Városliget

Városliget (City Park) is a middle-large park (302 acres or 1.2 km²; a rectangle 0.9 mile by 0.6 mile, or 1.4 km × 900 m) in Budapest, Hungary, easily available from the centre. It is located in Zugló , District XIV of Budapest.

The main entrance of Városliget is the end of Andrássy Avenue , part of the World Heritage, with Heroes' Square , including

• the Millennium Monument , one of Budapest's emblematic sights (1905),
• the Museum of Fine Arts (1906),
• and the Palace of Arts (1895).

Városliget includes the following notable sights:

• the Vajdahunyad Castle , presenting the major art styles and housing the Agricultural Museum today (first built in 1896, in its present state finished in 1907),
• the Széchenyi Medicinal Baths and Swimming Pool , one of Europe's largest bath complexes (1913),
• the Municipal Zoological and Botanical Garden (founded in 1866, built in its present state in 1912, expanded and improved since several times),
• the Municipal Grand Circus (1971),
• the Budapest Amusement Park ,
• Gundel Restaurant , one of Hungary's most famous restaurants, founded in 1879 (in its present building since 1894),
• the Millennium Salon in Olof Palme House (1885),
• the Transport Museum (1899),
• the Aviation Museum of Budapest ,
• the City Park Pond , used as an ice rink in winter, the largest outdoor skating-rink in Central Europe (1926), with a hall built in 1894,
• Petőfi Hall , a youth leisure centre (1985),
• the Time Wheel (2004),
• a procession square, used for several purposes,
• and sports grounds, playgrounds, meadows, esplanades, several statues (among others, of George Washington), a botanical garden and a transport park.

Next to Városliget can be seen

• the Geological Institute of Hungary , built in 1899 by Ödön Lechner ,
• School for the Blind (1904),
• Balás Villa (1907),
• Institute of Germanistics of the Eötvös Loránd University.

See also

• Népliget

External links

• Budapest Tourism Office on Városliget