Green Peace

It is autumn time and it is time to slow down. What would be the best place to get relaxed? A nice park, that is for sure! If you do not have the time to get out of the noisy city visit the ELTE Botanical Garden our 'Füvészkert'. Unique Budapest experience in september with banana trees. The park is opened from 9am to 17pm every day. The entrancy fee is friendly: 500HUF (2Euro) adults, 250HUF students. If you have already visited our 'flat land' it will be easy to find. If not, here is your helping map.

The hungarians know the 'Füvészkert' very well from the famous Molnár Ferenc novel 'Pál utcai fiúk'. The atmosphere of the garden still reminds to the young boys and their heart-piercing story. However the garden changed a lot, the famous lake disappeared. What is still original is the 'Festetics hunting-seat' built in 1802. The squirrels and Ginko trees are waiting for You.
Do not be lazy, get your shoes on. If You have already visited the place: comment it!

Flat land


You will find an amazing view if visiting a hidden post-communist block. The "Szigony Lakótelep" is surrounded by the modern city area, the eclectic style facades and the clinic area. The neighbourhood is famous among the Hungarians. What Hungarians surely know about the ' Szigony lakótelep' is, that the poverty rate and the drog users number is higher than any other average block of flats. A huge Chinese colony and musician gipsies also live behind the concrete walls. In the 18th and 19th century this was a marchland with a cemetery and a hunting forest. As the city grew at the turning of the 20th century it became an important commercial and industrial area. At the second world war many of the houses nearby were damaged. The communist regime forced to build block houses instead of renovation. That's how the 'Szigony Lakótelep' was born in the '70s. If you visit the plase we recommend you a very unique, very local pub. It is called the 'Tisza presszó' , named after the second biggest river of Hungary.
Are you curious? It is easy to get there: just jump on the bus 9. or 109 at Astoria or Deák tér and get off at the Koszorú utca station. Do not forget to validete your BKV ticket.
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