Want to go to a Christmas market and not be mowed over by a truck of peace? Come to Hungary this year!
Everyone else seems to be doing so. Data gathered by short-term rental support firm PriceLabs reveals that Budapest is the fastest-growing yuletide holiday location, with bookings spiking nearly 40 per cent this Christmas season.
The city outpaces more classic locations like Vienna and Frankfurt, as well as the ‘diverse’ metropolises of Brussels and Cologne.
Not only that, Budapest is currently the cheapest city for Christmas vacations, with rentals setting visitors back an average of just €81. Compare that to €231 in Vienna and €249 in Strasbourg.
So why is everyone flocking to Budapest this year? After all, according to Western media, the city is a dirty hellhole that is poorer than Romania and filled with feral zebras! How could it possibly be the place to be this holiday season?
Well, one reason is you won’t be run over by some random Islamists.
As the government has been rather keen to point out recently, the Hungarian decision not to let in infinite numbers of unvetted male migrants has resulted in the country being far safer than its neighbours.
Combined with the fact that the country already operates a family-first domestic policy, it is clear why the idea of a Budapest Christmas has appealed to so many.
The current administration is not the only one celebrating this success. Conservative X is currently filled with videos of the Budapest Christmas lights, as well as the large and well-stocked outdoor festive market located near St Stephen’s Basilica.
Visitors are clearly getting the most out of their holiday here, something no doubt made easier by there being next to no risk of fundamentalist violence.
The only downside is that keeping the migrants out is costing the Hungarian government €1 million a day in EU fines. But as Viktor Orbán has repeatedly stated, the country is only happy to pay it if it keeps both locals and visitors safe.
These are the fruits of Hungary’s common-sense migrant policy. While the likes of Belgium, France and Germany suffer under the thumb of foreign criminality and narcoterrorism.
‘The greatest irony of all this is that it is Hungary…that has maintained the best ties with the Islamic world’
Of course, the greatest irony of all this is that it is Hungary, not Western Europe, that has maintained the best ties with the Islamic world. Nations like Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are all majority muslim nations, but none of them subscribe to the extremist actions or rhetoric enabled by Brussels.
Quite the opposite, they warn against it. No wonder they get along with Hungary so well.
So where is the slop? For once, there is none. This is the Christmas episode. No Grinch-posting here!
But, if there is one bit of bad news, it is that Budapest is likely not to remain as cheap for foreigners over the coming years. Right now, the local Forint currency is gaining on both the dollar and euro, with the trend for the latter likely to accelerate if Eurocrats are dumb enough to steal frozen Russian assets to fuel their forever war in Ukraine.
Should that happen, expect Budapest Christmases to become a luxury only Hungarians can afford!
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