Take a break in Budapest

It may be home to one of the most complicated languages in the world, but the Hungarian capital is straightforward fun, writes Stephen Bourke

A view of Budapest from one of the Danube river bridges: the Hungarian capital is one of the jewels of central Europe Pic: Getty

The first thing to say about Budapest is that you’ve been saying it wrong the whole time, as my friend and I soon learn moments after arriving in our rental flat.

“If you’ve ever read a Hungarian text somewhere before you might be wondering ‘what are those crazy letters?’ the YouTube girl says. “Well in Hungarian there are 44 letters, but in English there’s only 26. That might be really confusing, but in ...