En Hungría, antes de las guerras mundiales y del Telón de Acero, muchos jóvenes iban a Europa Occidental durante algunos años para ampliar su formación profesional, trabajando en los talleres de maestros extranjeros.
In Hungary, before the World Wars and the Iron Curtain, many young people went to western Europe for some years to extend their vocational training by working in the workshops of foreign masters. In this way, they learned both their profession and one or two foreign languages.