Tipping and other Budapest, Hungary Local Custom Tips

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Tipping is easy in Hungary. In restaurants and bars we usually give about 10% tip. It's notting really strict, just round up the bill and tell the waiter to give you back from the amount you decide on (if the bill is 1235, say 1400, and so).

As you see, we don't leave the tip after paying the bill, but together with the payment.

We don't give tip in shops elsewhere. That's about it :)

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Local Customs: General meeting place - Nyugati clock

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Written by MedioLatino

on Sep 20, 2004

Nyugati square with the "turning

clock"

One of the most popular meeting places of the people in Budapest is the so called "Nyugati clock".

People come and go all the time at that spot, just spend a good half an hour there and you will see lovers on a date, friends before a party, someone giving back a book to a schoolmate, mother waiting for his son before shopping...

So don't worry if someone says to you, let's meet at the Nyugati station at the clock, just go there look for the turning lights showing the time or the temperature (see picture!) and enjoy waiting while watching people go by! :)

ps: the place is on Nyugati square, at the Nyugati metro/railway/tram/bus station just in face of the Nyugati railways station's building.

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Local Customs: Last names first please! :)

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Written by MedioLatino

on Oct 4, 2004

Lots of names on the Island

Festival :)

The hungarian language is not an easy one itself, so why not make it a little more confusing with the names? :)

In hungary we put the last name (the family name) first. However if a hungarian speaks english, he/she usually changes the order back to "normal".

To be sure, just ask for the names before you start calling someone by his/her family name...it can also happen that someone has a "last name sounding" first name, so be aware! :)

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Local Customs: Bier measures

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on Oct 4, 2004

Taken on a nice summer afternoon

In Hungary there are usually 2 sizes of beer in the pubs:
- Pohar (glass) usually means half of a pint
- Korso ("mug") is a pint (half liter)

There might be some extra sizes, but this is the standard. 1 liter mugs (called on some places "Krigli") are not that common over here.

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Local Customs: General meeting place - Deak square

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Written by MedioLatino

on Oct 25, 2004

Deak square - underground entrance

Another general meeting place for people in Budapest is the Deak square. We usually just say let's meet at the Porsche, because at the entrance of the underground (see picture) on the other side there was a Porsche Hungaria salon before (clothing shop nowdays).

It is a very logical meeting place, since the 3 underground lines meet just under the square, so no matter from which direction you are coming, it's easy to access.

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Local Customs: 15th March - Commemorations at the National Museum

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on Mar 17, 2005

Crowd at the National Museum

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Local Customs: 15th March - People at the National Museum

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on Mar 17, 2005

People bathing in the sun under the

decorations

The 15th March is a National Holiday in Hungary to commemorate the revolution of 1848.

At this time major festivities are being held around the city, one of the biggest ones at the National Museum.

This day usually is one of the first real spring days. Now it actually happened be the very first "off the jacket" day in the year, that is why people are taking some sunbath on the stairs of the Museum.

(The National Museum is on Muzeum krt., near Kalvin ter M3 underground station)

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Local Customs: 15th March - Kokarda

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on Mar 17, 2005

Kokarda worn by my niece

The 15th March is a National Holiday in Hungary to commemorate the revolution of 1848.

The so called "Kokarda" is a symbol we wear around this day, since that was the sign of the members of the revolution at their time.

It's basically a small ribbon of the Hungarian national flag. This one on the jacket of my niece, Eszter :)

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Local Customs: 15th March - Petofi statue replica

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on Mar 17, 2005

Petofi replicas on the Danube corso

The 15th March is a National Holiday in Hungary to commemorate the revolution of 1848.

At this time major festivities are being held around the city, one of the biggest ones at the Petofi statue (he was a great Hungarian poet/writer and also a leader of the revolution).

This temporary "statue" near the original one is a replica of the Petofi statue, installed only for the events of the day. The original (just like the replica on that day...) is on Petofi ter, on the Danube corso, near the Elisabeth Bridge (Pest side).

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Local Customs: 15th March - Talking columns

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on Mar 17, 2005

Talking columns on the Danube corso