
BUDAPEST - The two sides of the Danube.
Photographs: Nandor Lang
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The Hungarian State Opera House
The recently renovated neo-Renaissance Hungarian State Opera House is one of the most significant art relic of Budapest.

MÜPA / Gábor Zoboki
GÁBOR ZOBOKI, architect and designer of MÜPA the Palace of Arts and the reconstruction of the Opera House.

The House of Music Hungary
A short description of the service and how the visitor will benefit from it.

ONYX / Anna Niszkács
At the restaurant Onyx Műhely, in Pest, creativity is the currency. Its 12- course tasting menu, Metropolis, is inspired by the bustling city.

STAND25 / Tamás Széll
Stand25 in Buda, on walking distance from Chain Bridge, was awarded by by Michelin Bib Gourmand within a year after opening.

FLAVA / Tamás Langó
Michelin Sommelier Award winner Tamás Langó takes a considered approach when pairing Hungarian wine with fine-dining menus.

Walks in Budapest / Dávid Merker
"Budapest has several layers,” says Dávid Merker, co-founder of Hosszúlépés. Járunk?, a social enterprise offering private walks in English as well as tours to locals.

The GELLÉRT Thermal Baths
The Art Nouveau-styled Gellért Thermal Baths in Buda, opened in 1918, were popular at the time with the aristocracy. “If you are sitting in the Gellért, you are thinking that you are in a museum,”

The SZÉCHENYI Thermal Baths
The neo-Baroque palace pays homage to water and aquatic life with mosaics of mermaids and fish as well as artwork like the statue in the main entrance of Triton saving a boy from a Centaur.