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Aeropark
After steadfastly soaring through the heavens during decades past, some vintage passenger planes of Hungary’s freshly historic Malev national airline are now on proud display in a grassy field beside the Budapest Airport, accompanied by a few other antique vehicles that once crisscrossed the tarmac. Aeropark visitors can walk between and aboard decommissioned Soviet-built aircraft ranging from propeller planes to jumbo jets to a civil-service helicopter, while other museum amenities include a flight simulator and an exhibit of stewardess uniforms.
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Aquincum
When the Roman Empire stretched across Europe, much of what we now call Hungary was part of its Pannonia province, and Aquincum was the capital city of this colonial domain. Here in modern-day north Buda, thousands of Roman subjects lived within elaborate stone homes, and wandering amid the widespread ruins of these once-grand edifices provides an impressive testament to this ancient civilization’s sophistication. An intriguing indoor museum displays numerous artifacts and tile mosaics found here, while actors frequently reenact gladiator battles.
Where: Budapest 1031, Szentendrei út 135
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ELTE Füvészkert
Budapest’s most brilliant displays of nature are now blooming at this historic botanical garden in the middle of District VIII, a marvelous parkland encompassing thousands of plant species from Hungary and far beyond. The carefully cultivated flora at ELTE Füvészkert includes orchids, cacti, conifers, water lilies, ferns, ivy, and much more amid a complex of stately buildings, greenhouses, and winding walkways. As squirrels scamper about while birds and bees fly freely, visitors of all ages delight in the wonders of our planet’s productivity.
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Memento Park
With the fall of communism in Hungary in 1989, Budapest officials had a conundrum on their hands – what should they do with the gigantic statues of Marxist heroes which the Soviets had liberally installed on the city streets? Their solution was to cart the mammoth metal sculptures to an empty lot on Buda’s outskirts and create an open-air museum, and thus Memento Park was born. Over the years this surreal collection of proletarian-promoting artworks has been complemented with classic cars of the Eastern Bloc and star-shaped gardens of red flowers.
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Hungarian Railway Museum
Steam-powered propulsion is still the way to go at this immense interactive museum based in a former depot, now housing historic locomotives and train cars dating back to 1870. In addition to some fifty engines (a dozen of them still operational) displayed in a century-old roundhouse, the Hungarian Railway Museum’s other rolling-stock relics include hand-powered carts, inspection cars with train wheels, and even a teak dining car built for the Orient Express in 1912. Check out popular family programs like the annual Steam Locomotive Grand Prix.
Where: Budapest 1142, Tatai út 95
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