architecture

Budapest is a relatively young city, built most actively in the beginning of 20th century, which means that many of its buildings are celebrating their 100th anniversary these years.

To mark those occasions we have Budapest100—festival of one-hundred-year-old buildings, which will be held this time on 6-7 April, 2013. On these dates, 50 residential buildings and institutions will open up to the public.

The Budapest100 Festival program will include tours by architects, and public transport company BKV will run their Nostalgia tram service.

The figures of ice skaters on the wall of indoor ice rink at Ferenc Puskás Stadium built between 1948 and 1953 and named after Hungary's greatest footballer.

In 1945 retreating German army have blown all bridges across Danube paralysing the life of Budapest. A pontoon bridge laid soon afterwards was not enough, and at some point it couldn't be used at all because of icepacks on the Danube.

Keleti (Keleti pályaudvar, Keleti pu), the main international and inter-city train station of Budapest, was opened to public in August 1884. The first train at 6 am went to Miskolc.

Back then it was known as Central Railway Station. In 1892, its name was changed to Eastern Railway Station — not after location of the station itself, but after direction its trains were going to: towards Transylvania and the Balkans.

Budapest, famous (among other things) for its thermal springs has very close relationships with water. It stands on one of the major European rivers (which floods it quite regularly), it has baths with healing waters all over the town, in Buda, and in Pest, and fountains were always a traditional decoration for Budapest squares.

On the corner of a building on Egyetem tér (University Square) in the V. district there is a plaque reminding us about the Great Flood of 1838.

This flood between 13-16 March 1838 when the water rose to 1.4 meters and even 2.6 meters in some parts of the city destroyed much of Pest.

The old, shabby houses were gone, and the new beautiful Budapest was built soon, with fortified embankment area.

Many of you heard or seen with your own eyes how diverse the architecture of Budapest is. Let's take a closer look at it through one facade element - the balcony.

Here is our selection of photos taken in Budapest downtown in different times - early morning, day and night.

Budapest between 5 and 7 on Sunday morning.