Disaster Tourism No Joke as Sign Erected to Mark Way

Hey, we were only joshing about the disaster tourism! So what if there are a couple of opportunists peddling popcorn and beer for extortionate sums? But with an estimated week left until the Danube returns to its normal level, and a new wave of rain and melting snow reportedly on its way, there is plenty of murky water left to see. To help rubberneckers find their way, a sign has appeared at Battyhány tér in Hungarian and English, Index.hu reports in a nicely illustrated story.

No one knows who is responsible for the makeshift board, but it suggests a route from Jászai Mari tér to Március 15 tér, via Margit híd and Lánchíd. It also recommends that photographers make suitably dramatic faces (drámai arcot) as they take their snaps. The English-speaker of unidentified origin interviewed by Index speculated that the Danube would have to rise another meter for the story to be big enough for the BBC. The cheek of it! This is a serious flood with serious disaster tourists.