Budapest Attractions

Castle Hill is a limestone plateau that contains important Budapest medieval monuments and some of the city's museums. This hill is the place where Budapest was founded. It is a small, densely built rock, with the Buda Castle as the most prominent building.

After October 15/16, 1944, when the Arrow Cross Party took over the power in Hungary, the Glass House became refuge for more than two and a half thousand people. The building was attacked three times and liberated on January 18, 1945. Almost everyone who took refuge here survived. After the war, the building became the property of the state, and there were industrial facilities and flats in it.

The building and the Memorial Room give visitors the chance to think over how the Swiss officials, the Hungarian Jewish organizations, and their leaders had to cooperate in order to survive the dangerous times.

Mór Jókai (1825-1904) was a well-known Hungarian writer. Objects recalling the great storyteller are shown in the museum, along with furniture that once belonged to him.

Liberty Bridge was the third to be constructed in Budapest and was originally called Franz Joseph Bridge after the Habsburg Emperor. Opened in 1896 as part of the Millennium celebrations, the bridge is adorned with Turul birds (a mystical symbol in Magyar history).