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augusztus 29, 2023 at 6:35 PM CEST

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7 iconic buildings that are easier to visit than you think

From St Stephen's Basilica to the Museum of Ethnography, here is an insider's guide on how to explore some of Budapest's most stunning buildings.

August 29, 2023 at 12:49 PM CEST

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Párisi Department Store (Closed)

The department store

July 24, 2023 at 10:28 AM CEST

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Gellért Baths

The best-known of Budapest’s many spas

February 7, 2023 at 2:10 PM CET

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Buda Castle is among the 15 most Instagrammed castles in Europe, The Thinking Traveller's research shows

The Thinking Traveller created a list of the most popular castles and palaces in Europe, based on the hashtags used on Instagram.

November 25, 2022 at 4:33 PM CET

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New York Palace Budapest

The New York Palace is one of the most elegant buildings in Budapest

November 4, 2022 at 11:09 AM CET

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He didn't like Michelangelo, he stood out, and he renewed portraiture – we visited the El Greco exhibition

The exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts is a comprehensive and exhaustive exploration of El Greco's art, featuring more than fifty of his works, alongside works by some of his contemporaries.

August 19, 2022 at 3:42 PM CEST

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Heroes’ Square

One of the city’s main landmarks and the gateway to the City Park or Városliget

July 8, 2022 at 10:23 AM CEST

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Amazing new images show Matthias Church from above

See Matthias Church as you never seen it before, thanks to dramatic soaring images taken by intrepid photographer Milán Medgyesi!

July 1, 2022 at 9:12 AM CEST

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Museum of Fine Arts

Renovated through 2018 and 2019, the stately Museum of Fine Arts occupies a prominent location along one side of Heroes' Square, where Classical antiquities and European Masters sit under one roof.

June 21, 2022 at 11:24 AM CEST

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Pictures of Budapest – The hidden staircases of Castle Hill

If you've ever skipped the queue for the Funicular and taken the stairs instead, you know what a stiff climb it can be. Yet some of these staircases are dramatic in their own right – take a look!

May 5, 2022 at 4:43 PM CEST

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Museum of Applied Arts (Temporarily closed)

UPDATE:  The museum closed in 2017 to start the full reconstruction and expansion

April 26, 2022 at 2:01 PM CEST

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5 great film locations in Budapest for a dystopian movie

It's the end of the world as we know it, and the last humans are eking out an existence in an abandoned psychiatric hospital or ginormous power plant – where better to film this movie than Budapest?

April 8, 2022 at 8:11 PM CEST

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Chain Bridge lions to be back in place by the autumn

After painstaking restoration, the lion statues will be returned to the Pest bridgeheads of the Chain Bridge by the autumn.

April 7, 2022 at 3:32 PM CEST

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Funicular

Connecting the Danube bank with  Castle Hill

March 29, 2022 at 3:51 PM CEST

Budapest

Green light given to build Budapest’s new Museum of Transport

All aboard! Permits have been granted to construct the various buildings making up the complex of the new Transport Museum, set to transform the former industrial neighbourhood of Kőbánya.

March 11, 2022 at 3:34 PM CET

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Opera House

The Opera House  Hungarian State Opera  – opened in 1884 –

March 9, 2022 at 9:55 AM CET

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Tourism expert at the International Business School points to a bright future for Budapest

Quality tourism for more discerning tourists is the way forward for Hungary, according to UK expert Alan Godsave, lecturer at Budapest’s International Business School.

February 4, 2022 at 10:23 AM CET

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New drone video shows the beauty of Budapest in winter

Follow filmmaker Roxana Beloiu as she takes in the outstanding sights of Budapest in winter in her dramatic new video featuring amazing drone shots over our fair city.

January 18, 2022 at 7:10 PM CET

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Budapest Corvinus University (BCE)

The Corvinus University of Budapest has been training economists and other financial experts since 1948

January 18, 2022 at 7:03 PM CET

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Tunnel

According to Budapest legend

January 15, 2022 at 11:12 AM CET

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Tomb of Gül Baba

A perfect spot for a romantic rendezvous

January 10, 2022 at 7:29 PM CET

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Nagymező utca

The capital has a truly cosmopolitan street known as " Budapest's Boradway ": Nagymező Street

January 10, 2022 at 10:13 AM CET

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Visit Budapest’s synagogue triangle – historic houses of worship cluster close together in town

Budapest's three main synagogues stand within a short walk of each other in the Jewish Quarter, close to the city centre. Their architecture reveals many things about their approaches to Judaism.

January 10, 2022 at 10:02 AM CET

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Kazinczy utca Synagogue

The gigantic building that dominates narrow Kazinczy utca was completed in 1913

January 6, 2022 at 4:50 PM CET

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Where printers fought doctors and love conquered a Casanova knight – the hidden story of Gutenberg tér

Discover the adventurous story of Gutenberg tér, a popular square near the Palace Quarter long fought over by doctor and printer alike.