Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Hungary is the Central European country that uses the forint (HUF) as its currency and whose capital, Budapest, was historically two separate cities.
Before 1873, Buda (on the west bank of the Danube) and Pest (on the east bank) were independent towns. Their official merger—along with Óbuda—created modern Budapest, now a single metropolis linked by iconic bridges like the Széchenyi Chain Bridge.