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00:00For over a hundred years, the Orient Express, the world's most iconic train, crossed Europe.
00:13If you were to be travelling on the Orient Express in its golden age,
00:17this is the kind of carriage you would be travelling on.
00:21Until its withdrawal, the train tied Europe together.
00:25Prince Ferdinand was quoted in saying that the Orient Express is of vital interest to us.
00:31A service famed for its glamour and luxury.
00:35This space was for the creme de la creme, the best of the best.
00:39That became world famous.
00:42The Cold War made the Orient Express the hotbed of spice.
00:47And whose legacy is still felt.
00:50Let's say 150 years ago you came here with the Orient Express.
00:53You would have seen exactly the same mosque of today.
00:59In this series, we'll take a 2,000 mile journey across Europe.
01:06It's always a very exciting moment when we are doing a route for the first time.
01:11And follow a new luxury train as it retraces the fabled route.
01:16Exploring the history of a golden age of train travel along the way.
01:23In the golden age of rail, a single ticket on the Orient Express network
01:34took passengers from London all the way to Istanbul, the gateway to the east.
01:40In the 1920s, Waggon-Li, the company that ran the Orient Express,
01:45had a luxury train network that stretched across three continents.
01:51At the core of this network were their multiple Orient Express services.
01:56After travelling through France and Germany,
01:59passengers from London would head for the imperial capital of Vienna,
02:02before passing through Budapest, Belgrade and Sofia on their way to Istanbul.
02:08On this part of the legendary journey, a shocking attack...
02:14It exploded and the locomotive and four carriages fell down to the abyss.
02:21A close escape...
02:22It was extremely dangerous and Freud, of course,
02:26spent the most horrible hours of his life.
02:29And a rare survivor.
02:30It was a luxurious carriage from top to bottom.
02:40895 metres above sea level,
02:43the Semering Pass is one of the few ways to cross the Alps.
02:47For centuries, people used trackways and roads to cross the mountains.
02:51Then came the railways.
02:54In one of the greatest feats of railway engineering ever,
02:59the Semering Bar was driven through this pass.
03:02It's still a unique highlight for anyone who travels through it,
03:06like passengers on the Golden Eagle Danube Express,
03:09a modern-day luxury train,
03:11on its inaugural run from Paris to Istanbul.
03:14The 41-kilometre-long line took 10,000 people just six years to build by hand.
03:26It traverses 14 viaducts, 129 bridges and 14 tunnels as it crosses the mountains.
03:33The route, the world's first mountain railway, was long thought impossible.
03:44The highlight of the route is the Kalta Rhena Viaduct,
03:48a 46-metre-high, double-storey structure that carries the line across the river.
03:56Since 1998, this railway has been a World Heritage Site,
04:00standing alongside the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China.
04:07The Semering Bar is a highlight for seasoned traveller Helen Burnham.
04:12It's a great adventure.
04:14It's a great way to travel.
04:17Look at all this nice scenery here.
04:21But Austria is a beautiful country, you know?
04:24Helen has travelled on luxury trains across the world.
04:27I got hooked on luxury travel by the Royal Scotsmine.
04:33A trip which I did in 96, which is a long time ago.
04:38Almost 30 years later, there's just one route left on her bucket list.
04:43Everybody raves about the old Orient Express,
04:48which is sort of an epic journey, Paris to Istanbul.
04:52That was missing on my programme.
04:55But there are benefits to doing the journey on a modern luxury train.
05:02There is a lot of history attached to the Orient Express.
05:07The old Orient Express didn't have private bathrooms.
05:13They never talked about that,
05:16but when they show the old films of the Orient Express,
05:20it's always about the dining.
05:211,400 kilometres after leaving Paris,
05:29the Orient Express approached the halfway point of its journey.
05:33After travelling through Germany and having navigated the Alps,
05:36the train pulled into the imperial capital of Vienna,
05:40one of the most architecturally impressive cities in Europe.
05:45It was rebuilt in the mid-19th century.
05:50Its old city walls were replaced with a sweeping Ringstrasse and grand buildings.
05:56It was also one of Europe's great railway cities.
05:59The city was surrounded by workshops that produced railway locomotives and carriages,
06:07including the first Orient Express carriages.
06:13Orient Express passengers arrived into the city via its west station.
06:18The original grand 19th century station was destroyed during World War II
06:22and rebuilt in the 1950s.
06:25Its modernist ticket hall remains much as it looked when the station reopened.
06:31Vienna was one of the most popular stops for Orient Express passengers.
06:35Many would leave the train and immediately head to their hotel.
06:39But if you were looking for luxury,
06:41you would have headed straight for Vienna's most famous one.
06:45Michael Moser was the head concierge at the Hotel Imperial for over 30 years.
06:50The building itself was not built as a hotel.
06:55It was built as a private palace from a German duke.
06:58He was very rich and married a very rich princess of Austria.
07:03The Duke Philip of Württemberg only enjoyed his lavish palace for five years.
07:09They built the Ringstrasse, so much noise, trouble.
07:12And he was so rich, he said,
07:14I don't like the place anymore.
07:15I built another palace on the 9th District.
07:18It was empty for two years.
07:21And 1873, Viennese World Exhibition, no hotels.
07:25Some of the water place and changed it within one year into a hotel.
07:30And since 1873, we are hotel now.
07:35The hotel's grand staircase remains today exactly as it was when this was a royal palace.
07:41It leads to the lavish double-height first floor.
07:47Once, these were royal apartments.
07:50Now, they're the best rooms in Vienna.
07:54So, here we are on the first floor of the palace,
07:57and here where our wealthy guests from the Orient Express stayed when they came to the imperial.
08:03This is a part of our royal suite.
08:07We have two of these, actually.
08:10460 metres squared, with ceilings almost 7 metres tall,
08:15the royal suite has a palatial living room
08:17and a separate bedroom with en suite bathroom and changing rooms.
08:21And just to mention, the two rooms, they have a 100-metre curtain.
08:28Because every window has four curtains,
08:31because if somebody would like to relive in the dark,
08:33we have double curtain on each side.
08:37If we look up, there are still the crowns from the Duke of Württemberg.
08:41This is, the decoration is all absolutely original.
08:45This is, this is really 160 years old, too.
08:48Michael Moser fell in love with the hotel the moment he walked into it for the first time.
08:54I started, actually, in 1983 here,
08:58second-row concierge,
09:01and my head concierge retired in 86,
09:07and then I became head concierge.
09:11We had a lot of charming, very charming guests from the Orient Express,
09:17and if I remember well, they always came on Friday late afternoon,
09:21then they stayed a little bit in Vienna, one or two days or three.
09:25When I started here, there were not so many luxury hotels in Vienna,
09:28so more or less every party, every famous person who was staying in Vienna
09:32was staying with us.
09:34The hotel's famous visitors are recorded in its guest books.
09:37Unfortunately, the first guest book from 1873 till 1915 got lost.
09:46But I show you, this is our guest book, the oldest we have, they start in 1915.
09:55Some, we cannot read the signature, but a lot of we found.
10:00And this is, for example, Charlie Chaplin.
10:02He wrote Beautiful and Splendid, Charlie Chaplin, March 1931.
10:09This is Alfred Hitchcock, the famous film designer, film regisseur.
10:16He made his face, and then he wrote also his signature.
10:21He stayed, actually, in this room, and in an interview he said,
10:25I was staying at the Hotel Imperial in a very, very large suite.
10:28I lost my wife, and half an hour later I found her behind a marble column.
10:34Despite retiring in 2014 from concierge duties,
10:38Michael's love of the hotel keeps him here almost daily.
10:41I mean, actually, I'm proud to be a little a part of the history itself,
10:47you know, because I'm so long here, I'm the longest-running man here in the hotel.
10:51I always say people worked very hard 100 years before and made a good job,
10:58otherwise the hotel would be not as famous as it is.
11:02For decades, Orient Express passengers could alight at Vienna,
11:19one of Europe's greatest cities.
11:23It was the heart of the Habsburg Empire,
11:26and its imperial glory is clear to see.
11:29Once Orient Express passengers had checked into the hotel,
11:34they'd be looking to stretch their legs
11:36and blow off a little steam after such a long journey.
11:39Luckily, Vienna had them covered.
11:43Paul Propp is the fifth generation of his family to work at Prater.
11:48The large public park is one of Vienna's most famous landmarks.
11:51So, if you decided to step down from the Orient Express
11:56and visited the Prater 100 years ago,
12:00you will find most of the similarities you will see now
12:03with the Hauptallee and the trees,
12:05and we even have the Lusthaus on the top of our hill here,
12:10where all the people back then drank the coffee and ate their schnitzel.
12:16Prater was transformed for the 1873 World's Fair.
12:21Paths were paved, gas streetlights installed,
12:24and a brand-new amusement park created,
12:27the centerpiece of which was a recreation of Venice,
12:31complete with canals and gondolas.
12:33Venice in Vienna Prater was an amazing entertainment area
12:37where they brought different culture
12:39to a very, very famous attraction park.
12:43My family actually came into the Wiener Prater in the year 1887,
12:48and it's so interesting and so funny
12:51because the people that came from the Orient Express, for example,
12:56they had the experience probably with my grand-grandfather
12:59operating these businesses back in the days.
13:02Two years after Venice in Vienna opened,
13:05a brand-new attraction was unveiled.
13:08This is our famous Ferris wheel, built in the year 1897,
13:13and it was built actually for our emperor, Franz Josef I.
13:17It was built by a British engineer, a very brilliant guy,
13:20because in the end he decided to have a different operational system.
13:26Here you can see a wire that is getting pulled in by a mechanical system,
13:31and it is totally different compared to normal Ferris wheels
13:36because they use tires to operate the whole wheel.
13:45Incredibly, this 128-year-old wheel still operates daily.
13:50It's one of Paul's favorite places in the city.
13:53If you think about it, people from the Orient Express
13:58had the same experience, what we are having right now,
14:03is mind-blowing, in my opinion.
14:06And it's not only the experience being in the same gondola,
14:10but also having almost the same view like back then.
14:15This is what makes the Wienerprater very special.
14:27At the start of the 20th century,
14:30Vienna buzzed with excitement and culture.
14:35It was the famous city of music,
14:38once home to Beethoven, Brahms and Strauss.
14:41Philosophers, politicians and artists
14:44all sat at its famed coffee houses
14:47and discussed the issues of the day.
14:50It was one of the most exciting cities in Europe,
14:53and one that helped to shape the modern world.
14:57But perhaps the city's most famous resident
14:59was altogether less flashy.
15:03Despite this, some Orient Express passengers
15:05travelled to Vienna, especially to see him.
15:11The patients who arrived here for the first time
15:13or even another time,
15:14it was always the same procedure.
15:18It's a private apartment, it's a private building,
15:21so you have to ring the bell and push the door.
15:26Daniela Finzi is the research director
15:28of the Sigmund Freud Museum.
15:31Behind this door on Burgasse 19
15:34were the consulting rooms of Freud,
15:37the father of psychoanalysis.
15:39Just imagine that all these patients
15:42and all the family members and Freud himself
15:46took the same stairs which we are taking now,
15:50and nothing has changed.
15:53Patients would climb these stairs to the first floor.
15:57So it's the same thing as in former days you have,
16:01as downstairs, to ring and push the door.
16:05And then we enter Freud's wardrobe,
16:13the practice wardrobe, which, and this is a miracle,
16:17which is basically the same as it was 100 years ago.
16:22I would now go to the waiting room,
16:26which is just over here,
16:28waiting for Dr. Freud opening the door.
16:33And this is also a very special setting
16:37because we see the original furniture of the waiting room.
16:41We see different etchings and different photographs
16:46which were hanging here.
16:50Freud's patients were largely from the upper echelons of society.
16:54Some travelled across Europe to see him,
16:57including on the Orient Express.
16:59We enter now Freud's practice.
17:04This was a room
17:05destined to secrets,
17:09to intimacy,
17:11to a very personal relationship.
17:13This is where the patients
17:15had the task
17:18to freely associate.
17:22Psychoanalysis was developed by Freud
17:24over many years.
17:25He believed that our behaviour is shaped
17:27by repressed subconscious experiences,
17:30often from our childhood.
17:32By coming to a consulting room,
17:35freely associating and talking out loud,
17:38Freud believed troublesome behaviour
17:40and feelings could be eased.
17:43Patients would enter the consulting room
17:44and lie down on a couch.
17:46Everything was in dark, warm colours,
17:51a warm, dark red,
17:53but also the carpets
17:55and the different paintings
17:58were in dark colours.
18:00Freud was also smoking.
18:02There's not so much sun
18:03coming into this room,
18:06so it was already a very special atmosphere.
18:11Freud's theories and phenomenal success
18:13made him one of the most famous people
18:15in the world by the 1930s.
18:17But it also drew unwanted attention.
18:22Freud completely misjudged
18:25or even underestimated the Nazis.
18:27This is important
18:29because this meant that
18:31when in March 1938
18:35Nazis came to Austria
18:37and the so-called annexation took place,
18:41Freud was not so easily to convict
18:45that he had to leave the country.
18:49Daniela has been researching
18:50Freud's final months in Vienna
18:52and the role that the Orient Express
18:54played in his escape.
18:57Psychoanalysis was dubbed
19:00a Jewish science by the Nazis
19:02and drew its ire.
19:04When Hitler invaded Austria,
19:07Freud was one of his top targets.
19:11Despite this,
19:12Freud still refused to leave the city.
19:15There were two raids from the Nazis
19:17here at Berkhausen 19.
19:20First of all,
19:22a few days after the Anschluss
19:24was from the SA and one week later
19:26the Gestapo came to Berkhausen 19
19:29and the Gestapo arrested Anna Freud.
19:33Anna, Freud's daughter,
19:35spent hours in Nazi custody.
19:38It was extremely dangerous
19:40and frustrating situation.
19:44Anna Freud did not know
19:48what was happening
19:49if she would be able to come back
19:52and Freud, of course,
19:54spent the most horrible hours of his life.
19:58Anna was eventually allowed to return,
20:01but Freud finally realized
20:03that he could not stay in Vienna.
20:04The challenge was not only
20:06to find a country
20:07which would allow you to enter.
20:11The challenge was also
20:12to be able to leave the country.
20:16Freud was helped
20:17by a network of friends
20:19and former patients,
20:21including the great-grandniece
20:22of Napoleon,
20:23Princess Marie Bonaparte,
20:25and the American ambassador to France,
20:27William C. Bullitt,
20:29a close friend
20:30of President Theodore Roosevelt.
20:31And then there was another person
20:35Freud only met
20:37during these dark days,
20:40a certain Anton Sauerwald.
20:43Sauerwald was sent from the Nazis
20:46in order to manage Freud's assets.
20:51And he said
20:52to have known antisemitic positions
20:57before he met Freud,
20:58but to change his mind
21:01in the way that he was
21:03actually helping Freud
21:04in order to get him
21:05out of the country.
21:08Sauerwald helped
21:08push through permissions
21:09for Freud to leave.
21:12They soon booked tickets
21:13for the Orient Express,
21:15leaving on the 4th of June, 1938.
21:18I think they chose
21:20the Orient Express
21:21because it was
21:22the most comfortable way
21:25of travelling
21:26for such a long journey.
21:29Yet there must have been
21:30a certain resistance
21:31to approach Germany
21:33in order to go to France.
21:36Leaving Austria
21:37meant to get even closer
21:39to the Nazis
21:40before being able
21:44to leave them behind.
21:46Leaving the city
21:47he had spent his life in
21:48was not easy for Freud.
21:50I have another quote
21:51quote of a niece of Freud
21:54who came to the railway station
21:56in order to say goodbye.
21:58We arrived at the train
22:00at the time indicated.
22:02I struggle
22:03to buy some red roses
22:05which I know he loves.
22:08But he doesn't speak
22:09to us anymore.
22:11He sits motionless
22:12in the simple coat
22:14I have known him in
22:15for years,
22:17wearing a grey velour hat.
22:19He sits in a carrying chair
22:22with his back
22:23against the city
22:24that drives him away.
22:32The train left Vienna
22:34and headed straight
22:35towards Germany.
22:37As Nazi officials
22:38patrolled the train
22:39the entire party
22:41held their breath.
22:42We know from Freud's
22:44personal notes
22:45in his diary
22:46that he was extremely
22:48worrying about
22:50controls
22:51in the German territory
22:52and that he was
22:54extremely released
22:55when they passed
22:56the border at Kiel
22:57and no longer
22:59were in Germany.
23:01After a brief stay
23:02in Paris
23:02Freud caught the boat train
23:04to London, Victoria.
23:06He spent the remainder
23:07of his life
23:08in Hampstead.
23:10The Orient Express
23:11was part of this
23:13helping machine
23:14and it was
23:15the vehicle
23:16which brought
23:17Freud out of Vienna
23:18freed him from the Nazis
23:19and allowed him
23:21to spend
23:22his last month
23:23one year
23:24and a quarter
23:25in freedom.
23:27Crossing the border
23:41into Hungary
23:41Orient Express
23:43passengers from London
23:44would pass
23:44into their sixth country.
23:48With Vienna
23:49three and a half hours
23:50behind it
23:50the Orient Express
23:52pushed onwards
23:53towards its next
23:54major stop
23:54Budapest.
23:57Just outside the city
23:59the train
24:00would have run fast
24:01through the tiny town
24:02of Biotorboj
24:03across these viaducts.
24:06In 1931
24:07they became the scene
24:09of an infamous attack
24:10one that threatened
24:12the future
24:13of the Orient Express.
24:17Tomasz Torrejan
24:17is a historian
24:18with a specialism
24:20in Hungarian railways.
24:22On the 13th of September
24:251931
24:25there was a huge explosion
24:28here on this viaduct
24:30which became
24:31one of the most
24:32well-known
24:34and the most
24:35tragical
24:36train catastrophes
24:38of the Hungarian history.
24:40Twenty minutes
24:41after midnight
24:41a luxury express train
24:43heading towards Vienna
24:44passed a suspicious
24:45suitcase
24:46on the side
24:47of the tracks.
24:47It exploded
24:50with a huge noise
24:54and huge light
24:55and as a consequence
24:58the locomotive
25:00and the four carriages
25:02fell down
25:03to the abyss.
25:05The driver of the train
25:07noticed
25:08the problem
25:09and tried to stop
25:10the train
25:10as fast as possible
25:12and because of
25:13his fast reaction
25:14the last six carriages
25:15were spared
25:16and instead
25:17of hundreds
25:18of victims
25:1922 persons
25:21died in this incident
25:22including the heroic
25:24driver of the train.
25:26As the sun came up
25:27the following morning
25:28rescuers discovered
25:29a horrific scene.
25:32The remnants
25:32of the train
25:33which fell down
25:34to the abyss
25:35lied there.
25:37Four carriages
25:38and the locomotive
25:40fell down
25:42to that place
25:42with 22 dead bodies
25:45inside.
25:46With the tracks
25:47destroyed
25:47and the threat
25:48of more attacks
25:49assumed
25:49all trains
25:50were stopped.
25:51Passengers
25:52had to make
25:52their way
25:53towards Istanbul
25:53via a different route.
25:56They had a strong fear
25:57that sooner or later
25:58another attacks
25:59will be committed
26:00on the Hungarian railways
26:02therefore thousands
26:03of Hungarian policemen
26:05guarded the important
26:08rail lines
26:08for weeks.
26:10The investigators
26:11soon turned their attention
26:12to who carried out
26:13the attack
26:13and what their motivation
26:15might have been.
26:16They founded
26:17the remnants
26:18of the bomb
26:19and it became clear
26:21that the explosive
26:23which was used
26:23during the incidents
26:25was accruciate
26:26which is mainly used
26:27in mining.
26:30A leaflet was found
26:31by the policemen
26:33with communist propaganda
26:34on the paper.
26:36On the paper
26:36the message said
26:38that workers of Hungary
26:39you had no rights
26:41so far
26:42but we will fight
26:43for those rights.
26:46Because of that
26:46and because of the
26:48regular political hysteria
26:50the authorities
26:51became suspicious
26:53about a potential
26:54communist
26:55terror attack.
26:57Hungary declared
26:58martial law
26:59as nerves began to rise
27:01about the safety
27:01of travelling
27:02across Europe
27:03on Grand Express trains
27:04such as the Orient Express.
27:08There were even rumours
27:10that it was the Orient Express
27:11that had been attacked.
27:14All resources
27:15were thrown
27:16into solving the crime.
27:18Despite this
27:19the investigation stalled.
27:21The investigation
27:23became only successful
27:25after the Austrian authorities
27:27captured the person
27:29who was connected
27:31to many attacks
27:33against various railways
27:35and his name
27:36was Sylvester Matuszka.
27:39He was a Hungarian citizen
27:40with interests
27:41in Austria
27:42who had some interests
27:45in mining
27:46and in the metal industry
27:48and later
27:50he became
27:51the number one suspect.
27:53Incredibly
27:53they soon discovered
27:54that Matuszka
27:55was at the scene
27:56of the explosion.
27:56and he was hurt
27:59by the Hungarian authorities
28:01during the investigation
28:03but he masqueraded himself
28:06as a passenger
28:07who injured himself
28:08during the explosion.
28:10Every detail
28:11of Matuszka's life
28:12was investigated
28:13but despite this
28:14the authorities
28:15couldn't work out
28:15why he would attack
28:16the train.
28:19There was a theory
28:20that he was aroused
28:21sexually by explosion
28:23by the light
28:24and by the noise.
28:25There was another theory
28:26that he was hypnotized
28:28by someone
28:28and he was used
28:29by this person
28:30for terrorist attacks
28:32because of the intention
28:34of a secret conspiracy.
28:37It soon became clear
28:39however
28:39that Matuszka
28:40was not a communist.
28:42It's possible
28:43the smoking gun note
28:44was planted.
28:45We can only presume
28:48that this attack
28:51was organized
28:51by some kind
28:52of right-wing group
28:54which wanted
28:54to move forward
28:56to a fascist type
28:57dictatorship in Hungary.
29:00Matuszka was found
29:01guilty of the attack
29:02in 1934
29:03and sentenced
29:04to life in prison.
29:06It was never established
29:08why he carried out
29:09the attack
29:09or if he acted alone.
29:10The rumour
29:12that it was
29:13the Orient Express
29:14that was attacked
29:15persisted.
29:16Embellished over time
29:17it became part
29:18of the legend
29:18of the train
29:19one that not even
29:20explosives could stop.
29:23In the 1970s
29:24this line
29:25through Biatorbay
29:26was abandoned
29:27as the tracks
29:28were relayed
29:28in preparation
29:29for high-speed trains.
29:32So these viaducts
29:34now stand
29:34as silent memorials
29:36to those killed.
29:37Half an hour
29:43after passing
29:44through Biatorbay
29:45Orient Express
29:46passengers arrived
29:47into Hungary's capital
29:49Budapest.
29:52Formed of the twin towns
29:54of Buda and Pest
29:55on either side
29:56of the river Danube
29:57Orient Express
29:58passengers found themselves
29:59at one of the most
30:00impressive stations
30:01of their journey so far.
30:05Nugati
30:06Its ornate
30:09iron roof
30:10covers a 14,000
30:11square metre
30:12trainshare.
30:13It was built
30:14by the Eiffel Company
30:15of Paris
30:16a decade before
30:17they built
30:17the Eiffel Tower.
30:21The iron beams
30:23were precast
30:24in Paris
30:24and transported
30:25to Budapest.
30:28As impressive
30:29as the station is
30:30there's even more
30:31luxury hidden away
30:32from regular passengers.
30:33this waiting room
30:40was built
30:40for Habsburg
30:41Emperor
30:41Franz Joseph
30:42and his wife.
30:46Its walls
30:47are highlighted
30:47with gold
30:48and decorated
30:49with the coats
30:50of arms
30:50of all the countries
30:51you could reach
30:51from this station
30:52in 1877.
30:54This station
31:02was a grand entrance
31:03way for international
31:05express trains
31:05including the Orient Express
31:07a sign that this was
31:09a city looking outwards
31:11to the world
31:11despite political
31:12machinations
31:13within Hungary
31:14at the time.
31:17For passengers
31:19alighting here
31:19Budapest
31:20was the city
31:21of spas
31:22and there was
31:24one in particular
31:24that catered
31:25to the most
31:26exclusive
31:26of clientele.
31:30So this is
31:32one of the biggest
31:33bath complexes
31:34in central Europe
31:35the thermal bath
31:37of Budapest
31:38which we call
31:39Sechenyi
31:39and it's
31:41such an impressive
31:41building
31:42that even
31:43its exterior
31:44is grandiose.
31:47Even the domes
31:48up until the very top
31:50are designed
31:51in a certain way
31:51that you wouldn't
31:52be able
31:53to just walk
31:53past it
31:54and it sort
31:55of invites
31:56you inside.
31:58Bernadette Katus
31:59is the bath's
32:00marketing manager.
32:03The baths
32:04took four years
32:05to build
32:05and cost
32:053.9 million
32:07gold crowns
32:08the equivalent
32:09of over
32:0929 million
32:10pounds
32:11today.
32:12Every detail
32:13was designed
32:14with an eye
32:15for luxury
32:15and grandeur.
32:16as you can see
32:19it's even more
32:20amazing
32:20when you come
32:21inside
32:22and coming
32:24here
32:24you immediately
32:25get a sense
32:26that wow
32:28there's more
32:29to it.
32:30Conceived
32:31as a palace
32:31of water
32:32this grand
32:33central hall
32:34is packed
32:34with aquatic
32:35references.
32:36The people
32:37who enter
32:38they always
32:39get to see
32:40this amazing
32:40statue
32:41that actually
32:42can be
32:42a working
32:43fountain
32:43we don't
32:44use it
32:44at the moment
32:45but if
32:46you see
32:46the mosaics
32:47behind it
32:47they sort
32:48of replicate
32:49the water
32:50movements
32:50we have
32:52scenes
32:52from persian
32:53egyptian
32:54roman
32:55and greek
32:55mythology
32:56and in the
32:57center
32:58we also
32:58have a lot
32:59of scenes
33:00from greek
33:01mythology
33:01even the
33:03wall decorations
33:04the labs
33:06if you go
33:06closer
33:07the chandelier
33:08has actually
33:09some creative
33:10ways that
33:11they incorporated
33:12fish
33:13and other
33:14water
33:14creatures
33:15every single
33:16detail here
33:17is important
33:18it's different
33:18you see the
33:19faces
33:19and it all
33:20comes together
33:21I think
33:22if the
33:24orient express
33:24guests
33:25just tapping
33:26off their
33:26luxurious
33:27and beautiful
33:28orient express
33:29train coach
33:30they would
33:31still be amazed
33:31by how much
33:32the sezchenyi
33:33thermal bath
33:33has to offer
33:34when orient express
33:36passengers
33:36visited these
33:37baths
33:38they were
33:38strictly split
33:39by gender
33:40the whole
33:42complex
33:42is mirrored
33:42with one
33:43side for
33:43men
33:44and the
33:44other
33:44for
33:45women
33:45although
33:48the baths
33:48have changed
33:49a lot
33:49since the
33:49days of
33:50the
33:50orient express
33:50many
33:51original
33:52features
33:52have
33:53survived
33:53the moment
33:57that our
33:58orient express
33:58guests
33:59used to
34:00come
34:00they checked
34:01in
34:01they got
34:02their tickets
34:02and they
34:03come here
34:04to change
34:04they have
34:05a really
34:06decent
34:06size
34:07changing
34:07room
34:07in the
34:08changing
34:08room
34:09they can
34:09leave
34:09their
34:09belongings
34:10they used
34:10to be
34:10able
34:10to leave
34:11them
34:11and
34:12as you
34:12can see
34:13it's
34:13very
34:13authentic
34:14and
34:14they
34:14used
34:15to be
34:15open
34:15so
34:16imagine
34:16yourself
34:17coming
34:17here
34:17on a
34:18winter
34:18day
34:18and
34:19these
34:19were
34:19open
34:20it
34:21would
34:21be
34:21cold
34:21but
34:22that's
34:23also
34:23why
34:23they
34:24put
34:24these
34:25on
34:25so
34:25the
34:26pigeons
34:26wouldn't
34:26be
34:26able
34:26to
34:27fly
34:27in
34:28and
34:28go
34:29through
34:29the
34:29changing
34:29areas
34:30and
34:30once
34:30you
34:30were
34:30done
34:31you
34:31could
34:32lock
34:32your
34:32cabin
34:33away
34:33with
34:33your
34:33belongings
34:34safely
34:34and
34:35pop
34:36into
34:36the
34:36water
34:36then
34:40as
34:40now
34:40people
34:41flocked
34:42here
34:42to
34:42experience
34:42the
34:43mineral
34:43rich
34:43water
34:44drawn
34:44from
34:45a
34:45spring
34:45deep
34:46underground
34:463,500
34:50litres
34:51of
34:51water
34:51is
34:51drawn
34:52every
34:52minute
34:53at
34:5377
34:54degrees
34:54celsius
34:55it's
34:56mixed
34:56with
34:56fresh
34:56water
34:57to
34:57cool
34:57it
34:57to
34:57a
34:58more
34:58pleasant
34:58temperature
34:59so
35:02this
35:02is
35:02the
35:03main
35:03event
35:03imagine
35:04yourself
35:05on a
35:05really
35:05really
35:06cold
35:06winter
35:07day
35:07snow
35:08is
35:08falling
35:08and
35:09you
35:09go
35:09into
35:09the
35:10beautiful
35:10thermal
35:11water
35:12temperature
35:12wise
35:13very
35:14nice
35:14like
35:14your
35:14hot
35:15tub
35:15at
35:15home
35:15so
35:16typically
35:17you
35:17would
35:18come
35:18here
35:18because
35:19you
35:20wanted
35:20a
35:20time
35:21to
35:21relax
35:21you
35:21wanted
35:22to
35:22be
35:22in
35:22the
35:22hot
35:23water
35:23the
35:24mineral
35:24content
35:24of
35:25the
35:25bath
35:25does
35:25help
35:26relaxing
35:26but
35:27a lot
35:27of
35:27people
35:27weren't
35:28aware
35:28of
35:28the
35:29beneficial
35:29factors
35:30of
35:30the
35:30mineral
35:30water
35:31if
35:31you
35:32came
35:32on
35:32your
35:32train
35:32you
35:33you
35:33left
35:33your
35:33belongings
35:34in
35:34the
35:34changing
35:34room
35:34you
35:35you
35:35went
35:36straight
35:36into
35:36the
35:36water
35:37they
35:37would
35:37have
35:37the
35:38time
35:38of
35:38their
35:38life
35:38you
35:39don't
35:39necessarily
35:40need
35:40to
35:40do
35:40big
35:41things
35:41to
35:41have
35:41fun
35:42during
35:43the
35:44communist
35:44era
35:45the
35:45baths
35:45were
35:45made
35:46fully
35:46mixed
35:46and
35:47the
35:47prices
35:47dropped
35:48suddenly
35:49this
35:49opulent
35:50water
35:50palace
35:50was
35:51available
35:51to
35:51everyone
36:02after
36:09buddha
36:10and
36:10pest
36:10united
36:11into
36:11a
36:11single
36:11city
36:12in
36:121873
36:13the
36:14city
36:14rebuilt
36:15itself
36:15into
36:15one
36:16of
36:16the
36:16most
36:16striking
36:16capitals
36:17in
36:17Europe
36:18the
36:23grand
36:23boulevard
36:24was
36:24built
36:24for
36:24hungary's
36:25millennium
36:25in
36:261896
36:27and
36:27populated
36:28with
36:28hotels
36:28and
36:29civic
36:29buildings
36:30the
36:34same
36:35year
36:35the
36:35millennium
36:35underground
36:36opened
36:37the
36:37first
36:38metro
36:38line
36:38in
36:39continental
36:39Europe
36:39and
36:40the
36:40second
36:40in
36:40the
36:41world
36:41after
36:42the
36:42metropolitan
36:42railway
36:43in
36:43London
36:43for
36:47Orient
36:47Express
36:48visitors
36:48with a
36:49love
36:49of
36:49railways
36:49the
36:50city
36:50was
36:50a
36:51paradise
36:51but
36:55perhaps
36:55the
36:55most
36:55unusual
36:56line
36:56runs
36:57through
36:57the
36:57Buddha
36:57mountains
36:58north
36:58of
36:58the
36:59city
36:59for
37:02over
37:0275
37:03years
37:03this
37:04railway
37:04has
37:05been
37:05run
37:05almost
37:06entirely
37:06by
37:07children
37:07I
37:10have
37:10to
37:10do
37:11anything
37:12except
37:12driving
37:12the
37:13trains
37:13I
37:14have
37:14to
37:14check
37:14the
37:15tickets
37:15sell
37:16tickets
37:16I
37:22want
37:22to
37:23be
37:23a
37:23train
37:23driver
37:24when
37:24I
37:24be
37:25older
37:25and
37:25this
37:26is
37:26a
37:26really
37:26good
37:27place
37:27to
37:27start
37:2814
37:29year
37:29old
37:29Ben
37:30Kovacs
37:30has
37:31been
37:31working
37:31at
37:31the
37:31railway
37:32since
37:32he
37:32was
37:3210
37:33years
37:33old
37:33to
37:34get
37:35a
37:35place
37:35here
37:35is
37:36a
37:36competitive
37:36process
37:37my
37:38dead
37:39friends
37:39sent him
37:40an invite
37:40that
37:40they
37:41have
37:41open
37:41places
37:42where
37:42I
37:42can
37:43come
37:43and
37:44do
37:44a
37:45six
37:45month
37:46long
37:46learning
37:46process
37:47and
37:48and
37:48then
37:48I
37:48have
37:49to
37:49then
37:49a
37:50exam
37:50and
37:51if
37:51I
37:52got
37:52better
37:52grades
37:53than
37:53two
37:53I
37:54can
37:54work
37:55here
37:55with
37:56a
37:56salute
37:57the
37:57train
37:58is
37:58off
37:58it's
37:59a
37:59rule
37:59that
38:00we
38:00when
38:00we
38:00go
38:01or
38:02the
38:02train
38:02goes
38:03you
38:03have
38:03to
38:03salute
38:03for
38:04it
38:04today
38:05Ben
38:05is
38:06the
38:06conductor
38:06on
38:06the
38:06train
38:07responsible
38:08for
38:08checking
38:08tickets
38:09and
38:09making
38:09sure
38:10everything
38:10is
38:10running
38:10on
38:11time
38:11it
38:13takes
38:1410
38:14minutes
38:15to
38:15get
38:15to
38:15Harshaj
38:16does
38:17the
38:17train
38:17goes
38:18in
38:18the
38:19forests
38:19all
38:20the
38:20way
38:20no
38:20it
38:21goes
38:21a
38:21bit
38:22in
38:22the
38:23part
38:23of
38:23the
38:24city
38:24but
38:24most
38:24of
38:25the
38:25forest
38:25the
38:27seven
38:28mile
38:28line
38:28is
38:28known
38:29as
38:29a
38:29children's
38:30railway
38:30they
38:32were
38:32popular
38:32in
38:33the
38:33old
38:33Soviet
38:33Union
38:34as
38:34a
38:34way
38:34for
38:34young
38:34people
38:35to
38:35gain
38:35hands
38:36on
38:36experience
38:36it
38:38was
38:38started
38:39in
38:391948
38:41and
38:41finished
38:42in
38:431950
38:44it
38:44was
38:45built
38:45to
38:45the
38:46children
38:46so
38:47they
38:48can
38:48learn
38:48a
38:49bit
38:49of
38:49railway
38:50and
38:51for
38:51entertainment
38:52for
38:52tourists
38:53originally
38:55steam
38:55hauled
38:56the railway
38:56is now
38:57powered
38:57by a
38:57custom
38:58made
38:58mk45
38:59diesel
39:00hydraulic
39:00locomotive
39:01we
39:03are
39:03waiting
39:03for
39:03the
39:04other
39:04train
39:04to
39:04come
39:05if
39:05I
39:05know
39:06the
39:06timetable
39:06correctly
39:07yes
39:11it's
39:11coming
39:12today
39:13our
39:14four
39:14trains
39:14are
39:15running
39:15I
39:16like
39:16diesel
39:16trains
39:17more
39:17I
39:18think
39:18that
39:19steam
39:19trains
39:20are
39:20a
39:20bit
39:20old
39:21and
39:22should
39:23be
39:23retired
39:2545
39:26minutes
39:26after
39:27leaving
39:27Hjúvasbjerdi
39:28the train
39:29arrives
39:30into
39:30CJ
39:30Hedge
39:31station
39:31the
39:33end
39:34of the
39:34line
39:34where
39:35the
39:35engine
39:35is
39:35turned
39:36around
39:36we
39:37wait
39:38for
39:38it
39:38to
39:38go
39:38around
39:39then
39:40we
39:40can
39:40go
39:40into
39:41the
39:41office
39:41drink
39:43or
39:44eat
39:44talk
39:45to
39:45others
39:46and
39:46then
39:46we
39:46come
39:47out
39:47and
39:48go
39:48back
39:48to
39:49the
39:49rush
39:49way
39:49over
39:5175
39:51years
39:52after
39:52it
39:52opened
39:53this
39:53railway
39:54is
39:54still
39:54inspiring
39:55children
39:55like
39:56Ben
39:56it
39:57feels
39:57good
39:58to
39:58keep
39:58the
39:58history
39:58alive
39:59of
39:59this
39:59railway
40:00the
40:09Orient
40:09Express
40:10ran
40:10through
40:10Budapest
40:11for
40:11over
40:11100
40:12years
40:12with
40:13the
40:13last
40:13service
40:14finally
40:14being
40:14cut
40:15in
40:152001
40:16but
40:17that
40:18doesn't
40:18mean
40:18the
40:18famous
40:18train
40:19has
40:19disappeared
40:19from
40:20the
40:20city
40:20entirely
40:21in
40:23the
40:23grounds
40:23of
40:23the
40:23former
40:24Budapest
40:24North
40:25train
40:25depot
40:25is
40:26a
40:26rare
40:26collection
40:27of
40:27historic
40:28trains
40:28let
40:31me
40:31show
40:32you
40:32our
40:32precious
40:32little
40:33carriage
40:33here
40:34Norbert
40:36Shved
40:36is
40:36the
40:37manager
40:37of
40:37the
40:37Hungarian
40:38Railway
40:38Museum
40:39this
40:40is
40:40the
40:40Orient
40:41Texas
40:41teakwood
40:42carriage
40:42it
40:42originally
40:43has
40:43been
40:43built
40:44in
40:441912
40:45near
40:46Prague
40:46this
40:47is
40:47from
40:47the
40:48golden
40:48era
40:48of
40:49the
40:49Orient
40:49Express
40:50so
40:50we
40:50are
40:50talking
40:51about
40:51the
40:511883
40:521914
40:52era
40:54and
40:55this
40:55is
40:55the
40:56only
40:56one
40:56as
40:56far
40:56as
40:56we
40:56can
40:57tell
40:57which
40:57is
40:57still
40:57in
40:58working
40:58conditions
40:59it
40:59was
40:59originally
41:00built
41:00as
41:00a
41:00restaurant
41:00carriage
41:01and
41:01we
41:01still
41:01use
41:02it
41:02as
41:02a
41:02restaurant
41:02carriage
41:03from
41:03time
41:04to
41:04time
41:04although
41:06we
41:06don't
41:07cook
41:08anymore
41:08in
41:08it
41:09Known
41:09as
41:10a
41:10teakwood
41:10carriage
41:11even
41:11the
41:11frame
41:12is
41:12made
41:12from
41:13wood
41:13It's
41:14only
41:14steel
41:14from
41:15here
41:16to
41:16the
41:16bottom
41:16everything
41:17else
41:18up
41:18is
41:18wood
41:18and
41:20this
41:20is
41:21why
41:22it
41:22has
41:22a
41:23limited
41:23speed
41:23of
41:2380 km
41:24per
41:24hour
41:24It
41:25was
41:25a
41:25luxurious
41:26carriage
41:26from
41:27top
41:27to
41:28bottom
41:28if
41:28you
41:28see
41:29the
41:30boogies
41:31for
41:31example
41:32made
41:33the
41:33journey
41:33very
41:34comfortable
41:34these
41:34kind
41:35of
41:35springs
41:35and
41:36the
41:36whole
41:36layout
41:36was
41:37very
41:38unique
41:39for
41:39these
41:40kind
41:40of
41:40carriages
41:41This
41:42carriage
41:43was
41:43designed
41:44to
41:44stand
41:44out
41:45from
41:45its
41:45polished
41:46wood
41:46to
41:46its
41:46brass
41:47details
41:47that
41:48would
41:48shine
41:48in
41:48the
41:48sun
41:49But
41:50as
41:50impressive
41:50as
41:51the
41:51outside
41:51is
41:52the
41:52inside
41:53was
41:53even
41:54more
41:54luxurious
41:54The
41:56outside
41:57is
41:57mainly
41:57teak
41:58wood
41:58while
41:58inside
41:59we
41:59have
41:59mahagonia
42:00and
42:00other
42:00precious
42:01woods
42:01with
42:01these
42:02lovely
42:02inlays
42:03Remember
42:04this was
42:04made
42:04in
42:051912
42:05and
42:06it
42:06wasn't
42:06sitting
42:07in
42:07your
42:07dining
42:08room
42:09and
42:09it
42:09was
42:10doing
42:10hundreds
42:11of
42:11thousands
42:11of
42:12kilometers
42:12throughout
42:13the
42:13decades
42:13and
42:13it's
42:14still
42:14in
42:14good
42:14condition
42:15and
42:17also
42:17we
42:18have
42:18a
42:18unique
42:18feature
42:19on
42:19the
42:19windows
42:20if
42:20we
42:20pull
42:20it
42:21down
42:21with
42:21this
42:22little
42:22handle
42:22basically
42:23depending
42:24on the
42:24direction
42:25we
42:25are
42:25going
42:26you
42:27can
42:28direct
42:28the
42:28air
42:29into
42:29the
42:30carriage
42:30as
42:31you
42:31wish
42:31originally
42:33we
42:34had
42:35gas
42:35lamps
42:35these
42:36ones
42:37on
42:37the
42:37ceiling
42:38we
42:38don't
42:38use
42:38them
42:38anymore
42:39because
42:40I
42:40think
42:41it's
42:41a
42:41safe
42:41thing
42:41every
42:43tiny
42:43detail
42:44in
42:44the
42:44carriage
42:44was
42:45designed
42:45to be
42:45practical
42:46and
42:46beautiful
42:47we
42:48are
42:48talking
42:48about
42:48details
42:49we
42:49have
42:50these
42:50candle
42:51holders
42:51for
42:51example
42:52again
42:52brass
42:53lovely
42:53finish
42:54yes
42:55it
42:56was
42:56real
42:57candle
42:57on a
42:58teakwood
42:58carriage
42:59we
43:00don't
43:00use
43:00them
43:00anymore
43:00if
43:01for
43:02any
43:02reason
43:02you
43:02have
43:03complaints
43:03throughout
43:04the
43:04journey
43:04this
43:05is
43:05the
43:05place
43:06where
43:06you
43:06can
43:06place
43:07it
43:07originally
43:08it
43:08has
43:09been
43:09divided
43:09to
43:10two
43:10sections
43:10we
43:10had
43:11a
43:11smoking
43:11and
43:11non-smoking
43:12section
43:12obviously
43:13it's
43:13a
43:13non-smoking
43:13for
43:14now
43:15but
43:15it
43:15used
43:15to
43:16have
43:16a
43:16smoking
43:17section
43:17as well
43:18as well
43:20as the
43:20public
43:21areas
43:21this
43:22carriage
43:22still
43:22has
43:23the
43:23parts
43:23that
43:23paying
43:24customers
43:24would
43:24never
43:25get
43:25to
43:25see
43:25if
43:26you
43:26would
43:26have
43:27dined
43:27in
43:28the
43:28restaurant
43:28that
43:29would
43:29be
43:29the
43:29place
43:30where
43:30the
43:30barman
43:30were
43:31preparing
43:32the
43:32drinks
43:32yeah
43:33so you
43:36can see
43:36all the
43:37brass
43:37and
43:38wooden
43:38parts
43:39are
43:40pretty much
43:41the same
43:41here
43:42we have
43:42to remember
43:42that this
43:43carriage
43:43was built
43:44in 1912
43:44at that
43:45time
43:45there was
43:46no
43:47refrigerators
43:49well
43:49not in the
43:50same way
43:50as we
43:51use them
43:51and now
43:52they were
43:52using
43:53ice
43:53blocks
43:54so this
43:54part
43:55in the
43:55bottom
43:55could
43:55be
43:56open
43:56and huge
43:57ice
43:57blocks
43:57were
43:57placed
43:58here
43:58to keep
43:59everything
43:59cold
44:00with
44:03these
44:03handles
44:04after
44:05over a hundred
44:06years
44:07it's still
44:08easy to
44:08open
44:09easy to
44:09close
44:10and it
44:10still
44:11stays
44:11closed
44:12even if
44:12the track
44:13is a
44:13bit
44:13rough
44:14connected
44:15through a
44:15small
44:16hatch
44:16is the
44:17kitchen
44:17we
44:18have
44:18a
44:18wooden
44:19fire
44:20stove
44:20here
44:21obviously
44:21you can
44:22roast
44:22a
44:22big
44:22for
44:23example
44:23if
44:24you
44:24like
44:24it's
44:25amazing
44:25how
44:26they
44:26can
44:26prepare
44:27and
44:27cook
44:27meals
44:27in
44:27such
44:28a
44:28small
44:28place
44:29but
44:30that
44:30was
44:30or
44:30still
44:31it's
44:32a
44:32challenge
44:33if
44:34you're
44:34working
44:34on
44:35the
44:35railways
44:36this
44:41carriage
44:41is
44:41unique
44:42in that
44:42it's
44:42kept
44:43in
44:43working
44:43order
44:44meaning
44:56that
44:57on
44:57special
44:57occasions
44:58it
44:58springs
44:59back
44:59into
44:59life
45:00and
45:20for
45:21today
45:21at least
45:22there's
45:23an
45:23Orient
45:23Express
45:24service
45:24back
45:25on
45:25Hungary's
45:25rails
45:26as
45:39the
45:40Orient
45:40Express
45:40left
45:41Budapest
45:42it
45:42headed
45:42east
45:43towards
45:43its
45:43final
45:44destination
45:44Istanbul
45:45some
45:47passengers
45:48were about
45:48to head
45:49into
45:49uncharted
45:49territory
45:50while
45:51others
45:51were
45:51going
45:52behind
45:52enemy
45:53lines
45:53on
45:56the
45:56final
45:57leg
45:57of
45:57the
45:57journey
45:58a
45:59royal
45:59interloper
46:00it's
46:01fascinating
46:01to think
46:02that one
46:02of the
46:03kings
46:03of
46:03Europe
46:03was
46:03not
46:04only
46:04a
46:04passenger
46:05but
46:05also
46:05a
46:06pilot
46:06of
46:06the
46:06Orient
46:06Express
46:07a
46:08luxurious
46:08literary
46:09link
46:09some
46:10people
46:10believe
46:11that
46:11Agatha Christie
46:12wrote
46:12some
46:12part
46:13of
46:13the
46:13murder
46:13on
46:13the
46:13Orient
46:14Express
46:14in
46:15this
46:15room
46:15and
46:16the
46:16grand
46:17final
46:17arrival
46:18always
46:19a
46:19special
46:20moment
46:20when
46:20one
46:21arrives
46:21to
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