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Budapest
Budapest is unique in Hungary. No other city is as beautiful, as rich, as well endowed in
fine art and architecture or, frankly, as crowded. As Hungarys fvros (main city or capital),
it is the administrative, business and cultural centre; virtually everything in Hungary starts,
finishes or is currently taking place here.
Straddling a curve in the Danube River (Duna), Budapest is flanked by the Buda Hills on the
western bank and what is essentially the start of the Great Plain to the east. And the human
legacy is just as remarkable as Mother Natures. Architecturally, Budapest is a gem, with a
surfeit of baroque, neoclassical, Eclectic and Art-Nouveau (or Secessionist) buildings. Overall,
however, Budapest has a fin-de-sicle feel to it, for it was then during the industrial boom
and the capitals golden age in the late 19th century that most of todays city was built.
To retain its well-deserved title of vilgvros (world-class city), Budapest has taken on all
the baggage that such a status usually demands: organised crime, faceless modern archi-
tecture, a mobile phone at the ear of every suit, international fast-food eateries at every
corner. Yet Budapest remains Hungarian: exotic, sometimes inscrutable, often passionate,
with its two feet firmly planted in Europe, but with a glance every now and then eastward
to the spawning grounds of its citizens. It is unmissable.
HIGHLIGHTS
Taking views of the Danube while aboveit (from Castle Hill, p69, or Gellrt Hill,p71), while on it (from Vigad tr, p102)or while in it (fromMargaret Island, p75)
Letting your mind wander over thesinuous curves and asymmetrical forms
of the citys incomparable Art-Nouveauarchitecture, such as the Museum ofApplied Arts(p94)
Soaking the afternoon away in a thermalbath Turkish-style (Rudas, p99, or Kirly,p97), in a cathedral (Gellrt, p97) or whileplaying board games afloat (Szchenyi,p97)
Taking in an evening of music at theHungarian State Opera House(p95) or
the Liszt Academy of Music(p93) Sizing up the monumental socialist
mistakes on display at Statue Park(p127)
Applied ArtsMuseum of
Opera House
Liszt Academy of Music
Margaret Island
Gellrt Hill
Castle Hill
Vigad tr
Gellrt Baths
Szchenyi Baths
Kirly Baths
Rudas Baths
Hungarian State
Statue Park
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