New temporary boat service will operate in Budapest

There will be a new boat route available in the Hungarian capital, but only for 9 days, during the Budapest World Athletics Championships.

By boat to the third biggest sporting event in the world

A spectacular, comfortable and fun way to get to the World Athletics Championships.

Balázs Németh, CEO of Budapest 2023 Nonprofit Ltd, the organising company of the event, emphasised at the press conference held on Sunday morning: in cooperation with the organising committee, MAHART will operate boat services between Batthyány Square and the MÜPA boat station, from where the entrance to the National Athletics Centre is a short walk away. The journey takes just 15 minutes.

Németh said that there will be limited parking available at the venue, which is why it is important to introduce other means of transportation. According to the CEO, this is a green event, which is why they did not want to pave over the Danube bank.

Based on the statement of the Budapest Public Transport Company, public transport will run according to the time of the races. The exception to this is 20 August, when boats will not run for safety reasons due to the fireworks.

The boats run every 30-40 minutes, and the price of a ticket is HUF 1,500 (EUR 3.90), which allows unlimited number of trips per day, infostart.hu reports.

The organisers point out that it is worth arriving to Budapest by train, as MÁV offers return tickets for as little as HUF 2,023 (EUR 5.26) .

According to turizmus.com, the first train leaves at 8am on the opening day. For more information about the ferry services, click here.