High Above Hungary

Soar over Hungary in this compilation video, which was produced using some of the best footage from the "High over Hungary" collection.  You'll be treated to bird's eye views of the great city of Budapest, the cultural treasures of Esztergom and Sárospatak, Lake Balaton, the Tokaj wine region, and more.  

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Prepare to be blown away by this astounding film (and winner in the Cityscapes category of the 6th Annual NYCDFF) of Budapest, Hungary, by 2x Drone Video Award-winning team Timelab.pro.  Shot with a Zenmuse X7 camera mounted to a DJI Inspire 2 drone, the video captures many highlights of this cultural treasure on the Danube River: its famous bridges, the Baroque masterpiece Buda Castle, the Parliament Building on the riverfront, the Liberty Statue on Gellért Hill, the St. Stephens Basilica, and more. 

This excellent drone video reel from AirVuz contributor tom g bp features footage from some of the top sights of Hungary.  Some of the locations you'll see include Lake Belaton; Visegrád Castle on the Danube Bend in northern Pest County; Budapest's St. Stephen's Basilica, Ferris Wheel, Nagytétény Castle Park, Buda Castle, Heroes' Square, Buda Castle, Matthias Church, Vajdahunyad Castle, and Matthias Church; the central Hungarian city of   Székesfehérvár; and more.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, new contributor and professional drone piloting company K&P studio put together this fantastic reel showing highlights of their work over the course of 2019.  The reel features a mix of urban, landscape, real estate, commercial, action sequences, and "people" shots including some excellent wedding-related footage.  Most of the footage was captured in Hungary, including an epic shot of the Hungarian Parliament building on the Danube River at around the 1:20 mark.  

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist koszoandras_photography
  brings us this excellent drone video from Hungary.  The video opens with shots of Lake Belaton in the western part of the country, including a great view of the Tihany Abbey on a peninsula of the lake at the :14 mark.  Further on, you'll see hilltop castles, the distinctive hill-mountains of western Hungary, and the expanse of the Hungarian Plain.  The video concludes with a nighttime shot looking over the Danube River in the capital city of Budapest.  

Take in these fantastic aerial landscapes from Hungary, compliments of new contributor koszoandras_photography.  The video was mostly shot around Lake Balaton and the area to its east, which is part of the Great Hungarian Plain.  The video includes footage of the churches around Mt. Badacsony on the northern side of the lake, the hilltop fortress of Szigliget atop Várhegy Hill, near the southwestern end of the lake; the Castle of Csesznek in the region of Bakony, north of the lake; the wetlands of the Danube–Tisza Interfluve, and more.   

Debrecen is Hungary's second largest city, after Budapest.  It's located in the east central part of the country, in the Northern Great Plain region.  Established no later than the 13th century, Debrecen was the capital of the (brief) proto-state of Hungary that emerged from the great Revolution of 1848 but which was soon quashed by the Habsburg rulers in Austria.  Heavily damaged during World War II but later restored, you can get a nice air/ground video tour of Debrecen at Christmas in this excellent video by K&P studio.  

Contributor and drone pilot Camerite created this beautiful aerial tour of Hungary, which was shot with a DJI Mavic Pro drone.  It includes footage from the following locations: (1) Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe, which lies in western Hungary and is a major regional destination; the great capital city of Budapest, which was formed in the late 19th century by uniting the cities of Buda and Pest on opposite sides of the Danube River; and (3) Siófok, a town on the northeastern end of Lake Balaton.  

Szeged is third largest city in Hungary (after the capital city of Budapest and Debrecen) and the largest in Hungary's southern region, lying near the border with Serbia.  One of the great cultural gems of Central Europe, this city in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain is known for its annual art festival.  Drone contributor and pilot Koromista flew his drone over Szeged, giving us a bird's eye view of some of the marvelous architecture of the city, which was mentioned as early as the 12th century.

AirVuz contributor koszoandras_photography put together this marvelous captioned drone video of some beautiful spots around Lake Balaton in western Hungary.  The video opens with shots of Tihaney Abbey, a Benedictine monastery on the lake's northwestern side.  Other featured locations include the castle of Nagyvázsony, just north of the lake (at the :23 mark); the Viaduct of Kőröshegy, on the lake's southeastern side (:51); and the Spa of Hévíz (1:00) and the Festetics Palace in Keszthely (1:10), both near the lake's southwestern end.  

Contributor Mrphotography created this magnificent drone video of Sag Mountain in western Hungary.  It's a small volcanic mountain (really a hill) near the town of Celldömölk, a bit west of Lake Belaton.  Despite its lack of elevation, it is spectacularly beautiful countryside.  Not surprisingly, the area has caught the attention of the movie industry: Sag Mountain was the shooting location for part of the 2006 feature movie Eragon, which was a screenplay adaptation of a novel by Christopher Paolini.

One of the defining geographical features of Hungary is the landform known as the Great Hungarian Plain, an area which covers much of Hungary as well as parts of six other Central and Southeast European countries.  Like the Great Plains in the USA, it's an area of grassy flat land and rolling hills.  Because of its lack of natural defenses, the Plain has been the site of many military campaigns in history.  In this video, you'll get a bird's eye view of the great Plain near Hortobágy in east-central Hungary.

Behold this stunning drone video of the great Esztergom Cathedral, one of the great cultural treasures of Hungary and indeed of Central Europe.  It's in the city of the same name, which lies a short distance north of the Hungarian capital city Budapest.  Esztergom is arguably the cultural center of Hungary, and served as the capital of a medieval predecessor of modern Hungary.  Built on the banks of the mighty Danube River in the mid-19th century, the cathedral is the largest church in Hungary.

Regec Castle lies in the northeastern corner of Hungary, not far from the country's border with Slovakia.  It lies within the Zemplén Mountains, part of the Carpathians.  The castle is believed to have been constructed in the 13th century, and in its time it was an important fortification center in northeastern Hungary.  The castle was demolished in the late 17th century.  Using a drone of unidentified model, contributor Miklos created a beautiful aerial view of one of the country's great landmarks.

This is the third in a series of drone videos by content creator and pilot Mrphotography to show us the beautiful countryside of western Hungary.  In the video, you'll get a bird's eye view of Somló Hill, a well-known winegrowing area which is roughly equidistant from the two ends of Lake Belaton.  Like much of western Hungary, the magnificent landscape here consists of rolling hills and plateaus.  The hill itself is actually a dormant volcano, at the top of which sits an 11th century castle.

Csokako is a small village in the western region of Hungary in Central Europe.  It is situated in Fejér County, sitting roughly halfway between the capital city Budapest and the east end of Lake Balaton.  Csokako is the site of an ancient castle with a storied past which is closely tied to the extremely complex early history of the Hungarian nation itself.  Using a DJI Mavic Pro drone, content creator and pilot Kris Kiszely created a beautiful video of this important Hungarian cultural heritage site. 

Check out this drone video of a castle in the southernmost part of Hungary, compliments of obzibusz.  It's called Siklós Castle, and it's in a town of the same name in Baranya, the southernmost of the 19 counties of modern-day Hungary.  The castle was built by a Hungarian noblemen in the 13th century.  In the early 15th century, during a rebellion, the castle was used to imprison the Hungarian King (and later Holy Roman Emperor) Sigismund.  Heavily damaged during World War II, it's now under state ownership.   

Top contributor vitality.karpovich, whose first three AirVuz uploads were all picked as Drone Video of the Week Finalists, hits another "bullseye" in this fantastic drone video of Budapest, Hungary.  The video opens with some epic footage of St. Stephens Basilica, the Neo-Classical masterpiece completed on the eve of World War I.  Other sights featured include the orange-steepled Matthias Church, the enormous Parliament Building, Buda Castle, Fishermen's Bastion, the Statue of Liberty atop Gellért Hill, and more.  

Lake Balaton is one of the natural wonders of Hungary.  The long, narrow lake is almost 80 km end-to-end (just under 50 mi.), but is only 14 km at its widest (around 8 mi.).  Covering about 600 square km (around 230 square mi.), it's the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe.  It serves as the rough boundary between the Transdanubian Mountain region to the north and the edge of the Great Hungarian Plain to the south.  One of Hungary's most popular resort destinations, you can check it out from above in this drone video by superstar pictures.    

Szombathely is believed to be the oldest city in Hungary.  It's the seat of Vas County, the middle of the three counties which make up the country's Western Transdanubian region.  Located near Hungary's western border with Austria, Szombathely is the tenth-largest city in the country as of 2019.  Founded by the Romans in 45 AD, the city became the capital of the Roman Empire province known as Pannonia Superior.  Take an aerial tour of the fascinating city in this excellent drone video by vasidrone.  

If you are looking for an excuse to visit Hungary, this drone video reel by contributor Gaborphoto will do the trick.  Most of it was shot in the area west of Lake Balaton, in western Hungary.  In the video, you'll see the distinctly formed mini-mountains (of volcanic origin) which dot the area west of the lake, some of which are topped with magnificent castles.  You'll also see the Somló winegrowing region, a bit to the northwest of the lake, which hosts some of the finest wineries in Central Europe.

For a first upload to AirVuz, contributor Superstar Pictures brings us these beautiful aerial views of Hungary's Bakony region.  This is a mountainous area located north of Lake Balaton, in the west-central part of the country.  It's part of the Transdanubian Mountains, a chain of hills which run on a southwest-to-northeast axis and whose peaks reach a maximum elevation of around 750 meters above sea level (around 2.5k ft.).  Most of Bakony lies within Veszprém County, which is part of the Central Transdanubia region.  

The highlands to the west and north of Lake Balaton in Hungary are part of Veszprém County, which lies a fairly short distance southwest of Budapest.  The area offers some of the most beautiful natural and cultural sights of Central Europe.  In this drone video by Gaborfoto.com, you'll get a bird's eye view of this storied region.  The video features footage of the following locations: Sümeg, Tapolca, St. Mihály-chapel, St. George-hill, Castle of Szigliget, Badacsony, and Tihany Abbey.  

Tokaj-Hegyalja is one of Europe's most famous wine regions, covering portions of northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia.  The region is noted for its Tokaji sweet wine, which is mentioned in Hungary's national anthem, and which is sourced from six different varieties of grapes grown in the region.  Most of the region is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site called the Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape.  Check out this storied region from above in this drone video by AirVuz contributor Fehér Photography.

Hungary's Meczek Mountains are situated in the southern part of the country, in the Baranya region which lies between the Danube and Drava Rivers and borders Croatia to its southwest.  The Meczek peaks rise to a maximum altitude of 700 meters above sea level (right around 2.3k ft).   The area was once home to a large ethnic German population, most of which was expelled after World War II.  Contributor Czuczorferenc created this magnificent aerial video of this stunningly beautiful mountain range.

Lake Balaton in western Hungary has some of the most interesting geography in Central Europe.  The long lake, which is oriented in a southwest-northeast direction, has completely different landscapes on  either side.  The southeastern side is completely flat, while the northwestern side is hilly and almost mountainous in places.  Contributor and pilot Mrphotography used a DJI Mavic drone to create this stunning aerial video of the northwestern side of the lake, in the so-called Balaton Uplands.

Contributor RobertBanfi created this beautiful drone video of a well known 19th century castle in northern Hungary.  It's called Andrassy Castle, and it's located in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, the northeasternmost Hungarian county.  Constructed in the 1880's, the castle's design draws on both the Romanticist and the Neo Gothic schools of design.  It was built for Gyula Andrássy, who was the Prime Minister of Hungary when the Dual Monarchy was formed in 1867 and later as the Foreign Minister of Austria Hungary. 

The area north of Hungary's Lake Balaton is known as the Balaton Uplands, and it features a distinctively beautiful landscape of hills which are of (inactive) volcanic origin.  In this drone video by rajnairichard, you'll get a bird's eye view of one of the more well known of these hills. It's called Csobánc, and it's part of the Balaton Uplands National Park.  The video features footage of the castle that sits atop the hill, which dates to the 13th century and withstood several seiges by Turkish (Ottoman) forces in the 16th century.  

Contributor sepsigergo returns to AirVuz after a two year hiatus with this fantastic drone video of a well-known forest in Hungary.  The Gemnec Forest is located in the southern part of the country, just west of the Danube River on the Great Hungarian Plain.  The only remaining tidal area of the great waterway, the Gemnec is known for its unique mix of flora and fauna, including bird species such as herons, storks and mammals such as stags and boars.  The heart of the forest is located between the towns of between Szekszárd and Baja.  

Wrenee, aka Queen of the Dronie, travels the world taking epic drone selfie shots.  In this video, she say hello to us from Lake Bokod in Hungary, very much distinguishable by a kms/miles line long of stilted houses.  The houses are mostly weekend/summer cottages, although some are lived in all year round.  Lake Bokod is in the Komárom-Esztergom County in the northwest part of the country.  It's a short drive from Esztergom, the great Hungarian capital from the 10th to the 14th centuries.

Kaposvár is an important region in southwestern Hungary.  It's the capital of Somogy County, which is part of the historical region of Southern Transdanubia.  The town dates to the 11th century AD, although the area was settled for thousands of years before then.  It was under Ottoman control for over a century and then suffered severe depredations when the area came under Habsburg control.  Largely spared from the fighting in World War II, the town has thrived in recent decades as a regional cultural center.  

Transdanubia is a historical region which covers most of western Hungary, plus parts of its neighbors to the west.  It is formed by the area delimited by the Danube River to the north and east, the Alps to the west, and two Danube tributaries to the south.  Within Hungary, Transdanubia is broken into three different official regions: Western, Central, and Southern Transdanubia.  In this video, you'll get a bird's eye look Zala County, which is the southernmost of the three counties of Western Transdanubia.  

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is the northernmost Hungarian county, located partly in the Zemplén Mounains and partly on the Hungarian Plain.  Fehér Photography put together this excellent aerial tour of the region, which features the county capital Miskolc, the town of Lillafüred, the Tokaj wine district, the important cultural town of Sárospatak, Szerencs, the industrial town of Kazincbarcika, the city of Ózd (the county's second-largest), and the village of Tarcal.

AirVuz contributor rcwolf-media used a DJI Air 2 drone to create this marvelous aerial tour of the Lake Balaton area of Hungary.  The largest lake in Central Europe, Balaton runs on a generally southwest-to-northeast axis roughly 50 mi. in length (just under 80 km) through the region of Transdanubia, in the western part of the country and a bit south of Budapest.  The northern shore of the lake is mountainous, while its southern shore is generally flat and opens up onto the Great Hungarian Plain.  

Brand-new AirVuz contributor and pilot rcwolf-media brings us this excellent drone video from a beautiful spot on the Great Hungarian Plain.  The video was filmed around the Kiskunsági National Park, which lies on the eastern side of the Danube River, roughly in the middle of a triangle formed by Lake Balaton and the cities of Budapest and Szeged.  Part of the region known as the Danube–Tisza Interfluve, the area is home to large wetlands which are critical to supporting the bird population of Central Europe.  

Check out this rather stunning drone video of a famous Hungarian palace, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot Michael Daramola.  Using a DJI Mavic Air 2, he filmed the Royal Palace of Gödöllő in Pest County, northeast of Budapest.  The double "U" shaped landmark was built over the course of much of the 18th century.  It became the favored residence of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary, wife of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph.  Nearly ruined by the end of World War II, it underwent a complete restoration in the 1980's.  

AirVuz contributor and pilot Miklos created this beautiful drone video of an important town in northeastern Hungary called Sárospatak.  The focus of the video is the town's castle, which dates to the reign of King Andrew II in the early 13th century.  Over the years, the castle was owned by numerous important members of the Hungarian nobility, and it played an important role in the various political struggles that ran through this region during the late Medieval and into the Early Modern period of history.

Sopron is a town in the far western part of Hungary, near the border with Austria.  The town was built over the course of the 9th-11th centuries on the ruins of an old Roman town, but was destroyed in a 17th-century fire.  When the Austro-Hungarian Empire broke apart after World War I the area became a borderland between the two countries which emerged from the wreckage.  Given its history, the fire tower was an important part of the rebuilt city and the subject of this drone video by contributor Thesmithdronian. 

Contributor Robert Banfi created this amazing drone video of what was once Europe's largest military barracks.  It's near the Hungarian town of Hajmáskér, in the western part of the country.  The base was built in the late 1800's and served as the main artillery training range for the Austro-Hungarian Army in the First World War.  It served as a Germany military base towards the end of World War II, then a Red Army base, before being finally abandoned in 1990 when the Warsaw Pact dissolved. 

Check out this excellent drone video of one of the largest churches in Hungary, a country known in part for its churches.  It's the twin-spired Votive Church and Cathedral of Our Lady of Hungary, and it's located in Szeged, Hungary's third-largest city and the largest in the southern part of the country.  Construction of the church began in 1913, on the eve of the First World War, but was interrupted by the war and wasn't completed until 1930.  Situated in Szeged's Dóm Square, it's the fourth-largest church in the country.

AirVuz contributor and pilot Szantolacka brings us this excellent drone video from a beautiful spot on Lake Balaton in Hungary.  The area filmed is called Badacsony, which is a table-shaped mountain on the northern side of the lake, one of the largest in Central Europe.   The mountain's prominence is about 300 meters or around 1k ft.  It's part of the hilly-to-mountainous landscape which dominates the nortern/western side of the lake and which contrasts markedly with the much flatter topography on Balaton's opposite side.  

AirVuz contributor rajnairichard brings us this beautiful aerial mini-tour of the famous Villány wine-growing region of Hungary.  It's located in Baranya County near the country's southern border with Serbia, where the Great Hungarian Plain, the Baranya Hills, and the low-slung Villány Mountains come together.  The sub-Mediterranean climate here is ideal for growing red grapes, which are used to make Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot wines, as well as white grapes for Riesling, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc wines.    

Check out this fantastic drone video of a well-known castle in northern Hungary, compliments of Fehér Photography.  He filmed Sárospatak Castle in its namesake town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, the northernmost Hungarian county.  Situated in the Bodrog River Valley, the castle (and town) occupied a strategic position on a key route through the mountains that define Hungary's natural northern boundary.  The Renaissance style castle here dates to the 1530's, and it was once home to the richest family in Hungary.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, brand-new contributor and pilot matezol03 brings us this excellent drone view from the hills of northern Hungary.  The video was shot near the village of Abod in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, the northernmost of the country's 19 counties.  With a long border with neighboring Slovakia, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County is split in terms of its landscapes - the northern portion (which includes Abod) is covered by the Northern Mountains, while the southern part is on the Great Hungarian Plain.  

Check out these drone views of the city of Szekszárd, Hungary compliments of AirVuz contributor Beni.  Szekszárd is the capital of Tolna County in the southern part of the country.  It lies just to the west of the Danube River, near the meeting point of two of Hungary's most important geographical features: the Transdanubian Mountains and the Great Hungarian Plain.  With a full-time population of a bit under 35k, the city dates to the 11th century.  Much of its architecture dates to the 19th century, following a devastating fire in 1794.

Check out these beautiful 4k drone views of a famous Benedictine Abbey in Hungary, compliments of Szantolacka.  Using a DJI Mavic Air drone, he filmed the Tihaney Abbey, which lies on the northern shore of Lake Balaton (one of the largest lakes in Central Europe).  The abbey was founded in the 11th century, and the current church was built in the mid-1700's.  The abbey is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint Aignan of Orleans, and its founding charter is considered the oldest surviving document using the Hungarian language.  

Hungary's Kiskunság National Park is one of the natural treasures of this Central European country.  Located about 90 minutes from Budapest by car, the park is part of region known as the Danube–Tisza Interfluve, a portion of the Great Hungarian Plain between the country's two most important rivers.  The park is known for its alkili lakes, which support a wide variety of flora and fauna.  The park has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1975.  Check it out from above in this fantastic drone video. 

Take a tour of the Hungarian city of Szentendre in this fantastic FPV video by contributor and FPV pilot Pircho FPV.  Szentendre is located on the Danube River, just upstream from Budapest in the northwestern part of the country.  Known for its thriving museums and galleries, it's sometimes known as the City of Arts.  The video will take you through this fascinating town, which was decimated under Ottoman occupation but reborn in the late 19th century.  This piece earned Pircho FPV a spot on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in July, 2020.

Top contributor and pilot Raf Neo used a DJI Mavic Pro drone to create this stunning tour of the highlights of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest.  The video opens and closes with spectacular shots of the St. Stephens Basilica, Hungary's greatest cultural treasure, which lies on the Pest (eastern) side of the Danube.  It is named after the first Hungarian king who ruled during the 10th and 11th centuries and is credited with converting his people to Christianity.  The great landmark was completed in 1905 on the site of an old theater.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, brand-new contributor Gergely Osztie brings us this excellent drone video of a Hungarian village called Budajenő.  It's located in Pest County, a bit to the northwest of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.   The video features footage of the town's 800 year old church and cemetery as well as its 19th century monastery.  Shot with a DJI Mavic Mini drone, the video also will give you some nice views of the hills on the outskirts of the town, which has a population of about 1,700.  

Lake Tisza is a major artificial reservoir in Hungary.  It's located on the Tisza River in Heves County in the northern part of this Central European country.  The lake was created in connection with the construction of the Tisza Dam in the 1970's, although the lake itself wasn't fully filled until the 1990's.  The lake covers 127 square km (just under 50 square mi.) and has a length of 27 km (around 16 mi.).  You can check out the impressive-looking lake from above in this drone video by AirVuz contributor rcwolf-media.  

Check out this spectacular drone video of a flashmob music festival in the main square of Szeged, Hungary's third largest city after Budapest and Debrecen.  Szeged is the main city of Csongrád County, in the middle of the country's southern section.  It is part of the Great Plain of Hungary which extends east of Lake Balaton and is one of the defining geographical features of Central and Southeastern Europe.  Szeged is an important cultural center of Hungary, both in historical and in modern times.  

The Tihaney Abbey is one of the more iconic sights of Hungary.  It lies on the shores of Lake Balaton, on a peninsula which effectively divides Central Europe's largest lake.  Seen in this drone video by tom g bp, it's a Benedictine monastery which was established in the 11th century AD, early in the nearly 1,000 year run of the Kingdom of Hungary.  Dedicated to the Holy Virgin and to Saint Bishop Aignan of Orleans, it's the final resting place of Andrew II; buried here in 1060, his is the only surviving grave of the early Hungarian kings.

Opening with shots of the teal colored waters of Lake Balaton, this aerial piece by M.C. Photography & Events will give you a mini tour of Hungary. See the small resort town of Tihany, located on the shores of Lake Balaton, then check out the famous Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest. Other location standouts include Matthais Church - famous for its gothic architecture, as well as night shots of the Libery Statue of Budapest and other sights of the capital city.  

Helidronmedia is one of the top commercial drone piloting companies in the Central European country of Hungary.  Their track record allows them to secure some most complex aerial videography work, including TV commercials, largepublic events, corporate videos, and the like.  This video highlights their commercial work during 2018.   Some of the reel's best moments include some great shots of the capital city Budapest, a hot air balloon floating over Hungary's wine country, a drifting event, a music festival, and more.  

Esztergom is a small but historically and culturally important city in northern Hungary, northwest of Budapest.  Despite its modest size, the city played a prominent role in Hungarian history, at one point serving as the proto-nation's capital.  The cathedral at the center of the city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary.  Contributor Miklos uses a drone to treat us to this beautiful aerial view of the Szeged cathedral and the rest of this ancient city, one of the country's top tourist destinations.  

Get an aerial "taste" of Hungary in this excellent drone video compilation of sights around one of Europe's most fascinating countries.  The video opens with a shot of the abbey in the village of Tihaney, on the northern shore of Lake Balaton, one of Europe's largest lakes.  Then it's on to the bridges over the Danube River in the great capital city of Budapest.  The rest of the video features top-down shots alternating between the famous forests of the Hungarian countryside and the streets of its bustling cities.