Sleepless locals tire of Budapest party paradise

Budapest

BIGGER than Prague and some say more beautiful, Budapest's belle epoque boulevards, cafes and locals playing chess in steaming outdoor thermal spas have long attracted tourists.

But for some locals, the city's tourism sector is booming too literally. "My walls shake from music at night, it's impossible to sleep," said Dora Garai, a weary resident of the Hungarian capital's inner seventh district, these days called the "party quarter".