The Orient Express A Golden Era of Travel Season 1 Episode 3

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00:00For over a hundred years, the Orient Express, the world's most iconic train, crossed Europe.

00:13If you would be traveling on the Orient Express in its golden age, this is the kind of carriage

00:18you would be traveling on. Until its withdrawal, the train tied Europe together. Prince Ferdinand

00:26was 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.

01:05It'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 took passengers

01:35from 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.

02:53In 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.

03:36The route, the world's first mountain railway, was long thought impossible.

03:41The highlight of the route is the Kalta Rinna 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.

04:05The 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.

04:24Helen has travelled on luxury trains across the world.

04:27I got hooked on luxury travel by the Royal Scotsman,

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.

04:57But 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,

05:19it's always about the dining.

05:221,400 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,

05:42one of the most architecturally impressive cities in Europe.

05:46It was rebuilt in the mid-19th century.

05:48It's 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.

06:17The original grand 19th century station was destroyed during World War II and 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.

06:38But if you were looking for luxury, you 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.

06:51The 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.

07:02The 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, I don't like the place anymore.

07:15I built another palace on the 9th District.

07:19It 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 a hotel now.

07:35The hotel's grand staircase remains today exactly as it was when this was a royal palace.

07:44It leads to the lavish double-height first floor.

07:48Once, these were royal apartments.

07:50Now, they're the best rooms in Vienna.

07:52So, 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.

08:04This is a part of our royal suite.

08:07We have two of these, actually.

08:10460 metres squared, with ceilings almost seven metres tall,

08:15the royal suite has a palatial living room

08:17and a separate bedroom with en-suite bathroom and changing rooms.

08:22And just to mention, the two rooms, they have 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.

08:36If 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.

08:49Michael 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 and my head concierge retired in 86 and 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.

09:24When 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 was staying with us.

09:34The hotel's famous visitors are recorded in its guest books.

09:39Unfortunately, the first guest book from 1873 till 1915 got lost.

09:47But, I show you, this is our guest book.

09:51The oldest we have, they start in 1915.

09:55Some, we cannot read the signature, but a lot of we found.

10:00This is, for example, Charlie Chaplin.

10:02He wrote, Beautiful and Splendid.

10:04Charlie Chaplin, March 1931.

10:07This 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.

10:33Despite 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, you know,

10:47because I'm so long here, I'm the longest running man here in the hotel.

10:52I 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.

11:15For decades, Orient Express passengers could alight at Vienna,

11:19one of Europe's greatest cities.

11:21It was the heart of the Habsburg Empire and its imperial glory is clear to see.

11:31Once Orient Express passengers had checked into the hotel,

11:34they'd be looking to stretch their legs and blow off a little steam

11:37after such a long journey.

11:40Luckily, Vienna had them covered.

11:43Paul Propp is the fifth generation of his family to work at Prater.

11:47The large public park is one of Vienna's most famous landmarks.

11:53So 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.

12:06And 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.

12:49And 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.

13:16It was built by a British engineer, a very brilliant guy,

13:20because in the end he decided to have a different operational system.

13:25Here 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 favourite 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 Wiener Prater very special.

14:28At 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.

14:42Philosophers, politicians and artists

14:45all 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.

15:08The patients who arrived here for the first time

15:13or even another time,

15:15it 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.

15:29Behind this door on Burghasser 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.

15:56So it's the same thing as in former days

16:00you have as downstairs to ring and push the door.

16:07Yeah, and 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

16:25which is just over here

16:28waiting for Dr. Freud opening the door.

16:34And this is also a very special setting

16:37because we see the original furniture of the waiting room.

16:41We see different edgings

16:45and different photographs which were hanging here.

16:50Freud's patients were largely

16:52from the upper echelons of society.

16:54Some travelled across Europe to see him,

16:57including on the Orient Express.

17:00We enter now Freud's practice.

17:04This was a room

17:05designated to secrets,

17:09to intimacy,

17:11to a very personal relationship.

17:14This is where the patients

17:15had the task

17:18to freely associate.

17:20Psychoanalysis was developed by Freud over many years.

17:25He believed that our behaviour is shaped by repressed subconscious experiences,

17:30often from our childhood.

17:33By coming to a consulting room,

17:35freely associating and talking out loud,

17:38Freud believed troublesome behaviour and feelings could be eased.

17:42Patients would enter the consulting room

17:44and lie down on a couch.

17:48Everything was in dark, warm colours,

17:51a warm, dark red,

17:53but also the carpets

17:55and the different paintings were in dark colours.

18:00Freud was also smoking.

18:01There's not so much sun coming 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 in the world by the 1930s.

18:17But it also drew unwanted attention.

18:20Freud completely misjudged

18:25or even underestimated the Nazis.

18:27This is important

18:29because this meant that when

18:32in March 1938

18:35Nazis came to Austria

18:38and the so-called annexation took place,

18:41Freud was not so easily

18:44to convict

18:45that he had to leave the country.

18:47Daniela has been researching

18:50Freud's final months in Vienna

18:52and the role that the Orient Express played in his escape.

18:58Psychoanalysis 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

19:16from the Nazis

19:17here at Berkasse 19.

19:20First of all,

19:22a few days after the Anschluss

19:24from the SA

19:25and one week later,

19:27the Gestapo came to Berkasse 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.

19:42Anna Freud did not know

19:48what was happening,

19:49if she would be able to come back

19:52and Freud, of course,

19:55spent the most horrible hours

19:56of his life.

19:58Anna was eventually allowed to return,

20:01but Freud finally realized

20:03that he could not stay in Vienna.

20:05The 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.

20:17Freud 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

20:27to France,

20:28William C. Bullitt,

20:29a close friend

20:30of President Theodore Roosevelt.

20:32And 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 to have known

20:55anti-Semitic positions

20:57before he met Freud,

21:00but 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

21:09push through permissions

21:10for 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 the most

21:23comfortable way of traveling

21:26for such a long journey.

21:29Yet there must have been

21:30a certain resistance

21:31to approach Germany

21:34in order to go to France.

21:36Leaving Austria meant

21:38to 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

21:52of 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 to buy

22:04some red roses

22:05which I know he loves,

22:07but 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.

22:20He sits in a carrying chair

22:22with his back

22:23against the city

22:24that drives him away.

22:33The train left Vienna

22:34and headed straight

22:35towards Germany.

22:37As Nazi officials

22:38patrolled the train,

22:40the entire party

22:41held their breath.

22:42We know from

22:43Freud's personal notes

22:45in his diary

22:46that he was extremely

22:49worrying about controls

22:51in the German territory

22:53and 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,

23:03Freud 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 his last month,

23:24one year and a quarter,

23:26in freedom.

23:39Crossing the border

23:41into Hungary,

23:42Orient Express passengers

23:43from London

23:44would pass

23:44into their sixth country.

23:48With Vienna

23:49three and a half hours

23:50behind it,

23:51the Orient Express

23:52pushed onwards

23:53towards its next major stop,

23:55Budapest.

23:58Just outside the city,

24:00the train would have run fast

24:01through the tiny town

24:02of Biotoroboy

24:03across these viaducts.

24:06In 1931,

24:08they became the scene

24:09of an infamous attack,

24:10one that threatened the future

24:13of the Orient Express.

24:17Tomáš Tóreján is a historian

24:19with a specialism

24:20in Hungarian railways.

24:22On the 13th of September,

24:251931,

24:26there was a huge explosion

24:28here on this viaduct,

24:30which became one of the most

24:32well-known and most tragical

24:36train catastrophes

24:38of the Hungarian history.

24:4020 minutes after midnight,

24:42a luxury express train

24:43heading towards Vienna

24:44passed a suspicious suitcase

24:46on the side of the tracks.

24:47It exploded

24:50with a huge noise

24:55and huge light

24:56and as a consequence,

24:58the locomotive

25:00and four carriages

25:02fell down

25:03to the abyss.

25:06The driver of the train

25:07noticed the problem

25:09and tried to stop the train

25:10as fast as possible

25:12and because of his fast reaction,

25:14the last six carriages

25:15were spared

25:16and instead of hundreds

25:18of victims,

25:2022 persons

25:21died in this incident,

25:23including the heroic

25:24driver of the train.

25:26As the sun came up

25:27the following morning,

25:29rescuers discovered

25:29a horrific scene.

25:32The remnants of 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 destroyed

25:47and the threat

25:48of more attacks assumed,

25:49all trains were stopped.

25:51Passengers had to make

25:52their way towards Istanbul

25:53via a different route.

25:55They had a strong fear

25:57that sooner or later

25:58another attacks

25:59will be committed

26:00on the Hungarian railways.

26:02Therefore,

26:03thousands of Hungarian

26:04policemen

26:05guarded

26:06the important rail lines

26:08for weeks.

26:10The investigators

26:10soon 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 of the bomb

26:19and it became clear

26:21that the explosive

26:23which was used

26:23during the incidents

26:25was acquisite,

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

26:36the message said

26:38that workers of Hungary

26:39you had no rights

26:41so far

26:42but we will fight

26:43for those rights.

26:45Because of that

26:47and because of the

26:48regular political hysteria

26:50the authorities

26:51became suspicious

26:53about a potential

26:54communist terror attack.

26:57Hungary declared

26:58martial law

26:59as nerves began

27:00to rise

27:01about the safety

27:02of 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 Silvester 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

28:16why he would attack

28:16the train.

28:18There 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

28:55to move forward

28:56to a fascist type

28:57dictatorship in Hungary.

29:00Matuszka

29:00was found guilty

29:01of 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

29:29in preparation

29:29for high-speed trains.

29:32So these viaducts

29:34now stand

29:34as silent memorials

29:36to those killed.

29:42Half an hour

29:43after passing

29:44through Biatorbay

29:45Orient Express passengers

29:47arrived into

29:48Hungary'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 passengers

29:59found themselves

29:59at one of the most

30:00impressive stations

30:01of their journey so far.

30:03Nugati.

30:08Its ornate iron 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.

30:22The 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.

30:38This 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.

30:54Berlin.

31:01This station

31:02was a grand entrance

31:04way 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

31:20Budapest

31:20was the city

31:21of spas

31:22and there was one

31:24in 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

31:46even the domes

31:48up until

31:49the very top

31:50are designed

31:51in a certain way

31:51that you wouldn't

31:52be able to just

31:53walk past it

31:54and it sort of

31:55invites you 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

32:063.9 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.

32:18As you can see

32:19it's even more

32:20amazing

32:20when you come

32:21inside

32:22and coming here

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 a

32:43working fountain

32:43we don't use it

32:44at the moment

32:45but if you see

32:46the mosaics

32:47behind it

32:47they sort of

32:48replicate

32:49the water

32:50movements.

32:51We have scenes

32:52from Persian

32:53Egyptian

32:54Roman

32:55and Greek

32:55mythology

32:56and in the

32:57center

32:58we also have

32:59a lot of

32:59scenes from

33:00Greek mythology

33:01even the wall

33:03decorations

33:04the lamps

33:06if you go

33:06closer

33:07the chandelier

33:08has actually

33:09some creative

33:11ways that they

33:12incorporated fish

33:13and other

33:14water creatures

33:15every single

33:16detail here

33:17is important

33:18it's different

33:18you see the faces

33:19and it all

33:20comes together

33:21I think

33:22if the

33:24Orient Express

33:24guests

33:25just stepping

33:26off their

33:26luxurious

33:27and beautiful

33:28Orient Express

33:29train coach

33:30they would still

33:31be amazed

33:31by how much

33:32the Secheny

33:33Thermal Bath

33:33has to offer

33:34when Orient Express

33:36passengers visited

33:37these baths

33:38they were strictly

33:39split by gender

33:40the whole complex

33:42is mirrored

33:42with one side

33:43for men

33:44and the other

33:44for women

33:45although the baths

33:48have changed

33:49a lot since the

33:49days of the

33:50Orient Express

33:50many original

33:52features have

33:53survived

33:53the moment

33:57that our

33:58Orient Express

33:58guests used

34:00to come

34:00they checked

34:01in

34:01they got their

34:02tickets

34:03and they come

34:03here to change

34:04they have a

34:05really decent

34:06sized changing

34:07room

34:07in the changing

34:08room

34:09they can leave

34:09their belongings

34:10they used to

34:10be able to

34:11leave them

34:11and as you

34:12can see

34:13it's very

34:14authentic

34:14and they

34:15used to

34:15be open

34:15so imagine

34:16yourself

34:17coming here

34:18in a winter

34:18day

34:18and these

34:19were open

34:20it would be

34:21cold

34:22but that's

34:23also why

34:23they put

34:24these on

34:25so the pigeons

34:26wouldn't be

34:26able to fly

34:27in and go

34:29through the

34:29changing areas

34:30and once you

34:30were done

34:31you could

34:32lock your

34:32cabin away

34:33with your

34:33belongings

34:34safely

34:34and pop

34:36into the

34:36water

34:36then

34:40as now

34:40people flocked

34:42here to

34:42experience

34:43the mineral

34:43rich water

34:44drawn from

34:45a spring

34:45deep underground

34:463,500 litres of

34:51water is drawn

34:52every minute

34:53at 77 degrees

34:55celsius

34:55it's mixed

34:56with fresh water

34:57to cool it

34:57to a more

34:58pleasant

34:58temperature

34:59so this is the

35:03main event

35:03imagine yourself

35:05on a really

35:05really cold

35:07winter day

35:07snow is falling

35:08and you go

35:09into the

35:10beautiful

35:10thermal water

35:12temperature

35:12wise

35:13very nice

35:14like your

35:15hot tub at

35:15home

35:15so typically

35:17you would

35:18come here

35:18because

35:19you wanted

35:20a time to

35:21relax

35:21you wanted

35:22to be

35:22in the

35:22hot water

35:23the mineral

35:24content of

35:25the bath

35:25does help

35:26relaxing

35:26but a lot

35:27of people

35:27weren't aware

35:28of the

35:29beneficial

35:29factors

35:30of the

35:30mineral

35:30water

35:31if you

35:32came on

35:32your train

35:32you left

35:33your belongings

35:34in the

35:34changing room

35:35you went

35:36straight into

35:36the water

35:37they would

35:37have a time

35:38of their

35:38life

35:38you don't

35:39necessarily

35:40need to

35:40do big

35:41things

35:41to have

35:41fun

35:42during

35:44the communist

35:44era

35:45the baths

35:45were made

35:46fully mixed

35:46and the

35:47prices dropped

35:48suddenly this

35:49opulent

35:50water palace

35:50was available

35:51to everyone

35:52after buddha

36:10and pest

36:10united

36:11into a

36:11single

36:11city

36:12in 1873

36:13the city

36:14rebuilt

36:15itself

36:15into one

36:16of the

36:16most

36:16striking

36:16capitals

36:17in europe

36:18the grand

36:23boulevard

36:24was built

36:24for hungary's

36:25millennium

36:25in 1896

36:27and populated

36:28with hotels

36:28and civic

36:29buildings

36:30the same

36:35year the

36:35millennium

36:36underground

36:36opened

36:37the first

36:38metro line

36:38in continental

36:39europe

36:39and the

36:40second

36:40in the

36:41world

36:41after the

36:42metropolitan

36:42railway

36:43in london

36:43for orient

36:47express

36:48visitors

36:48with a

36:49love

36:49of

36:49railways

36:50the city

36:50was a

36:51paradise

36:51but perhaps

36:55the most

36:55unusual

36:56line

36:56runs

36:57through

36:57the

36:57buddha

36:57mountains

36:58north

36:58of the

36:59city

36:59for over

37:0275 years

37:04this railway

37:04has been

37:05run

37:05almost

37:06entirely

37:06by

37:07children

37:07i have

37:10to do

37:11anything

37:12except

37:12driving

37:12the

37:13trains

37:13i have

37:14to

37:14check

37:15the

37:15tickets

37:15sell

37:16tickets

37:16i want

37:23to be

37:23a train

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

37:30ben

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

37:35get

37:35a

37:35place

37:35here

37:35is

37:36a

37:36competitive

37:36process

37:37my

37:38dead

37:39friends

37:39sent

37:39him

37:40an

37:40invite

37:40that

37:40they

37:41have

37:41open

37:41places

37:42where

37:42i

37:43can

37:43come

37:43and

37:44do

37:45a

37:45six

37:45month

37:46long

37:46learning

37:46process

37:47and

37:48then

37:48i

37:48have

37:49to

37:49an

37:49exam

37:50and

37:51if

37:52i

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

38:00when

38:00we

38:01go

38:02or

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

38:15minutes

38:15to

38:15get

38:15to

38:15harsh

38:16age

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

38:22bit

38:22in

38:22the

38:23part

38:23of

38:24the

38:24city

38:24but

38:24most

38:24of

38:25the

38:25forest

38:25the

38:27seven

38:28mile

38:28line

38:28is

38:29known

38:29as

38:29a

38:29children's

38:30railway

38:30they

38:32were

38:32popular

38:33in

38:33the

38:33old

38:33soviet

38:33union

38:34as

38:34a

38:34way

38:34for

38:34young

38:35people

38:35to

38:35gain

38:35hands-on

38:36experience

38:37it

38:38was

38:38started

38:39in

38:391948

38:40and

38:41finished

38:42in

38:431950

38:44it

38:44was

38:45built

38:45to

38:45the

38:46children

38:46so

38:48they

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

38:56railway

38:56is

38:57now

38:57powered

38:57by

38:57a

38:57custom

38:58made

38:58mk45

38:59diesel

39:00hydraulic

39:00locomotive

39:01we are

39:03waiting

39:03for the

39:04other

39:04train

39:04to come

39:05if

39:05I

39:05know

39:06the

39:06timetable

39:07correctly

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

39:21old

39:21and

39:22should

39:23be

39:23retired

39:2545

39:26minutes

39:27after

39:27leaving

39:27hugh

39:28was

39:28be

39:28a

39:28d

39:28the

39:29train

39:29arrives

39:30into

39:30CJ

39:31hedge

39:31station

39:31the

39:33end

39:34of

39:34the

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

39:45talk

39:45to

39:45others

39:46and

39:46then

39:46we

39:46come

39:47out

39:47and

39:48go

39:48back

39:49to

39:49the

39:49rush

39:49range

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

39:59alive

39:59of

39:59this

40:00railway

40:00the

40:09Orient

40:09Express

40:10ran

40:10through

40:10Budapest

40:11for

40:11over

40:11100

40:12years

40:13with

40:13the

40:13last

40:13service

40:14finally

40:14being

40:15cut

40:15in

40:152001

40:16but

40:17that

40:18doesn't

40:18mean

40:18the

40:18famous

40:19train

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

40:33little

40:33carriage

40:33here

40:34Norbert

40:36Sved

40:36is

40:37the

40:37manager

40:37of

40:37the

40:37Hungarian

40:38Railway

40:39Museum

40:39This

40:40is

40:40the

40:41Orient

40:41Texas

40:41Teakwood

40:42carriage

40:42it

40:42originally

40:43has

40:43been

40:43built

40:44in

40:441912

40:45near

40:46Prague

40:47this

40:47is

40:47from

40:47the

40:48golden

40:48era

40:48of

40:49the

40:49Orient

40:50Express

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

40:58in

40:58a

40:58working

40:58condition

40:59it

40:59was

40:59originally

41:00built

41:00as

41:00a

41:00restaurant

41:01carriage

41:01and

41:01we

41:01still

41:02use

41:02it

41:02as

41:02a

41:02restaurant

41:03carriage

41:03from

41:03time

41:04to

41:04time

41:04although

41:06we

41:06don't

41:07cook

41:08anymore

41:08in

41:09it

41:09Known

41:10as

41:10a

41:10teakwood

41:10carriage

41:11even

41:11the

41:12frame

41:12is

41:12made

41:13from

41:13wood

41:13It

41:14is

41:14only

41:14steel

41:14from

41:15here

41:16to

41:16the

41:16bottom

41:17everything

41:17else

41:18up

41:18is

41:18wood

41:19and

41:20this

41:20is

41:21why

41:22it

41:22has

41:22a

41:23limited

41:23speed

41:23of

41:2380

41:24km

41:24per

41:24hour

41:24It

41:25was

41:25luxurious

41:26carriage

41:26from

41:27top

41:27to

41:28bottom

41:28if

41:28you

41:29see

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

41:40these

41:40kind

41:40of

41:40carriages

41:41This

41:43carriage

41:43was

41:43designed

41:44to

41:44stand

41:44out

41:45from

41:45its

41:45polished

41:46wood

41:46to

41:46its

41:47brass

41:47details

41:47that

41:48would

41:48shine

41:48in

41:48the

41:48sun

41:49But

41:50as

41:50impressive

41:51as

41:51the

41:51outside

41:51is

41:52the

41:53inside

41:53was

41:53even

41:54more

41:54luxurious

41:54The

41:56outside

41:57is

41:57mainly

41:57teakwood

41:58while

41:58the

41:59inside

41:59we

41:59have

42:00mahagonia

42:00and

42:00other

42:00precious

42:01woods

42:01with

42:02these

42:02lovely

42:02inlays

42:03and

42:03remember

42:04this

42:04was

42:04made

42:04in

42:051912

42:05and

42:06it

42:06wasn't

42:06sitting

42:07in

42:07your

42:08dining

42:08room

42:09and

42:09it

42:10was

42:10doing

42:10hundreds

42:11of

42:11thousands

42:12of

42:12kilometers

42:12throughout

42:13the

42:13decades

42:13and

42:14it'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

42:20pulled

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

42:39anymore

42:39because

42:40I

42:40think

42:41it's

42:41a

42:41safe

42:41thing

42:42every

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

42:49details

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

42:58tea

42:58cooled

42:58carriage

42:59we

43:00don't

43:00use

43:00them

43:00anymore

43:01if

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

43:09has

43:09been

43:09divided

43:09to

43:10two

43:10sections

43:10we

43:11had

43:11a

43:11smoking

43:11and

43:11non

43:12smoking

43:12section

43:12obviously

43:13it's a

43:13non

43:13smoking

43:13for now

43:15but

43:15it

43:15used to

43:16have a

43:17smoking

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

43:27dine

43:27in

43:28the

43:28restaurant

43:28that

43:29would

43:29be

43:29the

43:29place

43:30where

43:30the

43:30barmen

43:30were

43:31preparing

43:32the

43:32drinks

43:32yeah

43:33as you

43:36can

43:36see

43:36all

43:37the

43:37brass

43:37and

43:38wooden

43:38parts

43:39are

43:40pretty

43:41much

43:41the

43:41same

43:41here

43:42we

43:42have

43:42to

43:42remember

43:43that

43:43this

43:43carriage

43:43was

43:43built

43:44in

43:441912

43:45at

43:45that

43:45time

43:46there

43:46was

43:46no

43:47refrigerators

43:49but

43:49not in

43:50the same

43:50way

43:50as we

43:51use

43:51them

43:51and

43:51now

43:52they

43:52were

43:52using

43:53ice

43:53blocks

43:54so

43:54this

43:54part

43:55in

43:55the

43:55bottom

43:55could

43:55be

43:56open

43:56and

43:56huge

43:57ice

43:57blocks

43:57were

43:58placed

43:58here

43:58to

43:59keep

43:59everything

43:59cold

44:00with

44:03these

44:03handles

44:04after

44:05over

44:06100

44:06years

44:07it's

44:07still

44:08easy

44:08to

44:08open

44:09easy

44:09to

44:10close

44:10and

44:10it

44:10still

44:11stays

44:11closed

44:12even

44:12if

44:12the

44:12track

44:13is

44:13a

44:13bit

44:13rough

44:14connected

44:15through

44:15a

44:15small

44:16hatch

44:16is

44:16the

44:17kitchen

44:17we

44:18have

44:18a

44:18wooden

44:19fire

44:20stove

44:20here

44:20obviously

44:21you

44:21can

44:21roast

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

44:34are

44:34working

44:34on

44:35the

44:35railways

44:36this

44:41carriage

44:41is

44:41unique

44:42in

44:42that

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 the

45:40orient express

45:40left

45:41budapest

45:42it headed

45:42east

45:43towards

45:43its final

45:44destination

45:44istanbul

45:45some

45:47passengers

45:48were about

45:48to head

45:49into

45:49uncharted

45:49territory

45:50while others

45:51were going

45:52deep

45:52behind

45:52enemy

45:53lines

45:53on the

45:56final leg

45:57of the

45:57journey

45:58a royal

45:59interloper

46:00it's

46:01it's

46:01it's a

46:01fascinating

46:01thing

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

46:05pilot

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

46:16a

46:16grand

46:17final

46:17arrival

46:18always

46:19a

46:19special

46:20moment

46:20when

46:20one

46:21arrives

46:21to

46:21istanbul

46:22because

46:23istanbul

46:23is

46:24such a

46:25unique

46:25place

46:45moment

46:47of

46:48how

46:50are

46:51to

46:51go

46:55and

46:57oh

46:57bye

46:58bye

46:59bye

46:59y

47:00bye

47:00Hz

47:00a

47:01bye

47:01h

47:01a

47:02b

47:02a

47:02bye

47:03a

47:04a

47:11a

47:13b

47:14a

47:14day

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