In today's video, I'm going tell you the five things you should never do in
Hungary what is going on YouTube greetings from my apartment here in
Lisbon Portugal I just left Budapest Hungary a few days
ago and I figured I'd sit down and make this video about the 5 things you should
never do in Budapest let me start off by saying this if I had to recommend one
city in Europe to visit it would probably be Budapest it's got just about
everything old-world charm but in a modern city the architecture is amazing
and exactly what you think about when you think of a European city it's very
very safe the food is amazing the public transportation is good the
people are awesome and it's so affordable compared to other European
cities so if I had to recommend one city in Europe to visit it would probably be
Budapest ok so let's get started on this list of 5 things you should never do in
Hungary number one never clink beer glasses together ok so there was a
revolution in 1848 where the Hungarians rose up against the Austrians but the
Austrians were able to push them back and defeat the revolution the story goes
that the Austrians went back to Vienna and to toast their victory they clinked
their beer glasses together so Austrians vowed to never clink beer glasses
together for a hundred and fifty years well that 150 year time period ended in
1998 some Hungarians still will not clink beer glasses together because of
the tradition so maybe that's not an ever do but you probably shouldn't do it
ok so the number 2 thing you should never do is make the corny joke about
beed hungary you may get a kick out of walking into a restaurant or into
somebody's house and saying I'm Hungary but Hungarians have heard it a million
times and it's just not funny to them so don't ever use the Hungary joke in
okay so number three this one comes up in a lot of my videos
never forget to tip in Hungary after spending eight months in Latin America
and Southeast Asia where it's not really customary to tip in most places I just
forget the tip sometimes in Hungary tipping about 15% is customary so make
sure you don't forget the tip here's another side note that kind of goes
along with that when you get your bill if your pain and you expect change back
don't say thank you and Hungary if you say thank you that means keep the change
and everything's good to go so never say thank you after paying the
bill if you're expecting change back it's just a real quick break if you're
enjoying this video if you could hit that thumbs up I'd really appreciate it
and if you agree or disagree with some of the things on the list make sure you
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the subscribe button okay so the next item on the list is never refuse palinka
pálinka is a fruit brandy that is a favorite with hungarians hungarians like
to say a small amount of palinka is medicine and a large amount of palinka
is a remedy you don't drink palinka alone so if a hungarian offers you
palinka it's a big note to turn it down even if you've had like ten beers and
it's two o'clock in the morning if a hungarian offers you a shot of palinka
you should take it it's considered disrespectful if you turn down a shot of
point gun okay so the last thing to never do it Hungary is never pronounce
the city of Budapest Budapest that's the quickest way to get on a Hungarians bad
sign it's Buda pest like sh t not Buda pest like an insect one little side note
that goes along with that don't call Budapest Bucharest Bucharest
is in Romania and Budapest is in Hungary I did it it's a big mistake
Hungarians can get mad like this and that's one of the things that makes them
mad when you confuse Bucharest with Budapest so make sure you don't do that