Budapest Squares

A big piece of green close to the city centre! When the Sun is shining, young people are going to Margitsziget, taking sunbath, playing football or frees-bee, couples are kissing – the Margitsziget is a kind of paradise among the gray building and the traffic-jam of a metropolis. Which objects would taken away by people?

Every tourist now the fabulous sight with the Danube, the Castle, the Gellért Hill. This square is also full with tourists, however, local people like and use it too - more than Szentháromság tér, because it is in the heart of the Downtown, close to Deák square, which is the center of the public transport of Budapest with 3 underground lines. Several special jobs concentrated to Danube Path.

The so-called Gate of the West in Budapest. It is known as the first square, which is seen by foreign visitors after Ferihegy Airport. There are a kind of mixture of the East European characteristics with a large number of small shops selling hamburgers, fresh bakeries and cheap clothes.

One of the favourite place for sightseeing among tourists. However, local people do not use this square. What they, and what tourists think about Holy Trinity Square.

Heroes Square had been built at the and of the 19th century to demonstrate the richness of the Hungarian history. Nowadays we can see youngsters with skateboards, students from the countryside and tourists on the square.

The heart of Budapest's political life - this square has been the place of meetings, protest demonstrations. A space, where different point of views are conflicting...

It is a park, however it functions as a popular square near Moszkva tér - as it can be seen in this movie, even for the youngest generation.

Moscow Square is the most important meeting point on the Buda side. The political regime has changed, but the name is still a kind of symbol of the past decades of the Hungarian history and the present Hungarian society.