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Hungary Travel Podcast with Bence Kovács episodes
- Baths, Ruin Bars, and a Flat in District XIII
Day two in Budapest: Bence gets settled in his new flat, tackles the heat with a dip in the Széchenyi baths, explores the ruin bars of District VII, and plots the weeks ahead—Sziget Festival, State Foundation Day, and a trip to the Danube Bend. Practical tips on costs, transit, and making the city home.
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Episode 2 of Hungary Travel Podcast with Bence Kovács. Bence Kovács is in Budapest, Hungary.
Places in this episode: Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő, Városliget, Vajdahunyad Castle, St. Stephen's Park, Pozsonyi út, Szimpla Kert, Madal Cafe, Chain Bridge.
Covered: Settling in, Thermal baths, Ruin bars, Great Market Hall, District VII, District XIII.
Chapters:
00:00 Városliget
03:37 Pozsonyi út
05:24 Madal Cafe
06:18 Chain Bridge
07:09 Great Market Hall
08:52 Shoes on the Danube memorialA full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
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11 min - Landing in Budapest, August Heat and First Steps
Bence lands at Ferenc Liszt Airport and dives straight into the chaos of an August Budapest. From the thermal baths to ruin bars, he gets his SIM card, opens a bank account, and figures out what it really costs to live here. A first taste of the city's high summer, and the start of a long stay.
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Episode 1 of Hungary Travel Podcast with Bence Kovács. Bence Kovács is in Budapest, Hungary.
Places in this episode: Ferenc Liszt International Airport, Danube River (Duna), Országház (Parliament), Fisherman's Bastion, Castle District, Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő, City Park (Városliget), District VII (Jewish Quarter).
Covered: Arrival and Airport, Settling-in logistics, Budapest attractions, Cost of living, Summer weather, Neighborhood scouting.
Chapters:
00:00 Airport road
01:27 Quiet room
02:39 New York Café
04:12 Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő
05:33 Mazel Tov
06:56 District XIIIA full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
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9 min
About Hungary Travel Podcast with Bence Kovács
From the publisher's feed
This is a podcast about getting to know Hungary slowly, not ticking off its sights. The country is landlocked, mostly flat or gently rolling, and the Duna and Tisza Rivers cut across it into three broad regions. Travelling here means learning to read plains, hills and water.
The host covers a deliberately varied range: central Budapest and the Danube Bend, the low mountains on the Slovakian border, the Hortobágy puszta, and the southern city of Szeged on the Tisza. Each place appears with its own logic, not as a list of stops.
The show unfolds by returning to the same places in different seasons, so a quiet village on the Great Plain appears in winter fog and again in summer heat, while Budapest changes with the weather. Knowing the Great Plain properly happens slowly, episode by episode and season by season.
Bence Kovács lives in Hungary and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Bence is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.
A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.
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