo woman. But I never had any issues. And only met 2 people who were rude as I tried to order food or make change. I can't wait to go back, but I am waiting to see pandemic regulations relax and what happens with Russia and Ukraine.

[PhotoOwl]

"Thank you" is not "nűszönöm", it's "köszönöm". So funny to hear your version :):) Love your videos!

[nikolairge]

Hi there. As someone who lives outside of today's Hungary, but is Hungarian, I can only appreciate the fact that you even mentioned the actuality that most of Hungarians live scattered in neighboring countries. I love your channel. It's really cool and informative. To all tourists wanting to visit Hungary, I can only say, go ahead, you certainly won't regret it. With all of it's weirdness (if you can call them that) it is a wonderful place with lot's of sights to see, food to try, places to visit. But don't stop in Budapest. There are loads of places you might want to visit as well. Cheers!

[woltersworld]

Please forgive my horrible Hungarian pronunciation. I totally sucked at it.

[JockeyCake]

Very interesting this video for me as a Hungarian. Many tourists knows Budapest is all about Hungary. But not. Just like any other capitals. My opinion is, the country side of Hungary is different. Beautiful, frendlier, silent, slow, some times sad, but there is a true Hungary. The real Hungarians are inside the houses. Not just around the restaurants. If you have a Hungarian friend, you will see how nice people lives there.

[ronbrandich]

Being 50% Magyar and being in Budapest many times you did a great job! Jó Magyar! ( Good hungarian!)

[katalintoth]

One more tip: NEVER EVER try the "Are you hungry?" joke. Just don't... :D

[KP-ekqu]

Local here. Regarding taxis the key is to never pick up a cab from the street, always order one. There are like 3-4 bigger companies, you can use their app or just call them - the driver may not but the one picking up the phone will speak english and these all accept credit cards.

[JM-kxjk]

The wine area in Eger is worth checking out.

[triciarie]

We visited Budapest for 2 weeks three years ago. Loved it. I've also visited Paris and Budapest reminds me a lot of Paris. The buildings are reminiscent of those in Paris and Budapest has the Danube instead of the Seine. The advantage of Budapest over Paris is that it's MUCH cheaper. We'd eat a great meal in a restaurant and then later do the conversion from forints to dollars to see how much it cost and were always amazed how inexpensive it was. We'd go to a bakery and buy delicious European style pastries and they were cheap. The public transportation works well, and there's lots to see and do in the city. Don't overlook Margaret Island in the middle of the Danube. We were traveling with 2 preschoolers so we stayed in Budapest other than one trip to a dinosaur park outside the city (but on the bus line) which was a lot of fun. Looking for a new place to visit? I recommend Budapest.

[botondhetyey]

I can recommend visiting Szeged. It is (in my opinion) one of the most beautiful town in Hungary. I especially recommend it if you are younger, as there are plenty of universities, and thus plenty of local students to party with