Andrássy is by far the most beautiful large avenue of Budapest. Every visitor should walk through it from one end to another. You’ll find nice shops, Cafés, restaurants (don’t miss Klassz!) but above all, architecture.
This picture was taken at the Kopaszi-gát in south Buda. After a tricky privatisation, sale to a Portuguese investor and a rental contract this area’s now promenade through a nice garden n a perfectly thin, long peninsula filled with abandoned new buildings, like this one on the photo.
Metro4, road repair, bridge renovations, … in Budapest, no, no, in Hungary, nothing’s finished on time and within budget, and the quality is usually so poor that 12 months after cutover the works could start all over again. This statement is demagog, of course, but believe me, there’s no shortest way to set a rule [...]
Fidesz is Hungary’s chamaleon party currently being the most popular in a country where normal people are fed up with politics. FIDESZ’s headquartered in this nice early XXth century building in the Hősök Tere neighborhood ever since their widely criticized sale of their previous HQ in the early 90’s.
In the background, the Museum of Fine [...]
This picture was taken in the Budapest banking district. Quite appropriate I believe, Hungarian Forint lost 7% of its value today, my treasury bonds have no market and the stock exchange’s main index fell more than 10%.
This building is located by the Momotaro Ramen restaurant, which I strongly recommend for locals and tourists. You can [...]
Honestly, I don’t know why anyone from outside this neighborhood would find this place. But if you do, make sure you enter. I felt embarrassed taking pictures inside (there’s are photography in there, you know) but it’s worth a visit. They transformed this old-school socialist-realist bus station into a trendy place where you can site outside or [...]
If you want a decent coffee in downtown Budapest, you’ll have multiple choices. You can narrow your possibilities by good location, good service, bagels and fresh cakes, terrace, dog of the house, great building and there you are. If you’re American, you know the place already or you will get to. It’s the opposite side [...]
This is the first time someone else’s photos are published on this blog. Budapest should be thankful for the Erick van Egeraat team, that’s why.
Erick van Egeraat’s project “Tatarstan National Library in Kazan” will be exhibited at the 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice. The National Library is one of the most striking projects characterizing the [...]
Falk Miksa street has an excellent location for Arts trade: starting at Kossuth tér (there the Parliament is attracting tons of visitors) and few hundred meters from embassies and bank headquarters. But the offering is more disappointing: very few contemporary items and questionable, sometimes overpriced antique pieces spread in maybe 25 tiny shops. Still, it’s [...]
I always complain about Budapest’s missed opportunities and one of them is definitely exploring better its historical spas. This recently refurbished spa is located in one of the largest and most amazing parks of the city (not that that there are too many of them… - yep, another complaint, in case you would be counting).
This [...]
This building is located by the Danube river with an excellent view of the castle the opposite side of the river. It’s currently being rebuilt but it’s as ugly as it used to be.
This is the recently renewed Pesti Vigadó building viewed from the Danube. The state-owned building is under protection and it’s located at one of the most prestigious places, the Vigadó tér.
I had some pictures published of this building cluster of the Erick Van Egeraat studio 3 months ago when I started up this blog. Being a fan and not being able to take good picture lately, I’m publishing an old one of one of my favorite architecture themes of Budapest.
This photo was taken in the heart of Budapest: 300 meters from Chain Bridge, from Szt. István Basilica, 100 m from Andrássy street. It’s a socialist realist nightmare. Kind of cool though.
Bországgyűlés is a yearly wine and food outdoor exhibition and fair following the Pannon Bormustra, a rather important national wine contest. “Full” coverage of the event is published on my Hungary Wine Reviews Blog, so let’s focus to the venue here. This is the smaller version of the Vajdahunyad castle of Romania, Transylvania to be [...]
Another typical building from the late XIXth, early XXth century Budapest. These houses can still be found in big number in the ravaged VIIIth district. The area is more lucky than its neighbour IXth disctrict which has been undergoing block rehabilitation programmes in the past decade. In practice this meant destruction of stylish old buildings [...]
