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Andrássy Avenue: Palaces, Music and Cafés
The ordinary house with a black frame brings the history of political terror into the avenue of grand buildings.
Communism and 1956 in Budapest: audio walks
How did the statue of power go up, and how did it come down?
4 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksCommunism and 1956 belong to Budapest's history as it is read through streets and monuments. These walks connect power, protest and remembrance while distinguishing each episode's moment and protagonists. They relate political decisions to places and to what the city has kept, changed or removed from its public account of the past.
In “Andrássy Avenue”: The ordinary house with a black frame brings the history of political terror into the avenue of grand buildings.
In “Heroes' Square and Stalin”: Then you come to the old parade ground: here stood a statue of Stalin which, so the story goes, contained bronze from the statue of Andrássy, and which the crowd pulled down on the night of 23 October 1956, and a church that was blown up to clear the site.
In “Gellért Hill and the Tabán”: On the way down the slope come the witches of the trials, Bishop Gerard and the legend of his death, which isn't the one the guidebooks tell, and the hill as an Ottoman traveller saw it, with its bath of the green column.
Choose from 4 independent walks in Budapest. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Gellért Hill and the Tabán
On the way down the slope come the witches of the trials, Bishop Gerard and the legend of his death, which isn't the one the guidebooks tell, and the hill as an Ottoman traveller saw it, with its bath of the green column.
Heroes' Square and Stalin's Boots
Then you come to the old parade ground: here stood a statue of Stalin which, so the story goes, contained bronze from the statue of Andrássy, and which the crowd pulled down on the night of 23 October 1956, and a church that was blown up to clear the site.
From Parliament to the Glass House
From the Danube to the Glass House, walk through a district of power and remembrance.
Budapest, before you go
A view can seem close while lying across a bridge. Keep each walk within a sensible area and save some energy for simply stopping beside the Danube.
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