Berlin or Budapest??

littledubs

for a city break around xmas time?? is Berlin expensive to eat drink and be merry??

irishh_bob

littledubs wrote: »

for a city break around xmas time?? is Berlin expensive to eat drink and be merry??

berlin , i havent even been there but berlin

henryporter

Have been to Budapest, so......Berlin!

ardmacha

Budapest is OK too, but Berlin is good at this time of year.
Have some Glühwein!

miss choc

personally Berlin going there a second time in Feb the markets will be a magical time around Christmas. Loads of mulled wine, beer bratwurst etc

irishh_bob

henryporter wrote: »

Have been to Budapest, so......Berlin!

its an awful kip alright

Malice

I've been to both Berlin and Budapest and, unlike everyone else I'm going to recommend Budapest. Berlin just felt too touristy and cold both in terms of temperature and the reception of the natives.

Admittedly I was looking forward to my trip to Budapest from historical and linguistic contexts so I made sure to do more while I was there but Berlin really didn't grab me for whatever reason.

saywhatyousee

Malice wrote: »

I've been to both Berlin and Budapest and, unlike everyone else I'm going to recommend Budapest. Berlin just felt too touristy and cold both in terms of temperature and the reception of the natives.

Admittedly I was looking forward to my trip to Budapest from historical and linguistic contexts so I made sure to do more while I was there but Berlin really didn't grab me for whatever reason.

I agree i am always perplexed at the rave reviews Berlin gets around here i taught it was average at best.Never been been to Budapest so cant comment.

kraggy

If you want to go clubbing non-stop for 48 hours (I mean non-stop), then it's hard to beat Berlin.

Some clubs open on a Saturday night and don't close til Sunday night. Literally.

I love Berlin. Good mix of history and music.

Cost wise, it's a good bit cheaper than Ireland. Even in clubs a bottle of beer is like, 3 euro, maybe 3.50.

filthymcnasty

sorry folks have been to both and for me its Berlin no contest:
Simple to get around
Fairly cheap
Savage night life although its a bit spread out
So much history and stuff to see on so many levels its outrageous

within a mile of Unter den linden/Friedrichstrasse junction-
you have brandenburg gate, Museum Island, Jewish Memorial, Reichstag, Sony Centre, Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie etc etc

Malice

irishh_bob wrote: »

its an awful kip alright

henryporter wrote: »

Have been to Budapest, so......Berlin!

filthymcnasty wrote: »

sorry folks have been to both and for me its Berlin no contest:

I'd like to know what you folks didn't like about Budapest. Could any of you elaborate?

filthymcnasty wrote:

Simple to get around
Fairly cheap
So much history and stuff to see on so many levels its outrageous

The same applies to Budapest . As a quick off the top of my head example, a three course meal for two with six beers in a city centre restaurant came to around HUF11,000 (€34).

For stuff to see, Heroes' Square and the House of Terror are both highly recommended. The House of Terror especially although if you're just going for a happy weekend away with the Mrs. it might not be the most appropriate destination for an afternoon.

filthymcnasty wrote:

Savage night life although its a bit spread out

That actually really annoyed me when I was there. I had ear-marked a couple of places to go to and it would have been quite an expensive taxi ride there and back.

Naid23

Malice wrote: »

I've been to both Berlin and Budapest and, unlike everyone else I'm going to recommend Budapest. Berlin just felt too touristy and cold both in terms of temperature and the reception of the natives

I've been to Berlin 4 times and have never had a bad reception from anyone, Everyone was very friendly!.

Yeah its touristy bout with the history of the city thats not surprising. Berlin is a must at least once in your life.

dfx-

I'll throw my weight behind Budapest too, spent a week there in May...nice city.

irishh_bob

Malice wrote: »

I'd like to know what you folks didn't like about Budapest. Could any of you elaborate?

The same applies to Budapest . As a quick off the top of my head example, a three course meal for two with six beers in a city centre restaurant came to around HUF11,000 (€34).

For stuff to see, Heroes' Square and the House of Terror are both highly recommended. The House of Terror especially although if you're just going for a happy weekend away with the Mrs. it might not be the most appropriate destination for an afternoon.

That actually really annoyed me when I was there. I had ear-marked a couple of places to go to and it would have been quite an expensive taxi ride there and back.

budapest isnt especially cheap , food is horrible in most places but most of all i just dont like hungarians , they are not nice people and dont even try to hide the fact they see westerners as rip off fodder

Malice

Hmm, it appears I missed this reply originally. I guess it probably didn't impact the thread starter one way or the other but what's written below is xenophobic garbage. Take any city in Central or Eastern Europe and you can easily find somewhere serving food you won't like and people who'll try and rip you off when they realise you're a tourist. That's no justification for ripping on Budapest specifically.

irishh_bob wrote: »

budapest isnt especially cheap , food is horrible in most places but most of all i just dont like hungarians , they are not nice people and dont even try to hide the fact they see westerners as rip off fodder

cyprusholidays

Never been to any of these places..so first Budapest and from there will jump off to Berlin...

mikedragon32

Malice wrote: »

Hmm, it appears I missed this reply originally. I guess it probably didn't impact the thread starter one way or the other but what's written below is xenophobic garbage. Take any city in Central or Eastern Europe and you can easily find somewhere serving food you won't like and people who'll try and rip you off when they realise you're a tourist. That's no justification for ripping on Budapest specifically.

And if you report a post I can deal with it rather than you having a moan...

Malice

mikedragon32 wrote: »

And if you report a post I can deal with it rather than you having a moan...

I wasn't having a moan and that user has been sitebanned so I'm not sure how you'd go about dealing with it.