We had to wait 50 years – free beach opens in Budapest!

A free beach that was closed in 1973 will reopen in Budapest at the Roman Beach. This was announced by Óbuda, part of district III in Budapest.

A free beach closed in 1973 in Budapest due to poor water quality, and the incident led to beaches closing in Budapest and bathing being forbidden in the waters of the city.

In 2019, 15 volunteers built the necessary installations for Romai Free Beach Test Day. On this occasion, the volunteers tried bathing in the River Danube. Some people were asked about their experience, and they expressed very positive opinions about using the beach again. In a video posted by Valyo, it is said that

“There’s no natural beach like this one in Budapest. The Danube flows through 10 countries, and you can swim in it in all of them. There’s a beach in Bratislava, in Vienna, in Belgrade, all along the way in Austria. But what is unique, at least in the west of Hungary, is to have a natural beach in a capital or a major city.”