Pick whichever you might want to settle in. Chances are you will end up not - but just in case it might be an option.
Source: college buddy met, married someone in korea and is there now
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If you want a more comfortable bourgeoise experience, perhaps. I've never been to either country, but from reading, Iceland would be more comfortable. Hungary may give more opportunity from getting working poor perspectives, particularly teachers. But reading is 2-D, IRL is 3-D. Perhaps a year in each is possible?
Might try to make that work
My best to you, whatever you decide. 🥂
Iceland is extremely safe and welcoming. Honestly, one of the coolest places I've been on the planet. Nothing else like it. The geography and ecology of that island is just cool as hell lol.
The people are all very kind and welcoming and it has a sort of communal vibe that is partly a mix of island and Scandinavian cultures. Awesome place and awesome people.
It is expensive. That is the only thing I would say is a drawback. For me, I think it is definitely worth it.
Yeah; seeing Iceland and Budapest as options, I think: “Budapest: relatively cheap, lots of culture. Iceland: trendy and cool, but only if you like waterfalls and darkness and windswept vistas with pretty much no trees. And REALLY expensive.” The people are great in both places. There’s LOTS of tourists everywhere in Iceland in the summer, and the entire population of the island would vanish in Budapest in the winter. So it depends on what you like and when you’re going/for how long.
Hmm I guess I want deep history and culture, not to be corny lol
Yes Iceland is an incredibly beautiful country. The cost of living there is a little higher than Hungary and the people are a little more reserved at first but overall is a fantastic place. It's slightly easier to visit the rest of Europe from Hungary than Iceland but both are great options and for the course you mentioned might be the better option. The water there takes a little while to get used to. If you don't choose to study there you should definitely visit.
If you don't choose to study there you should definitely visit.
For OP, if s/he decides on Hungary, or anyone else interested: I haven't checked prices recently, but IcelandAir used to be fairly competitively priced between Europe and North America, and they let you stopover in Iceland for up to a week with no additional airline charges.
Oh nice! Thx for the heads up
What are you studying? Are there good programs relevant to your field of study there?
Iceland is a very safe country and millions of tourists from all over (including the US) come to visit, so that shouldn't be your main concern.
Environmental science and history actually
Iceland is an amazing place for both. I would consider Iceland to be more at the forefront of environmental science than Hungary, but I could be surprised.
Eastern Europe is a bit more wild and would be less my cup of tea, but if you're mainly going for fun, that may be the better option.
That's a hella good program for Iceland. That country has one industry and it's freaking cool rocks
Hopefully not sarcasm lol
Nope, no joke. It was one of those dreams I never realized. Iceland has a lot of geothermal power plants and volcanic activity. I always wanted to live there and work at one. Also it's geologically very similar to the place I was born.
The industry thing is sad though. They're kind of economically deadlocked but had a pretty solid plan to get in to tech development. Back in 2008. Right when the Dotcom bubble crashed.