Budapest

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Budapest, the capital of Hungary, has a population of 2 million, which is 20 per cent of
the population of the whole country. The capital is the most significant business and
cultural hub of the country, and a favourite tourist destination as well. It has all
the facilities a 21st century city needs: from universities to museums, Turkish baths to
shopping malls, Budapest offers a variety of activities.
The River Danube divides the city into the Pest side and the Buda side, which used to be
two separate settlements. The hilly region of Buda gave home to the Roman fort and
was the capital of the province of Pannonia, and the Castle of Buda became the home of
the Hungarian kings in the Middle Ages. The Castle Hill, which is a Budapest landmark,
can boast of Renaissance and Turkish architecture as well, due to 160 years of Turkish
occupation.

Pest, originally a fishing village, developed into a prosperous trading centre and was
united with Buda and Óbuda in 1872 to form Budapest. The Danube bank with the
Parliament, the Chain Bridge and the Castle District are UNESCO World Heritage sites,
along with the Heroes’ Square and Andrássy Avenue. Budapest is also called the city
of spas, and some of the exotic Turkish baths are still in use.

Budapest has good public transportation, which has been expanded recently with a new
underground line. It hosts various music and art festivals all year round, attracting tens of
thousands of visitors for the internationally renowned Sziget Festival and the Saint
Stephen’s Day celebrations. The capital is also a business centre, with
a significant number of multinational companies having headquarters in the city.
The nightlife offers a variety of clubs, pubs and restaurants, with “ruin pubs” being the
latest hit: they are situated in old tenement houses, furnished with old-
fashioned, shabby furniture, which lends them a unique retro feeling. They also function
as cultural community areas with film clubs, theatre performances, concerts, exhibitions,
and creative workshops, too.

Vocabulary
population népesség
per cent százalék
hub központ
destination úticél
facilities létesítmények
Turkish bath török fürdő
to divide felosztani
settlement település
Roman fort római erőd
Middle Ages középkor
landmark jellegzetes épület
Turkish occupation török hódoltság
trading centre kereskedelmi központ
bank folyópart
spa gyógyfürdő
in use használatban
to expand kiterjedni, kibővülni
to host helyet adni, házigazdája lenni
renowned ismert
significant jelentős
headquarters cég központja
ruin pub romkocsma
tenement house bérház
shabby kopott, ócska