Just came back from Budapest 2 weeks ago..Can’t wait to visit again! The food the people and the sights!! Best place to vacation! God Bless the Hungarian people, please treasure and appreciate your beautiful city!
Just don't try to live there on the average Hungarian salary... Personally, l feel these tourist videos could definitely be spicier with some footage of the 8th and 10th districts as well as the Chinese market, followed by some Blaha Lujza tér above and below shots. 😂 Then talk to me some more about appreciation.
@@werywickedwitch7822 Of course, a real tourist goes to ghettos and slums to relax, wherever he goes in the world... I guess you're in the favela district in Brazil right now among the drug mafia, that's where you write your bullshit :) Your mother also loves you for your beauty, because she certainly wouldn't do it for your mind either. About 2 million Hungarians live in Budapest. Their salary is Hungarian. Hasn't this occurred to you yet? In comparison, we are doing quite well, but there are idiots for whom everything in Hungary is bad.
The “black tower” is called the hussar tower. It is called the hussar tower cos the little tower sits on the roof of the church like a hussar on his horse. Because it sits on the middle of the roof it had to be built from a light material (usually wood). This particular hussar tower has a red copper cladding to whitstand the weather that’s why it appears to be black. Besides its decorative function it serves as an access point to the middle of the roof in case the roof needs repairing. It also houses the smallest bell in the church which was sounded only when someone (important) passed away :)
@@NorineF Hungarian language sources are abundant of course 🙂 Just one addition: the small bell of the hussar tower has a whole in it because it was shot in WW2 therefore it was removed and is exposed in the church.
We spent 4 days in Budapest in December and loved it. Visited some of the same places. Some of our favorites were the Jewish Quarter, Parliament, and the Central Market ...and of course Christmas Markets.
Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian engineer. He used to teach on the Budapest University of Technology (Gellért square). He turned 80 this year. Ha was in his 30s when he invented the cube and still lived with his parents. He's a really lovely person.
Thank you for bringing back Happy memories of Budapest and walking so much. Wonderful history, brilliant views and fantastic food. Plus the gorgeous indoor Market.
No she didn't, but probably someone like you made her do that, like it was a thing. There's Pari(s) and "Pairis", there's Budapes(h)t and "Boodapest". Nothing wrong with that.
@@arpad2188 Neked mi a bajod öregem? Százból 1 ember ha képes külföldiként ennyire kimondani a fővárosunk nevét, te meg itt pattogsz. Valószínű az a típus vagy akinek még a szara savanyú.
I went to Budapest not long after the Berlin wall came down, so over 30 years ago. I recognised lots of the places you went to but it looks much wealthier now - it was all a bit run down looking when I was there but was still beautiful
The whole of Europe is steeped in history. The more one understands the historic background, the more one understands the European soul and the way of life.
Sadly, if you wanna have the authentic Palinka experience, you probably won't find it at any fancy place in the city. It's supposed to be a strong beverage but that doesn't mean it should taste like alcohol. Good quality home-made stuff is in a completely different league, and you can get that in almost any village across the country. Trick is, you don't go window shopping for it, just try to talk and connect to people, and there's a good chance they will offer to share theirs with you. Or at the very least, they will point you to the right place to get it.
The small black (or dark brown) tower is called the Hussar Tower. It’s a copper-covered wooden structure added by the architect Schulek and meant to sit on the spine of the roof like a Hussar on his horse.
This little black tower (on the top of Matthias Church) is a knight's tower, named because it sits on the ridge of the roof like a knight on a horse. Hussars' towers, also seen on other churches and public buildings, became fashionable from the 13th century. Since it sits on the ridge of the roof, it has to be light, so it is built of wood and given some kind of showy and resistant covering, often shingles or slate. Our little tower has an elegant tan copper slate roof. This slender tower houses the church's seventh and smallest bell, the soul bell, which weighs only 50 kg. The soul bell is used to announce the passing of a soul.
I think it is the time to visit. But beware from the tourist magnets... there are so many other options outside from the "downtown". It is just a five minits walk from the border of the "downtown". There are great foods at the first floor of the Main Market Hall, and in the Buda side, the market called Fény utcai piac (Light street market). You can spend a lot of time just walking in the heart opf the centre, and see the buildings. There are a lot of sights there, also!! You can find everything outside from the tourists districts - usually the tour guides walks on there. Just take 1-2 stops with any public transport vehicle, and you find in a never-seen-by tourists part of the city. There are very good restaurants there, usually cheaper than in the downtown.
@@darylnogo3279 imho Budapest never was a capital iof an empire. It was Wien, in the 18-19th century. Budapest was merged in 1873, so until then we just can say Buda, Pest and Óbuda, the three part of Budapest.
@@zetor2Kit wasn't just only Vienna, there were two capitals of the Monarchy and the second one was Budapest. It's the reason why Budapest had developed so much in the second part of 19th century- it was one of the capitals of the empire.
Nyugaton nem hazudnak semmit a magyarokról! Az egyszerű nyugati emberek szeretik a magyarokat és Magyarországot! A politikus más téma, ők általában nem azon nemzetek tagjai, és nekik az a dolguk, hogy káoszt keltsenek. A Nyugat-ellenes propagandát sose hidd el, az a céljuk egyes sötéteknek, hogy utáljuk meg a Nyugatot és forduljunk kelet felé, ne feledd, valójában keletről a legrosszabb jön.
és senki sem mondja "nyugaton" a magyarokról, hogy rossz emberek lennénk... csak neked van kisebbségi komplexusod vagy a nyomorult propaganda által kimosott agyad.
When Michael Jackson filmed here (Budapest, Hero Square) the videoclip for History song he stayed at that hotel (and then he stayed there another two times).
Mert óriási volt a pusztítás..pl.a németek az összes pesti hidat felrobbantották , aztán a bombázások 😢..10 évvel később jöttek 1956- bán a szovjet tankok ukrán katonákkal és ledózerolták a fővárost 😢... A gyönyörű Budapestet!! A Széchenyi Lánc-híd 1849 , az angol Adam Clark tervezte!! 👏😮 Budapest Kultúrcentrum volt...Mathias Rex a leggazdagabb, legokosabb király volt egész Európában, a megmaradt Corvina könyvek bizonyítják
1:40 Saint Stephen. The state founder. The traditional depiction of King Matthias has a laurel wreath on his head. The reason for the popularity: the last time the country was stable and legally ordered during his reign. After his death, a continuous crisis followed the Turkish wars. His nickname is Righteous. His coat of arms shows a raven holding a ring in its beak. This is the coat of arms of the Hunyadi family. He came from this family. Hungarian churches are live churches, not museums. This is how religious activities happen. This main function always comes before serving tourists. 11:28 I recommend a simple and traditional cocktail. It's not really trendy anymore, but it's extremely refreshing in the summer. This is the fröccs ( cca splash). It has two components: sour wine and carbonated water. Its name depends on the wine-water ratio and the quantity. 11:48 the inventor of the ballpoint pen is Hungarian, László Bíró. There are places where the invention is called biro. 12:59 Being canonized requires more than being a king. There must be some kind of miracle attached to it. In the case of Saint István, the miracle was that his right hand remained intact after his death. It's in the basilica.
Egy kis töri, mert imádom a honfoglalás korát. István király nem a hunyadi házból, hanem az Árpád házból származott. Eredeti neve Istvánnak Vajk. Ő vezette be a kereszténységet az országba. Felesége Gizella és szülei, Árpád és Sarolt. Ő volt az első magyar király. A címer nem az övé. A címer amit mondasz Mátyás király fekete seregének a címere. A holló szájában egy gyűrűvel. Később ez lett a posta címere. Azért mert mikor Mátyás (becenevén, Mátyás az igazságos) Bécsben raboskodott, az anyja Sarolt, egy hollóval üzent neki. A holló a levelet a szájában vitte Bécsbe. Legalábbis ez terjedt el. Bécs akkor Magyarországhoz tartozott. Mindenhol Bírónak hívják a golyóstollat, csak nálunk nem. Bíró László Amerikában élt és ott találta ki a golyóstollat, de szíve mindig magyar volt. Szent Istvánt nem a keze miatt avatták szenté. Ő volt aki a kereszténységet elterjesztette hazánkban. Rengeteg templomot építtetett és papokat hozatott külföldről. Jó példaként, ő keresztelkedett meg elsőnek és a palotának minden lakóját megkereszteltette. Koppány, István nagybátya viszont a pogány életet szorgalmazta. Több feleséget tartott, és rabolni, fosztogatni akart. Nem tisztelte a népét. Kérte a jogos helyét az országban. Ősi jog volt hogy, Géza után, (Géza fejedelem testvérének,) Koppánynak kellett volna a fejedelemnek lennie. Koppánynak feleségül kellett volna vennie a hagyományok szerint Saroltot, aki Géza özvegye volt. Viszont István át akarta téríteni az országot a keresztény hitre. Sarolt is a fiát támogatta. Ezért véres háború jött. Az eredmény az lett, hogy István győzött. Sarolt meggyőzte a fiát, hogy álljon bosszút és mutassa meg a népnek, hogy jár az aki szembe száll az akaratával és áruló. Így Koppány lányának könyörgése ellenére, István négy lóhoz kötöztette Koppány már halott testét és négy felé szakíttatta szét. A négy testrészt, az ország négy legtávolabbi sarkába vitték és kitűzték négy várkastély tetejére, intő jelként. Jelezve ezzel, hogy Koppány halott és az új uralkodó milyen erős. Ezután terjedt el a kereszténység az országban. István erős kezű, de igazságos uralkodó volt. Neve, mint az első keresztény király maradt fent. Ezért avatták szenté.
Mátyás az igazságos néven vált népszerűvé, a Hunyadi család legfiatalabb tagja. Apja is magas rangú volt. Bátyja lett volna a király de halálra ítélték, hogy testvére lehessen a király. Igazságtalan? Igen. Testvére László arról híres, hogy a törvény kimondta, ha a bakó háromszor hibázik, meg kell kegyelmezni a halálra ítéltnek. Lászlót a harmadik csapás sem ölte meg, de mégis lesúlytott a bakó negyedszer is. Mátyás királyhoz fűződik Szent Gellért neve is. A püspök vitte Budára azt a koronát, amivel Mátyást megkoronázták. De a püspököt megölték. a ma Gellért hegy néven ismert hegyről legurították egy hordóba zárva a Dunába. Ott halt meg. a tiszteletére lett elnevezve a Gellért hegy az ő nevén. Mátyás nevéhez köthető még Kinizsi Pál neve is. Kinizsi Pál volt a fekete sereg vezetője. Kinizsi Pál roppant erejéről és arról ismert hogy egy csatát nem vesztett soha. Mátyás királyhoz tartozik még a Visegrádi vár is. A vár arról ismert, hogy a világon először ott folyt kútból vörös bor. De ezzel nincs vége. Mátyás király imádott vadászni. Budavára körül hatalmas Erdélyé volt. Mindenféle állatokkal. Oroszlán és medve is volt a vadaskertben. Óriási és szép emléke a Budai királyi kastélynál található meg. A szoborcsoportból szökőkutat alakítottak ki. Csodálatosan részletes. István király fia (Imre herceg), amúgy egy vadkan miatt halt meg fiatalon vadászat közben. Így Istvánnak nem maradt utódja a törvények szerint. a törvény kimondta, hogy csak egyenes ági fiú utód örökölheti a trónt az apjától. Ezért amúgy Mátyásnál is baj volt. Mivel fia volt ugyan, (Korvin János), de csak egy kalandból született. soha nem ismerték el a király fiának hivatalosan. Így mind a két Szent király utódlás nélkül halt meg.
Ugorj neki újra...Nem azt írta,hogy István Hunyadi volt...😮😂értelmezni is tudni kéne...😂 .. az egész István körüli időszak hamis, a honfoglalás kori sírokban 100- ával találtak kereszteket...😮.@@GittaSzalai
@@GittaSzalai Hol szerepelt ,hogy István a Hunyadi házból származott? Közben váltás történt Mátyásra. A hollós gyűrűs címer Mátyás címere. A Hunyadi családnak oroszlános a címere. Ezt rosszul tudtam. Mivel a Fekete sereg Mátyás magán hadserege (függetlenül Mátyás pozíciójától), így joggal viseli a tulajdonjogot bizonyító címert. Minden nemesi bandérium alapjoga volt ez.Tehát előbb volt a címer és utána jött a hadsereg. Bécs sosem tartozott a Magyar Királysághoz. Az ,hogy valamennyi ideig magyar uralom alatt volt tény ,de ettől még jogilag Ausztriához tartozott.( Majd ha egy egyezményben megállapodik a két fél akkortól igen. Meg akkortól ha ezt a megállapodást érvényesíteni is tudják. De ilyen megállapodás sosem született. Ezen az sem változtat ,hogy Mátyás székhelyévé tette a várost. Szép ez a rockoperás történet ,csak épp sántít történelmileg. De egy színházi műtől sem szabad történelmi hűséget várni. Mellékesen kiválóan összehozták, személyre írt szerepekkel. István/Vajk előtt régóta dolgoztak már itt hittérítők nyugati és görög (ortodox ) oldalról is. ( A keleti egyház nem azonos az ortodoxal). Sőt már a honfoglalás előtt is találkozhattak a kereszténységgel a hadakozók ( pl bizánci zsoldban). Így tévedés az ,hogy István lett volna az első keresztény. A keresztény királyság és az egyház segítése tény , és tény az is, hogy ez jó pont volt a pápánál .A korona kérése szintén. Hiszen evvel a pápa világi hatalma növekedett. A szentté avatáshoz azonban ez még kevés. Jézus is tett csodákat ,pl feltámasztott egy halottat. Jézus , bár ember, de Isten fia ,tehát Ő maga is Isten .A csoda isteni dolog ,a szentek hasonlóak Istenhez. Tehát akkor lehet szent egy ember, ha Istenhez hasonlóvá válik a csoda révén. Egy kéz épen maradása már elég csoda. (Na persze ha ez éppen ellentétes lett volna célokkal , simán rámondják ,hogy hamisítvány ) Kicsit bele kellene menni a középkori vallásjogi gondolkodásba.. Kézai-t mint egyetlen forrást kritikával kell kezelni. Amióta létezik történetírás ( a korabeli sajtó), azóta azt szolgálja aki fizet érte.Ezért kell minden forrást több más eredetű forrással összevetni. Kézai az események után jóval később írta le azt amit elmondtak neki. Meg azt amit megértett belőle, de azt is átírta az igényeknek megfelelően. Aztán mások is beleírtak.. Szóval nem irigylem a kutatókat. Manapság vitatják a történet több elemét, pl magát Koppányt is. Azt se tudják személynév ,foglalkozás vagy épp valamilyen pozíció elnevezése. Pl a felnégyelés Kézai korában a felségárulás büntetése volt nyugaton. Korábban viszont nem létezett ez a büntetés. Arról nincs adat ,hogy eleink ismerték-e. A pusztai népeknél ismert volt ,de házasságszegőket büntettek vele. Szóval akkor kivel mit és miért csináltak? Mellékesen úgy hírlik Koppány görög rítusú keresztény volt ,de nem tartotta a hitet. Sőt olyat is hallottam hogy a valódi neve Szár László volt, Somogy legfőbb ura. Én úgy gondolom ez egy hatalmi harc volt, amiből István jött ki győztesen. Korábban is lehettek ilyenek ,és később is voltak. Utóbbiakról már vannak írott források is. Arról ami nem jutott el a fegyveres harcig ritkán szóltak. Valószínű említésre sem méltónak tartották , elfogadott dolog volt. Más kor, más szokások , más erkölcs.
Not only You where paying the tourist prices but possibly got some "tourist quality" pálinka as well. Pálinka is at least 50% alcohol so yeah it has a kick, but it is made out of fruit so You should be able to smell and taste the fruit.
Authentic Hungarian pálinka never reaches the alcohol level of fifty degrees. Forty-eight and forty-six degrees is what the Hungarians drink and the alcoholic taste is not so dominant, so you can feel its fruitiness. Unfortunately, tourists don't get what we "natives" drink!
Shame you mainly visited various pubs and restaurants, i would advise that if and when you go back, visit the famous bathes - such as Szechenyi or Gellert, and the famous coffee shops (Budapest is very famous for coffee shops).
Hello Cara and Jeremy. Back when I toured Europe, Hungary was behind the "Iron Curtain". I certainly missed out. So beautiful. I did get to Vienna, the other historical imperial capital, but I really should plan a trip to the bits of Europe I missed. I recently saw a Brett Cooper report from Budapest, but I preferred this one. I learned French and German in my English school, but you could not really get a language course in Yorkshire dialect to converse with my nan, but I spoke it at home, so no problem.
The cauz people there are not criminals, they have a more ancient culture and are more educated than the whole wild west ahahahahah! If you have a Hungarian friend, you can call them anytime and anywhere... etc. We are a big family, we love the Jews and the people who live here, all tourists. We only smile when we have reason to, but then you won not only a forever friend, but also a psychologist. Just come and see, insted tipping
I basically came here to say this. So many youtubers claiming to be shocked in the video title but then.... a regular video with zero shock. I enjoyed the video too and love Jeremy's Blur patch btw
It was great seeing you guys! 🍻 It's funny seeing what you guys were up to just hours before our meet up. You were walkin' all around our hood. 😂 We only just left Budapest for good, and we're going to miss it for sure. 😢
My dear, that small "black tower" at gothic cathedrals is called "the hussar tower" and it means hungarians took part in the building of that gothic cathedral!😊 (the colour doesn't matter, the site of the tower and the size of it is the secret) Of course, in Budapest this gothic cathedral from the castle was totally built by hungarians, but take a look at other countries' gothic cathedrals, and you will find in many places that "little extra tower" on the roof, showing that hungarians took a part in the building of that gothic cathedral! Now, these are secrets...the secrets of gothic cathedrals are interesting.
You switched up Buda and Pest at the beginning, the Buda side is where you stand (Castle with hills) and the Pest side is the flat one with the parliament.
12:12 I was at that basilica in 2008 and saw a woman on the grass verge there walking a ferret on a lead (which seemed odd). Only years later did I see 'The Big Lebowski' and realised she was probably a fan of that film, in which some Germans do it.
Ferrets are pretty cool just in general (as long as you don't tangle some raw meat in front of them), and you can train them. I wouldn't say they are very popular pets, but it's not uncommon.
Beautiful city which again I had to go there for five days with work after being in Germany and Austria, and was so easy to drive there. . Great vlog both, you present in such a fantastic relaxed manner.
Exactly 💯 People always expecting that ex communist countries are 3rd world specially people from US have no idea lol Our underground metro system is older than NYC 🤣🤣
The church called Mátyás, but that's King Stephen's (Stephen I.) statue next to the church. The founder of the state. You can recognise him from the gloria on his head. He is literally a saint - according to the Catholic church.
At the place of Holy Trinity in the castel you can see Matthias curch, the statue of The Holy Trinity , the Fisherman's Bastion and the statue of the horseman is King St. Stephen's - Szent István who were the founder of the state of Hungarians at 1000, and who lead the hungarian tribes into christianity. Church: Knight's tower is the black one in the middle of the roof ridge. These type of towers were built from the 13th centuries all over Europe's cathedrals. These are in the middle of the roof so it should be light weight, often made from wood. This one is has a tanned coper covering.
If you want good tasting and quality palinka, go into any supermarket and buy a bottle or two at low prices. Looks like you got the overpriced, tourist version. You must try Hungarian wines. The red Egri Bikaver (Bull's Blood from Eger. Eger is a Hungarian city) is world famous. So is the Tokaji Aszu which is a sweet dessert wine. Thank you for pronouncing Budapest correctly. Glad you enjoyed yourselves.
Too bad you guys haven't tried 'Langos', the fried bread. The best one is sold at Lehel Piac, Lehel open market, the one closed to the elevators not the one by the end of the market. This 'piac' is not far from the West End Railway Station. Or if you visit city of Szentendre there is also a great one there too. Unbelievably they don't make it up to standards in so many other places in Budapest.
The Hussar Tower is the black (actually try dark brown) little tower is a copper-covered wooden structure was added to the church by Mr. Schulek. The Tower sits on the spine of the roof like a Hussar sits on his horse. During the renovation of the church, a time capsule was found in a copper barrel. The barrel’s content is displayed in the lower room of the tower. In 2013 two new capsules were placed there, but their content is a secret, only descendants will know its content.
1:10 There is no deeper meaning behind the "black" tower, most gothic cathedrals have them. It is clad in copper because these tiny towers are made of wood, not stone, as the roof structure could not support a heavy stone tower. The wood obviously has to be protected from the elements, hence the copper cladding. As the church has just been renovated and the copper is still relatively fresh, it has already turned from its initial copper-metal sheen to this brown stage. Within a few months or years, it will slowly take on the final turquoise green of old copper, like the green of the Statue of Liberty. This stage then lasts "forever" or at least many decades, until the copper is so thinned by weathering that it has to be renewed again, and American tourists will certainly speculate about the meaning of the "black" tower once again …
Originally there was in this church 7 bells from all it was a smallest 110 pounds weight bell in this tower what used only at funerals. It demaged in the ww2, today downstairs able to see it in the building.
The "word" shocked sells a lot of YT thumbnails :) Still, it only underlines what a hole in people's minds has the 20th century made that discovering there's actually a lot of nice stuff in Central and Eastern Europe is "shocking". For instance, almost all the biggest magical-royal-castles-on-the-hill are to be found in the Eastern part of the continent and not the West, the grandest being the one in Buda(pest), Prague and Krakow, three royal capitals of the old and once powerful states (although Poland seems to be coming up lately) - nothing really comparable to them in Paris, London or Rome. Also, nearby Slovakia might just have the biggest number of castles per capita in Europe.
And one more thing. I bet those 2 palinka cost 20 euros and they left them on the table. Such a waste. Not sure they were good ones but still. That is blasphemy in Hungary. It is so strange to me, that palinka is strong but far the strongest liqueur, in restaurants the spicy dishes are spicy but not so much and still foreigners always find them too strong and too spicy. A typical and good palinka is about 42-47%, not so strong. Pepers in Hungary placed between 0-9000 on the scoville scale, not so hot. But i must admit a paprika from Hungary about 5-6000 punnished me more than any habanero with 200000.
@@real2143 above 52% is not pálinka. Just tasted alcoholic drink. Quality pálinka is under 52, but above 42. Plums have very high sugar quantity and good a is ratio. One of the easiest fruit to brew pálinka. You don't have to ad sugar or mold preventation during the fermentation process. Still you cannot make at the first evaporation more Than 50-52% regardless how good the mash was. But basicly IT is about 45-46% and about this alcohol quantity got the best taste, mildness etc.
Budapest is the unity of Pest, Buda and Óbuda. With the food, I don't uderstand why was mushroom in the pork, cuz I think the hungarian peoles don't really use it in stew. There are mutch more interesting easter eggs in the city center. I'm glad, yall enjoyed here.
I am glad you had a good time in Budapest, but visiting too many bars and not the best ones, you missed out on quality hospitality eg. New York Coffee House and Párizsi udvar representing beautiful architecture and history. I just returned home from Hungary and as the sayings “you must eat where the locals eat” if you want authentic Hungarian food 🥘 famous wines 🍷🍾and lovely cakes 🍰 . I practiced this in every country in Europe and I had a wonderful holiday. Good luck with your journey and must say that it was really nice to hear you practice German 🇩🇪 . (Your grandma would be proud of you)
Thats enough, too many visitors going to these shi*hole pubs, seriously, you have 24hours and you must visit one of these? If a future visitor read this please do not! You going to visit one of the most culturally important city between west and east, south and north, don't waste your time, if you are an alcoholic, do not show it to viewers...
There isnt really 'jewish district' in hungary, Budapest has no districts ethnically or religiously monotonous like say 'chinese quarter' in usa cities. Jewish minority is present however.
The original goulash soup is not made from beef, but from lamb. The word Gulya means a herd of lamb, unfortunately, for the past few decades, it has been mostly made from beef in restaurants. It is also delicious, but lamb meat is much more authentic and tastier. You'll find these more in the countryside, and don't miss the paprika chicken or the "fisherman's soup", which is paprika fish soup with vegetables and tomatoes. All are good spicy or sweet.
❓Mi az a kis fekete torony a Mátyás templom tetején❓ De sokat hallom ezt a kérdést idegenvezetőként! Érdekes a története, most beavatlak benneteket is. Ez a kis fekete torony egy huszár torony, ami arról kapta a nevét, hogy úgy ül a tető gerincén, mint huszár a lován. Más templomokon és középületeken is látható huszár torony, a XIII. századtól lett divatos. Mivel a tető gerincén ül, könnyűnek kell lennie, ezért fából építik meg és valamilyen mutatós és ellenálló borítást kap még, gyakori a zsindely vagy pala burkolat. A mi kis tornyunknak elegáns barnított vörösréz palástja van. Már a Shulek Frigyes által kivitelezett, 1874-1896 közötti felújítás előtt is a tetőt díszítette és a nagy építőmester azért állította vissza, mert olyan szépen tagolja a tető síkját. Funkciója is van: így a tető ezen része is könnyen megközelíthető ha cserélni kell a pirogránit cserepeket. Ebben a karcsú toronyban kapott helyet a templom hetedik és egyben legkisebb harangja, a lélekharang, ami csak 50 kg. A lélekharanggal adják hírül, ha egy lélek távozik az élők sorából. A harang palástján egy feszület látható és az alábbi írás: Goss mich Anton Zechenter in Ofen 1724. Magyarul: Anton Zechenter öntött engem Budán, 1724-ben. (Ettől csak egy régebbi harang van a templomban, az 1723-ban öntött 900 kg-os Szentháromság harang.) Napjainkban már nem működik lélekharangként: egy nagy lyuk tátong rajta, mivel a II. világháborúban lövést kapott. A nyelve eltűnt és a húzókötele is elfoszlott, így leemelték a toronyból és most a templomban van kiállítva, titulus nélküli harangként.
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You should try visiting Visegrad, it is only 40 km from Budapest.
Always happy when a visitor takes the small effort to learn to pronounce the city's name properly.
Boody pest ( toilet - wc + pest = full of pest in the boody) 😂
That is called respect.
This is called respect.
@@attilatasciko4817very mature
@@attilatasciko4817 magyar vagy te patkány?
Just came back from Budapest 2 weeks ago..Can’t wait to visit again! The food the people and the sights!! Best place to vacation! God Bless the Hungarian people, please treasure and appreciate your beautiful city!
Where are you from? You have a Hungarian name :)
Just don't try to live there on the average Hungarian salary... Personally, l feel these tourist videos could definitely be spicier with some footage of the 8th and 10th districts as well as the Chinese market, followed by some Blaha Lujza tér above and below shots. 😂 Then talk to me some more about appreciation.
The only reason you haven't been scammed, robbed and assaulted is because you're hungarian.
Bruh.
I know. I also live here.
Thank you so much. We are happy you had a great time here and looking forward to welcoming you back to Hungary again!
@@werywickedwitch7822 Of course, a real tourist goes to ghettos and slums to relax, wherever he goes in the world...
I guess you're in the favela district in Brazil right now among the drug mafia, that's where you write your bullshit :)
Your mother also loves you for your beauty, because she certainly wouldn't do it for your mind either.
About 2 million Hungarians live in Budapest.
Their salary is Hungarian.
Hasn't this occurred to you yet?
In comparison, we are doing quite well, but there are idiots for whom everything in Hungary is bad.
The “black tower” is called the hussar tower. It is called the hussar tower cos the little tower sits on the roof of the church like a hussar on his horse. Because it sits on the middle of the roof it had to be built from a light material (usually wood). This particular hussar tower has a red copper cladding to whitstand the weather that’s why it appears to be black. Besides its decorative function it serves as an access point to the middle of the roof in case the roof needs repairing. It also houses the smallest bell in the church which was sounded only when someone (important) passed away :)
Thank you so much for explaining this, I wonder how you know all this? Just curious. Lovely, bless you.
@@NorineF Hungarian language sources are abundant of course 🙂
Just one addition: the small bell of the hussar tower has a whole in it because it was shot in WW2 therefore it was removed and is exposed in the church.
We spent 4 days in Budapest in December and loved it. Visited some of the same places. Some of our favorites were the Jewish Quarter, Parliament, and the Central Market ...and of course Christmas Markets.
Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian engineer. He used to teach on the Budapest University of Technology (Gellért square). He turned 80 this year. Ha was in his 30s when he invented the cube and still lived with his parents. He's a really lovely person.
Thank you for bringing back Happy memories of Budapest and walking so much. Wonderful history, brilliant views and fantastic food. Plus the gorgeous indoor Market.
You pronounced Budapest well. I appreciate that.
No she didn't, but probably someone like you made her do that, like it was a thing. There's Pari(s) and "Pairis", there's Budapes(h)t and "Boodapest". Nothing wrong with that.
@@arpad2188 Neked mi a bajod öregem? Százból 1 ember ha képes külföldiként ennyire kimondani a fővárosunk nevét, te meg itt pattogsz.
Valószínű az a típus vagy akinek még a szara savanyú.
Whoaaah!! The artist who made the little rhino statue is my brother! :DD 😍
Thank you so much for saying Budapest correctly! :)
No correctly!
@@sandor7594 She said it ABSOLUTELY correctly!
@@sandor7594 Why?
😌= she misprononsed : its budy ( wc ) pest :🪳🦟🪰🦠🪱🐛🪲🦗 . 😆😅🤣😂😝😛😜🤪🤑🫡
@@sandor7594What are you talking about?!? Miről beszélsz?! Tökéletesen ejtette ki hogy Budapest!!! She was pronuace Budapest perfectly!!!
I went to Budapest not long after the Berlin wall came down, so over 30 years ago. I recognised lots of the places you went to but it looks much wealthier now - it was all a bit run down looking when I was there but was still beautiful
The whole of Europe is steeped in history. The more one understands the historic background, the more one understands the European soul and the way of life.
Another great vid guys. Love the Blur patch Jeremy!
Sadly, if you wanna have the authentic Palinka experience, you probably won't find it at any fancy place in the city. It's supposed to be a strong beverage but that doesn't mean it should taste like alcohol. Good quality home-made stuff is in a completely different league, and you can get that in almost any village across the country. Trick is, you don't go window shopping for it, just try to talk and connect to people, and there's a good chance they will offer to share theirs with you. Or at the very least, they will point you to the right place to get it.
Exactly...🎉
The small black (or dark brown) tower is called the Hussar Tower. It’s a copper-covered wooden structure added by the architect Schulek and meant to sit on the spine of the roof like a Hussar on his horse.
Thanks for this this lovely video about my beautiful hometown!
This little black tower (on the top of Matthias Church) is a knight's tower, named because it sits on the ridge of the roof like a knight on a horse. Hussars' towers, also seen on other churches and public buildings, became fashionable from the 13th century.
Since it sits on the ridge of the roof, it has to be light, so it is built of wood and given some kind of showy and resistant covering, often shingles or slate. Our little tower has an elegant tan copper slate roof. This slender tower houses the church's seventh and smallest bell, the soul bell, which weighs only 50 kg. The soul bell is used to announce the passing of a soul.
I think it's one of the only European capitals and countries I've never been to. It looks amazing.
Then it's time for a fantastic trip.
I think it is the time to visit. But beware from the tourist magnets... there are so many other options outside from the "downtown". It is just a five minits walk from the border of the "downtown".
There are great foods at the first floor of the Main Market Hall, and in the Buda side, the market called Fény utcai piac (Light street market). You can spend a lot of time just walking in the heart opf the centre, and see the buildings. There are a lot of sights there, also!! You can find everything outside from the tourists districts - usually the tour guides walks on there. Just take 1-2 stops with any public transport vehicle, and you find in a never-seen-by tourists part of the city. There are very good restaurants there, usually cheaper than in the downtown.
Haven't been yet, but friend said like a capital of an Empire.
Because it was the capital of an empire!
@@darylnogo3279 imho Budapest never was a capital iof an empire. It was Wien, in the 18-19th century. Budapest was merged in 1873, so until then we just can say Buda, Pest and Óbuda, the three part of Budapest.
@@zetor2K Austria-Hungary had two capital cities
@@zetor2K In fact next to Vienna was the official capital of Austria Hungary
@@zetor2Kit wasn't just only Vienna, there were two capitals of the Monarchy and the second one was Budapest. It's the reason why Budapest had developed so much in the second part of 19th century- it was one of the capitals of the empire.
Nem vagyunk mi rossz emberek... Tökmindegy, mit hazudnak rólunk "nyugaton"... Köszi a videót! Isten hozott!
Szerintem nagyon is jó emberek vagyunk, vendégszeretőek és sok esetben büszkék magyarságunkra 😊
Innen úgy tűnik neked hazudoznak itthon.
Nyugaton nem hazudnak semmit a magyarokról! Az egyszerű nyugati emberek szeretik a magyarokat és Magyarországot!
A politikus más téma, ők általában nem azon nemzetek tagjai, és nekik az a dolguk, hogy káoszt keltsenek.
A Nyugat-ellenes propagandát sose hidd el, az a céljuk egyes sötéteknek, hogy utáljuk meg a Nyugatot és forduljunk kelet felé, ne feledd, valójában keletről a legrosszabb jön.
és senki sem mondja "nyugaton" a magyarokról, hogy rossz emberek lennénk... csak neked van kisebbségi komplexusod vagy a nyomorult propaganda által kimosott agyad.
Csak ne lennének ennyire birkák a narancskárosultak
Lol, I was born in Budapest and live here ever since but I didn't know there's a Jackson tree in here :D
When Michael Jackson filmed here (Budapest, Hero Square) the videoclip for History song he stayed at that hotel (and then he stayed there another two times).
There are still a lot of buildings where you can see gun shot holes from WWII and the 1956 Revolution.
Mert óriási volt a pusztítás..pl.a németek az összes pesti hidat felrobbantották , aztán a bombázások 😢..10 évvel később jöttek 1956- bán a szovjet tankok ukrán katonákkal és ledózerolták a fővárost 😢... A gyönyörű Budapestet!! A Széchenyi Lánc-híd 1849 , az angol Adam Clark tervezte!! 👏😮 Budapest Kultúrcentrum volt...Mathias Rex a leggazdagabb, legokosabb király volt egész Európában, a megmaradt Corvina könyvek bizonyítják
1:40 Saint Stephen. The state founder.
The traditional depiction of King Matthias has a laurel wreath on his head.
The reason for the popularity: the last time the country was stable and legally ordered during his reign. After his death, a continuous crisis followed the Turkish wars.
His nickname is Righteous.
His coat of arms shows a raven holding a ring in its beak. This is the coat of arms of the Hunyadi family. He came from this family.
Hungarian churches are live churches, not museums. This is how religious activities happen. This main function always comes before serving tourists.
11:28 I recommend a simple and traditional cocktail. It's not really trendy anymore, but it's extremely refreshing in the summer. This is the fröccs ( cca splash). It has two components: sour wine and carbonated water. Its name depends on the wine-water ratio and the quantity.
11:48 the inventor of the ballpoint pen is Hungarian, László Bíró. There are places where the invention is called biro.
12:59 Being canonized requires more than being a king. There must be some kind of miracle attached to it. In the case of Saint István, the miracle was that his right hand remained intact after his death. It's in the basilica.
Egy kis töri, mert imádom a honfoglalás korát.
István király nem a hunyadi házból, hanem az Árpád házból származott. Eredeti neve Istvánnak Vajk. Ő vezette be a kereszténységet az országba. Felesége Gizella és szülei, Árpád és Sarolt. Ő volt az első magyar király.
A címer nem az övé. A címer amit mondasz Mátyás király fekete seregének a címere. A holló szájában egy gyűrűvel. Később ez lett a posta címere. Azért mert mikor Mátyás (becenevén, Mátyás az igazságos) Bécsben raboskodott, az anyja Sarolt, egy hollóval üzent neki. A holló a levelet a szájában vitte Bécsbe. Legalábbis ez terjedt el. Bécs akkor Magyarországhoz tartozott.
Mindenhol Bírónak hívják a golyóstollat, csak nálunk nem. Bíró László Amerikában élt és ott találta ki a golyóstollat, de szíve mindig magyar volt.
Szent Istvánt nem a keze miatt avatták szenté. Ő volt aki a kereszténységet elterjesztette hazánkban. Rengeteg templomot építtetett és papokat hozatott külföldről. Jó példaként, ő keresztelkedett meg elsőnek és a palotának minden lakóját megkereszteltette.
Koppány, István nagybátya viszont a pogány életet szorgalmazta. Több feleséget tartott, és rabolni, fosztogatni akart. Nem tisztelte a népét. Kérte a jogos helyét az országban. Ősi jog volt hogy, Géza után, (Géza fejedelem testvérének,) Koppánynak kellett volna a fejedelemnek lennie. Koppánynak feleségül kellett volna vennie a hagyományok szerint Saroltot, aki Géza özvegye volt. Viszont István át akarta téríteni az országot a keresztény hitre. Sarolt is a fiát támogatta. Ezért véres háború jött. Az eredmény az lett, hogy István győzött.
Sarolt meggyőzte a fiát, hogy álljon bosszút és mutassa meg a népnek, hogy jár az aki szembe száll az akaratával és áruló.
Így Koppány lányának könyörgése ellenére, István négy lóhoz kötöztette Koppány már halott testét és négy felé szakíttatta szét.
A négy testrészt, az ország négy legtávolabbi sarkába vitték és kitűzték négy várkastély tetejére, intő jelként. Jelezve ezzel, hogy Koppány halott és az új uralkodó milyen erős. Ezután terjedt el a kereszténység az országban. István erős kezű, de igazságos uralkodó volt. Neve, mint az első keresztény király maradt fent. Ezért avatták szenté.
Mátyás az igazságos néven vált népszerűvé, a Hunyadi család legfiatalabb tagja. Apja is magas rangú volt. Bátyja lett volna a király de halálra ítélték, hogy testvére lehessen a király. Igazságtalan? Igen. Testvére László arról híres, hogy a törvény kimondta, ha a bakó háromszor hibázik, meg kell kegyelmezni a halálra ítéltnek. Lászlót a harmadik csapás sem ölte meg, de mégis lesúlytott a bakó negyedszer is.
Mátyás királyhoz fűződik Szent Gellért neve is. A püspök vitte Budára azt a koronát, amivel Mátyást megkoronázták. De a püspököt megölték. a ma Gellért hegy néven ismert hegyről legurították egy hordóba zárva a Dunába. Ott halt meg. a tiszteletére lett elnevezve a Gellért hegy az ő nevén.
Mátyás nevéhez köthető még Kinizsi Pál neve is. Kinizsi Pál volt a fekete sereg vezetője. Kinizsi Pál roppant erejéről és arról ismert hogy egy csatát nem vesztett soha.
Mátyás királyhoz tartozik még a Visegrádi vár is. A vár arról ismert, hogy a világon először ott folyt kútból vörös bor. De ezzel nincs vége. Mátyás király imádott vadászni. Budavára körül hatalmas Erdélyé volt. Mindenféle állatokkal. Oroszlán és medve is volt a vadaskertben. Óriási és szép emléke a Budai királyi kastélynál található meg. A szoborcsoportból szökőkutat alakítottak ki. Csodálatosan részletes.
István király fia (Imre herceg), amúgy egy vadkan miatt halt meg fiatalon vadászat közben. Így Istvánnak nem maradt utódja a törvények szerint. a törvény kimondta, hogy csak egyenes ági fiú utód örökölheti a trónt az apjától.
Ezért amúgy Mátyásnál is baj volt. Mivel fia volt ugyan, (Korvin János), de csak egy kalandból született. soha nem ismerték el a király fiának hivatalosan. Így mind a két Szent király utódlás nélkül halt meg.
Ugorj neki újra...Nem azt írta,hogy István Hunyadi volt...😮😂értelmezni is tudni kéne...😂 .. az egész István körüli időszak hamis, a honfoglalás kori sírokban 100- ával találtak kereszteket...😮.@@GittaSzalai
@@perlepapp1638 Persze mivel a térítés már régen zajlott. Mind nyugati mind ortodox oldalról.
@@GittaSzalai Hol szerepelt ,hogy István a Hunyadi házból származott? Közben váltás történt Mátyásra. A hollós gyűrűs címer Mátyás címere. A Hunyadi családnak oroszlános a címere. Ezt rosszul tudtam. Mivel a Fekete sereg Mátyás magán hadserege (függetlenül Mátyás pozíciójától), így joggal viseli a tulajdonjogot bizonyító címert. Minden nemesi bandérium alapjoga volt ez.Tehát előbb volt a címer és utána jött a hadsereg.
Bécs sosem tartozott a Magyar Királysághoz. Az ,hogy valamennyi ideig magyar uralom alatt volt tény ,de ettől még jogilag Ausztriához tartozott.( Majd ha egy egyezményben megállapodik a két fél akkortól igen. Meg akkortól ha ezt a megállapodást érvényesíteni is tudják. De ilyen megállapodás sosem született.
Ezen az sem változtat ,hogy Mátyás székhelyévé tette a várost.
Szép ez a rockoperás történet ,csak épp sántít történelmileg. De egy színházi műtől sem szabad történelmi hűséget várni.
Mellékesen kiválóan összehozták, személyre írt szerepekkel.
István/Vajk előtt régóta dolgoztak már itt hittérítők nyugati és görög (ortodox ) oldalról is. ( A keleti egyház nem azonos az ortodoxal). Sőt már a honfoglalás előtt is találkozhattak a kereszténységgel a hadakozók ( pl bizánci zsoldban). Így tévedés az ,hogy István lett volna az első keresztény. A keresztény királyság és az egyház segítése tény , és tény az is, hogy ez jó pont volt a pápánál .A korona kérése szintén. Hiszen evvel a pápa világi hatalma növekedett. A szentté avatáshoz azonban ez még kevés. Jézus is tett csodákat ,pl feltámasztott egy halottat. Jézus , bár ember, de Isten fia ,tehát Ő maga is Isten .A csoda isteni dolog ,a szentek hasonlóak Istenhez. Tehát akkor lehet szent egy ember, ha Istenhez hasonlóvá válik a csoda révén. Egy kéz épen maradása már elég csoda. (Na persze ha ez éppen ellentétes lett volna célokkal , simán rámondják ,hogy hamisítvány ) Kicsit bele kellene menni a középkori vallásjogi gondolkodásba..
Kézai-t mint egyetlen forrást kritikával kell kezelni. Amióta létezik történetírás ( a korabeli sajtó), azóta azt szolgálja aki fizet érte.Ezért kell minden forrást több más eredetű forrással összevetni. Kézai az események után jóval később írta le azt amit elmondtak neki. Meg azt amit megértett belőle, de azt is átírta az igényeknek megfelelően. Aztán mások is beleírtak.. Szóval nem irigylem a kutatókat. Manapság vitatják a történet több elemét, pl magát Koppányt is. Azt se tudják személynév ,foglalkozás vagy épp valamilyen pozíció elnevezése. Pl a felnégyelés Kézai korában a felségárulás büntetése volt nyugaton. Korábban viszont nem létezett ez a büntetés. Arról nincs adat ,hogy eleink ismerték-e. A pusztai népeknél ismert volt ,de házasságszegőket büntettek vele. Szóval akkor kivel mit és miért csináltak?
Mellékesen úgy hírlik Koppány görög rítusú keresztény volt ,de nem tartotta a hitet. Sőt olyat is hallottam hogy a valódi neve Szár László volt, Somogy legfőbb ura.
Én úgy gondolom ez egy hatalmi harc volt, amiből István jött ki győztesen. Korábban is lehettek ilyenek ,és később is voltak. Utóbbiakról már vannak írott források is. Arról ami nem jutott el a fegyveres harcig ritkán szóltak. Valószínű említésre sem méltónak tartották , elfogadott dolog volt. Más kor, más szokások , más erkölcs.
It's like looking at London from 200 years ago, before the onslaught of gray and glass buildings took over and ruined everything.
Fun fact, Mr Biro of Bic biro fame is also from Budapest!
What a beautiful city! Watching you guys could prove expensive! 😂
that is St Stephan's statue at the Matthias church. He was the country founder king.
Nice meeting up with Brandon and Anja! We watch them, too!
Beautiful! Köszönöm!❤️
This is up on our city break list! We want to bathe in the spa waters. The food looks really wholesome. Another great video 🍻
I would love to go back for the spas. They seem really neat! Thanks for watching. 😀
Not only You where paying the tourist prices but possibly got some "tourist quality" pálinka as well. Pálinka is at least 50% alcohol so yeah it has a kick, but it is made out of fruit so You should be able to smell and taste the fruit.
Authentic Hungarian pálinka never reaches the alcohol level of fifty degrees. Forty-eight and forty-six degrees is what the Hungarians drink and the alcoholic taste is not so dominant, so you can feel its fruitiness. Unfortunately, tourists don't get what we "natives" drink!
@@1964pufi Then my family in Borsod drinks Fake Hungarian pálinka. :-)
Shame you mainly visited various pubs and restaurants, i would advise that if and when you go back, visit the famous bathes - such as Szechenyi or Gellert, and the famous coffee shops (Budapest is very famous for coffee shops).
Hello Cara and Jeremy. Back when I toured Europe, Hungary was behind the "Iron Curtain". I certainly missed out. So beautiful. I did get to Vienna, the other historical imperial capital, but I really should plan a trip to the bits of Europe I missed.
I recently saw a Brett Cooper report from Budapest, but I preferred this one.
I learned French and German in my English school, but you could not really get a language course in Yorkshire dialect to converse with my nan, but I spoke it at home, so no problem.
so safe .. wonder why
The cauz people there are not criminals, they have a more ancient culture and are more educated than the whole wild west ahahahahah! If you have a Hungarian friend, you can call them anytime and anywhere... etc. We are a big family, we love the Jews and the people who live here, all tourists. We only smile when we have reason to, but then you won not only a forever friend, but also a psychologist. Just come and see, insted tipping
Thanks to Orbán
because some very rich jewish dont let Budapest to loose
@@hunmari what Orban stole goes zo cionist tresury!
Love your vids, chaps. But why are you always 'SHOCKED'? Is it a click bait thing? The only shocking thing I saw was the prices in that bar.
I basically came here to say this. So many youtubers claiming to be shocked in the video title but then.... a regular video with zero shock. I enjoyed the video too and love Jeremy's Blur patch btw
Lovely programme.
I always think of paprika when I think of Hungarian food.
0:21 the other way around ; where you are positioned the river divides Pest and Buda
Szimpla is for tourists only. Very expensive, crowded at night, not a hungarian in sight.
you are right. it used to be when first opened. but not any more.
It was great seeing you guys! 🍻
It's funny seeing what you guys were up to just hours before our meet up. You were walkin' all around our hood. 😂
We only just left Budapest for good, and we're going to miss it for sure. 😢
Was happy to see you had great time here ❤🇭🇺
We did! Thanks for watching it.
Love Budapest. Their dentists are brilliant and Sooo cheap!
My dear, that small "black tower" at gothic cathedrals is called "the hussar tower" and it means hungarians took part in the building of that gothic cathedral!😊
(the colour doesn't matter, the site of the tower and the size of it is the secret)
Of course, in Budapest this gothic cathedral from the castle was totally built by hungarians, but take a look at other countries' gothic cathedrals, and you will find in many places that "little extra tower" on the roof, showing that hungarians took a part in the building of that gothic cathedral!
Now, these are secrets...the secrets of gothic cathedrals are interesting.
Great tour❤
You switched up Buda and Pest at the beginning, the Buda side is where you stand (Castle with hills) and the Pest side is the flat one with the parliament.
She absolutely didn't (look at 00:37)
I'm going to Budapest on May 20th for 4 days always been on my bucket list not sure where to start as going solo.
I loved Budapest ..and the surrounding places are lovely too
I love watching foreigners drinking pálinka :)
12:12 I was at that basilica in 2008 and saw a woman on the grass verge there walking a ferret on a lead (which seemed odd). Only years later did I see 'The Big Lebowski' and realised she was probably a fan of that film, in which some Germans do it.
Ferrets are pretty cool just in general (as long as you don't tangle some raw meat in front of them), and you can train them. I wouldn't say they are very popular pets, but it's not uncommon.
We don't drink pálinka that way!
We drink the brandy all at once, swallow it in a big gulp!
Pálinka is good!!!👍
I guess that means we need to try it again.
Loved your correct pronunciation.
Figyeld meg, mindenki mosolyog, amikor kioróbálja...
Beautiful city which again I had to go there for five days with work after being in Germany and Austria, and was so easy to drive there. . Great vlog both, you present in such a fantastic relaxed manner.
Did anyone notice the weird Blimp/UFO object that you see at the 51 sec mark? I saw it a bit earlier too briefly at the 22sec mark.
Balloon observatory in far away for turist.
I hope you tried Lecso restaurant :)
Why were you shocked?? What did you expect? Detroit?
Exactly 💯
People always expecting that ex communist countries are 3rd world specially people from US have no idea lol
Our underground metro system is older than NYC 🤣🤣
American people shocked everything what is not Bigmac and Coke..😂
Hungary YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
@TheMagicGeekdom my Hungarian Girlfriend would be very proud of your pronunciation of Budapest with the"scht" at the end🫡👌💙
Strange pronunciation of apricot though.
The church called Mátyás, but that's King Stephen's (Stephen I.) statue next to the church. The founder of the state. You can recognise him from the gloria on his head. He is literally a saint - according to the Catholic church.
Thanks for the video! :)
Visit Hungary...it's beautiful!! :) ( a Hungarian )
At the place of Holy Trinity in the castel you can see Matthias curch, the statue of The Holy Trinity , the Fisherman's Bastion and the statue of the horseman is King St. Stephen's - Szent István who were the founder of the state of Hungarians at 1000, and who lead the hungarian tribes into christianity. Church: Knight's tower is the black one in the middle of the roof ridge. These type of towers were built from the 13th centuries all over Europe's cathedrals. These are in the middle of the roof so it should be light weight, often made from wood. This one is has a tanned coper covering.
If you want good tasting and quality palinka, go into any supermarket and buy a bottle or two at low prices. Looks like you got the overpriced, tourist version. You must try Hungarian wines. The red Egri Bikaver (Bull's Blood from Eger. Eger is a Hungarian city) is world famous. So is the Tokaji Aszu which is a sweet dessert wine. Thank you for pronouncing Budapest correctly. Glad you enjoyed yourselves.
Too bad you guys haven't tried 'Langos', the fried bread. The best one is sold at Lehel Piac, Lehel open market, the one closed to the elevators not the one by the end of the market. This 'piac' is not far from the West End Railway Station. Or if you visit city of Szentendre there is also a great one there too. Unbelievably they don't make it up to standards in so many other places in Budapest.
The Hussar Tower is the black (actually try dark brown) little tower is a copper-covered wooden structure was added to the church by Mr. Schulek. The Tower sits on the spine of the roof like a Hussar sits on his horse.
During the renovation of the church, a time capsule was found in a copper barrel. The barrel’s content is displayed in the lower room of the tower. In 2013 two new capsules were placed there, but their content is a secret, only descendants will know its content.
You ate the paprika and drank the palinka. Now you are honorary hungarians
My gf's mum sends us their homemade Palinka and with what i her sanded in sure if the world ended i could power a car with the stuff 😂😂
Lovely video… I will be in Budapest middle of October, what is the name of the ruin bar in the Jewish district? Thanks
Hi, I’m just back from there. It’s Szimpla Kert on Kazinczy u 14. Looks better at night time than daytime.
LOL It's not about the taste of palinka! It's about the HUHHHH you both did.
Welcome to Hungary!
And should be drunk quickly with bottom up, so after first shock you'll feel the warm and cozy bubbles in your body. :)
1:10 There is no deeper meaning behind the "black" tower, most gothic cathedrals have them. It is clad in copper because these tiny towers are made of wood, not stone, as the roof structure could not support a heavy stone tower. The wood obviously has to be protected from the elements, hence the copper cladding. As the church has just been renovated and the copper is still relatively fresh, it has already turned from its initial copper-metal sheen to this brown stage. Within a few months or years, it will slowly take on the final turquoise green of old copper, like the green of the Statue of Liberty. This stage then lasts "forever" or at least many decades, until the copper is so thinned by weathering that it has to be renewed again, and American tourists will certainly speculate about the meaning of the "black" tower once again …
From a lesser person that would be a patronising and pretentitious comment, as is it from you....
Originally there was in this church 7 bells from all it was a smallest 110 pounds weight bell in this tower what used only at funerals. It demaged in the ww2, today downstairs able to see it in the building.
One correction for the Chapters. 2:03 Its called Buda not Buddha :D
Also you are cute. I subbed
Did you check out the statue of Peter Falk? 😂
The "word" shocked sells a lot of YT thumbnails :) Still, it only underlines what a hole in people's minds has the 20th century made that discovering there's actually a lot of nice stuff in Central and Eastern Europe is "shocking". For instance, almost all the biggest magical-royal-castles-on-the-hill are to be found in the Eastern part of the continent and not the West, the grandest being the one in Buda(pest), Prague and Krakow, three royal capitals of the old and once powerful states (although Poland seems to be coming up lately) - nothing really comparable to them in Paris, London or Rome. Also, nearby Slovakia might just have the biggest number of castles per capita in Europe.
Adorable puppy!! Btw 36 $ for that drinks was a PURE ROBBERY!!
And one more thing. I bet those 2 palinka cost 20 euros and they left them on the table. Such a waste. Not sure they were good ones but still. That is blasphemy in Hungary. It is so strange to me, that palinka is strong but far the strongest liqueur, in restaurants the spicy dishes are spicy but not so much and still foreigners always find them too strong and too spicy. A typical and good palinka is about 42-47%, not so strong. Pepers in Hungary placed between 0-9000 on the scoville scale, not so hot. But i must admit a paprika from Hungary about 5-6000 punnished me more than any habanero with 200000.
@@georgschrotten622well, then you should go to a hungarian family from the country-side, and try their palinka! It is VERY strong!
@@real2143 above 52% is not pálinka. Just tasted alcoholic drink. Quality pálinka is under 52, but above 42. Plums have very high sugar quantity and good a is ratio. One of the easiest fruit to brew pálinka. You don't have to ad sugar or mold preventation during the fermentation process. Still you cannot make at the first evaporation more Than 50-52% regardless how good the mash was. But basicly IT is about 45-46% and about this alcohol quantity got the best taste, mildness etc.
Budapest is the unity of Pest, Buda and Óbuda.
With the food, I don't uderstand why was mushroom in the pork, cuz I think the hungarian peoles don't really use it in stew.
There are mutch more interesting easter eggs in the city center. I'm glad, yall enjoyed here.
0:14 as one who lives here, my fav place is the national circus, also known as the parliament
The opposition parties as their biggest clowns...like the failed green party, momentum or the communist ( all three the same)😂😂
When I saw shocked. In the title, i thought it was a bad visit, that word must be used for the negative. It’s grammatically confusing.😮
You pronounce "Budapest" like a Hungarian. Thank you! Happy you enjoyed your trip! 🥰
Oh thank you!
1:41 It is the statue of king Saint Stephen...
Thanks for letting us know!
The King you mentioned in the beginning was King Stephan the Saint.
It is the equestrian statue of King St. Stephen of Hungary!
😎😎😎😎😎👌👌
No the statue is of Steven, the first king of Hungary.
Wait a minute....are these guys brothers
I am glad you had a good time in Budapest, but visiting too many bars and not the best ones, you missed out on quality hospitality eg. New York Coffee House and Párizsi udvar representing beautiful architecture and history. I just returned home from Hungary and as the sayings
“you must eat where the locals eat” if you want authentic Hungarian food 🥘 famous wines 🍷🍾and lovely cakes 🍰 . I practiced this in every country in Europe and I had a wonderful holiday. Good luck with your journey and must say that it was really nice to hear you practice German 🇩🇪 . (Your grandma would be proud of you)
Michael Jackson filmed his videoclip 'History' in Budapest. This is it: ua-cam.com/video/qw0D_KN2KN8/v-deo.html
Every hat off to you for making sure to pronounce the city name with the "sh" sound. Thank you.
Why are you shocked ? What did you expect ?
What does an American woman think about the world outside of America when she is shocked by the beauty of Hungary?
Buda is a hill side Pest is a flat side
Thats enough, too many visitors going to these shi*hole pubs, seriously, you have 24hours and you must visit one of these? If a future visitor read this please do not! You going to visit one of the most culturally important city between west and east, south and north, don't waste your time, if you are an alcoholic, do not show it to viewers...
You are t alking on the Buda side. The Parliament is on the Pest side.
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There isnt really 'jewish district' in hungary, Budapest has no districts ethnically or religiously monotonous like say 'chinese quarter' in usa cities. Jewish minority is present however.
i think you are starting to see europe is better
The original goulash soup is not made from beef, but from lamb. The word Gulya means a herd of lamb, unfortunately, for the past few decades, it has been mostly made from beef in restaurants. It is also delicious, but lamb meat is much more authentic and tastier. You'll find these more in the countryside, and don't miss the paprika chicken or the "fisherman's soup", which is paprika fish soup with vegetables and tomatoes. All are good spicy or sweet.
Gulya is a group of cattle, Bandi. You should be aware of it.
No, "gulyás" means a person who takes care of cows and bulls on the medow. So the soup rightly owns the name!
Search for the word "gulya" in the Google image search engine if you have no idea what you're talking about...
gulya is a herd of beef
hahah you are not right
Gulyás is a soup ... period .. it is a shame that all other places it is a stew... Come on people !
❓Mi az a kis fekete torony a Mátyás templom tetején❓
De sokat hallom ezt a kérdést idegenvezetőként!
Érdekes a története, most beavatlak benneteket is.
Ez a kis fekete torony egy huszár torony, ami arról kapta a nevét, hogy úgy ül a tető gerincén, mint huszár a lován. Más templomokon és középületeken is látható huszár torony, a XIII. századtól lett divatos.
Mivel a tető gerincén ül, könnyűnek kell lennie, ezért fából építik meg és valamilyen mutatós és ellenálló borítást kap még, gyakori a zsindely vagy pala burkolat. A mi kis tornyunknak elegáns barnított vörösréz palástja van.
Már a Shulek Frigyes által kivitelezett, 1874-1896 közötti felújítás előtt is a tetőt díszítette és a nagy építőmester azért állította vissza, mert olyan szépen tagolja a tető síkját. Funkciója is van: így a tető ezen része is könnyen megközelíthető ha cserélni kell a pirogránit cserepeket.
Ebben a karcsú toronyban kapott helyet a templom hetedik és egyben legkisebb harangja, a lélekharang, ami csak 50 kg. A lélekharanggal adják hírül, ha egy lélek távozik az élők sorából.
A harang palástján egy feszület látható és az alábbi írás:
Goss mich Anton Zechenter in Ofen 1724. Magyarul: Anton Zechenter öntött engem Budán, 1724-ben.
(Ettől csak egy régebbi harang van a templomban, az 1723-ban öntött 900 kg-os Szentháromság harang.)
Napjainkban már nem működik lélekharangként: egy nagy lyuk tátong rajta, mivel a II. világháborúban lövést kapott. A nyelve eltűnt és a húzókötele is elfoszlott, így leemelték a toronyból és most a templomban van kiállítva, titulus nélküli harangként.
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The Matthias Church is not gothic but neo gothic style.
Oooh i am from Hungary. Seeing the name of the video.. is it good shock or is it bad shock???🤔😅😂🤣