Hospital in the Rock
4C Lovas út, District I, Budapest, 1012, Hungary
Beneath the Castle District, carved into the limestone caves of Castle Hill, lies a secret hospital that operated during two of the most dangerous moments of the twentieth century and was classified for decades afterward.
House of Terror
60 Andrássy út, District VI, Budapest, 1062, Hungary
The building at 60 Andrássy Avenue has been a place of terror under two different regimes, and now it is a museum about both.
Memento Park
Balatoni út, District XXII, Budapest, 1223, Hungary
When the Communist regime fell in 1989, Hungarian cities were left with a practical problem: what do you do with forty-two giant bronze and stone statues of Lenin, Marx, Engels, and assorted Communist heroes? Most Eastern European countries melted them down or smashed them.
Explore cold war in Budapest
GPS-guided narration at every landmark. Tap a spot on the map, hear the story. Every fact verified.