The secrets of District II

District II is bordered by the Danube, Szépvölgyi road, Hármashatár-hegy (Three Border Moun), Széll Kálmán square, Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor (a frequently taken main road) and the Budakeszi road. But these aren’t the most exciting things about it. Did you know that Hungary’s second largest building is found here? Magyarország Kúl tells you all about it.

33 city parts

This is one of Budapest’s most colourful districts, as one will find the busy Széll Kálmán square here, the Rózsadomb (Rose Hill) filled with luxury mansions, forest patches, and a lot of hills and valleys. The district is considered huge with its 36.34 square kilometres, consisting of 33 different city parts. The various sections were named after historical events, for example, the Kuruc teams during Rákóczi’s uprising (remember the Hussars?) stationed at the part that is named Kurucles today (‘les’ means ‘stalk’). Or Törökvész (‘török’ = ‘turkish’, ‘vész’ = ‘perish’) refers to the Hungarian victory over the Turkish forces during the 1686 siege of Buda.

The hunting-seat of King Matthias Corvinus

The royal hunting-seat at Buda-nyék used to be at Hűvösvölgyi road 78 long ago. This piece of land is called game preserve to this day.

According to some, King Matthias Corvinus kept not only indigenous games here, but camels and lions too.

Roses, roses, roses

When a resident of Budapest hears of the Rose Hill, they will first think of luxurious villas and the upper ten thousand, not of the origins of the name.