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Budapest... or Bucharest?

For each statement, guess whether it applies to Budapest, Bucharest, or both.
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Last updated: February 9, 2019
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1. Is a Capital city
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
2. Has an Arch of Triumph
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
3. Has a Statue of Liberty
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
4. Called the Paris of the East
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
5. Almost 2 million people live within its city-limits
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
6. Situated on the banks of the Danube
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
7. Was under continuous Roman rule
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
Bucharest was never under Roman rule, with an exception during Muntenia's brief conquest by the troops of Constantine I
8. Was under continuous Ottoman rule
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
Both were territories and vassals of the Ottomans for hundreds of years.
9. Is in the Schengen Area
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
10. Has a Transylvanian-style castle in one of its parks
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
Vajdahunyad castle was designed to feature copies of several landmark buildings from different parts of the old Kingdom of Hungary, especially the Hunyad Castle in Transylvania.
11. Jews were its second-largest ethnic group during the Interwar period
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
12. Was under communist rule in a Warsaw Pact country. But now is in the NATO
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
13. Predominantly Orthodox today
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
14. Home to two UNESCO World Heritage sites
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
Budapest has the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter; and Andrássy Avenue and its surroundings. Bucharest hasn't got any.
15. Is in the Eastern European Timezone
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
16. Was a station of the Orient Express
Budapest
Bucharest
Both
17. Is further South
Budapest
Bucharest
18. Is closer to the Carpathians
Budapest
Bucharest
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