The first Hungarian architect to look to art nouveau for inspiration was Frigyes Spiegel, who designed this block at the northern end of VI Izabella utca in 1896. The entire facade is covered with suns, stars, peacocks, flowers, snakes, foxes and long-tressed nudes.


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1. Nyugati Train Station

0.27 MILES

The large iron-and-glass structure on Nyugati tér is the 'Western' train station, built in 1877 by the Paris-based Eiffel Company. In the early 1970s a…

2. House of Terror

0.31 MILES

The headquarters of the dreaded ÁVH secret police houses the disturbing House of Terror, focusing on the crimes and atrocities of Hungary's fascist and…

3. Ferenc Liszt Memorial Museum

0.32 MILES

This wonderful little museum is housed in the Old Music Academy, where the great composer Liszt lived in a 1st-floor apartment for five years until his…

4. Léderer House

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This lovely residence with phenomenal stained glass and grillwork was designed by Zoltán Bálint and Lajos Jámbor in 1902.

5. Lehel Church

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On Lehel tér you’ll see the twin spires of this 1933 copy of a celebrated 13th-century Romanesque church now in ruins at Zsámbék, 33km west of Budapest.

6. Sonnenberg House

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Built as a block of flats by master architect Kálmán Albert Körössy in 1904, this lovely Secessionist building now serves as a school.

7. Pinball Museum

0.47 MILES

This quirky museum housed in a basement is one of Budapest's hidden attractions. It’s home to 140 vintage pinball museums – yes, you can play all but the…

8. Ferenc Hopp Museum of East Asian Art

0.49 MILES

This museum of East Asian art is housed in the former villa of its benefactor and namesake; the pagoda in front gives the game away. Founded in 1919, the…