Pécs rivals Budapest

The southern Hungarian town of Pécs is the European Capital of Culture for 2010. With the start of the year the rivalry between Budapest and the provinces has once more risen to the surface, writes the news portal Hírszerző: "The experiences of the past weeks show us that even having two capitals, one of them cultural, isn't enough to really make us feel like Europeans. ... In recent days for example the opposition between Budapest and the provinces has once more entered the limelight. ... It's the same old story: the petty rivalry between the provinicial towns, in this case Pécs, and the capital Budapest, which overshadows everything else. ... And yet the nomination of Pécs as Cultural Capital in 2005 was meant to show Europe that there was a spectacular, exhilarating cultural life in Hungary outside Budapest. Let's hope this will still be the case during Pécs' year as cultural capital."

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