Budapest
Budapest's modern (and usually considered ugly) second opera house, southwest of Keleti train station, has reopened after a massive facelift that has added a considerable amount of charm to this venue with near-perfect acoustics. The Erkel is standing in for most operatic and musical performances while the Hungarian State Opera House undergoes renovation due to be completed in 2020.
Tickets are sold just inside the main door.
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Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest’s most important medieval monuments and…
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The largest church in Hungary sits on Castle Hill, and its 72m-high central dome can be seen for many kilometres around. The building of the present…
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Budapest's stunning Great Synagogue is the world's largest Jewish house of worship outside New York City. Built in 1859, the synagogue has both Romantic…
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Home to more than 40 statues, busts and plaques of Lenin, Marx, Béla Kun and others whose likenesses have ended up on trash heaps elsewhere, Memento Park,…
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Budapest’s neoclassical cathedral is the most sacred Catholic church in all of Hungary and contains its most revered relic: the mummified right hand of…
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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…
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The Eclectic-style Parliament, designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, has 691 sumptuously decorated rooms. You’ll get to see several of these and…
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The Hungarian National Museum houses the nation’s most important collection of historical relics in an impressive neoclassical building, purpose built in…
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Also known as the Fiume St Graveyard (Fiumei uti sírkert), this is Budapest’s equivalent of London's Highgate or Père Lachaise in Paris. Established in…
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This small museum in the northwestern corner of Kerepesi Cemetery and very close to the entrance offers insights into the city's and nation's approach to…
3. Józsefváros Telephone Exchange Building
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Built in 1910, the old Telephone Exchange Building in Józsefváros is an impressive structure adorned with reliefs of classical figures tracing…
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This fabulous museum exhibits the work of the eponymous art nouveau stained-glass maker Róth (1865–1944) over two floors of the house and workshop where…
5. Erzsébetváros Bilingual Elementary School
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This art nouveau primary school designed by Ármin Hegedűs in 1906 has superb mosaics on its facade depicting contemporary children's games.
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This office block was designed by Imre Makovec (1935–2011), who developed his own 'organic' style using unusual materials like tree trunks and turf.
7. Hungarian Radio Headquarters
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The renovated headquarters of Hungarian Radio was where shots were first fired on 23 October 1956; a memorial plaque marks the spot.
8. Hungarian Electrical Engineering Museum
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This place might not sound like everyone's cup of tea, but some of the exhibits are unusual (and quirky) enough to warrant a visit. The staff will also…