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The first permanent bridge across the Danube, unveiled in 1849, this city icon was designed by Englishman William Tierney Clark and Scottish engineer Adam Clark...more
see the Budapest guideJust after the fall of communism, some genius rounded up all the giant-scale (and we do mean large) statues of Lenin, Marx, and Engels and set them up as a...more
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Located deep under Castle Hill in Buda, the Rock Hospital museum offers a glimpse deep into Budapest's World War II and Cold War past. Formed out of older,...more
see the Budapest guideThis large museum, located right where Andrássy hits City Park (Városliget), picks up where the Hungarian National Gallery leaves off. It houses...more
see the Budapest guideMissing Barnes & Noble? (Actually, there is one here, but never mind.) Pining for your book group? Here, on the site of a famous literary café, is...more
see the Budapest guideThis art collection is the raison d'être for several sections of the Royal Palace located at the top of Castle Hill. Beginning with domestic sculptures...more
see the Budapest guideOften mundane and occasionally outstanding, after 20 years the Budapest Grand Prix remains the most significant motor-sport event in the region. It's held every...more
see the Budapest guideBy no means appreciated by all when it opened, partly due to the word "TERROR" writ huge on the building's facade, this museum sets out to expose the ways and...more
see the Budapest guideThe quintessential city spa is fed by Gellért Hill's mineral hot springs, flush with calcium, magnesium, hydrocarbonate, alkali, chloride, sulfate, and...more
see the Budapest guideFronted by a vast statue of Liszt overlooking a pedestrian street filled with café tables, this remarkable Art Nouveau building anchors Liszt Ferenc...more
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