Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Budapest, Hungary

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 5.8 km
Ascend 133 m
Descend 150 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: Budapest Cog-wheel Railway

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The Budapest Cog-wheel Railway is a rack railway in the Buda part of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It connects a lower terminus at Városmajor, two tram stops away from the Széll Kálmán tér transport interchange, with an upper terminus at Széchenyihegy. The line is integrated into the city's public transport system as tram line number 60, is 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) in length, and was opened in 1874.

Wikipedia: Budapest Cog-wheel Railway (EN), Website

431 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Beethoven

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Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music. Beethoven's career has conventionally been divided into early, middle, and late periods. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized as heroic. During this time, he began to grow increasingly deaf. In his late period, from 1812 to 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression.

Wikipedia: Ludwig van Beethoven (EN), Website, Url

306 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Tábori vadászok I.vh

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Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl was a Hungarian sculptor and artist. His sculptural style integrated elements of realism and academism style mainly engaged in creating portrait busts.

Wikipedia: Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl (EN), Website

338 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Barabás-villa

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The Barabás Villa is almost the only building in Budapest XII. district of Városmajor Street, the first settlers of Városmaja Street survived intact. The renovation of the Europa Nostra Prize was recognized in 2003.

Wikipedia: Barabás-villa (HU), Website, Facebook

397 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Mindszenty József

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József Mindszenty was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, for five decades "he personified uncompromising opposition to fascism and communism in Hungary". During World War II, he was imprisoned by the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross Party. After the war, he opposed communism and communist persecution in his country. As a result, he was tortured and given a life sentence in a 1949 show trial that generated worldwide condemnation, including a United Nations resolution.

Wikipedia: József Mindszenty (EN), Website

430 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Mekk Elek goat

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Mekk Elek goat Pannónia Filmstúdió / filmkocka

Elek MEKK, a handyman from 1974 to 1975, was a Hungarian television puppet series made by the Pannonia Film Studio in 1973. The director of the feature film series is István Imre, producers: Sándor Gyöpös and Jánosné Komlós. The screenplay was written by József Romiklagi, the figures and scenery were designed by Iván Koós, and his music was obtained by György Ránki. In Hungary, Hungarian Television, MTV1, MTV2, Duna TV and Duna World showed it.

Wikipedia: Mekk Elek, az ezermester (HU), Website, Facebook, Website

495 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Hencze Tamás

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Tamás Hencze Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian NeoAtantgard painter.

Wikipedia: Hencze Tamás (HU)

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Nemzeti Táncszínház

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The National Dance Theater was founded by the Ministry of National Cultural Heritage in 2001 as a legal successor to the 20-year dance forum. Since December 1, 2001, the Budapest Theater has become the home of Hungarian dance art, the repertoire of which covers the entire spectrum of professional Hungarian dance art from folklór to classical ballet, from contemporary dance theater to street break dance, from large bands.

Wikipedia: Nemzeti Táncszínház (HU), Website

520 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Keleti Károly

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Keleti Károly

Károly Keleti is a theoretical economist, statistician, industrial politician, one of the founders of Hungarian statistical science. Founder and first director of the Central Statistical Office between 1867 and 1892.

Wikipedia: Keleti Károly (HU)

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: KSH Könyvtár

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KSH Könyvtár Domonkos László / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Library of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office is a national special library, one of the oldest and largest statistical collections in Europe.

Wikipedia: Központi Statisztikai Hivatal Könyvtár (HU), Facebook, Website

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Mechwart liget

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Mechwart Park is located in Budapest II. district, at the junction of Margaret Boulevard and Keleti Károly Street. Its area is about 18, 000 square meters, landscaped space.

Wikipedia: Mechwart liget (HU)

247 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Szent István első vértanú templom

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The St. Stephen the First Martyr Church on Budapest Highway is the seat church of the Franciscan Parish on Highway, simply the Franciscan Church of Buda. His farewell will be held on December 26.

Wikipedia: Budapest Országúti Szent István első vértanú templom (HU), Website, Url, Url Miserend

458 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Király Thermal Bath

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Király Thermal Bath

Király Bath or Király fürdő was a thermal bath that was built in Hungary between 1566-1572, during the time of Ottoman rule. It was commissioned by Sokollu Mustafa Pasha who was the longest-serving governor general (1566-1578) of the Ottoman province of Budin and who built similar baths at Rudas, Rác and Veli bej which are also operational in Budapest. The bath and its neighborhood then became part of the consolidated city of Budapest.

Wikipedia: Király Baths (EN), Website, Facebook

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Bem apó

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Bem apó

Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish engineer and general, an Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European patriotic movements. Like Tadeusz Kościuszko and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Bem fought outside Poland's borders anywhere his leadership and military skills were needed.

Wikipedia: Józef Bem (EN), Website, Url

406 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: Margit híd

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Margaret Bridge or Margit híd is a three-way bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the Danube and linking Margaret Island to the banks. It is the second-northernmost and second-oldest public bridge in Budapest.

Wikipedia: Margaret Bridge (EN)

643 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 16: Tomb of Gülbaba

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Gül Baba's tomb (türbe) in Budapest, Hungary, is the northernmost Islamic pilgrimage site in the world. The mausoleum is located in the district of Rózsadomb on Mecset (mosque) Street, a short but steep walk from Margaret Bridge.

Wikipedia: Tomb of Gül Baba (EN), Website, Url

363 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Molnár János-barlang

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The Molnár János Cave is a thermokarstic water-filled cave system. It is located in the Rózsadomb district of Budapest in Hungary.

Wikipedia: Molnár János Cave (EN), Website

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