hi guys welcome to another episode of
ultimate pocket lists and on today's
show I'm here in Budapest the capital
city of Hungary
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historically this city used to be to
Buddha on the left-hand side and pest on
the right but due to various skirmishes
these two cities are now one and it's an
amazing city to go around but to gets
around the city you'll need to use the
metro stations now it's dead easy some
of these stations are ancient and some
of them aren't but in theory if you get
a day pass for several days pass it's
very easy to use and it's the best way
to get around Budapest I should probably
start by telling you about the building
over there the Hungarian Parliament
building this is pretty much the most
iconic building here in Budapest and
probably what is most famous for and no
matter where around the building you go
it's very picturesque you'll spend a lot
of time taking photos and videos of this
place because it's so beautiful
but can you actually go inside the
answer is yes but you have to buy a
ticket way in advance I managed to get a
ticket for the last tour of the day but
unfortunately the tour's in Spanish a
language I don't understand so once you
make it past security they lead you
around the hallways of the Parliament
building which are pretty ornate has the
covered in pretty much gold and artwork
and that's a recurring theme that you'll
find here in the Parliament building I
would have enjoyed this tour a little
bit more if I had a damn clue what the
tour guide was telling me but overall it
was still cool to look at this is the
front entrance which as you can imagine
is very grand and if he ever wants to
know what that big doe thing is in the
middle it actually houses this where
those two guys are walking around in a
big circle they're guarding the crown
jewels now admittedly the Hungarian
crown jewels are pretty cool but they're
not a patch on Queen Elizabeth's crown
orb and scepter so yeah it's still cool
though
you get see where all the politicians
have their meetings and stuff like that
which is pretty ground and you actually
get to see the Parliament section itself
where they actually sit and once again
it's pretty cool but I didn't have a
damn clue what the tour guide was
telling me it's still a good tour to go
on even if you don't understand a word
of it but I actually learned more from
the museum afterwards so I highly
recommend that you take your time to
explore the museum at the end of the
tour after this I ended up going into
st. Stephen's Basilica you could spot
this place a mile away and apparently
you can meet Jesus here yeah Jesus but
when I went in and try and find Jesus
unfortunately I couldn't find him what I
could find though is this ornate
Basilica and as you can imagine here in
Budapest
everything is decked in artwork and gold
seriously these guys really overdo it
with the artwork in gold but it's pretty
cool to look at this is a human hand in
a box no I'm not kidding this is the
Holy right hand of st. Stephen of whom
the Basilica is named after seriously
there's a right hand of the guy in there
but if you get bored of having a look at
human hands try climbing the roof of the
Basilica you'll need a ticket that will
take you to an exhibit which yeah it's
okay but once you climb the stairs
you'll see what the Basilica roof
actually looks like from the inside and
from the outside you get some of the
most beautiful views of Budapest a
360-degree view of the city
if you're not good with Heights this is
probably not a good idea but if you are
good with Heights this is pretty cool
this is the synagogue I had a problem
with them charging tickets where a st.
stephen's basilica was free so as you
can imagine I didn't go in but
apparently it's worth a look
Budapest is famous for its bath houses
that are powered by thermal water heated
underground
I reckon the best place to do this is
here this is a can ye bathhouse it has a
collection of outdoor and indoor pools
and the building itself is actually
quite ornate but once you've paid your
money and received your electronic watch
you'll be astounded at the amount of
pools that are around this bath house
and it's all thermally heated with this
magical water with all these healing
properties so it's kind of weird being
outdoors in a thermally heated pool but
oh my god this is actually kind of cool
and if you're here in Budapest highly
recommend that you come and do this
because I actually wasn't planning to
come here but yeah you can even drink
beer and play chess with the locals if
you want to and speaking of bit you can
be covered in the stuff huh how cool but
you'll be in or at the amount of indoor
pools outdoor pools and steam rooms and
saunas all powered by this magical
healing water even though I didn't feel
like I was healed of anything it was a
great place to spend a few hours this is
via hunyad castle and apparently this
was an inspiration for count Dracula's
castle if you can believe that
now the castle itself there's not much
to it admittedly there's this lovely
chapel whereby you can take lots of
pretty pictures and go inside for a
little prayer if you want to there's a
museum which it's okay I ended up not
doing it in the end because I was kind
of a museum out and there's this weird
statue of a deathly looking figure yay
death right next to it is a park and
right next to that is Budapest zoo so if
you wanted to go to a park or a zoo for
the kids you can do this is hajeck ter
aka Heroes Square this is a giant
memorial of Hungarian heroes from
yesteryear all immortalized in stone
it's pretty cool to look at and find out
the history of these guys but ultimately
this place is a lot more interesting at
night
as mentioned earlier in the video this
used to be two cities Buda and pest and
they would join together by one single
bridge which is this one the Chain
Bridge it's a very pretty guarded
by these stone lions and it looks better
at night than it just during the day but
ultimately it's a bridge apart from
walking across it there's really not
that much to see although there are many
other bridges nine in total that link
Budapest climb the hill and you'll reach
this the Citadel the fortress that's
high on a hill overlooking Budapest and
they have their own version of the
Statue of Liberty here there's a few
statues and a few memorials which kind
of acts like a sundial but you're mainly
up here for the view over Budapest
itself which is staggering so guys the
view from up here it's pretty damn
amazing I mean I don't know if you can
see that behind me but that's beautiful
pretty much from up high so I highly
recommend that you come up to the
Citadel I know it's a pain in the ass to
walk up but definitely definitely worth
it for the views so once you've explored
the Citadel and decided to climb all the
way back down it's time to get lost try
to find the next attraction which is
this place Buda Castle Buda Castle was
originally the home of the royalty here
in Hungary and it's high up on a hill so
unfortunately you're going to have to
climb a crapload of stairs but once you
do get to the top it's actually kind of
cool you get some amazing views from up
here so be prepared to take lots of
pictures and you can even see that it's
heavily guarded even though these girls
don't actually do anything you can
actually skip this air climbing by using
the vernacular but to be honest it's a
little expensive and you're better off
using public transport although the view
from this thing is actually kind of cool
hey look it's the changing of the guard
okay it's not exactly as grand as what
you'd see in booking palace but still
pretty cool it also houses the National
Gallery and the Buddha History Museum
now Ashley went to the museum's and to
be honest some of it was great
some of it was incredibly hella boring
but overall there it was all right if
you're into that sort of thing it was no
bad though so guys I've just finished
the tour at Buda Castle and I gotta
admit that no great you know only see if
you're really that interested in history
and I asked Museum and stuff like that
but in general yeah but this place is an
absolutely huge and honestly I'm
actually kind of lost because of how big
this place actually is it's really
really big Buda Castle seems to go on
and on and on and well on and to be
honest they're actually building new
parts for it so it's going to be even
bigger than it is now down the road from
Buda Castle is this church and it's a
pretty ornate looking Church with a
massive bell tower you can see it from
everywhere and it kind of looks like
something out of a fairy tale be sure to
explore the area and oh hello girls
or your really friendly this is
fisherman's bastion and this allows you
some of the best views of the Hungarian
Parliament building across the water and
it's actually kind of pretty in itself I
highly recommend paying the extra three
euros to kind of go around the top bits
of the bastion because you get some
unique perspectives and some unique
views that you won't get at ground level
and I highly recommend that you help
other tourists take pictures as well
the church itself as you can imagine is
very grand its ornately decorated from
literally floor to ceiling and surprise
surprise everything is covered in gold
and artwork which means to be recurring
thing here in Hungary take your time to
explore this church guys because it's
actually kind of cool and what you climb
up the stairs and to the sides of the
building you'll quickly realize that
this must have taken a phenomenal amount
of work to complete especially seeing as
though all this was done by hand boy
this is a lot of work these guys must
have spent ages doing all of this but
anyway once you've had a sit-down and
had a little quiet prayer it's time to
climb the bell tower of this place now
admittedly if you're not fit or if
you're claustrophobic this is a bad idea
but halfway up you do get to see an
exhibit of this bell tower and this
church and you get to see some cool
exhibits before reaching the top talking
to a few fellow Brits and seeing a
360-degree view of Budapest and you are
rewarded with some amazing sights I
highly recommend that you do this if
you're not at all claustrophobic because
the views are pretty damn good
especially a fisherman's bastion down
there which is awesome but what you've
had enough of that it's time to say
goodbye
and go down the stairs without hopefully
breaking your neck you can see the bell
tower halfway down and I suppose that's
kind of cool too but when Budapest turns
from day into night that's when the city
really shines quite literally I mean I
know I've added some color correction to
these videos but to be honest it pretty
much looks like this pretty much
everywhere is very picturesque and very
scenic and you'll be in awe at how
beautiful this place is at night
seriously it really does look like that
and the nightlife here is actually
pretty good as well you will be short on
anywhere to eat drink take pictures or
whatever and I highly recommend that you
do visit some of the sites that you
enjoy
the day at night because ultimately they
look significantly better take your time
to explore the city at night because
it's definitely definitely worth
enduring the cold fall especially Hasek
tear the hero square it's a lot more
interesting at night so if you're a fan
of photography videography this city is
a photographer's dream and if you're not
into that I highly recommend that you
visit anyway for a taste of Eastern
European culture and it's a cool place
to go and add this to your european
bucket list
okay Ninh I'm sold what do I do
well you need to come here to Budapest
Hungary the airport is just 15 miles
away from the city centre and to get
from one to the other you'll need to
take bus 108 from the airport today at
four ends ter station which is the main
station here in the city of Budapest
from there you can take a metro line
pretty much anywhere in the city the
cost well it's a typical European city
with a typical European cost the
attractions are well priced and local
food and drink is reasonably priced as
well obviously if you get imported stuff
it's got to cost you a bit more and the
transport costs are okay as well
speaking of which the best way to get
around the city is via the metro system
I highly recommend that you buy full day
passes as opposed to buying single
tickets because that will save you a
hell of a lot of money these tickets are
also valid on the street trams and buses
so if the metro system doesn't go there
I'm sure a street or a bus will
don't bother with taxis because there
are horror stories of people getting
ripped off by taxi drivers if you're
looking for a place to say stay nearest
to a metro station if you can and the
closer you get to deck variants test
station the better
is there anything else yes Budapest is
an incredibly hilly city so I hope
you've got a good set of legs in order
to climb the hills walk the streets
because it's pretty bumpy Budapest is a
bigger city than you think so you'll be
walking around quite a lot I highly
recommend using public transport where
you can especially around Buda Castle
it's illegal requirements here in
Hungary to carry ID with you at all the
times if a policeman stops you and
you're not carrying any form of ID
they're going to make life really really
uncomfortable for you if you have
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yeah you'd need a beer in your hand
you'll be fine
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