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Budapest Bathes

This documentary from the 90ties shows elderly men with tired faces, waiting for their bath. The gap between poverty and wealth is also visible in Budapest's baths.
After defeat of socialism millions were spent on the restauration of the famous Gellert Bath. Now it is visited almost only by tourists, for many hungarians it is no longer affordable. In other old turkish thermal bathes like Kiraly, Racs and Rudas locals still can be found. For many elderly...
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Budapest Bathes

This documentary from the 90ties shows elderly men with tired faces, waiting for their bath. The gap between poverty and wealth is also visible in Budapest's baths.
After defeat of socialism millions were spent on the restauration of the famous Gellert Bath. Now it is visited almost only by tourists, for many hungarians it is no longer affordable. In other old turkish thermal bathes like Kiraly, Racs and Rudas locals still can be found. For many elderly hungarians a public bath is still the only possibility of body hygiene.
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