Budapest vs Vienna: Thermaalbaden or Habsburg palaces?
Budapest has the most beautiful thermaalbaden or Europe (Széchenyi). Vienna has Schönbrunn-palace and wereldklasse-koffiehuizen.
Budapest
Budapest is the Pearl or the Donau: thermaalbaden uit the Ottomaanse rijk, ruïne-bars in old gettogebouwen and the most beautiful verlichting or Central-Europe.
Flight from NL: €60 return
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Vienna is keizerlijk grandeur in modern jasje: Habsburg palaces, koffiehuizen where Freud are ideas opschreef, and a or the highest levenskwaliteit-scores ter world.
Flight from NL: €80 return
View Vienna →Best time to visit compared
Budapest
April-June and September-October: 18-25°C and the baden are perfect te combine with beautiful weather. December is sprookjesachtig with Christmas markets and thermaalbaden in the snow. July/August is heet but baden are ideal verkoeling.
Vienna
April-June and September-October: pleasant 18-22°C with bloeiende parks. December is magical with Christkindlmarkt on meerdere squares. Vermijd July/August (35°C, little airco) and January/February (grijs, sometimes below nul).
Flights + transfer from the Netherlands
Budapest
From Schiphol to Budapest-Ferenc Liszt (BUD) in 2 hour. KLM and Wizz Air. To center: bus 100E €3, or train. Locally: metro/tram €1, 24-hour pass €6.
Vienna
From Schiphol to Vienna (VIE) in 1 hour 50 minutes. KLM, Austrian Airlines. From airport: CAT-train €14 or S-Bahn S7 €4,30. Locally: metro/tram-ticket €2,40, 24-hour pass €8.
Costs compared
Budapest
Hostels from €12, mid-range hotels €50-80, vacation rentals €60 per night. Food: lángos €3, lunch goulash €8, dinner €15-22, biertje €2.
Vienna
Hostels from €25, mid-range hotels €90-140, vacation rentals €100 per night. Food: würstelstand €4, traditional lunch €12-15, dinner €25-35, coffee with taart €10.
Who is it for?
Choose Budapest if you are...
Spa-fans, lager budget, party-zoekers (ruïne-bars).
Choose Vienna if you are...
Klassieke muziek + palaces-fans, coffee-culture-lovers, who what netter because.
Our verdict
Budapest is 40% cheaper. Vienna is more expensive but geraffineerder. 2.5u train between.