Vörösmarty Square

     Vörösmarty Square in the central part of Pest. Everyone meets here for appointments during lunch or after work in the famous coffee house on the square. Vörösmarty tér was marked by a statue of the poet, Mihály Vörösmarty (1800-1855).


Váci Street

     Váci Street is the famous pedestrian street of Budapest, which runs parallel to the river Danube. Here, everything from designer clothes and exclusive jewelry to folk art ceramics and embroideries will entice your eyes and wallet. . The street was formed in the 18th century but most houses date back to the 19th and early 20th century. It quickly became the shopping centre and later the esplanade of the Pest side.


Liszt Ferenc Square

     One of its most popular leisure centers is Liszt Ferenc tér, home to an increasing number of youth-focused restaurants, nightclubs and cafés. The Café Vian, Incognito and Pesti Est Café have all opened up in recent years.


Heroe's Square (Hõsök tere)

     With its statues and colonnades, and flanked by the massive buildings of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Palace of Arts, at the end of Andrassy street, Heroes's Square is one of the largest and most impressive spaces in Budapest. The Millenary Monument was originally planned as part of the Millenium celebrations held in 1896 to commemorate 1000 years of Hungarian history since the Conquest of the Carpathian Basin by Magyar (Hungarian) tribes. In the centre rises a 36m stone column with the Archangel Gabriel at the top and equestrian statues of the seven conquering Magyar chiefs at the base. Gabriel is depicted standing on a globe holding aloft the Hungarian crown and an Apostolic cross, representing the unity of the Hungarian state and Christian culture. Legend has it that the archangel once appeared to Stephen, Hungary's first monarch, charging him to convert the then pagan Magyars to Christianity. Behind the column is a two-part colonnade. The four groups of symbolic figures on the top represent Work, Wealth, War, Peace, and Knowledge and Glory. Between the columns of the colonnade are statues of Hungarian rulers and princes.


Sights in Budapest