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Kitti Tordai Kitti Tordai · 28/04/2022
· Special Hungary

TOP 5 most unique attractions in Budapest that are unrivalled in Europe – PHOTOS

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If you are looking for a special experience when visiting the Hungarian capital, you should not miss these unique attractions that you will not find anywhere else in Europe. Are you ready for the visual journey?! 😉

Hungarian Railway Museum

Few may know that the Hungarian capital gives home to Europe’s largest open-air railway entertainment park. The Hungarian Railway Museum is awaiting visitors from Tuesday to Sunday in Budapest’s 14th district. The park offers 100 railway curiosities on 70,000 m2. Among them are steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, passenger cars, and construction machinery. In addition, visitors can also take part in interactive activities on the nostalgic diesel locomotives.

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The Railway Historical Park will be open to visitors free of charge on the following days in 2022: 30 April, 1 May, 19 June, 27 July, 20 August, 11 September, 23 October, and 1 November. Accordingly, it is an ideal programme for the upcoming weekend. On the other days of the year, adult tickets are HUF 2,000, and children’s tickets are HUF 1,000.

Budapest Pinball Museum

As Hungarian news portal Funzine reports, the Pinball Museum in Budapest’s 13th district is one of the top favourites of foreign tourists visiting the country. The largest permanent interactive museum in Europe opened in 2014. Here, we can find slot machines from the 19th century, as well as modern pinball machines of all periods, covering almost 400 square metres.

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In addition to watching the slot machines, you can also touch and try them for an even more perfect guest experience. Budapest’s Pinball Museum awaits visitors from Wednesday to Sunday. In addition to daily visits, the gallery can also be rented for private events.

Museum of Sweets and Selfies

Besides nostalgic exhibitions, the Hungarian capital hosts modern themes as well. Europe’s first interactive selfie museum is located in Budapest. Since its inauguration in 2018, the museum is particularly popular with foreigners. Thanks to the great success, one year later, another candy and selfie museum, Bubbles, was opened nearby.

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The colourful, fun installations were spread over 2 floors, covering a total of 400 square metres. As showy sweets also played a major role in the concept’s design, it was almost natural that the space was complete with an experiential confectionery. A student ticket for 90 minutes costs HUF 2,500, while adults can enter the selfie paradise for HUF 3,500.

Hungarian Parliament Building

The Hungarian Parliament Building is the world’s third-largest parliament building and one of the oldest legislative buildings in Europe. Its construction was carried out by Imre Steindl, a professor at the University of Technology. It started in 1885 and was inaugurated in 1896, on the 1,000th anniversary of the conquest of Hungary.

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Photo: Hungarian Parliament Photo: Pixabay / Hermann

With its height of 96 metres, the neo-Gothic Parliament of Budapest is the largest building in Hungary, located along the River Danube. Thanks to its spectacular architectural style, the building has become a popular tourist destination. To visit the Hungarian Parliament Building, tickets can be purchased in advance at www.jegymester.hu/parlament.

Dohány Street Synagogue

The Hungarian capital gives home to the largest synagogue in Europe and the second-largest synagogue in the world, after Jerusalem. The Dohány Street Synagogue is located in Budapest’s 7th district, and it is no coincidence that it is very popular with visitors.

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The complex is among Budapest’s most exclusive buildings, constructed in 1859 in Moorish style. It has a capacity of 3,000, with an interior of 1,200 square metres, as well as towers 44 metres high. The view inside and outside is breathtaking. The adult entrance fee costs HUF 7,000, including a guided tour and special temporary exhibitions on Jewish culture and religion.  

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Source: funzine.hu

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3 Comments

  1. Pevsner says:
    28/04/2022 at 20:28

    Westminster Hall, an integral part of the UK Parliament building dates from 1094. The gothic revival building known as the UK Parliament building but more properly called The Palace of Westminster was begun in 1840 and finally finished around 1870. It is often thought that Imre Steindl was heavily influenced by the design of the Palace Westminster, designed by Barry and Putin. So the Hungarian parliament building is not that old and some might say, a ‘copy’. Just like the Chain Bridge is a scaled up version of an identical bridge built in Marlow, in the UK – designed by the same person, William Tierney Clark – that opened in 1832, 8 years before construction even started on the Chain Bridge.

  2. Pevsner says:
    28/04/2022 at 23:08

    Apologies: Typo: PUGIN, not ‘Putin’. But whatever, Budapest is a late c19th and early 20th Disneyworld. Everything is fake. Nothing is that old, it is just made to look that way.

  3. A, Tendon says:
    16/05/2022 at 20:50

    “Pevsner”s acrid comments about one of Europe’s oldest and magnificent cities shows how envious some are. Maybe his home town doesn’t live up to the grandeur of Budapest!

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