Chaos comes? Multiple traffic restrictions, open Pest wharf this weekend in Budapest

Hungary is to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising and freedom fight. Therefore, many parts of Budapest will be closed to the public, and traffic will change in the following four days. You may find everything you need to know below.

There will be temporary traffic restrictions in many Budapest districts due to events and celebrations between 20 and 23 October in Budapest.

Between 12 am and 2 pm, police will close one of the service streets of Andrássy Avenue in the capital’s 6th district. The closure will be applied between Vörösmarty and Csengery streets. Furthermore, Csengery Street will also be closed between Aradi Street and Andrássy Avenue.

On Sunday, the Műegyetem Wharf (Rakpart) will be closed between 12 am. and 8 pm between Bertalan Lajos Street and Szent Gellért Square. The same restriction will apply to Bem Square in the 2nd district between 3 pm and 8 pm.

On Monday (23 October, the anniversary of the outbreak of the anti-Soviet and anti-Communist revolution), parts of the 11th district will be closed to the public. Between 8 am and 12 pm, you may not enter the Műegyetem Wharf between Bertalan Lajos Street and Szent Gellért Square by car, index.hu wrote.

Temporary closures in multiple Budapest districts

Temporary closures will take place on Sunday between 4 and 6 pm on the following route: Műegyetem Wharf – Szent Gellért Wharf – Döbrentei Square – Várkert Wharf – Ybl Miklós Square – Lánchíd Street – Clark Ádám Square – Fő Street – Jégverem Street –Bem Square.

On 22 October, in Budapest’s 8th district, the following route will be temporarily closed: Múzeum Street – Múzeum Boulevard (the lanes leading to Astoria) – Kálvin Square – Üllői Street (rightmost lane) – Corvin köz.

On 23 October, you may not enter Andrássy Avenue between the Oktogon and Eötvös Street. Furthermore, you will not be able to use it between Oktogon and Izabella Street from 5 pm until 9 pm.

On 23 October, the Dózsa György Street – Szondi Street – Rippl Rónai Street – Podmanicky Street – Munkácsy Mihály Street – Andrássy Avenue – Oktogon route will be closed in the 6th and 14th district between 5.20 and 6.20 pm.

Pest wharf to be opened to public

Not only closures will take place in Budapest, but also openings. The Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) said they would open the Pest Lower Wharf for the public this weekend, offering a spectacular view of Budapest’s palace, Chain Bridge and other historic downtown buildings. Based on the statement, you will be able to do a walking tour there from Saturday until Monday between the Elizabeth and Margaret bridges. We wrote HERE that the Buda Castle has been chosen among Europe’s TOP 10 most beautiful castles. In THIS article, you may find some photos of the renewed Chain Bridge.

There will be multiple programs e.g. Tai chi to yoga, bike tours and children’s programs, concerts to open-air theatres. On Monday, a candlelight dinner will say goodbye to this season’s open wharf programs, turizmus.com wrote.

It is good news that summer may return to Hungary this weekend. According to the weather forecasts, today’s temperature may reach 30 °C. Furthermore, it will not go below 24 °C even on Monday. Precipitation will be rare, but the sky will be cloudy, idokep.hu said.