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Budapest on beautiful photos – do you recognize all the famous places?
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The World Athletics Championships is to kick off this morning in Hungary’s beautiful capital, Budapest. The competition is the globe’s third biggest sports event watched by hundreds of millions or even more than a billion people. The main venue of the sporting event will be Hungary’s brand-new national athletics centre in the Southern part of the city, Ferencváros (9th district). But you may check out your favourite athletes warming up on the training tracks just a couple of metres to South, in Budapest’s 21st district, Csepel.
Of course, Budapest, the government and the organisers are also preparing for the many visitors coming to the capital for this special event. For example, Budapest’s transport company, BKK launched a new boat service: we wrote about that HERE. We built a new bridge over the Danube for the event. Check out the photos and video about it HERE. Moreover, even a spectacular photo exhibition opened near the stadium, check it out in THIS article. The Hungarian media also prepared for the big event, Hungary’s news agency took some spectacular photos of Budapest, and we amended that list with a few more. Do you recognise them all?
Read also:
- What to know about the upcoming World Athletics Championships – read more HERE
- Traffic changes due to World Athletics Championships in Budapest
The first photo is of the two main symbols of Hungary. In the front, you can see the Chain Bridge, the oldest stone overpass on the River Danube in Budapest, erected by Count István Széchenyi, the ‘greatest Hungarian’ in the 1840s and recently renovated. Find out more in THIS article. HERE you may read about the bridge’s history. Meanwhile, in the background, you may see the imposant building of the Hungarian Parliament standing strong on the Pest side of the city.
Some temple tops and a balloon over Budapest. There are multiple temples in the city since it is home to many churches: from Roman-Catholics to Orthodox Jews. HERE is an article on the topic. About the balloon and how you can board it, you may find more information HERE.
