Canadian here with Hungarian ancestry. I lived in Szeged for around 2 years recently and developed decent conversational Hu language skills. It seems the best option for housing in Hungary is to find a 'sweet spot'. I have a friend who bought an extremely nice property in a village called Marte. He works either online or commutes to Szeged in around 30 minutes. The community and the people that live around him are lovely. Sure beats the Paris suburbs!
I am first generation Canadian. My parents left Hungary in 1956. I am planning a trip to Hungary next year but just for a visit. I had given some serious thought to obtaining my citizenship and perhaps living in Hungary for part of my retirement. I speak enough of the language that I could manage. I would really enjoy the chance to learn more about the first home of my parents. I have a list of places that I remember hearing my father mention. After the pandemic it seems that prices for housing, food, gas etc have increased everywhere, including here. I hear from my relatives how hard just living has become in Hungary. I am by no means wealthy myself and my Canadian dollar would not buy much more in Hungary. Eperjes seems like the perfect place to settle in and write a novel or two. If you don’t crave the night life or look for the trendy places to shop, it might be perfect. I don’t look for those places here either. But for me, the biggest deterrent would be political. I celebrated with Hungary in 1989, I was so happy for them. So I have taken living there off of my wish list and replaced it with just a visit. Sorry for the long reply. This was an interesting turn from your usual videos but I enjoyed it just as much as your usual ones as well as those of your lovely producer. She is helping me tremendously with my Hungarian skills. 😊🇨🇦🇭🇺🇨🇦
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and personal stories 😊 Yeah, the Pandemic was a turning point... some benefits like culture of remote work helps with cooking home and spending less that way, but on the other end the prices went up sooo much... not gonna lie, one day eventually I would also move to the countryside. I loved living in the city center and go out all the time, but today, I like to leave far from the center but still have the ability to go there when I wish... but in a few years I just want to sit on a porch as the sun sets and sip on my glass of wine 😊
Kedves Ákos: Kiváló munkát végzett ebben a témában. Közgazdasági doktori fokozatot adnék! Sok országban nem csak a szegények, hanem az alacsony bérek, a magas lakásárak és az alacsony születési arányok. 100%-ban igazad van, a készpénzes ösztönzés ne csak a magyar állampolgároknak szóljon, hanem mindenkinek, aki Magyarországra szeretne költözni. Nagyon gondolom, hogy lehet bővíteni ezt a témát, és olyan ésszerű lakóhelyeket ajánlani Magyarországon, amelyek nem drágultak, de vannak támogató szolgáltatások. Kiváló kutatói, elbeszélői és értékesítői képességeid vannak. Az ilyen típusú videók szerintem nagyon hasznosak a nézőid számára...
Köszönjük szépen! Azért a doktori fokozat bőven odébb van, ha valami megoldást tudnék mondani a problémára akkor talán jöhet a doktori postán, de csak egy ember vagyok a véleményével meg egy youtube csatornával 😅
Yesterday I've heard that about 400 people per month emigrate to hungary coming from Holland so there is hope for villages as Eperjes, the governement is flabergasted about this figures but a lot of parents want to live in a safe place for them and their children.
Wow, that's new to me, although I do have a lot of colleagues who are from the Netherlands, but didn't think so many of them are still coming to Hungary 😅
We recently visited Budapest from Australia and I watched your videos for inspiration prior and then ended up subscribing. My husband and I rented a car and then drove around Romania. We love driving because you get to see all of the little villages that you wouldn’t see if you fly in and fly out of a capital. It was a striking difference because as soon as we left Budapest I feel like Hungary was so empty- rolling hills of nothingness (similar to parts of Australia). We stopped in a small village but couldn’t find any place to eat and kept driving to Romania. Hungary feels very centralised with all of the population essentially in Budapest. Whereas in Romania you couldn’t drive more than 20min and there was another village. It was much more spread out than Hungary. Of the entire trip through Italy, Hungary and Romania, Budapest was my favourite place. I don’t think I’ve seen a more beautiful city. Also, as Australians who love meat- the fact you can walk into a butcher and they cook a meal for you was awesome! Wish we had that here 😊
@@Noted4later le when they went to pick up the car because they then had to add insurance. Some travel insurances include excess cover for rental vehicles- we had this so didn’t mind having a higher excess fee. If you go to Romania - sighisoara and transfagarasan road are a must see. Dubova was also nice down south (we visited decebelus Rex rock sculpture which was cool. The cities in my opinion aren’t that great. We did a loop in 4 days but we like to drive long distances and cover a lot of territory in a short space of time. Also- if you get a rental car you must pay the toll for any country you visit. It’s called a vignette. You can by them at petrol stations. Hungary you only need it if you use certain roads (big highways) , but in Romania it’s pretty much most roads. You can buy it at the first petrol station when you cross the Romanian border, ask the people at the border if you’re unsure where to get it. You can also buy it online. You don’t need to display a ticket- it’s all electronic. We got buy paying by card in most places as we didn’t carry any cash and didn’t have any issues. Enjoy your trip!
Sorry- it cut out the first party of me reply… we hired from klass wagen. But in hindsight should have hired direct from Hertz. Don’t buy online through a third party as they won’t include insurance- buy direct. Klass wagen you had to wash and vacuum the car before handing back. They were thorough with pre and post condition report, but weren’t dodgy in terms of trying to falsely claim damages. So they were ok. Excess was higher than in Aus. Don’t book online through Hertz as they won’t include American site doesn’t include insurance (US ppl have credit card insurance instead)- so book direct with them.
It is so sad that the village has devised such a self-defeating plan. It's Hungarians who are leaving the town, and, frankly, 2.5K euro won't entice too many Hungarians back. In turn, I'd love to live in place like that -- but I'm self-employed, Italian, single and 63 years old. So, because of this kind of narow-mindedness, Budapest gets all my money and Eperjes gets none.
Yeah, and that also brings up a different problem, that Budapest gets all the money from visitors, but only a few dare to step outside of the city to experience something different 😔 I get it, Budapest is amazing and people want the "Best" when they spend hard earned money on holidays, but there are so many other cities and vilalges that are actually cheaper as a tourist and offer good experiences.
The most honest video I've ever seen in Hungary. I just got back from Budapest. The people are very peaceful and like the culture. The only thing that needs to improve is job opportunities and overall growth, creating a sustainable business for a long term
Thank you for the informative video. It saddens me that villages in Hungary are losing their population. I hope this will work for Eperjes and can be a model for other Hungarian villages.
Great video and interesting topic. It's appears to be a universal outcome for most developed countries with the small communities have see a lot of the younger members leaving and either moving to the bigger cities or countries looking for better opportunities. As Australian whose parents left Hungary in the 60's, the idea of moving to Hungary is appealing especially if others are like you and would welcome them into their communities. Living in a small village in Hungary is appealing, especially as growing up we visited our relations in Hungary in the villages and loved the relaxed lifestyle and beautiful scenery.
Thanks for this informative video. My wife and son will visit Budapest during Christmas. We ‘re very excited to learn about the history and visit the historic buildings. We ‘ce learn so much from your videos. Thanks!
I Think, Eperjes should trie something else.. It should use its name and do an "Eperjes Festival" once a year.. Where Familys coud do games and should have at this time a market whit a lot of strawberry products, jam, tea, cakes, pies, sirup, wine liqur, soap and so one. Years ago a farmer in switzerland startet in October (Haloween ...) to have a big pumpkin event .. it was first smale and now its so big , it has so many visitors.. well this people just come for a day in this 1-2weeks, but they spend money and might one will like the remotness of Eperjes and start to think about to move there. The problem with villages geting to becomme gohsttowns is neraly not happening in my country (switzerland) just a few villages in the mountain part of canton ticino have this problems. In the rst of our county we have the problem that we have each year more residents and so much nature is lost because we have to build more houses , streets and so one for the growing population.. The population is growing because imigration. But most of the people who imigrate prefer to live in the already crowdet cities and not in remot villages.
I see that they do a lot of events and activities but those focus more on locals, however what you mention may be an interesting Idea... a lot of Japanese towns and villages try something similar by "articifially" creating some local event/product that can draw visitors and business... even if these may be artificial, if people have fun and come, that's still a good thing!
@@StuffedCabbageAdventures Yes, I agree with you. And I think the name Eperjes is a big opportunity.. something like a mix of a medieval festival and market with a lot of strawberry products. BTW Eperjeds sound quit similar to the German name of these Berries "Erdbeeren" or in Swiss German "Erdbeeri". Wish you a nice weekend.
I have a question about gaining citizenship. My father, uncle and both grandparents left Hungary in 1956. As a child of a Hungarian who lives in the USA apply fir dual citizenship?
Hey there! I will be honest I am not knowledgable in the topic, however I have read about some "repatriation process" where the basis is being a decendant of someone from Hungary. If I am not mistaken these can be done via the Consulates when abroad, so perhaps try to reach out to one of the the Hungarian Consulates in the US 😊
@@StuffedCabbageAdventures thank you for the information. I will look into it. By the way, have you ever seen the plaque dedicated to my uncle Tommy (Tamas) Erdelyi of Ramones fame in Budapest? My family lived on Bajcsy Zsellinsky Ut.
Me! Anyway, what an unnecessarily rude comment. The video wasn't even about people moving to Hungary. It was about encouraging Hungarian citizens back to rural villages....
Since getting my citizenship 2 years ago and making the choice to move to Hungary in the future once I establish a digital business, I have seen the housing prices rise dramatically. I realize now that I probably won't be moving to Budapest and will live in a small village like Eperjes. I enjoy the peace more now that I'm older so it might be the best fit for me anyways! Koszi Akos! ❤🤍💚
So you are seeing this all over North America too. I live in rural Canada, and the small towns are mostly dead. But some companies do branch out to these small communities, but now the problem is the lack of skilled workers. I'm hoping to gain my Hungarian citizenship and would like to move there parentally some day.(Ancestral)
Canadian here with Hungarian ancestry. I lived in Szeged for around 2 years recently and developed decent conversational Hu language skills. It seems the best option for housing in Hungary is to find a 'sweet spot'. I have a friend who bought an extremely nice property in a village called Marte. He works either online or commutes to Szeged in around 30 minutes. The community and the people that live around him are lovely. Sure beats the Paris suburbs!
I am first generation Canadian. My parents left Hungary in 1956. I am planning a trip to Hungary next year but just for a visit. I had given some serious thought to obtaining my citizenship and perhaps living in Hungary for part of my retirement. I speak enough of the language that I could manage. I would really enjoy the chance to learn more about the first home of my parents. I have a list of places that I remember hearing my father mention.
After the pandemic it seems that prices for housing, food, gas etc have increased everywhere, including here. I hear from my relatives how hard just living has become in Hungary. I am by no means wealthy myself and my Canadian dollar would not buy much more in Hungary.
Eperjes seems like the perfect place to settle in and write a novel or two. If you don’t crave the night life or look for the trendy places to shop, it might be perfect. I don’t look for those places here either.
But for me, the biggest deterrent would be political. I celebrated with Hungary in 1989, I was so happy for them. So I have taken living there off of my wish list and replaced it with just a visit.
Sorry for the long reply. This was an interesting turn from your usual videos but I enjoyed it just as much as your usual ones as well as those of your lovely producer. She is helping me tremendously with my Hungarian skills. 😊🇨🇦🇭🇺🇨🇦
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and personal stories 😊 Yeah, the Pandemic was a turning point... some benefits like culture of remote work helps with cooking home and spending less that way, but on the other end the prices went up sooo much... not gonna lie, one day eventually I would also move to the countryside. I loved living in the city center and go out all the time, but today, I like to leave far from the center but still have the ability to go there when I wish... but in a few years I just want to sit on a porch as the sun sets and sip on my glass of wine 😊
Kedves Ákos: Kiváló munkát végzett ebben a témában. Közgazdasági doktori fokozatot adnék! Sok országban nem csak a szegények, hanem az alacsony bérek, a magas lakásárak és az alacsony születési arányok. 100%-ban igazad van, a készpénzes ösztönzés ne csak a magyar állampolgároknak szóljon, hanem mindenkinek, aki Magyarországra szeretne költözni. Nagyon gondolom, hogy lehet bővíteni ezt a témát, és olyan ésszerű lakóhelyeket ajánlani Magyarországon, amelyek nem drágultak, de vannak támogató szolgáltatások. Kiváló kutatói, elbeszélői és értékesítői képességeid vannak. Az ilyen típusú videók szerintem nagyon hasznosak a nézőid számára...
Köszönjük szépen! Azért a doktori fokozat bőven odébb van, ha valami megoldást tudnék mondani a problémára akkor talán jöhet a doktori postán, de csak egy ember vagyok a véleményével meg egy youtube csatornával 😅
Yesterday I've heard that about 400 people per month emigrate to hungary coming from Holland so there is hope for villages as Eperjes, the governement is flabergasted about this figures but a lot of parents want to live in a safe place for them and their children.
Wow, that's new to me, although I do have a lot of colleagues who are from the Netherlands, but didn't think so many of them are still coming to Hungary 😅
We recently visited Budapest from Australia and I watched your videos for inspiration prior and then ended up subscribing. My husband and I rented a car and then drove around Romania. We love driving because you get to see all of the little villages that you wouldn’t see if you fly in and fly out of a capital. It was a striking difference because as soon as we left Budapest I feel like Hungary was so empty- rolling hills of nothingness (similar to parts of Australia). We stopped in a small village but couldn’t find any place to eat and kept driving to Romania. Hungary feels very centralised with all of the population essentially in Budapest. Whereas in Romania you couldn’t drive more than 20min and there was another village. It was much more spread out than Hungary. Of the entire trip through Italy, Hungary and Romania, Budapest was my favourite place. I don’t think I’ve seen a more beautiful city. Also, as Australians who love meat- the fact you can walk into a butcher and they cook a meal for you was awesome! Wish we had that here 😊
We are from Australia too, can you please tell me where you hired a car from? Currently here and thinking to do the same.
@@Noted4later le when they went to pick up the car because they then had to add insurance. Some travel insurances include excess cover for rental vehicles- we had this so didn’t mind having a higher excess fee. If you go to Romania - sighisoara and transfagarasan road are a must see. Dubova was also nice down south (we visited decebelus Rex rock sculpture which was cool. The cities in my opinion aren’t that great. We did a loop in 4 days but we like to drive long distances and cover a lot of territory in a short space of time. Also- if you get a rental car you must pay the toll for any country you visit. It’s called a vignette. You can by them at petrol stations. Hungary you only need it if you use certain roads (big highways) , but in Romania it’s pretty much most roads. You can buy it at the first petrol station when you cross the Romanian border, ask the people at the border if you’re unsure where to get it. You can also buy it online. You don’t need to display a ticket- it’s all electronic. We got buy paying by card in most places as we didn’t carry any cash and didn’t have any issues. Enjoy your trip!
Sorry- it cut out the first party of me reply… we hired from klass wagen. But in hindsight should have hired direct from Hertz. Don’t buy online through a third party as they won’t include insurance- buy direct. Klass wagen you had to wash and vacuum the car before handing back. They were thorough with pre and post condition report, but weren’t dodgy in terms of trying to falsely claim damages. So they were ok. Excess was higher than in Aus. Don’t book online through Hertz as they won’t include American site doesn’t include insurance (US ppl have credit card insurance instead)- so book direct with them.
It is so sad that the village has devised such a self-defeating plan. It's Hungarians who are leaving the town, and, frankly, 2.5K euro won't entice too many Hungarians back. In turn, I'd love to live in place like that -- but I'm self-employed, Italian, single and 63 years old. So, because of this kind of narow-mindedness, Budapest gets all my money and Eperjes gets none.
Yeah, and that also brings up a different problem, that Budapest gets all the money from visitors, but only a few dare to step outside of the city to experience something different 😔 I get it, Budapest is amazing and people want the "Best" when they spend hard earned money on holidays, but there are so many other cities and vilalges that are actually cheaper as a tourist and offer good experiences.
We visited Szeged and Siofok as well as Budapest. Enjoyed all three!
Sarkad, Gyula is not to far!
Me and my wife are planning on splitting the year between Eger, Hungary and Australia where we currently are.
Hey there! Eger is a really nice place, I hope you'll enjoy your split year life with Hungary 😊
The most honest video I've ever seen in Hungary. I just got back from Budapest. The people are very peaceful and like the culture. The only thing that needs to improve is job opportunities and overall growth, creating a sustainable business for a long term
Thank you for the informative video. It saddens me that villages in Hungary are losing their population. I hope this will work for Eperjes and can be a model for other Hungarian villages.
Hello from Bangkok ❤ we also have this problem in Thailand 🇹🇭 population is shrinking
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the kind support! 😊
Great video and interesting topic. It's appears to be a universal outcome for most developed countries with the small communities have see a lot of the younger members leaving and either moving to the bigger cities or countries looking for better opportunities.
As Australian whose parents left Hungary in the 60's, the idea of moving to Hungary is appealing especially if others are like you and would welcome them into their communities. Living in a small village in Hungary is appealing, especially as growing up we visited our relations in Hungary in the villages and loved the relaxed lifestyle and beautiful scenery.
Érdekes információ, de mi értelme volt angol nyelvű videót készíteni erről, ha egyszer csak magyar állampolgárok vehetik igénybe a lehetőséget?
Thanks for this informative video. My wife and son will visit Budapest during Christmas. We ‘re very excited to learn about the history and visit the historic buildings. We ‘ce learn so much from your videos. Thanks!
Thank you for the kind message!I hope you'll enjoy your stay here during the festive season😊
I Think, Eperjes should trie something else.. It should use its name and do an "Eperjes Festival" once a year.. Where Familys coud do games and should have at this time a market whit a lot of strawberry products, jam, tea, cakes, pies, sirup, wine liqur, soap and so one. Years ago a farmer in switzerland startet in October (Haloween ...) to have a big pumpkin event .. it was first smale and now its so big , it has so many visitors.. well this people just come for a day in this 1-2weeks, but they spend money and might one will like the remotness of Eperjes and start to think about to move there. The problem with villages geting to becomme gohsttowns is neraly not happening in my country (switzerland) just a few villages in the mountain part of canton ticino have this problems. In the rst of our county we have the problem that we have each year more residents and so much nature is lost because we have to build more houses , streets and so one for the growing population.. The population is growing because imigration. But most of the people who imigrate prefer to live in the already crowdet cities and not in remot villages.
I see that they do a lot of events and activities but those focus more on locals, however what you mention may be an interesting Idea... a lot of Japanese towns and villages try something similar by "articifially" creating some local event/product that can draw visitors and business... even if these may be artificial, if people have fun and come, that's still a good thing!
@@StuffedCabbageAdventures Yes, I agree with you. And I think the name Eperjes is a big opportunity.. something like a mix of a medieval festival and market with a lot of strawberry products. BTW Eperjeds sound quit similar to the German name of these Berries "Erdbeeren" or in Swiss German "Erdbeeri". Wish you a nice weekend.
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I have a question about gaining citizenship. My father, uncle and both grandparents left Hungary in 1956. As a child of a Hungarian who lives in the USA apply fir dual citizenship?
Hey there! I will be honest I am not knowledgable in the topic, however I have read about some "repatriation process" where the basis is being a decendant of someone from Hungary. If I am not mistaken these can be done via the Consulates when abroad, so perhaps try to reach out to one of the the Hungarian Consulates in the US 😊
@@StuffedCabbageAdventures thank you for the information. I will look into it. By the way, have you ever seen the plaque dedicated to my uncle Tommy (Tamas) Erdelyi of Ramones fame in Budapest? My family lived on Bajcsy Zsellinsky Ut.
25k won't last long when you have 3 children.
It almost sets people up to fail.
Koszonom !
Gonna move there 😂
You literally Moved to Pécs 😀 unless you are doing a Fixer-Upper hustle 😅
who the f wants to move to hungary?????
Me! Anyway, what an unnecessarily rude comment. The video wasn't even about people moving to Hungary. It was about encouraging Hungarian citizens back to rural villages....
I moved from Norway to Hungary in 2016 planning to stay for one year. Now it's 2024 and I'm still living in Hungary...
Since getting my citizenship 2 years ago and making the choice to move to Hungary in the future once I establish a digital business, I have seen the housing prices rise dramatically. I realize now that I probably won't be moving to Budapest and will live in a small village like Eperjes. I enjoy the peace more now that I'm older so it might be the best fit for me anyways! Koszi Akos! ❤🤍💚
great video. sent you a message on IG too the other day.
So you are seeing this all over North America too. I live in rural Canada, and the small towns are mostly dead. But some companies do branch out to these small communities, but now the problem is the lack of skilled workers. I'm hoping to gain my Hungarian citizenship and would like to move there parentally some day.(Ancestral)
I hope your application for citizenship will be successful! 😊