BUDAPEST
>>10540833>>10542598>>10542554I lived there for four months while studying abroad. I had a great apartment, and everything is super cheap. /fa/ city but not much shopping outside of Andrassy (think 5th ave) and some shit tier streetwear. That being said, I didn't really seek to go shopping there so much because I did it while traveling elsewhere in Europe, which brings me to my next point:
Its centrally located. I traveled to England, Italy, Amsterdam, Vienna, as well as around Hungary and that was considered minimal travel. Close to Germany, Prague, etc. Flights to and from Ferighy airport are cheap af.
If you were frugal, you could easily live a good life on $3,000 in spending money for Budapest. I didn't have rent or anything, but meals, nights out, shopping, metro cards and weed ran me well under $10,000 for the semester with eating in restaurants and drinking every night. Travel excluded obviously.
It's also a beautiful city, with endless shit to do for fun. Not to mention cheap, what I spent in a day in Amsterdam lasted me a week in Budapest. Hungary uses the forint rather than the euro. Beer in a super market will run you 200-300 forints, which is roughly 90 cents, slightly more in small pubs and like $4 in clubs. Pizza is cheaper, and a gyro is like $2. I attended football matches, saw historic sights (poli sci major), went to clubs, explored on foot, and drank my way across the city. The rest of the country is relatively rural but the people are friendly and kind, I never had issues. The language is sort of a bitch but that's okay, most people you'll interact with in the city speak perfect english.
I've spent time in London, Milan, Rome, Venice, Vienna, Amsterdam as well as just about every major city in the states, and Budapest holds a really special place in my heart. It has the charm of a major european city with none of the over-touristy shit or the headaches that come with that, like crazy high prices.
