Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #16 in Budapest, Hungary

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 6 km
Ascend 46 m
Descend 51 m

Explore Budapest in Hungary with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BudapestIndividual Sights in Budapest

Sight 1: Kocsis András

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Kocsis András FOTO:Fortepan — ID 101190: Adományozó/Donor: Zsivkov Anita - Koós Árpád. archivált másolat at the Wayback Machine / CC BY-SA 3.0

András Kocsis, born Andor Kocsis, Kossuth and Munkácsy Mihály Prize-winning Hungarian sculptor.

Wikipedia: Kocsis András (szobrász) (HU)

1081 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 2: Újpesti Víztorony

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The Újpest Water Tower is one of many water towers in Budapest.

Wikipedia: Újpest Water Tower (EN)

479 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Boldog Sándor István szalézi szerzetes

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Boldog Sándor István szalézi szerzetes

István Sándor was Hungarian Salesian and labourer, martyr and Blessed;

Wikipedia: István Sándor (martyr) (EN), Url

536 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Görgey Artúr

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Görgey Artúr

Artúr Görgei de Görgő et Toporc was a Hungarian military leader renowned for being one of the greatest generals of the Hungarian Revolutionary Army.

Wikipedia: Artúr Görgei (EN), Website

668 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Bay Zoltán

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Zoltán Lajos Bay was a Hungarian physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. He was the leader of the second group to observe radar echoes from the Moon (Moonbounce). From 1930, he worked at the University of Szeged as a professor of theoretical physics.

Wikipedia: Zoltán Lajos Bay (EN), Website

858 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Vajk - István

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Vajk - István

Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen, was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first King of Hungary from 1000 or 1001, until his death in 1038. The year of his birth is uncertain, but many details of his life suggest that he was born in, or after, 975, in Esztergom. He was given the pagan name Vajk at birth, but the date of his baptism is unknown. He was the only son of Grand Prince Géza and his wife, Sarolt, who was descended from a prominent family of gyulas. Although both of his parents were baptized, Stephen was the first member of his family to become a devout Christian. He married Gisela of Bavaria, a scion of the imperial Ottonian dynasty.

Wikipedia: Stephen I of Hungary (EN), Website

723 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: Kulin-csillagda

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The Kulin Starda is an observatory operating at the top of the Books Kálmán High School in Budapest. A similar ‘classical’ observatory may only boast in the whole country.

Wikipedia: Kulin-csillagda (HU)

542 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Magyar Autóklub

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The Hungarian Automobile Club Service Center is an office building in Budapest, in Budapest IV. district, owned by the Hungarian Automobile Club (MAK) and functioning as its national headquarters and headquarters. Its unique shape, forming the Latin letter "a", refers to the initials of the words Automobile Club and, more broadly, automobile.

Wikipedia: Magyar Autóklub Szolgáltató Központ (HU)

727 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Újpesti Kocsiszín

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Újpest depot is a defunct tram depot in the XIII. district of the defunct tram remiz Budapest, in the Újpest-városkapu transport hub, on the border of district IV. The building is an industrial monument and today houses a supermarket.

Wikipedia: Újpest kocsiszín (HU), Url, Website

389 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Újpesti lóvasút végállomás

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Újpesti lóvasút végállomás

The Horse Railway in Újpest was the first horse railway in Hungary, which began operation on July 30, 1866 and ceased in 1900 when the tram was finally replaced. The two terminals between the "Újpest Indo House" and Széna Square, the then -independent city between Újpest and Pest.

Wikipedia: Újpesti lóvasút (HU), Url, Website

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