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With its multifarious and often embittered history, incredible architecture and rich cultural heritage, Hungary's capital deserves its reputation as the 'Paris of Central Europe'. It has a complex identity, somewhere between Western luxury and simple traditions.
The city straddles a gentle curve in the Danube. It has broad avenues, leafy parks and elaborate bathhouses. It also has a turn-of-the-century feel to it, for it was then - during the industrial boom and the capital's heyday - that most of the city was built.
Fast Facts
Population
1,750,000
Currency
Name: Forint
Code: HUF
Symbol: Ft
Electrical Plugs
230V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Hungarian
Time Zones
GMT/UTC +1 (Central European Time)
Country Dialing Code
+36
Weights & Measures
Metric
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