Budapest is wonderful I agree.
It became a single city in 1873, occupying both banks of the Danube, Buda on the West and Pest on the East.
Buda was the former capital of The Kingdom of Hungary, 1000-1946, and Pest is the Eastern flat part of the city. Although Pest was an independent city in it’s own right, historical archives date the city of Pest’s independence back to 1148.
But the two unified in 1873 and became Budapest....the Hungarian Parliament is on the Pest side of the Danube
Was there a few months ago.
You have to do the evening Danube cruise while all of the buildings are lit up, just incredible.