To preface, I’m a tourist from the USA with a short few days here in Budapest. I’ve had a lovely time here so far and am already looking to come back when I have more time.

This morning I went for a 7 am jog and walk to check out the citadel lookout area. Walking up the south end, no problems, gorgeous view as the sun peaked up over the city.

I spent some time at the top taking pictures and headed down the north side without any clear direction, just meandering through the paths with the only goal of getting down. Up until this point I had been hearing the crows and noticing their indifference towards me, but they didn’t bother me and I wasn’t bothering them, so I thought we had mutual respect and all was good.

Then as I made my way near the area of the “spectacular tree” - I heard a loud caw right in my ear. A crow had flown down behind me and just missed my head. I stopped and looked up at it as it settled on a branch. Then it dove again this time coming right at me. I started running and this cycle of continuous dives happened another 3-4 times.

I picked a different path and finally made it down to where I thought I would be safe along Hegyalja Út - where all of a sudden another crow started to do the same thing, again over and over until I ran far enough away from it.

So is this a regular thing? I didn’t find anything else on this online so had to ask if locals had ever had a similar experience.

TLDR: Multiple crows dive-bombed me this morning walking along the north side of the citadel lookout.