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Hungary Travel Podcast with Bence Kovács

Bence Kovács

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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Episodes5

  • Yesterday · 9 min

    Buda Hills, Cave Cool and a River at Night

    Bence escapes the August heat by hiking the Buda Hills, cooling off in a cave system and a thermal bath, then enjoying a quiet evening by the Danube. Along the way he shares costs for a coffee, a taxi, and a day of practical Budapest living.

  • Tuesday · 8 min

    The Fortress, the Fisherman, and a River at Dusk

    Bence tackles the Buda hills and the Castle District on a 39-degree day, climbs the Fisherman's Bastion, and finds a leafy escape in the city's quieter corners. Plus: what a mid-range museum and a cold beer actually cost in high summer.

  • Monday · 7 min

    A Day of Errands and a Pest Sunset

    On day three in Budapest, Bence tackles the practical side of settling in—banking, a transit pass, and a SIM—before taking a sunset walk along the Duna and a quiet evening in his new District XIII flat. He shares real costs and tips for newcomers.

  • Sunday · 10 min

    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…

  • Saturday · 8 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 h…