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The City Rebuilt After Disaster: Szeged, Hungary | Local Travel Guide

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Join us for a day in Szeged, one of Hungary's most beautiful and fascinating cities! 🇭🇺

Today Szeged is known for its grand architecture, wide boulevards, sunshine and famous Fisherman's Soup, but much of the city we see today exists because of one catastrophic event: the Great Flood of 1879.

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In this video, we explore how the flood changed Szeged forever and how the city was rebuilt afterwards. We also look into the story of the old Szeged Castle, parts of which were dismantled and reused during the reconstruction of the city.

Along the way, we try one of the city's most famous dishes, Szegedi Fisherman's Soup, talk about the fascinating Tiszavirágzás phenomenon on the River Tisza, and visit some of Szeged's most impressive landmarks, including the Votive Church (Fogadalmi templom) and the beautiful New Synagogue.

And of course, no day exploring Hungary would be complete without some food — so we also stop for cakes at the stunning Reök Confectionery. 🍰

Come explore Szeged with us and discover the history, food, architecture and stories that helped shape this remarkable Hungarian city.

📍 Szeged, Hungary
Map of sights and buildings to see:
https://bit.ly/szegedmap

Information about the Szeged Synagogue:
https://szegedizsinagoga.hu/en/

If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, subscribe and let us know in the comments: Have you ever visited Szeged?

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I'm a local youtuber born and raised in Hungary, Budapest.
I love my country and I would like to share my experience and knowledge about Hungary and Budapest as a local for those who want to spend their time here, either as a tourist or as an expat.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Confectionary at Reök Palace
01:50 Comparing Szeged to Budapest
02:49 The Great Flood
07:03 A Natural Phenomenon of Tisza river
08:15 The delicious Fisherman's Soup
10:17 The forgotten Castle
11:12 Affordable eSim
12:26 The Votive Church of Szeged
14:52 Pick of Szeged
16:54 Szeged and a Nobel prize winner
17:45 The new Synagogue of Szeged

20 Comments

@vinniecorbit 10 days ago (edited)

Whenever I buy paprika, I always get the Szeged brand in the metal tin. 😊

@bossw2006 10 days ago

Köszönöm 🙏✨ I have been waiting for a good video of Szeged so I could learn more about the history of the place where my father grew up and where my ancestors, both Catholic and Jewish, lived, so I really appreciated seeing both the Votive Church and the Synagogue and learning more of the history behind them. This has convinced me that when I visit, I probably don’t need to spend too long in Budapest. I’d rather chill in Szeged for a while and really take in the roots of where my ancestors lived. My father always talked about the beautiful buildings and history in Szeged, and seeing more of the city now I can see he wasn’t wrong. Both the church and the synagogue are absolutely stunning, and the story about the castle was really interesting to learn too. I’m also excited to learn more about the local salami, which saves me feeling overwhelmed about which one to try while in Hungary 😂 I already knew about the vitamin C discovery, but I didn’t realise the connection was tied to Szeged. And the mayfly phenomenon is such a cool thing to learn about as well. So many little pieces of history, culture and nature to explore. Love it ❤

@Meganec3810 10 days ago

Excellent video one of my favorite cities in Hungary!

@CurtisandCorrinaUnplugged 10 days ago

I really enjoy your videos. Budapest is absolutely on our short list of places to travel. We are executing our 10 year plan to be retired and location independent, we will still travel before then.
Budapest is absolutely one of the places for us in the next couple years.

@willileo2373 9 days ago

The church & the synagogue are breathtaking!

@Just-MyOpinion 9 days ago (edited)

Történelem Professor Ákos😊: Ismét megint egy nagyon érdekes videó Szegedről aminek az árvíz történelméről semmit sem tudtam és arról nem is beszélve hogy ott van az Ország legtöbb napsütéses napja. Ismét Jó Munkat.

@berkowitzgil 9 days ago

Another GREAT video, THX!

@Gazjonesr32 10 days ago

As i was watching the intro i said to myself the architecture and streets look like budapest but just not as densely packed and seconds later you said its like a small Budapest! Great video as always and i really appreciate the effort you must put in before during and after your videos to make them look and feel so good! Ive started doing it myself and the planning and editing really is so time consuming! Thanks again

@johnheuts9230 10 days ago (edited)

We live in Budapest, in the Marina part, and we see here also these ‘one day’ flies. Only in much lower quantities ! My wife is from Kassa, I am Dutch.

@angmut43 5 days ago

Fascinating thank you Akos!

@strigoviro5785 8 days ago (edited)

Fantastic video! I can't wait to visit the next time I go to Hungary. You make some of the best travel videos on YouTube. Congratulations! It's obvious that you love what you do and your joy is felt when I watch your work. All the best to you and your lovely wife! Cheers from the USA.