These are some typical buildings in Budapest. Hungarian people just call them "panelház" (or short form "panel") which is the name of a type of block of flats. It was the main housing type built in the Socialist era. Between 1959-1990, 788,000 such flats were built in Hungary. About 2 million people, one fifth of the country’s total population, live in these flats. The largest building estates are in Budapest, in Újpest-Városközpont.
I live in a smaller building estate in Kispest (this district is also in Budapest). Living in a ‘panel’ is cheap but not so comfortable and usually not so peaceful because many people live close to you and they can be noisy and disturbing. The sight of 'panels' is an inseparable part of Budapest and urban life.
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