Belváros & Lipótváros
A Walk in the Splendid Downtown
Around 1900 Budapest was one of the fastest-growing cities in Europe. Walk through the banks, squares and avenues of the downtown and discover the confidence — and the contradictions — of the city's golden age.
In the decades after 1867 Budapest transformed itself almost overnight. Pest, Buda and Óbuda were united, the boulevards were laid out, and a new class of bankers, merchants and professionals built a downtown to rival Vienna.
On this walk we look closely at the buildings they left behind — their allegories and inscriptions, their ambitions and anxieties — and follow the story into the twentieth century, when the same squares became the stage for very different histories.
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Tell me what fascinates you, how much time you have and who is coming along. I'll shape “Budapest's Golden Age” around you — or combine it with another theme.
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Sanctuaries and Ruin Bars
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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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From the Romans to the Present Day
The river has divided and connected this place for two thousand years. Follow the Danube from the Roman frontier to the bridges and embankments that made Budapest one city.
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