Public events calendar
- Klimt and the beginning of Viennese secession
Final Art Museum
2008-09-30-2009-01-04 - Ferdinand Hodler: The simbolist vision
Final Art Museum
2008-09-09-2008-11-14 - III. Budapest Barokk Festival
St Mihály Church in downtown
2008-09-25-2008-10-18 - The Enchanting Eccentric - The Art Of Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Museum of Fine Arts
2007-10-12-2008-12-16 - Renaissance Year 2008
2008-01-22-2009-01-22
Budapest
Budapest, with its more than a thousand year history, is one of Europe's youngest capitals, as Pest, Buda and Obuda was joined in 1873.
The life of the inhabitants was determined by the river Danube as it provided merchants free crossing and inhabitants shelter among surrounding hills.
Budapest is rich in natural beauties and its architecture is world-famous. Numerous sights of Budapest was given the world heritage title by the UNESCO (Royal Palace area, Danube Bank View, Andrássy Avenue).
Apart from the buildings, churches, the Danube or the Buda Hills there are various thermal baths, caves, museums and cultural programs in order to satisfy visitors of Budapest.
The most popular sights of Budapest:
- Parliament
- Széchenyi Chain Bridge
- Royal Palace, Funicular Railway
- Fishermen's Bastion and Danube Bank View
- Margaret Island
- Mathias Church
- Heroes' Square
- City Park, Vajdahunyad Castle
- State Opera House
- Andrássy Avenue
- Széchenyi Thermal Bath
- Rudas Thermal Bath, Gellért Thermal Bath
- St. Stepen's Basilica
- Great Synagogue at Dohány street
- Hungarian National Museum
- Museum of Applied Arts
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Elisabeth look-out tower at János Hill
- Children Railway, Chair Lift