Please welcome our neighbors from r/croatia who will be visiting us today in a cultural exchange session. Subscribers of r/croatia are invited to visit this post and ask any and all questions about Hungary. [There is a post over at](https://www.reddit.com/r/croatia/comments/1172ypj/%C3%BCdv%C3%B6z%C3%B6lj%C3%BCk_rhungary_today_we_are_hosting_hungary/) r/croatia similar to this one, where subscribers of r/hungary are also encouraged to go and do the same about Croatia.

We encourage to leave top level comments in this post for the folks coming over from r/croatia, and please be sure to be civil and follow the [reddiquette](https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439-Reddiquette) both here and over there.

Have fun and have a nice day!

ps: az “általános csevegő megathread” ideiglenesen nincs pinnelve, [itt érhető el](https://www.reddit.com/r/hungary/comments/10zm0mz/%C3%A1ltal%C3%A1nos_cseveg%C5%91_megathread/)

14 comments

  1. Egy hete feltettem egy kérdést az r/hungary oldalon, de nem kaptam választ. Tehát itt is megismételném ugyanezt.

    Érdeklődni szeretnék, hogy vannak-e köztetek leszármazottai azok, akik túlélték Budapest ostromát. Mesélnél néhány családi történetet a magyar történelem már említett tragikus eseményéről?

    Üdvözlet a napfényes Zágrábból!

  2. Hello everyone, I have a few questions.

    1. Did the interconnectedness of Croatia and Hungary, which lasted for more than 800 years, leave any mark on your language and culture?
    2. What is your view on the controversial political statements over the years about the “unjust” Trianon Treaty and the “loss of territory” mostly inhabited by other ethnic groups?
    3. Which nations do Hungarians commonly consider their closest friends and allies?
    4. What are you most proud of in your country?

  4. Went to Budapest for an extended weekend a few years back (will definitely be back btw, amazing city and I didn’t have enough time to see it all) and we took on a private tour guide (well it wasn’t a “private” one per se but due to the time of year we went (late September) it pretty much ended up being a private tour.

    Anyways, I was quite shocked by how little our tour guide (a woman in her thirties) knew of Croatia and the historical connection between our two peoples. She seemed flabbergasted by the fact that there was rampant “magyarization” attempted on Croats in Croatia in the 19th century. Do you guys not really learn about Croatia in your history classes? Or was this just a fluke?

  5. Did you know many Hungarian nobles were of Croatian origin and for some reason they were the biggest heroes of the defensive wars against Ottoman conquest? I mean the Zrinski and Juricic families mostly.

  6. This seems interesting! Just please don’t bring up Trianon, or anything of the sort.

    P.S. I see someone already did. Oh well…

  7. Back in the late 90’s when I was in puberty and before modern internet availablity, I used to catch a few Hungarian TV channels on my room antenna and on saturday night after midnight some Hungarian TV station used to have softocre porn movies. I used to look forward to it every week.

    Good old days.

  8. Hello neighbours!
    I am a Croatian Jew with a great grandmother from Budapest. I am really interested in Jewish culture before world war 2, I did some digging and apparently there was a rather lively community in Budapest. I wonder how it is now? I visited Budapest with my cousin a while ago and another time on business and it’s a beautiful city! Can anyone maybe tell me a bit about the Jewish culture in Hungary these days and maybe recommend me some literature or films about it, I would appreciate it greatly!

  9. I have 3 questions:

    1. What cartoons other than (I guess) Gusztáv were aired on Hungarian TV during the Communist regime?
    2. How come that during hundreds of years living together with us Croats, you never seem to adopt Č, Š, Đ, and Ž? It’s more economical than sz cs etc. 🙂
    3. Was I just “lucky”, or do all Hungarians drive like crazy people?

  10. Hi, I am probably a bit late but I am interested in what do you think about few stereotypes on Hungarians i heard in Croatia and Europe in general:

    * as a nation you don’t speak much foreign languages? I am sure you here on reddit do, but what about your peers, and young people? What about middle aged and older population?

    * in similar way, that you (as a people) don’t really travel or emigrate much around Europe? I would doubt it but I did hear it

    * that you are closed / introverted nation. Not really even sure what would it mean

  12. Is west of your country (bordering Croatia and Slovenia) full of natural springs with thermal water? Geology looks the same on the map, but I haven’t visited since I was toddler.

    If that is so, what are some spa worth visiting (looking on maps, I only found Zalakaros Spa and Lenti Spa), and what other hidden gems would you like to tourists to visit? Thanks

  13. Hi so I am a croatian dude dating a hungarian Girl for 8 months now, and i started to learn hungarian more seriously since last month.

    Does anyone have any tips for learning the language? idk if this counts as a cultural exchange tho 😛

    ps: nem olyan jó a magyar nyelvem most.

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