One of Europe's most beautiful capitals at one of its lower price points, with thermal baths, ruin bars and a large expat scene. The language is a wall, but the city works around it.
What the economy runs on
Shared services, IT, tourism.
Worth weighing
Hungarian is genuinely hard; wages are low if you work locally.
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