I wait in line, shivering, my skin beginning to resemble that of a plucked chicken. Glancing left, I see that several open, communal shower stalls lay empty, yet I stubbornly wait to enter a private ...

Kiraly Bath, the oldest thermal bath in Budapest, was built by the Ottoman Turks in the 16th century. Communal baths like this one (pictured in 2008) were the public’s main means of washing for ...