-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- `` budapest '' rolls off the tongue pretty easily , and the hungarian capital itself feels as if it 's been around for a long time . but budapest is a relatively recent construct -- the result of an 1873 merger between two distinct cities : buda on the western bank of the danube and pest on the bank opposite . the result , budapest , sounds so much more natural than other twin cities -- minneapolis/st . paul or dallas/fort worth -- it 's difficult to imagine that the alternative `` pestbuda '' was floated seriously at the time . although they 've been populated for centuries , pest and buda have developed so separately that the first bridge spanning the danube , the imposing chain bridge , was n't built until 1849 . their distinctiveness continues to this day . view from the hills . built on a series of hills , buda is the site of a grand hapsburg palace and has a detached , imperial air of settled wealth . in contrast , populous pest -- as flat as a prairie -- is busy , buzzing and bourgeois , with an assortment of bars , cafés and gourmet restaurants . buda offers sweeping panoramas . most visitors are content with the view across to pest from the fisherman 's bastion on castle hill and ignore the less accessible gellért hill just to the south . more : 11 things to know before visiting hungary . yet here the ramparts of the old citadella fortress -lrb- citadella sétány 1 ; +36 1 279-1963 ; free entry -rrb- provide equally stunning vistas over the danube . it 's in the hiking network of the buda hills , where city residents come to picnic and ramble through the woods . during weekdays , you can walk for hours without seeing another human being . kids ' railway . hills hide the children 's railway -lrb- szechenyi-hegyi gyermekvasut ; +36 1 397 5394 ; $ 5.40 adult , $ 2.70 child ; closed monday -rrb- a narrow-gauge line operated entirely by 10-to-14 year olds as ticket sellers , announcers and conductors -- only the drivers are adults . the line runs for 45 minutes through 11 kilometers of forest landscape with seven stops in-between . when night falls , buda goes to sleep and pest wakes up . by . lizzie parry for mailonline . experts have today called for half-day closing on the high street to be brought back to stop overworked shop employees suffering stress . the move would be familiar to millions of older people who will remember when whole town centres across the uk closed down at lunchtime one day a week to prevent shop staff being exploited . one leading psychologist said the move would have a similar effect today . professor craig jackson , from birmingham city university , said it would compensate millions of low-paid employees , who put in hours of overtime . experts have called for half-day closing on the high street to be brought back to stop overworked shop employees suffering stress . whether you prefer the opulence of the opera house , one of europe 's finest , or the conviviality of the city 's legendary ruin pubs , you want to be on the pest side of the river after dark . pest has been a hotbed of hungarian national pride to counter the austrian hapsburg court reigning from castle hill . buda may have the palace , but pest houses the hungarian parliament -lrb- 1-3 kossuth tér ; +36 1 441 4000 ; daily tours in english april-october , $ 7.80 eu citizens , $ 3.90 others -rrb- , a dazzling neo-gothic building whose superlative interior is more than a match for its exterior . spa wars . he said it could also save the nhs millions of pounds a year in treating those who suffer stress and other conditions related to working too hard . professor jackson said millions of employees regularly work through lunchbreaks , stay late or come in early for no extra pay . many are low paid workers who fear losing their jobs and will put in extra hours for no money in order to show willing . he said : ` the uk workforce still has the highest mean number of full-time working hours of any european country . professor craig jackson from birmingham city university , said it would compensate millions of low-paid employees , who put in overtime . file picture . ` as a country we work too many hours - and we also rely on the culture of unpaid overtime and the willingness of millions of employees to work outside of the 9 to 5 for free , on a regular basis . ` working unpaid overtime is now expected of workers in countless organisations , and technological advances facilitate this . ' these advances include being contacted by email or text in out-of-office hours and even on holiday . trading laws from the beginning of the 20th century limited the hours shops and many business could operate across a working week . this included being shut on sundays . to regulate these hours , they had to close for half a day during the week , with most areas choosing wednesday afternoons . this prevented children from working in their parents ' shops for more than 72 hours a week , for instance . pest is as practical and business-oriented as buda is aloof and superior . buda has thermal spas , such as the gellért or rudas baths , built by the old ruling elites . the law was repealed in 1994 though in some areas , local traders came to a mutual agreement to all close one afternoon a week , usually on the quietest trading day . pest has an open-air people 's pool : the neo-baroque széchenyi baths complex where you can still find old men playing chess , half immersed in the water . -lrb- see spasbudapest.com for complete spa information . -rrb- . pest 's bustle is best reflected in its most well-known shopping artery : váci utca . it suffered during the communist era but the street has regained its ritzy reputation . more : 8 must-see budapest buildings . fittingly , buda has the wolf 's meadow cemetery , where famous hungarians such as classical composer béla bartók and conductor georg solti are buried in extravagant tombs . pest , on the other hand , has the vitality and life force associated with the fiery magyar temperament -- nowhere more evident than in the former city 's culinary culture . café cultured . in vörösmarty square you can find one of europe 's monuments to confectionary brilliance : the café founded by emil gerbeaud -lrb- café gerbeaud , 7-8 vörösmarty tér , +36 1 429 9000 -rrb- in 1885 , complete with over-elaborate ceilings and chandeliers . not far away , the renovated art nouveau decor of the gerlóczy café -lrb- gerlóczy u. 1 ; +36 1 501 4000 -rrb- gives traditional hungarian dishes a modern makeover . further out , at the edges of the seventh district , the fin-de-siècle elegance of new york café -lrb- part of the hotel boscolo budapest ; 9-11 erzsébet körút , +36 1 886 6167 -rrb- has to be seen to be believed . some tourists do just that -- constantly snapping diners from the gallery above . professor jackson added : ` since the trading laws were relaxed in the 1990s , millions of people in the retail sector in the uk have felt the effects of the shopping culture . `` visit buda but stay in pest '' is the advice every budapest visitor is given . but in fact the once-separate cities have such distinct characters you should spend as much time exploring each . it 's the only way to do them justice . cnn travel 's series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile . however , cnn retains full editorial control over all of its reports . read the policy . ' a suitable remedy would be for companies to voluntarily bring back ` half-day closing ' for one day each week . ` it would give workers a break , and allow them to do other beneficial things in their lives , and any lost ` revenue ' that may occur as a result would easily be saved by fewer workers needing to access the nhs and their gps for countless work-related psychosocial issues such as stress . '
trading laws from 20th century limited hours shops could be open . most high streets traditionally shut on wednesday afternoons . professor craig jackson at birmingham city university has called for the rules , repealed in 1994 , to be reinstated . he said it would compensate overworked staff who put in hours of overtime .
ramparts of the old citadella fortress -lrb- citadella sétány 1 ; +36 1 279-1963 ; free entry -rrb- provide equally stunning vistas over the danube . it 's in the hiking network of the buda hills , where city residents come to picnic and ramble through the woods . during weekdays , you can walk for hours without seeing another human being . kids ' railway . hills hide the children 's railway -lrb- szechenyi-hegyi gyermekvasut ; +36 1 397 5394 ; $ 5.40 adult , $ 2.70 child ; closed monday -rrb- a narrow-gauge line operated entirely by 10-to-14 year olds as ticket sellers , announcers and conductors -- only the drivers are adults . the line runs for 45 minutes through 11 kilometers of forest landscape with seven stops in-between . when night falls , buda goes to sleep and pest wakes up . by . lizzie parry for mailonline . experts have today called for half-day closing on the high street to be brought back to stop overworked shop employees suffering stress . the move would be familiar to millions of older people who will remember when whole town centres across the uk closed down at lunchtime one day a week to prevent shop staff being exploited . one leading psychologist said the move would have a similar effect today . professor craig jackson , from birmingham city university , said it would compensate millions of low-paid employees , who put in hours of overtime . experts have called for half-day closing on the high street to be brought back to stop overworked shop employees suffering stress . whether you prefer the opulence of the opera house , one of europe 's finest , or the conviviality of the city 's legendary ruin pubs , you want to be on the pest side of the river after dark . pest has been a hotbed of hungarian national pride to counter the austrian hapsburg court reigning from castle hill . buda may have the palace , but pest houses the hungarian parliament -lrb- 1-3 kossuth tér ; +36 1 441 4000 ; daily tours in english april-october , $ 7.80 eu citizens , $ 3.90 others -rrb- , a dazzling neo-gothic building whose superlative interior is more than a match for its exterior . spa wars . he said it could also save the nhs millions of pounds a year in treating those who suffer stress and other conditions related to working too hard . professor jackson said millions of employees regularly work through lunchbreaks , stay late or come in early for no extra pay . many are low paid workers who fear losing their jobs and will put in extra hours for no money in order to show willing . he said : ` the uk workforce still has the highest mean number of full-time working hours of any european country . professor craig jackson from birmingham city university , said it would compensate millions of low-paid employees , who put in overtime . file picture . ` as a country we work too many hours - and we also rely on the culture of unpaid overtime and the willingness of millions of employees to work outside of the 9 to 5 for free , on a regular basis . ` working unpaid overtime is now expected of workers in countless organisations , and technological advances facilitate this . ' these advances include being contacted by email or text in out-of-office hours and even on holiday . trading laws from the beginning of the 20th century limited the hours shops and many business could operate across a working week . this included being shut on sundays . to regulate these hours , they had to close for half a day during the week , with most areas choosing wednesday afternoons . this prevented children from working in their parents ' shops for more than 72 hours a week , for instance . pest is as practical and business-oriented as buda is aloof and superior . buda has thermal spas , such as the gellért or rudas baths , built by the old ruling elites . the law was repealed in 1994 though in some areas , local traders came to a mutual agreement to all close one afternoon a week , usually on the quietest trading day . pest has an open-air people 's pool : the neo-baroque széchenyi baths complex where you can still find old men playing chess , half immersed in the water . -lrb- see spasbudapest.com for complete spa information the retail sector in the uk have felt the effects of the shopping culture . `` visit buda but stay in pest '' is the advice every budapest visitor is given . but in fact the once-separate cities have such distinct characters you should spend as much time exploring each . it 's the only way to do them justice . cnn travel 's series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile . however , cnn retains full editorial control over all of its reports . read the policy . ' a suitable remedy would be for companies to voluntarily bring back ` half-day closing ' for one day each week . ` it would give workers a break , and allow them to do other beneficial things in their lives , and any lost ` revenue ' that may occur as a result would easily be saved by fewer workers needing to access the nhs and their gps for countless work-related psychosocial issues such as stress . '
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- `` budapest '' rolls off the tongue pretty easily , and the hungarian capital itself feels as if it 's been around for a long time . but budapest is a relatively recent construct -- the result of an 1873 merger between two distinct cities : buda on the western bank of the danube and pest on the bank opposite . the result , budapest , sounds so much more natural than other twin cities -- minneapolis/st . paul or dallas/fort worth -- it 's difficult to imagine that the alternative `` pestbuda '' was floated seriously at the time . although they 've been populated for centuries , pest and buda have developed so separately that the first bridge spanning the danube , the imposing chain bridge , was n't built until 1849 . their distinctiveness continues to this day . view from the hills . built on a series of hills , buda is the site of a grand hapsburg palace and has a detached , imperial air of settled wealth . in contrast , populous pest -- as flat as a prairie -- is busy , buzzing and bourgeois , with an assortment of bars , cafés and gourmet restaurants . buda offers sweeping panoramas . most visitors are content with the view across to pest from the fisherman 's bastion on castle hill and ignore the less accessible gellért hill just to the south . more : 11 things to know before visiting hungary . yet here the with seven stops in-between . when night falls , buda goes to sleep and pest wakes up . by . lizzie parry for mailonline . experts have today called for half-day closing on the high street to be brought back to stop overworked shop employees suffering stress . the move would be familiar to millions of older people who will remember when whole town centres across the uk closed down at lunchtime one day a week to prevent shop staff being exploited . one leading psychologist said the move would have a similar effect today . professor craig jackson , from birmingham city university , said it would compensate millions of low-paid employees , who put in hours of overtime . experts have called for half-day closing on the high street to be brought back to stop overworked shop employees suffering stress . whether you prefer the opulence of the opera house , one of europe 's finest , or the conviviality of the city 's legendary ruin pubs , you want to be on the pest side of the river after dark . pest has been a hotbed of hungarian national pride to counter the austrian hapsburg court reigning from castle hill . buda may have the palace , but pest houses the hungarian parliament -lrb- 1-3 kossuth tér ; +36 1 441 4000 ; daily tours in english april-october , $ 7.80 eu citizens , $ 3.90 others -rrb- , a dazzling neo-gothic building whose superlative interior is more than a match for its exterior . spa wars . he said it could also save the nhs millions of pounds a year in treating those who suffer stress and other conditions related to working too hard . professor jackson said millions of employees regularly work through lunchbreaks , stay late or come in early for no extra pay . many are low paid workers who fear losing their jobs and will put in extra hours for no money in order to show willing . he said : ` the uk workforce still has the highest mean number of full-time working hours of any european country . professor craig jackson from birmingham city university , said it would compensate millions of low-paid employees , who put in overtime . file picture . ` areas choosing wednesday afternoons . this prevented children from working in their parents ' shops for more than 72 hours a week , for instance . pest is as practical and business-oriented as buda is aloof and superior . buda has thermal spas , such as the gellért or rudas baths , built by the old ruling elites . the law was repealed in 1994 though in some areas , local traders came to a mutual agreement to all close one afternoon a week , usually on the quietest trading day . pest has an open-air people 's pool : the neo-baroque széchenyi baths complex where you can still find old men playing chess , half immersed in the water . -lrb- see spasbudapest.com for complete spa information the retail sector in the uk have felt the effects of the shopping culture . `` visit buda but stay in pest '' is the advice every budapest visitor is given . but in fact the once-separate cities have such distinct characters you should spend as much time exploring each . it 's the only way to do them justice . cnn travel 's series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile . however , cnn retains full editorial control over all of its reports . read the policy . ' a suitable remedy would be for companies to voluntarily bring back ` half-day closing ' for one day each week . ` it would give workers a break , and allow them to do other beneficial things in their lives , and any lost ` revenue ' that may occur as a result would easily be saved by fewer workers needing to access the nhs and their gps for countless work-related psychosocial issues such as stress . '
-lrb- cnn -- `` budapest '' rolls pretty, the hungarian capital itself feels as 's around but budapest a relatively recent construct -- the result an 1873 merger two distinct cities : buda on the danube pest on bank opposite. the result, budapest sounds so natural other twin cities -- minneapolis/. paul or dallas/fort worth -- it 's difficult the alternative `` pestbuda floated seriously. although 've populated, pest and buda developed so separately the first bridge spanning the danube, the imposing chain bridge n't their distinctiveness continues. view from the hills. built a series hills, buda is the site a grand hapsburg palace has a detached, imperial air of settled wealth in contrast, populous pest -- as flat busy, buzzing bourgeois with an assortment bars buda offers sweeping panoramas. most visitors content across to pest from the fisherman 's bastion castle hill and ignore the less accessible gellért hill just. more : 11 things before visiting hungary. yet here the ramparts the old citadella fortress -lrb- citadella sétány 1 ; +36 1 279-1963 free entry -rrb- provide equally stunning vistas over the danube. it 's in the hiking network the buda hills, city residents come picnic ramble through during weekdays, you walk for. kids ' railway. hills hide the children 's railway -lrb- szechenyi-hegyi gyermekvasut ; +36 1 397 5394 ; $ 5.40 adult, closed monday -rrb- a narrow-gauge line operated entirely as ticket sellers, announcers conductors -- only the drivers adults the line runs for through 11 kilometers forest landscape seven stops-. when night, buda goes pest wakes. by. lizzie parry for mailonline. experts have today called half-day closing on brought stop overworked shop employees suffering stress. the move would familiar millions older people will remember when whole town centres across the uk closed at one a prevent shop staff being exploited. one leading psychologist the move today. professor craig jackson, from birmingham city university said compensate millions, put experts have called half-day closing on brought stop overworked shop employees suffering stress. whether prefer the opulence the opera house, one europe, the city 's legendary ruin pubs want the pest side after pest has a hotbed hungarian national pride to counter the austrian hapsburg court reigning from castle hill. buda may the palace, pest houses the hungarian parliament -lrb- 1-3 kossuth tér ; +36 1 441 4000 ; daily tours in english april-october, $ 7.80 eu citizens, others, a dazzling neo-gothic building whose superlative interior more a match. spa wars. he could also save the nhs millions treating those stress related working too. professor jackson said millions employees regularly through lunchbreaks, stay come no extra pay many are low paid workers fear will put in in show willing. he : ` the uk workforce still the highest mean number. professor craig jackson from birmingham city university, said compensate millions, put overtime. file picture. ` as a country work - also rely the culture unpaid overtime the willingness millions employees outside 9 for free, on ` working unpaid overtime is now expected of countless organisations, technological advances facilitate. ' these advances include being contacted email in out even on holiday. trading laws from limited the hours shops many business could across a working week. this included being shut on sundays. to regulate these hours, they had close for during with most areas choosing wednesday afternoons this prevented children working their parents ' shops for, for instance pest is as practical business buda aloof superior. buda has thermal spas, such the gellért or rudas baths built the old ruling elites. the law was repealed 1994 though in some areas, local traders came all close one afternoon a usually the quietest trading day pest has an open-air people 's pool : the neo-baroque széchenyi baths complex where still find old men playing, half immersed. -lrb- see spasbudapest.com complete spa information. -rrb-. pest 's bustle best reflected its most well-known shopping artery : váci utca. it suffered during the communist era the street has regained. more : 8 must budapest buildings. fittingly, buda has the wolf 's meadow cemetery, where famous hungarians classical composer béla bartók conductor georg solti extravagant tombs pest, on the vitality and life force associated the fiery magyar temperament -- nowhere the former city 's culinary culture café cultured. in vörösmarty square you one europe 's monuments confectionary brilliance : the café founded emil gerbeaud -lrb- café gerbeaud,, +36 429 9000 in 1885 complete over-elaborate ceilings not far, the renovated art nouveau decor the gerlóczy café -lrb- u. 1 ; +36 1 501 4000 -rrb- gives traditional hungarian dishes a modern makeover further out, at the edges the seventh district fin- elegance new york café -lrb- part the hotel boscolo budapest ; 9-11 erzsébet körút, +36 886 6167 -rrb- has to some tourists do -- constantly snapping diners from above. professor jackson added : ` since the trading laws relaxed millions in the uk felt the shopping culture. `` visit buda but stay pest '' is every budapest visitor. but in the once-separate cities such distinct characters you should spend exploring. it 's them justice. cnn travel 's series often carry sponsorship originating the countries and we profile. however, cnn retains its reports read the policy. ' a suitable remedy would companies voluntarily bring back ` half-day closing ' one day each. ` it give workers, allow other beneficial things any lost ` revenue may occur as would easily fewer workers needing access the nhs and their gps for countless work-related psychosocial issues stress. '
the high street to be brought back to stop overworked shop employees suffering stress . whether you prefer the opulence of the opera house , one of europe 's finest , or the conviviality of the city 's legendary ruin pubs , you want to be on the pest side of the river after dark . pest has been a hotbed of hungarian national pride to counter the austrian hapsburg court reigning from castle hill . buda may have the palace , but pest houses the hungarian parliament -lrb- 1-3 kossuth tér ; +36 1 441 4000 ; daily tours in english april-october , $ 7.80 eu citizens , $ 3.90 others -rrb- , a dazzling neo-gothic building whose superlative interior is more than a match for its exterior . spa wars . he said it could also save the nhs millions of pounds a year in treating those who suffer stress and other conditions related to working too hard . professor jackson said millions of employees regularly work through lunchbreaks , stay late or come in early for no extra pay . many are low paid workers who fear losing their jobs and will put in extra hours for no money in order to show willing . he said : ` the uk workforce still has the highest mean number of full-time working hours of any european country . professor craig jackson from birmingham city university , said it would compensate millions of low-paid employees , who put in overtime . file picture . ` as a country we work too many hours - and we also rely on the culture of unpaid overtime and the willingness of millions of employees to work outside of the 9 to 5 for free , on a regular basis . ` working unpaid overtime is now expected of workers in countless organisations , and technological advances facilitate this . ' these advances include being contacted by email or text in out-of-office hours and even on holiday . trading laws from the beginning of the 20th century limited the hours shops and many business could operate across a working week . this included being shut on sundays . to regulate these hours , they had to close for half a day during the week , with most areas choosing wednesday afternoons . this prevented children from working in their parents ' shops for more than 72 hours a week , for instance . pest is as practical and business-oriented as buda is aloof and superior . buda has thermal spas , such as the gellért or rudas baths , built by the old ruling elites . the law was repealed in 1994 though in some areas , local traders came to a mutual agreement to all close one afternoon a week , usually on the quietest trading day . pest has an open-air people 's pool : the neo-baroque széchenyi baths complex where you can still find old men playing chess , half immersed in the water . -lrb- see spasbudapest.com for complete spa information the retail sector in the uk have felt the effects of the shopping culture . `` visit buda but stay in pest '' is the advice every budapest visitor is given . but in fact the once-separate cities have such distinct characters you should spend as much time exploring each . it 's the only way to do them justice . cnn travel 's series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile . however , cnn retains full editorial control over all of its reports . read the policy . ' a suitable remedy would be for companies to voluntarily bring back ` half-day closing ' for one day each week . ` it would give workers a break , and allow them to do other beneficial things in their lives , and any lost ` revenue ' that may occur as a result would easily be saved by fewer workers needing to access the nhs and their gps for countless work-related psychosocial issues such as stress . '
 The text discusses the importance of work-life balance and how it affects employees' mental and physical health. It highlights that many employees in Europe are overworked, leading to stress, anxiety, and depression. The article suggests that companies should prioritize their employees' well-being by providing flexible working hours, paid time off, and a healthy work environment. This can lead to increased productivity, better employee retention, and improved overall quality of life.