An old Austrian tourist film from over a hundred years ago was recently uploaded to Vimeo by The Hungarian National Film Institute’s Archives in their efforts to share the amazing historical footage they have accumulated. In watching, you can see just how little the city of Budapest has changed in over a century, with perhaps the only site no longer around being the Sió Fountain, which was destroyed in World War II. Of course, it’s not totally true that the city hasn’t changed. Budapest has modernized along with the rest of the world and is loaded with modern architecture, but it’s also true that much of what you could find in 1916 can still be found if we’re talking about the city’s illustrious landmarks.

So when you watch the video below, it may appear like modern-day Budapest, only shot to look old. Like today, you can see the Anonymous sculpture at the City Park, you can see rowing teams skimming along the Danube’s surface, and tourists swarming Fisherman’s Bastian.

The film is part of the National Film Institute’s archive, which maintains an excellent website loaded with blog posts on Hungarian films and film history (it’s in Hungarian, but can be automatically translated). As a resource for those interested in Hungarian film past and present, the site is invaluable.

So, enjoy this old short film touting Budapest’s excellent sites, and know that for the most part, if you want to see them in color and in person, they look pretty much the same. And that’s a good thing.

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