What does Budapest mean to you?

BUDAPEST RESIDENTS DESCRIBE THEIR CITY IN ONE WORD

An unusual survey called ‘What does Budapest mean to you?’ investigated people’s favourite words in connection with Budapest.

Home, freedom, opportunity – the list of the 100 most popular words begins like this. During the campaign, several thousand words were submitted by residents of the city, and by the end, a rather positive image of the city was formed.

Here’s a selection of the most popular words that made the list: love, homesickness, buzz, lights, pride, family, bridges, umbilical cord, culture, magic, mom, university, déjà vu, diversity, night, inspiration, ours, clean, with you, centre, perspective, acceptance, air, colourful, life, value, circus, cool, home, everyone’s, together, tenement house, Sunday.

The survey was organised by the Municipality of Budapest and the BVA Budapest city image nonprofit Kft.

The most popular words have been on display in the form of an exhibition since December 12 in the Budapest Project Gallery. The exhibition blends different art forms, installations, interactive displays, and virtual reality to showcase the words that best describe the city.

“Budapest values the feedback of its residents, as well as their active participation in the life of the city and it’s really good that the most popular words, which form the basis of the exhibition, have positive connotations, which means that the people of Budapest love their city.”

source: dailynewshungary.com

Watch the video and choose the word the Hungarian equivalent of which you can see in the video.

1. clean or clear

2. with you or for you

3. centrum or centre

4. respective or perspective

5. accepts or denies

6. smoke or air  

7. colourful or colourless

8. lifeless or life

9. value or valid

10. big circus or small circus

11. gross or cool

12. home or home country

13. belongs to everyone or belongs to someone

14. all together or together

15. tenement house or block of flats    

16. Sunday or Saturday

17. on the asphalt or on the concrete

18. supermarket or market

19. buzz or boredom

20. without you or with you

21. view or perspective

Key

1. clean

2. with you

3. center

4. perspective

5. accepts

6. air

7.colourful

8. life

9. value

10. big circus

11. cool

12. home

13. belongs to everyone

14. together

15. tenement house

16. Sunday

17. on the asphalt

18. market

19. buzz

20. with you

21. view