Budapest voted best place to travel in 2019 in Europe

**Blondie** · 05-13-2019, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Videx

Well, there are places one should avoid (obviously...) but overall I would say it is safe.

Budapest is beautiful city but some district in Pest are real ghetto. For example Kőbánya, Angyalföld, Havanna, Nyolcker and these areas are more dangerous than western ghettos, full with criminals, thives, junkies, prostitutes, gypsies etc.

**Videx** · 05-13-2019, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Germanin

Budapest is beautiful city but some district in Pest are real ghetto. For example Kőbánya, Angyalföld, Havanna, Nyolcker and these areas are more dangerous than western ghettos, full with criminals, thives, junkies, prostitutes, gypsies etc.

More dangerous than western ghettos? I am not so sure about that though... We have gypsies in ghettos. They are, anyhow I look at it, more "used" to our culture. And mainly hurt each other. Western Europe has a lot more different people in ghettos...

**Aspirin** · 05-13-2019, 05:26 PM

My congratulations!

**Deneb** · 05-13-2019, 05:42 PM

I visited Budapest in 2010. Beautiful city and lovely people, Hungarians are friendly and very polite. At least they were then, IDK now.

Editing: a Hungarian? pickpocket stole the phone from a friend of mine when he left the subway in the city center.

**Blondie** · 05-13-2019, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Videx

More dangerous than western ghettos? I am not so sure about that though... We have gypsies in ghettos. They are, anyhow I look at it, more "used" to our culture. And mainly hurt each other. Western Europe has a lot more different people in ghettos...

Yes eastern and east-central european ghettos are more dangerous with higher crime rate and significant organized crime. Yes there are no gang rapes and terror attacks in Hungary but look the violence, robbery statistics, murder rate etc. There are many area in Hungary where nobody goes including police.

**Westbrook** · 05-13-2019, 06:05 PM

I liked it when I was there a few years ago

**~~Skif~~** · 05-13-2019, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Germanin

Yes eastern and east-central european ghettos are more dangerous with higher crime rate and significant organized crime. Yes there are no gang rapes and terror attacks in Hungary but look the violence, robbery statistics, murder rate etc. There are many area in Hungary where nobody goes including police.

You cant be serious LOL.Have you actually been in any large city in the west?Nyolcker more dangerous than western ghettos?hahhahahhaha

**Videx** · 05-13-2019, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by Germanin

Yes eastern and east-central european ghettos are more dangerous with higher crime rate and significant organized crime. Yes there are no gang rapes and terror attacks in Hungary but look the violence, robbery statistics, murder rate etc. There are many area in Hungary where nobody goes including police.

Crime rate? Hungary does not stand on such a bad place according to EU stats... Of course, I would not say it is better than all of other countries... At least we don't have that much shootings, knife attacks, and gang wars.

But why drag down my post now? Yes, there are places, where it's ghetto. Still Budapest is a lovely place.

**TheMaestro** · 05-13-2019, 06:15 PM

I was in Budapest like 10 times, but in center only once and that was long time ago, it's pretty sad, considering my grandma lives only like 45 mins away.

**Videx** · 05-13-2019, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Skif

You cant be serious LOL.Have you actually been in any large city in the west?Nyolcker more dangerous than western ghettos?hahhahahhaha

Nyolcker developed a lot since they planted cameras everywhere, I would not even say it's the most dangerous part of Budapest... And police easily goes in.