Aqueducts also provided water for mining operations, milling, farms and gardens. Aqueducts moved water through gravity alone, being constructed along a slight downward gradient within conduits of stone, brick or concrete. Most were buried beneath the ground, and followed its contours; obstructing peaks were circumvented or, less often, tunnelled through.
Advertisement. Budapest is famous for its excellent food, as traditional Hungarian cuisine is among the best and richest in Europe. Traditional Hungarian restaurants offer tasty food, often accompanied by traditional Gipsy musicians, who come to your table to play Hungarian tunes directly into your ear.
According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Budapest is situated in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome. The mean annual temperature is 11.2 degrees Celsius (52.1 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.