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Gellért Hill, featuring the statues from the previous photo (top left), the Elizabeth Bridge, and a monument to Bishop Gellért who was thrown down this hill to his death for converting Hungarians to Christianity #budapest #hungary #buda #bridge #danube #r
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Christmas decorations along Váci utca, a pedestrianized street, looking down into Vörösmarty Square #christmas #budapest #pest #hungary #christmasmarket #decorations #xmas
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Christmas market and decorations along Fashion Street near Vörösmarty tér #budapest #pest #hungary #christmas #christmasmarket
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Buda Castle and the Chain Bridge #budapest #hungary #chainbridge #bridge #castle #buda
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Dramatic statues perched on Gellért Hill overlooking the city #budapest #hungary #communism #communist #ussr #soviet #monument #statue
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Memento Park is a collection of all the old Soviet statues that were taken down from the city when the Iron Curtain fell. They're now assembled in a small space for amusement and mocking. The Soviets said this one represented a strong comrade surging t
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St. István (Steven) and Budapest's main boulevard, Andrássy Út, as seen from the top of the Budapest Eye#budapest #hungary #pest #stistvan #church #andrassyut #boulevard #night #citylights #christmas
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The Budapest Eye, a not-so-temporary staple of the Pest town center, which provides great views over downtown
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Fishermen's Bastion
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The magnificent and massive Hungarian Parliament
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Langosz, a warm Hungarian food made with savory fried dough, shredded soft cheese, garlic butter, and sour cream, is a great treat when perusing the Christmas markets
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Did I mention these buildings were bombed?
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A booth for four made from an old East German Trabant. Feels at home in a ruin pub.
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Ruin pubs are one of Budapest's newer institutions. These bars are set up in derelict, bombed-out buildings that haven't been restored since being destroyed in WWII. Many of the inner walls are broken or missing and they're decorated with a hodgepodge of
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Shoes On The Danube, a small but very poignant Holocaust memorial. Nazis lined up Jews along the river, shot them, and let their bodies fall into the river.
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Prague's astronomical clock. Since 1410 the clock has been tracking not just time but sunrises, sunsets, the position and phases of the moon, and more.
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Enjoying a trdelnik, a sweet grilled pastry
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Charles Bridge is lined with statues and bookended by two medieval towers
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Prague had a sizeable Jewish population that was decimated during WWII. This cemetery has thousands of gravestones piled up on top of each other because they weren't allowed to bury elsewhere in the city and Jewish tradition prohibits removing or replacin
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Týn church and the Prague Christmas market
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Deeper underground
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Prague is filled with winding, cobblestoned lanes
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Týn church overlooking the Old Town Square and the Christmas market
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Prague Castle with St. Vitus cathedral in the middle
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Powder Tower
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Prague's Old Town Hall and astronomical clock
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View of Prague Castle from across the river
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The original Budweiser, from Budweis, Czech Republic. This one is actually very good.
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Česky Krumlov, Czech Republic
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Dusk in Prague
