From Music to Sights

Budapest is also a center of arts. Here, the greatest national music composers worked, Liszt and Bartok, inspired by Hungarian folk music. Budapest runs 40 theatres! Many music and dance events are held daily. A special experience can be a performance in the Opera, which is regarded the nicest opera building of the world.

Hungarian literature has been flourishing since the 13th century. Budapest humor is phenomenal both in theatre and literature, ranging from cabaret to absurd. Hungarian films have had a cult, and even the Oscar has been won by local film makers.

The golden age of Budapest visual arts are reflected in many museums or on public squares and buildings. Architecture is rich of masterpieces from historicist styles to Art Nouveau, like the Opera, Fishermens' Bastion, the Parliament or the buildings of the zoo.