Living and Working Abroad in Budapest: My Experience

I love exploring new cities, working and living in different places for a while. I spent about 4 months in Budapest and really liked it. In this video, I'll share my experiences - the good and not-so-good - take you to some of my favorite (coffee) spots and encourage you to give living and working in another country a try!
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[@Shyllard]

"Low cost of living" is always one of the worst takes by digital nomads, especially when a Lot of locals are struggling with the cost of living. I like meeting foreigners, but when you come here with your better salary and you take away the living spaces of locals, you are actually contributing to the raising of rent prices. Other than this point, it's an interesting perspective. But the topic of cost of living ticks me the wrong way when more and more hungarians are struggling.

[@artnouveau-travel]

We love Budapest. Awesome movement is art nouveau. Budapest and Szeged are amazing. Looking forward to visiting it again

[@CombatantBlog]

I am hungarian, and live in Budapest. So probably thats why this video poped up for me. Interesting to see a foreign opinion of my city.

[@m8games]

And the city looks more beautiful with you in it! Also loved the self-ironic cuts!

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Aww thank you so much for your comment!! 🥰

[@berryydiary]

Well explained and a very enjoyable video, thanks!

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Thank you so much for your comment!

[@MadiAubakirov]

Amazing, Sabrina! Love seeing you on YT! 🙌🏼🔥

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

☺️☺️

[@gabuko_web_studio]

I live in Budapest and I love working in coffee shops, there are so many good ones.

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Yeees! One that is pretty good to work from is Arch & Beans😍

[@mooseviii]

Love this.

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Thank you!

[@mattmoss6121]

Great video, new subscriber! I'm an American with Hungarian roots! My great grandfather and further back are all from Hungary! Looking to visit in the next year and maybe relocate!

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Thanks for subscribing!🥰 Nice, have a great time in Hungary!!

[@MadiAubakirov]

Great content & editing 👌🏼

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Thank you Madi!!

[@tugberkbastepe]

@sabrinarnold Any tips for this awesome editing and content creation? I'm about to become a YTer, too. I'd highly appreciate it.

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

@@tugberkbastepe KZbin is the best for tutorials! The most important thing is to take action, try it out yourself, experiment, and as you make more videos, you'll get better every time. Good luck with starting your channel!!

[@nnamdierondu919]

Wow nice video hope to see more and meet too

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Thank you so much!☺️

[@GrahamConnor]

I'm also moving to Budapest, and I'm also part of the LGBT+ community. But when I visited in February I fell in love with the place. Even ended up at Why Not bar :)

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Budapest is indeed a really nice place! So enjoy Budapest then!😍😍

[@littlebrit]

Where is Arnold ? Is he filming ?

[@naidourod]

As an international student interested in pursuing a PhD position there, could you tell me if the locals are friendly to foreigners? Is there any noticeable racial discrimination, especially for someone like me from the Middle East? Also, how about the English language? Do most people speak it well, similar to countries like the Netherlands?

[@fdonn2112]

-Yes we are, Budapest is a global city, in the city center foreigners are actually the majority living there. University students or people with degrees are especially open to foreigners and most of the time they speak english. Also hungarians are very hospitable, nice and warm people (we just hate ourselves...) -As an educated middle eastern expat you will not have much or any discrimination i think especially in Budapest, but countrywide neither... Seeing and interacting with middle eastern people is an everyday occurence in this city. BUT Since 2015/2016 there is a bit of a "restlessness" (idk what the correct world is) towards muslim migrants. The thing is when the migration crisis started after the Syrian civil war our country did not take any refugees, and built a fence on the southern border to not let them in. Accompany this our government started a political campaign. They basically put up bilboards that said things in hungarian like: If you come to our country you have to respect our culture, you cant take hungarian people's jobs, did you know that the parisian terror attacks were done by migrants, did you know that roughly 300 people died in terror attack since the migration started etc... But Budapest is very against the ruling party so people dont care. Also it was like almost ten years ago so people do not care as much in general i think... People here tend to dislike those muslim migrants who they percieve bring economic, cultural and social trouble (wheter they actually do that is not for me to say). These include refugees and guest workers who do not speak english very well. As an educated english speaking expat you are not in that bracket i think. There is certanly a part of the population who is racist but every culture has those i believe... (Also some of us (i especially) love ironically nationalistic/racist humor (see r/2visegrad4you), if you can handle that you are good to go) -In Budapest you will get by very well only speaking english. Getting a job is a little bit harder but it is possible (i actually have a middle eastern coworker who doesnt speak hungarian, she gets by fine i think) Everywhere else is a different story, in the countryside you may need some help to get by from someone who speaks hungarian. But young people tend to speak english much more than older folk, as they are taught the language and they are more tapped in the online ecosystem. So yeah i think it is a good choice to come here, maybe the education system will be a little bit different first (it is very lexical instead of problem solving, but its not that bad)

[@naidourod]

@@fdonn2112 Thank you so much for your detailed and thoughtful response. I appreciate you sharing insights about the openness of Budapest, especially towards educated international expats. It's reassuring to hear that Budapest is welcoming and that English is widely spoken, particularly among the younger population. I understand the context you provided about the political climate and public sentiments since 2015/2016. It's good to know that, as an educated English-speaking expat, I might not face significant discrimination. Thank you again for your comprehensive answer. I wish you all the best and hope everything goes well for you

[@kaszaspeter77]

Ich habe das umgekehrt gemacht: ich komme originell aus Budapest, arbeite jetzt aber in Zürich :)

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Das ist natürlich auch eine gute Idee!😍😉

[@tamaskubovicz2815]

We are EU members alredy 20 years :-))

[@zephyrna6249]

I appreciate the video but you aren't very self aware in that most of your complaints about the city are either you problems or problems caused by the presence of lots of people like you. Especially the touristy gentrification problem you mentioned. The cost of living here is actually very bad and most of us struggle to get by month to month but you wouldn't know that as one of the richest demographics in Europe. Still. I appreciate the general positivity regarding my beautiful city.

[@dasytaylor]

There are LGBTQI+ firendly places and communities in Budapest but yes, unfortunately you would still get "the looks" on the street if you are visibly and openly queer. Most people don't really care though.

[@SabrinaArnoldVlogs]

Yes you are right!☺️