Traveling Obscured, Budapest, Hungary
Traveling Obscured, Budapest, Hungary

In Budapest, Hungary…

In the summer (generally on the weekends) mostly young people go to [Margaret Island] at night to party in its terraces, or to recreate with a bottle of alcohol on a bench or on the grass (this form of entertainment is sometimes referred to as bench-partying).

I wonder if the term in Hungarian is more meaningful than its English translation “bench-partying”?

What is this form of entertainment called in other cultures and locations around the world, and how do their translations to English compare?

Sadly, while our tools for translating language are getting better, our tools for translating culture are still quite limited…

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