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Buapest (pronounced /ˈbu:dʌˌpɛʃt/ (AE), also /ˈbju:-/ (BE) or /ˈbʊ-/; Hungarian IPA: ['budɒpɛʃt]) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. In 2007 Budapest had 1,696,128 inhabitants with an official agglomeration of 2,451,418 , down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.1 million. The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi) within city limits. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the unification on 17 November 1873 of right-bank (west) Buda and Óbuda (Old Buda) together with Pest on the left (east) bank.

Trivia about budapest

  • Though he was already emperor of one country, Franz Joseph was crowned in this city June 8, 1867
  • Drake returned to Jeopardy! Place from this capital of Hungary not knowing Emily had had his child
  • Diners enjoy Baroque era cuisine while listening to Baroque music at Barokk in this Hungarian capital
  • Linked by bridges, this Hungarian capital was once 3 distinct & separate cities
  • Bela Bartok wrote his 1923 "Dance Suite" for the 50th anniversary of this city's unification
  • Though he claimed to have been born in the U.S., Houdini was really born in 1874 in this newly created capital of Austria-Hungary
  • Called the "Queen of the Danube", this city is home to about one-fifth of the country's population
  • The Hilton Hotel in this Hungarian capital was built around 13th century ruins
  • The Szechenyi Chain Bridge is the oldest one linking the Danube's banks in this capital
  • On Oct. 23, 1956 Hungarians protested against the USSR in this capital; police fired on the crowd
  • When you say BUD, you're referring to this Hungarian city's airport
  • I'm sure the Red Bus Hostel is fine, but the Mellow Mood Central Hostel caught my eye in this capital of Hungary
  • In 1873 3 adjoining cities united with Margaret Island to form this city, now a world capital
  • Andrassy is the luxury shopping street of this capital of Hungary
  • Game is served at Aranymokus Kertvendeglo (The Golden Squirrel Garden), a restaurant in this Magyar capital
  • In this capital on the Danube you can stroll the Nagy Korut (Great Boulevard) or the Kis Korut (Small Boulevard)
  • King Matyas Corvinus & his beloved Ilonka adorn the Matyas Fountain at this Hungarian city's Royal Palace
  • One highlight of this capital's Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum is a piano used by Beethoven
  • This city that straddles the Danube was once called the "Queen of the Danube"
  • It lies on the Danube River, about 135 miles southeast of Vienna
  • The Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum in this city displays Franz Liszt's gold baton & St. Stephen's crown
  • It has a museum devoted to composer Zoltan Kodaly
  • Russell Jones won for his reporting about Soviet repression from this capital in 1956
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor, 19??
  • Hotel Erzsebet & the Club Hotel Petnehazy
  • It's the European capital city seen here in November 1956
  • I was happy to hear that the "apes" got a new playground in this city's zoo
  • Soviet tanks helped quell an uprising in this eastern European world capital in 1956
  • Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia was born in NYC, but as a teen he lived in this Hungarian capital city
  • Buda Palace & the Rudas Baths, with a stop at Ruszwurm's Patisserie
  • Romania's capital, Bucharest, is not to be confused with this capital of Hungary
  • St. Stephen lent a hand, his mummified right hand, to St. Stephen's Basilica in this capital
  • An ant that disrupts Siddhartha's picnic?

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