Hungarians Take Walking Tour to Know More about Budapest’s Muslims
Budapest-based tour operator Setamuhely (Budapest Walkshop) runs 30 different walks taking visitors around the city’s architectural and cultural sites and the Jewish and Muslim communities.
"I can say that this walk, "Muslims who live among us", is the most popular tour,” said Anna Lenard who runs the business. When the Muslim tour was set up three years ago very few people were interested.
"Most people have never met a Muslim in their life and this ... together with what they hear every day in the media causes a lot of tension and stress in daily life. I think this is the main reason why people are coming now.”
Most of the people on the four-hour walk have a college degree, and two-thirds are women, she said, Reuters reported.
Hungary’s
Muslim community, estimated to number about 40,000, grew with the
migration crisis of 2015, though most of them arrived earlier to study
at Hungarian universities.
