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The reason I ask is because Hungarians seem to westernized, colder, more organized and industrious if you compare them to their eastern european slavic neighbors.
However compared to next door Austria, they seem eastern like.
They are kinda Italian like and have that colorful zest found in southern Europe but they are not really that southern, but not exactly northern like either.
It's strange because they have language similarities with the finns and estonians, but their cuisine, history is linked to Austria and Germany.
However they are next to the balkans and to ukraine, but also right next to the mediterranean Italy (Udine) is just a couple of hours away from Budapest, and pretty much next door to germanic Europe with tons of shared history with germany and mostly austria!
as far as the people, they are also just as varied, some looking kinda balkan, others look sort of italian, then you find these tall light blondes that look germanic but then you have tons who look slavic.
Frankly, I don't see the connection with Italy nor are they particularly wealthy or industrialized compared to their neighbors. Also, there are no historic ties with Germany.
IMO you can't really compare Hungarian culture to anything else in Europe. It's pretty unique. And that's good.
The reason I ask is because Hungarians seem to westernized, colder, more organized and industrious if you compare them to their eastern european slavic neighbors.
However compared to next door Austria, they seem eastern like.
Are you sure you are writing about Hungary ? Especially that part where you claim they are more industrialized and organized than their neighbors?. In terms of stability Hungary is one of the most problematic economy and one of the least productive in the region.
Industrial sector by country shows Hungary has lowest percentage among the central European nations
It's strange because they have language similarities with the finns and estonians, but their cuisine, history is linked to Austria and Germany.
However they are next to the balkans and to ukraine, but also right next to the mediterranean Italy (Udine) is just a couple of hours away from Budapest, and pretty much next door to germanic Europe with tons of shared history with germany and mostly austria!
as far as the people, they are also just as varied, some looking kinda balkan, others look sort of italian, then you find these tall light blondes that look germanic but then you have tons who look slavic.
Can't say I know much about Hungary, but I'd place it exactly where it is. In the crossroads of Balkan and the North, West and East, Slavic and Germanic.
I know that Hungary have a deep attachment to Poland and vice versa.
People from Hungary and also Tchekia have this profiund reverence to their Austrohungarian past, they love everything related to the period and that's their identity. More so regions in Txekia as Moravia, Bohemia, they are all a part of a culture no matter if languages are different. Just an impression.
I know that Hungary have a deep attachment to Poland and vice versa.
Huh? Half my family is Hungarian, I grew up knowing very many Hungarians, and I've never heard this at all.
Poland is an eastern, Slavic country and doesn't even share a border with Hungary. Hungarians like to pretend they're Westerners ("the Paris of Central Europe," don'tcha know?) and will constantly remind you that they're different (i.e., better) than their Slavic neighbors.
I'd say that, at least among my father's generation, there's more of an affinity for the Czechs - perhaps in part because of the similarities of 1956/1968.
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