When governments in other countries nowadays say that they are striving to become the second Hungary, I always hope they’re thinking about the cosmopolitan and romantic nature of its capital Budapest and not so much the totalitarian direction Hungary is heading towards. Politics aside, Hungarians are wonderful people and Budapest is an exceptional city, its stunning, baroque and neoclassical architecture, vibrant riverside and nightlife are what lures people in. Before my first visit to Budapest long time ago I always thought that apart from goulash there’s nothing to eat, see or do there. I couldn’t be further from the truth. With a population of almost 2 million people, Budapest is twice as big as cities as Amsterdam and Stockholm. It belongs to the seven biggest cities within the ...