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Welcome to Budapest! Latest news RSS megtekintés Budapest has joined the international energy saving action of the Earth Day for the tenth time The Chain Bridge (Lánchíd) before the Earth Day’s action, lightened (L), and during the action, with lights turned off, on the evening of 19 March 2016 The main event of the international energy saving action, organized by WWF in Budapest, was held on Saturday 19 March, in the Palace of Arts. Budapest and Krakow will develop a sister city relationship Mayor István Tarlós making a speech at the opening ceremony of the exhibition titled “Common path – Budapest and Krakow in the Middle Ages, held in the Budapest History Museum. ​Budapest and Krakow will sign a sister city agreement this year, announced Mayor István Tarlós. “The city that unites”: the new logo is the first element of the new city image Budapest's new logo and slogan: the city that unites The first element of the new city image of Budapest is the new logo of the capital, “which has an identity, is worthy of the values of Budapest but reflects modernity and is also timeless”, Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky, deputy mayor for human affairs said. Photo exhibition on the architecture of Vienna and Budapest opened in Caste Bazaar The exhibition is opened till the end of May The capitals of the Danube – Vienna, Budapest – Parallel cityscapes 1850-1920. This is the title of the exhibition which was opened in Castle Bazaar, where the audience can see certain stages of urban development of the two capitals in up to 300 turn-of-the-century photos. Further increase in the proportion of low-floor buses in Budapest Low-floor busses at the Heroe's Square The low-floor community transport service is further expanding in Budapest, by that helping the transport of persons with wheelchairs or prams, those with reduced mobility and the elderly. The expansion will start in March, following the rejuvenation of the vehicle fleet of the capital with 15 brand-new buses. Latest news 1. page Lapozás Latest news 2. page Lapozás Latest news 3. page Skip to Latest news next >> . page Budapest on Moving Pictures The Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Hungarian: Széchenyi lánchíd, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈseːt͡ʃeːɲi ˈlaːntshiːd]) is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary, and was opened in 1849.

Budapest[9] (Hungarian: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and the largest city of Hungary,[10] and one of the largest cities[11] in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre,[12] sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary.[13] According to the census, in 2011 Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants,[14] down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million[15] due to suburbanisation.[16] The Budapest Metropolitan Area is home to 3.3 million people.[17][18] The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (203 sq mi).[19] Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the unification of Buda and Óbuda on the west bank, with Pest on the east bank on 17 November 1873

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