Insider's tip: It’s a 300-step climb to the gallery ... The Pál-völgyi caves are free with the Budapest Card. Note the caves ...

The dismantling of Hungary's democracy is a point of fascination for political scientists around the world — including those ...

March 27, 2025 From its modest Celtic and Roman origins, Budapest has grown into ... residential Buda, west of the Danube, and urbane, mostly level Pest, stretching out ...

It's also home to the Hungarian National Gallery, the Budapest History Museum and the National Széchényi Library. Like Gellért Hill and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Buda Castle boasts ...

Nov. 17, 1873, saw the union of Buda, Pest and Óbuda, creating modern-day Budapest. The city is divided by the Danube River, with flat Pest to the east and the hilly Buda and Óbuda regions to ...

Opposition politician Akos Hadhazy gives a tour of the buildings surrounding Budapest's Buda Castle to highlight ... has stripped away press freedom in a step-by-step process over the years.