Places to visit in Budapest

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Heroes square

Heroes' Square is one of the grandest public spaces in Budapest, a vast plaza at the end of Andrassy Avenue that celebrates 1,000 years of Hungarian history. The square was built between 1896 and 1906 to commemorate the…

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Margaret Bridge

Margaret Bridge is Budapest's second permanent bridge across the Danube, and it carries one of the city's most romantic origin stories. Designed by French engineer Ernest Gouin and built between 1872 and 1876, the bridge…

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Parliament Building

The Hungarian Parliament Building is one of Europe's most jaw-dropping architectural achievements, and the story behind it is just as dramatic as its facade. Commissioned in 1885 after an international design competition…

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St Stephen Basilica

St. Stephen's Basilica is not just one of Budapest's most beautiful buildings but also one of its most dramatic construction stories. Work began in 1851, but in 1858 the dome catastrophically collapsed, forcing demolitio…

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Dohány Street Synagogue

The Dohany Street Synagogue holds the distinction of being the largest synagogue in Europe and one of the largest in the world, with seating for nearly 3,000 worshippers. Built between 1854 and 1859 by architect Ludwig F…

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Tree of Life Memorial and Temple of Heroes

The Tree of Life Memorial stands in the rear courtyard of the Dohany Street Synagogue complex as one of Budapest's most emotionally powerful monuments. Created by sculptor Imre Varga in 1991, the silver-colored metal wee…

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Kazinczy Street Synagogue

The Kazinczy Street Synagogue is one of Budapest's best-kept architectural secrets, tucked away at 29-31 Kazinczy Street in the heart of the Jewish Quarter. Completed in 1913, this Orthodox synagogue was designed by the …

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Vajdahunyad Castle

Vajdahunyad Castle is proof that the best things sometimes start as temporary ideas. Originally built from wood and cardboard for Hungary's 1896 Millennium Celebrations, this fairy-tale castle was meant to showcase a tho…

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Statue of Anonymous

The Statue of Anonymous is one of Budapest's most mysterious and beloved monuments, honoring a chronicler whose name nobody knows. This hooded bronze figure, created by sculptor Miklos Ligeti in 1903, depicts an unknown …

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House of Terrors

The House of Terrors at Andrassy Avenue 60 is not just a museum about history; it is history. This building served as the actual headquarters of Hungary's Arrow Cross Nazi Party during World War II and later became the b…

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Budapest City Park (Városliget)

Budapest City Park, known locally as Varosliget, claims the remarkable distinction of being one of the world's first public parks. The story begins in 1751 when Pest's mayor Gabor Szanto initiated a tree plantation on th…

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Nyugati Train Station

Nyugati Train Station is living proof that train stations can be works of art. Designed by August de Serres and built by none other than the Eiffel Company (yes, the same firm behind the Eiffel Tower), the station opened…

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Rumbach Street Synagogue

The Rumbach Street Synagogue is a hidden masterpiece designed by a 27-year-old Otto Wagner, who would later become one of the founding figures of the Secessionist movement that transformed European architecture. Wagner w…

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Queen Elisabeth Statue

The Queen Elisabeth Statue tells one of Budapest's most dramatic tales of devotion, politics, and survival. It honors Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known affectionately as "Sisi," who was born in 1837 into Bavaria's roya…

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Liberty Square (Szabadság tér)

Liberty Square sits on ground that once held Ujepulet, a massive military barracks built by the Austrians in 1786 that served as a powerful symbol of Habsburg control over Hungary. When the barracks were demolished in th…

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Madách Színház

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New York Café

The New York Café in Budapest was built as the ground floor of an insurance palace and is decorated to a degree that borders on absurd, with gilding, marble columns and frescoed ceilings. It was once the haunt of the cit…

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Hungarian National Museum

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Chapel of Saint Roch

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Budavárí Labirintus

The Buda Castle Labyrinth is a run of caves and passages under the castle hill in Budapest, formed by hot springs and later used as cellars and shelters. It is lit low enough to be genuinely atmospheric.

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Church of Saint Mary Magdalene

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Európa Liget