Eastern Railway Station

Name: Eastern Railway Station
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1087 Budapest, Kerepesi út 2-6.

Description

The largest station in the capital (international traffic) has a façade in the eclectic style. There you can see the statues of James Watt, inventor of the steam engine and George Stephenson, inventor of the steam locomotive.… Read the rest here →

Marguerite Bridge

Name: Marguerite Bridge
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Margit híd

Description

It was built from 1872 to 1876 by a French company using the plans by Ernest Gouin. It is made up by two arms joined together at the height of Marguerite Isle at an angle of 150°.… Read the rest here →

Óbuda

Name: Óbuda
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér

Óbuda has a lot to keep you occupied: Medieval main square and Aquincum, the remnants of the Roman-time settlement bearing the same name for history buffs and Római-part for the lovers of nature.… Read the rest here →

Gaiety Theatre

Name: Gaiety Theatre
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1065 Budapest, Szent István körút 14 14.

Description

The Gaiety theatre is a neo-baroque building at the front of which you cannot fail to notice two busts: on the left, that of Miklós Zrínyi (1620-1664), a poet of croation origin and fierce partisan for the expulsion of the Turks, and on the right,that of Sándor Petőfi.… Read the rest here →

Franz Liszt Music Academy

Name: Franz Liszt Music Academy
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8.

Description

A symbol of Musical Education in Europe, the Budapest Academy of Music was founded in 1875 by Franz Liszt himself and has borne his name since.… Read the rest here →