I've lived in Hungary since 2003. My wife was born in Germany, but her parents were Hungarian, displaced after WWII - she wanted to come 'home'. So we did - and it was the only place she'd lived where she felt at home. Our home is out on the Alföld, next to the Hortobagy National Park. The temperature goes from -25C during the winter to +42C in the summer! The wildlife is amazing - the bird migration in spring and autumn is spectacular! I'm from the UK, but this is now home - I don't want to live anywhere else. The best thing is the people - clever, kind and generous; I live in a proper 'community'. But to see Hungary you absolutely have to get out of Budapest. I'm proud to live here and love the country and it's people - Ez az otthonom! ❤🇭🇺

Thank you for this short but very informative presentation. I was born in Hungary but in 1956 when communism took my mother's small store which she worked very hard to attain, she decided to start a new life abroad. I was 5 years old and we escaped to Austria and finally settled in Canada. Many years later when my daughter got accepted at the Music Academy and found a husband in Budapest, we all moved back to Hungary and have lived here now for 24 years. I love all the places that I lived in my youth but at 75 I have found my roots and am very contented where I feel I belong.

Since 4 years i live in Hungary. I love this beautyful country and his people ❤

Tourists should explore outside of Budapest.

Hungary is a beautiful country with unique history and people. ❤️

Im a Hungarian living in Canada, so i know Hungary well i was born there!! Hungary is a miracle of a Country!! Its a miracle it even exsist in Central Europe!! Us Hungarians we are a cursed Nation!! We suffered too much we been robbed multiple times over the Centuries our childer stolen our women raped and our men killed!! Still somehow we survived and try to live in PEACE with all the Slavic Nations who surround us and our hot waters boil under our soles  still keeps us warm in Winter and we bath in Thermal Water all year around!! We made it here for a 1000 years so plan for another 1000!! GOD BLESS THIS POOR NATION!!!

I went to Hungary just recently to visit my friend, a native of Budapest, and, after proclaiming Budapest to be shit, she took me around the countryside. <3 Honestly, anyone who visits any country should tour its rural areas.

The villages beyond the capital aren't quite used to foreign tourists, as there's a [very clear] language barrier anywhere outside Budapest, hence I recommend making a friend, hiring a guide, or confidently knowing the language before going, the people are otherwise pretty friendly, and are very curious as to why there's a foreigner exploring outside the capital, so prepare yourself for a lot of staring. Advice: be a better tourist; learn basic phrases in the language before going, and try ordering food, drinks, anything in Hungarian. The Hungarians love it when foreigners actually TRY, and you're welcomed more warmly, and your experience will be more immersive, educational, and most importantly: fun!

Otherwise, I had a fabulous trip and hope to return soon. Although I was exploring Slovakia, and Czechia. I managed to go to Győr and Pannonhalma, Balaton, and Tihany. I expressed wishes to go to Pécs, Székesfehérvár, and Szigliget, alas my friend had to work. After exploring Buda a bit, I went to the Széchenyi Fürdő, shown in this video, for several hours. It's lots of fun, and if you can afford it: try the sörfürdő (beer bath). It cost me 58 Euros, but it was fun and I made some friends.

Can't wait to go back!

Hungary is a sport Nation, Hungary stand 9th on the Summer Olympic standing. Hungary has 18 Nobel prize winners. Hungary gave the World thousands and thousands of noted scientists.

omg my moms uncle was working as a miner in those Mecsek uranium mines.20 years of service in radiation.he was smoking a box of cigarettes and drank a lot of alcohol in his entire life. He died at age 86. he was a real man.

We don't really use Y as a letter.
If you see Y in a hungarian text, that's more than likely paired with another consonant. GY, LY, NY, TY. These are soft consonants.
You can imagine these pair as their own letter. It doesn't sound like 'ee' like in the word "Germany".
GY sounds like how you pronounce D in the word 'during'.
TY, say 'tune' with a british accent. That's our TY sound.
NY is a soft N, say, canyon and you got the sound. (Helps you pronounce Tihany)
LY is like your Y, say 'yes' that's how we pronounce LY.

Thanks for coming to my language lesson.

Great video.

Hungary is the only country that is neighboring itself!

I am a Hungarian, born in Romania,”thanks” to the Versailles decision.
I have always considered Hungary my country , where I belong.
We Hungarian’s trapped in Romania suffered so much under communism, we were not allowed to visit our relatives in Hungary, only once in 2 years.
So so  unfair, and Europe doesn’t know about all of this.
Thank God, communism has fallen and now we can travel and we were given Hungarian citizenship for free, by Hungarian government.

This year was -20C and the summer hot riched +40C. So it was 60 degrees differense..

Szeretem Magyarországot ❤

My homeland 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺😎

I first visited Hungary in '88 while it was still behind the Iron Curtain, which was a very interesting time to be there. My mother's side of the family came from the Balaton area, though they didn't meet until they we're in Kanada, eventuelly moving to the US. I was supposed to travel with my grandfather to Hungary in '56, but we never made it primarily do to the Soviet invasion. I also met my cousins for the first time in Sümeg and Zalagyömörö, but was unable to find the other half of the family. I've been to Pécs, as well as the wine regions, but never to the Pusta. In Buda I accidentally discovered one of the caves there, which was still being explored and most people were not aware of it. Part of my father's family came from the Košice area of Slovakia which at that time was still Hungary and have visited my cousins there several times as well. I've also been in one of the caves along Balaton, which one explores with a small boat navigating it, sometimes needing to duck one's head.
Having lived next door in Austria for over 30 years, mainly in Vienna, and now in Villach for the past 6 years, it's just a hop and a skip to Hungary. Greetings from the Carinthian Alps

Soy Húngara.Gracias.Melinda.España.

If you make a contribution on Hungary, you might want to take care of the pronounciation of the geographical names. A hint: they do not adhere to the English phonetic rules.

while we talk about how hungary is practically begging for invasion, we must talk about how it really is a desirable piece of land. apart from the agricultural value, hungary is geologically the most protected country in the world. no major natural disasters can occur because of the karpathian basin, so those who lived in hungary never experienced tornados, earthquakes, vulcanic activity(apart from thermal water) or anything like that. i think this is a fact people very easily overlook, so i was happy to see at least mentioned in the beginning of the viedo

...well we  survived  as a state for 11 hundred years, as  a  people  we originated here (Székely who stayed when Magyars went East en masse thousands years ago) the creation of state was accomplished by Hungarians returning strong late 800s. With Gods help here we stay another thousand  years. Trianon was a travesty but  borders are not for ever.