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The Stories of Andrássy Avenue
From the Opera to Heroes' Square
Budapest's grand boulevard was built to impress. Walk from the Opera House to Heroes' Square and discover the palaces, cafés, music and politics behind its elegant façades.
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Andrássy Avenue was Budapest’s statement to the world: a straight, tree-lined boulevard laid out in the 1870s, with continental Europe’s first underground railway running beneath it by 1896.
Behind its façades lie very different stories — aristocratic palaces and artists’ studios, the music academy and the cafés — and darker twentieth-century addresses that remind us how quickly the meaning of a street can change.
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Tell me what fascinates you, how much time you have and who is coming along. I'll shape “The Stories of Andrássy Avenue” around you — or combine it with another theme.
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