Inside Europe’s ‘porn capital’ where scouts lure Brits to become X-rated stars | Documentary

MILLIONS flock to Budapest every year to marvel at its grand architecture, take a dip in the thermal baths and drink at hip ruin bars. But aside from visiting its tourist hotspots, many are also flocking to the historic capital for a very different reason - to film pornography. Since the fall of communism in 1989, the first city of Hungary has emerged as Europe’s unlikely porn production capital thanks to its low taxes, affordable rents and central landlocked location. As one performer cheekily puts it: “If you throw a stone in the streets here, you’ll hit a porn star.” Since lockdown, when thousands turned to OnlyFans for quick cash, the city’s industry has only exploded further, with Love Island-style scouts even tapping up adult content influencers online to persuade them to fly over and pursue a career in full-on pornography. Racy videos are being filmed in homes, in local parks, on Ferris wheels and even in Airbnbs, by actors and actresses from nations includin