I lived in Budapest and worked in the tourism industry. There are some popular attractions that are worth the crowds and cost, but some I'd skip.

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. In Hungary, ...

A 125-year-old café in Budapest, Hungary, has gained international attention for its stunning decor. Since Budapest's New York Café went viral on social media, tourists and TikTok enthusiasts from far ...

For more than 60 years Marika Hayek worked long hours, including Christmas and other holidays, keeping Londoners well fed and their spirits high at her downtown Hungarian landmark restaurant. Hayek, ...

It's Tuesday night and the Lumen Cafe in Budapest's 8th district is jumping. In the main room a three piece band called AMP is playing their own brand of experimental jazz - piano, drums, and double ...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Budapest emerged from the communist era as the poor, shabbily dressed sister of cities like Vienna and Paris. But Hungary’s 2004 entry into the European Union has ...

"Have some tea!" - that's the slogan of one restaurant in Budapest, which is offering free hot tea and sandwiches for people living on the streets whilst it's so cold. And the pastry shop on the ...

Miklos Haraszti and his allies set up shop at sidewalk tables outside the Spartacus Cafe this week to tell the world of their plans for a noncommunist Hungary. Once upon a fairly recent time, this ...

In the main room a three piece band called AMP is playing their own brand of experimental jazz - piano, drums, and double bass. The crowd is mainly young, but there are plenty of greying beards too - ...