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Things to do in Budapest
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Sightlore has 55 places to explore in Budapest, and 52 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Budapest's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Szimpla
Szimpla Kert is a ruin bar or romkocsma, which means "Simple Garden" in Hungarian, located in the Jewish Quarter of the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is considered the pioneer of ruin bars.
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Liberty Statue
The Liberty Statue, also called Freedom Statue, is a monument at the east end of the Citadella on Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary.
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Széchenyi Chain Bridge
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a chain bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
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Budapest Keleti railway station
Budapest Keleti station is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary. The station stands where Rákóczi Avenue splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue.
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Labyrinth of Buda Castle
Network of natural caves and cellars inside Castle Hill in Budapest.
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Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum
The Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum is the name given to a hospital created in the caverns under Buda Castle in Budapest in the 1930s, in preparation for the Second World War.
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Buda Castle
Buda Castle, formerly also called the Royal Palace and the Royal Castle, is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest.
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Liberty Bridge
The Liberty Bridge or Freedom Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connects Buda and Pest across the Danube river. It is the third southernmost public road bridge in Budapest, located at the southern end of the City Centre.
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St. Stephen's Basilica
St. Stephen's Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary, whose right hand is housed in the reliquary.
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Vigadó Concert Hall
Vigadó (usually translated as "Place for Merriment") is Budapest's second largest concert hall, located on the Eastern bank of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary.
Discovery routes in Budapest
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Budapest: Buda Castle and Castle Hill
From the Castle Garden Bazaar by funicular up Castle Hill: Sándor Palace, the National Gallery and History Museum in the Royal Palace, Matthias Church, Fisherman's Bastion, and the labyrinth and Hospital in the Rock beneath the hill.
Budapest: Gellért Hill and the Baths
From Elisabeth Bridge to the Ottoman-era Rudas Baths, up Gellért Hill to the Citadella and the Liberty Statue, then down to the Gellért Baths, Liberty Bridge and the Great Market Hall.
Budapest: From the Chain Bridge to Parliament
From the Széchenyi Chain Bridge past Gresham Palace and the Academy of Sciences, along the Shoes on the Danube Bank to Kossuth Square and Parliament, then through Liberty Square to St. Stephen's Basilica.
Budapest: Pest City Centre
From Vörösmarty Square past the Vigadó concert hall and along Váci Street to the National Museum and the Museum of Applied Arts.
Budapest: The Jewish Quarter
From the Dohány Street Synagogue to the Rumbach Street Synagogue, Szimpla, the first of the ruin bars, the New York Café and Keleti station.
Budapest: Andrássy Avenue and City Park
From the Opera House past the Liszt Academy and the House of Terror, along Andrássy Avenue to Heroes' Square, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Kunsthalle, then into City Park with Vajdahunyad Castle, the Széchenyi Baths and the zoo.
Budapest: Batthyány Square to Margaret Island
From Batthyány Square, opposite Parliament, to the Ottoman Király Baths and the Tomb of Gül Baba, then across Margaret Bridge to Margaret Island.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Buda Castle
Buda Castle, formerly also called the Royal Palace and the Royal Castle, is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest.
Elisabeth Bridge
Elisabeth Bridge is the third newest bridge of Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube.
Citadella
The Citadella is the fortification located upon the top of Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. Citadella is the Hungarian word for citadel, a kind of fortress.
Liberty Bridge
The Liberty Bridge or Freedom Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connects Buda and Pest across the Danube river. It is the third southernmost public road bridge in Budapest, located at the southern end of the City Centre.
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a chain bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Kossuth Square
Kossuth Lajos Square, also known as Kossuth Square (Kossuth tér), is a city square situated in the Lipótváros neighbourhood of Budapest, Hungary, on the bank of the Danube.
Szabadság tér
Liberty Square is a public square located in the Lipótváros neighborhood of Budapest, Hungary. The square is a mix of business and residential.
Vörösmarty tér
Vörösmarty tér or Vörösmarty square is a public square in the Budapest city centre at the northern end of Váci utca. At the centre of the square facing west is a statue by Eduard Telcs and Ede Kallós of poet Mihály Vörösmarty.
Váci Street
Váci utca, named after the city of Vác, is one of the main pedestrian thoroughfares and perhaps the most famous street of central Budapest, Hungary. It features many restaurants and shops catering primarily to the tourist market.
Hungarian State Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera House is a historic opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy avenue.
Andrássy Avenue
Andrássy Avenue is a boulevard in Budapest, Hungary, dating back to 1872. It links Erzsébet Square with the Városliget.
Heroes' Square
Heroes' Square is one of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary, noted for its iconic Millennium Monument with statues featuring the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian monarchs and national leaders, as well as the Memorial Stone of Heroes, often…
Vajdahunyad Castle
Vajdahunyad Castle is a castle in the City Park of Budapest, Hungary.
Batthyány Square
Batthyány Square is a town square in Budapest. It is located on the Buda side of the Danube directly opposite the Hungarian Parliament Building.
Tomb of Gül Baba
Gül Baba's tomb (türbe) in Budapest, Hungary, is the northernmost Islamic pilgrimage site in the world. The mausoleum is located in the district of Rózsadomb on Mecset (mosque) Street, a short but steep walk from Margaret Bridge.
Margaret Bridge
Margaret Bridge (sometimes Margit Bridge) or Margit híd is a three-way bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the Danube and linking Margaret Island to the banks.
Aquincum
Aquincum was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the province of Pannonia within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found in the Óbuda district of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.
Memento Park
Memento Park is an open-air museum in Budapest, Hungary, dedicated to monumental statues and sculpted plaques from Hungary's Communist period. There are statues of Lenin, Marx, and Engels, as well as several Hungarian Communist leaders.
Museums
Hungarian National Gallery
The Hungarian National Gallery was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest History Museum
Museum of the history of Budapest from prehistory onwards, in the south-eastern wing of the Royal Palace of Buda Castle.
Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum
The Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum is the name given to a hospital created in the caverns under Buda Castle in Budapest in the 1930s, in preparation for the Second World War.
Hungarian National Museum
The Hungarian National Museum was founded in 1802 and is the national museum for the history, art, and archaeology of Hungary, including areas not within Hungary's modern borders, such as Transylvania; it is separate to the collection of international art in the Hungarian…
Museum of Applied Arts
The Museum of Applied Arts is a museum in Budapest, Hungary. It is the third-oldest applied arts museum in the world.
House of Terror Museum
The House of Terror is a museum located at Andrássy Avenue 60 in Budapest, Hungary.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
The Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Hall of Art.
Hall of Arts
The Budapest Hall of Art or Palace of Art,, is a contemporary art museum and a historic building located in Budapest, Hungary.
Places of worship
Matthias Church
The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle, more commonly known as the Matthias Church and more rarely as the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Catholic church in Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the heart of Buda's Castle…
St. Stephen's Basilica
St. Stephen's Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary, whose right hand is housed in the reliquary.
Monuments
Shoes on the Danube Bank
The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial erected on 16 April 2005, in Budapest, Hungary.
Nature
Labyrinth of Buda Castle
Network of natural caves and cellars inside Castle Hill in Budapest.
Gellért Hill
Gellért Hill is a 235 m (771 ft) high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It is located in the 1st and the 11th districts. The hill was named after Saint Gerard who was thrown to death from the hill.
City Park
The City Park is a public park close to the centre of Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden
The Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden is the oldest zoo in Hungary and one of the oldest in the world. It has 1,072 animal species and is located within the City Park of Budapest, in the centre of the city, unusual for a zoo.
Margaret Island
Margaret Island is a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long island, 500 m (550 yd) wide, (0.965 km2 (238 acres) in area) in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, Hungary.
Other
Castle Garden Bazaar
Neo-Renaissance complex on Ybl Miklós Square below Buda Castle, part of the Budapest World Heritage Site.
Budapest Castle Hill Funicular
The Budapest Castle Hill Funicular or Budavári Sikló is a funicular railway in the city of Budapest, in Hungary. It links the Adam Clark Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge at river level to Buda Castle above.
Sándor Palace
Sándor Palace is a palace in Budapest, Hungary.
Fisherman's Bastion
The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is one of the best known historical monuments in Budapest, located near the Buda Castle, in the Várkerület (Buda Castle District).
Rudas Thermal Bath and Swimming Pool
Rudas Bath or Rudas fürdő is a thermal bath in Budapest, Hungary which is claimed to have medicinal properties. It was founded in 1571/1572 during the time of Ottoman rule.
Liberty Statue
The Liberty Statue, also called Freedom Statue, is a monument at the east end of the Citadella on Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary.
Gellért Baths
The Gellért Thermal Bath, also known as the Gellért Baths, is a bath complex in Budapest in Hungary. It is part of the famous Hotel Gellért in Buda.
Great Market Hall
The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall, Market Hall I is the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, Hungary.
Gresham Palace
The Gresham Palace (Gresham-palota) is a building in Budapest, Hungary; it is an example of Art Nouveau architecture.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is Hungary's foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca.
Hungarian Parliament Building
The Hungarian Parliament Building, also known as the Parliament of Budapest after its location, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, a notable landmark of Hungary, and a popular tourist destination in Budapest.
Vigadó Concert Hall
Vigadó (usually translated as "Place for Merriment") is Budapest's second largest concert hall, located on the Eastern bank of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary.
Dohány Street Synagogue
The Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is a Neolog Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Dohány Street in Erzsébetváros (VIIth district) of Budapest, Hungary.
Rumbach Street synagogue
The Rumbach Street Synagogue, also called the Status Quo Ante Synagogue, is a Neológ congregation and synagogue, located in Erzsébetváros, the inner city of the historical old town of Pest, in the eastern section of Budapest, Hungary.
Szimpla
Szimpla Kert is a ruin bar or romkocsma, which means "Simple Garden" in Hungarian, located in the Jewish Quarter of the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is considered the pioneer of ruin bars.
Anantara New York Palace Budapest Hotel
The Anantara New York Palace Budapest Hotel is a five-star luxury hotel located on the Grand Boulevard of Budapest's Erzsébet körút part, under Erzsébet körút 9–11, in the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest Keleti railway station
Budapest Keleti station is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary. The station stands where Rákóczi Avenue splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue.
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
The Franz Liszt Academy of Music is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, Hungary, founded on 14 November 1875. It is home to the Liszt Collection, which features several valuable books and manuscripts donated by Franz Liszt upon his death, and the AVISO studio,…
Széchenyi thermal bath
The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, one at 74 °C (165 °F) and the other at 77 °C (171 °F).
Király Thermal Bath
Király Bath or Király fürdő was a thermal bath that was built in Hungary between 1566-1572, during the time of Ottoman rule.
Budapest-Nyugati railway station
Budapest Nyugati station, generally referred to simply as Nyugati, is one of the three main railway terminals in Budapest, Hungary. The station is on the Pest side of Budapest, accessible by the 4 and 6 tramline and the M3 metro line.
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