Budapest
Any visit to Budapest reveals a city that is going places. The young are eager to adopt Western European values, while remaining in an obsessive relationship with Hungary's fascinating past. The traditions and history of the Magyar people are still vitally important, as is the ubiquitous mobile phone.
The key to Budapest lies in its history, marked by alternate periods of great wealth and prosperity and devastating eras of political and social upheaval. Repeated warfare was inevitable due to the strategic location of Budapest, spreading out on either side of the River Danube (Duna) in the heart of Europe, offering a defensive position and potential control of Central Europe's main waterway. The modern Budapest was born in 1873, when Buda, Óbuda and Pest were officially joined. Today, the city is composed of 23 districts (kerületek), each designated on maps, street signs and addresses by Roman numerals (I to XXIII). Buda and Pest still remain distinct, however, creating an interesting west bank-east bank contrast. Hilly Buda is situated in the west, with its narrow cobbled streets and mixture of medieval and neo-classical buildings almost totally reconstructed after World War II. Flat Pest lies to the east, with its wide boulevards and Art Deco styles. The city is a mixture of Turkish, Venetian, Empire and Art Nouveau in a crazy mosaic of mismatching styles.
Budapest has a continental climate, with extreme differences in temperature between the winter and summer months. Snowfall is frequent in winter and rain is fairly common all year round. Two and a half million people (roughly one-fifth of the country's population) live in this cosmopolitan city, making Budapest the political, intellectual, commercial and cultural capital of Hungary
Links
www.fsz.bme.hu
www.budapestsun.com
www.bbj.hu
www.budapestweek.com
www.moveandstay.com
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Contact
Mr. Zsolt Sarandi
Bogancsvirag u. 5-7
1106 Budapest
Hungary
Phone: +36 1 261 2651
Fax: +36 1 260 1055
Email: info@corstjens.hu
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