Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Eastern Railway Station
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1087 Budapest, Kerepesi út 2-6.
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 →
Name: Kerepesi temető
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1087 Budapest, Fiumei út 16.
Budapest like all capital cities has its own cemetery, its national pantheon, where celebrities are buried. In this vast landscaped space, the most impressive monument or rather the mausoleum is undoubtedly that of Lajos Kossuth which dominates the whole cemetery.… Read the rest here →
Name: Peuple’s Stadium
Category: Nature and gardens
Location: 1143 Budapest, Istvánmezei út 1-3.
In 1997, the People’s Stadium (Népstadion) which forms part of an immense sports ground held the European Athletics Championships. Take the big road Ifjúság útja lined with monumental sculptural groups exalting sport and the army.… Read the rest here →
Name: Hold Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1093 Budapest, Hold utca
This is where you will find one of the works by Ödön Lechner who appears in almost all the works dealing with the Secession style in Budapest: the building of the former Post Office Savings Bank.… Read the rest here →
Name: Blaha Lujza tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1091 Budapest, Blaha Lujza tér
This important crossroads is located at the junction of the Great Boulevard and Rákóczi street, another large shopping street which extends from Kossuth Lajos Street and leads to the Eastern railway station (Keleti pályaudvar).… Read the rest here →