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Visit Budapest - Budapest is a city of differences and
contrasts. East and West clash more stridently here than they do in
the other perennially popular culture-border town of Prague.
And that's not the only dichotomy that Hungary's capital displays.
Its entire social make up is divided into two. On one side
cosmopolitan and posh Buda, looking down from the lofty heights of
its hills; on the other schizophrenic and scruffy Pest, blithely
enjoying itself, oblivious to the twitching curtains of the
neighbours across the way. And running between the two is the
magnificent Danube. Europe's greatest river and immortalised in the
music of Johan Strauss. This truly is a city with character.
It's a character that the city has had to work hard to preserve.
Although only designated a single entity in 1873, for centuries the
twin towns on the banks of the Danube together occupied one of the
most strategically important sites in Europe. Straddling the river,
the main route of communication across a continent, the cities were
at the heart of not just Hungary's, but Europe's political,
commercial and ideological life. Thus, the city found itself
constantly invaded, subjugated and pulled by East and West. Yet
somehow, in the twin cities was preserved the pride born of
Hungary's founders, the Magyars. It is only recently, after the
thawing of the Cold War that Budapest has been able truly to
celebrate its uniqueness and remarkable cultural heritage.
And how. Budapest really has it all. The city has grasped the
opportunities of capitalism with the enthusiasm of a child who after
years with its nose pressed up against the glass of the sweetshop
window has suddenly discovered the door. But Budapest gives as much
as it receives, it has carefully welcomed Western tourists and
managed to retain a genuine hospitality, pride and affection that
has been replaced by commercial shrewdness elsewhere in Eastern
Europe.
So whoever you are, feel welcome to enjoy one of the richest
architectural and cultural treasure troves in the world.
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