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Shoes by the Danube - Jewish Memorial

A shocking memorial of Jews shot dead into the Danube river during the end of WW2. The shoes are now located at the Pest bank of the river overlooking the Buda Castle Dirtrict.

Hotel Intercontinental

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.

Budapest Vigadó

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.

Erzsébet tér nightmare

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.

Underground station

… and mirror image of the Parliament. This is metro line no. 2, one of 3 altogether in Budapest. The no.1 was actually the first continental underground in Europe, if I’m not mistaken.

The former Budapest Commodities Exchange, later national TV HQs

Yep, Farger is right behind this.

Budapest, Soviet memorial

The building on the left is a bank. The other one is residential. All located on Szabadság tér, by the American embassy. And by Farger coffe shop, which features a very cute dog, good bagels, cakes and coffee.

Another socialist realist building from the historical city center

I know it’s weird, but somehow I think it’s kind of cool.

Just a tree

Tannimpex HQs - Budapest Hercegprmás street

This is the house and the logo of the former state monopoly on Hercegprímás street, 5th district (downtown). The building is currently empty.

Budapest - Pest “rakpart” tram path

A typical building from downtown (Vth district), but one of the few with a view to the river and the Buda Castle across the Danube. By the way, if you would  be visiting Budapest, I recommend that you take this tram (Nr 2) and you go on it from one end to the other. You [...]

A new trend in Budapest architecture

This is just a regular new building (on Szabadság tér btw). If you click below however and check the next one, you’ll see a wall and inside the building another one, the first currently being supported by a steel structure. You can spot some of this type in the city today. I only can hope [...]

‘56 bullets

These iron balls represent bullets shot on the building of Budapest Ministry of Agriculture during the revolution in 1956. This is not a political statement by me, I was interested in taking a shot of these solely from an artistic point of view.
The whole city (building walls) are full of bullets mostly from WW2 by [...]

Modern - in Hungarian interpretation

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Gresham Palace - today Four Seasons hotel

This amazing building is located right in front of Lánchíd (better known abroad as Chain Bridge) on the Pest side. I remember this having been an old, abandoned deep gray building before its privatization in the late 90s. Today it’s one of the most glamorous buildings in Budapest and the best hotel (Four Seasons Budapest, [...]