| Page Views: 13,320 Last Visit to Budapest: May, 2008 | Budapest - Pearl of the Danube by HORSCHECK - last update: May 22, 2008 |
| Chain Bridge and Buda Castle illuminated at night |
I was three times in Budapest (06.03, 10.04 and 05.08) The central European metropolis is located at the river Danube and has about 1.8 Mio inhabitants. It consists of the hilly Buda on the western bank and the flat Pest on the eastern bank of the river. The city is divided into 23 districts (Roman numerals in the address).
The most famous sights are the Chain Bridge (Lanchid), the Buda Castle and the Parliament Building. The hills of Buda, many parks and the Margaret Island in the Danube are a nice contrast to the busy city life.
VT highlights of the 2003 trip were an international VT meeting and a few dinner pre-meetings with members from Ukraine, Croatia, Hungary and Germany. See my travelogue "VT Meeting - Sunday, June 22nd 2003" for more details.
On my 2004 trip I mainly enjoyed the tasty Hungarian cuisine and beer with two of my friends.
In 2008 we finished our trip through Romania and Ukraine in Budapest from where I flew home.
"The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality."
--- Samuel Johnson ---
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| Pros: | "Amazing mixture of the hilly Buda and the flat Pest." | | Cons: | "Tourist prices and traps in the tourist areas." | | In A Nutshell: | "The hungarian pearl of the Danube." |
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VZ-Pam Sun Feb 22, 2009 00:02 UTC
Ruszwurm cakes rocks & better than Gerbeaud in my opinion ...& as recommended by a few fellow VTers | yumyum Sun May 18, 2008 20:25 UTC
Great new photos here :) | Nemorino Fri Apr 4, 2008 20:19 UTC
Me again, just checking out your "latest" updates since November 2004. Are you coming to Frankfurt next week for Luminale, by any chance? | Kuznetsov_Sergey Wed Apr 2, 2008 16:22 UTC
Thanks Holger for the perfect page! I was once in Budapest on my way from airport to a hotel at Balaton through the central railway station. So I remember only a bridge across Danube and a beautiful view from it. Time to revisit! |
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