Vienna or Budapest?

Following up on an earlier thread. For those of you who have been to both. Would you recommend Vienna or Budapest. Going with a friend. Both of us are into museums and historical sites while looking for solid nightlife.

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one night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble * - jt 2019-08-24 20:22:59
Wasn't there a civil war that made the answer "both"? * - ndtnguy 2019-08-23 16:05:45
- Trying to figure out what you mean * - sprack 2019-08-23 16:14:57
  - My terminology could have been better - ndtnguy 2019-08-23 16:39:15
Both are great, but I'm very partial to Budapest - sprack 2019-08-23 15:09:16
- Went with Budapest. Thanks for the push! * - irishsundevil 2019-08-23 19:40:52
  - Nice! Here are a few fun ideas - irish2003 2019-08-24 13:59:13
  - You’re welcome - you won’t regret it! * - sprack 2019-08-23 21:19:14
- Heading to Budapest, Vienna and Prague in 10 days - sjdomer 2019-08-23 18:20:02
  - Two Prague recommendations - doolinbanjos 2019-08-24 09:13:03
    - I can second Pod Věží, and one more. - ewillND 2019-08-24 12:09:48
      - During our years in Prague (1994-2007), - BeijingIrish 2019-08-24 13:34:25
        Looked up the address. What a location. * - squid 2019-08-24 16:03:42
    - Thanks! * - sjdomer 2019-08-24 09:48:07
  - I do - this restaurant on a little side street in Pest (link) - sprack 2019-08-23 21:15:12
    - Thanks. Looks great. * - sjdomer 2019-08-24 08:38:55
  - I always recommend Noi - Iceknight 2019-08-23 19:07:52
    - Thanks for the recommendation. * - Sjdomer 2019-08-23 19:22:17
If you are sure you can’t do both... - ewillND 2019-08-23 13:51:07
Not even close... - braille 2019-08-23 13:49:04
- This is flat wrong. - starburns 2019-08-23 16:30:19
- Budapest is fantastic. Bucharest fits more what you describe - CAFB4ND 2019-08-23 16:04:13
  - My wife is from Cluj-Napoca, Romania; great town. - ferndog 2019-08-23 19:11:00
    - We did Brasov for 2 days back in 2009 timeframe. - CAFB4ND 2019-08-24 18:52:11
    - A great friend of mine is Romanian - sprack 2019-08-23 21:22:17
- Wow. - ewillND 2019-08-23 14:54:58
- "braille" must mean you're blind. In a word, bullcrap * - sprack 2019-08-23 14:51:56
- What a crock. * - BeijingIrish 2019-08-23 14:47:46
- I could not disagree more - ShillelaghHugger 2019-08-23 14:23:50