100-Year-Old Budapest: Now in Colour

If you are local to the region, you know it has been a cold and rainy past half year. This type of weather sends certain romantic minds down nostalgic paths towards a distant past. Luckily, in the age of the Internet, such reveries are made easy, especially as there have been a spate of uncovered tourist promo films and archival footage uploaded.

Somebody even took it upon themselves to colorize a good deal of old video, really bringing the past to life. You can see from the near-100 year old British Pathé clip of 1930s Budapest just how picturesque the city is and was. It’s almost so pristine that it could be said to look like a film set.

We hesitate to say it was simpler times, as things were about to get much more turbulant, but the footage does convey an easy conviviality that feels appropriate for what was the ending of the Jazz Age. From the Oktogon roundabout to the Castle looking down on the city, we think you’ll agree that looking at Budapest through the lens of the past is a great way to spend a few minutes.

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