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May it be sights, sports performances, cultural heritages or highly successful people, Hungary is a small country that is very proud of its achievements.
The Canadian YouTube channel WatchMojo.com has made a Top 10 video on things that Hungarians want you to know about their country.
The channel posts top 10 videos, usually on topics like movies, TV shows, video games or celebrities. They have 20 million subscribers. Watchmojo Hungary, however, has also started in March 2018, too, among other Watchmojo channels in other languages.
10: Budapest has repurposed ruins into pubs
It is right about Budapest, Hungary’s capital city that ruined and abandoned buildings in the city centre were rebuilt and reconstructed to function as ‘ruin pubs’. The pubs have a gripping and fascinating atmosphere in any season of the year.
Click to read about Szimpla Kert and find our previous Budapest ruin pub guide here.
9: They have a particular name for their unique offerings
The specific name of Hungary’s unique offerings is called ‘Hungarikum’. Hungarikums from agricultural and food industry are Goulash soup, paprika, fisherman’s soup, but also wines like Egri bikavér and Tokaji aszú and its wine region. The latest, full list of Hungarikums has 70 members.
8: It’s home to the largest synagogue in Europe
Synagogue in Dohány Street, Budapest is beautiful and unique! The over 150 years old building is the biggest in Europe and the third biggest in the world, which has almost an exact copy in Manhattan, New York City.
7: The language is … tricky
Hungary’s official language, Hungarian is officially one of the hardest languages in the world with its grammar complexity and unique words (44 alphabets and 18-35 usable grammar cases). Hungarian is the member of the Finno-Ugric language family and its closest relative-languages are: Mansi and Khanty.
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6: Hungary has won a large number of Olympic medals
Our small country owns 501 Summer Olympic game medals overall, including 175 golds that is the eight most on the world rank. The most successful sports are fencing, swimming, water polo, kayaking and canoeing, wrestling and athletics.
