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Urban Tour of Budapest's Most Controversial District.
Budapest, Hungary, Europe
$30.01
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Overview
The outer part of the viii district was considered as a no-go area, deemed the gypsy ghetto, the district is often still considered one of the most undesirable, run-down, poor, and depressing parts of the city.
Despite this, the area has inspired urban rappers from Animal Cannables, Arnold to Mr.Joint & Ferke. The district has inspired movies from Pál utca fiúk (Paul Street Boys), Nyolcker (The Eight District), and A Good Day to Die Hard.
The tour is very suitable for those interested in migration, and urban and architectural history. It enables participants the chance to explore the issues surrounding the district and its unique culture and vibrant history. Józsefváros is a heterogeneous and dynamically changing area and an ideal site to examine the effects of urban diversity.
On this tour you will explore...
-Keleti train station.
-The cemetery.
-Orczy Ter Cross
-The gypsy ghetto.
-Discover the fate of the house of fates museum.
-Chinese market and former Ganz factory.
Despite this, the area has inspired urban rappers from Animal Cannables, Arnold to Mr.Joint & Ferke. The district has inspired movies from Pál utca fiúk (Paul Street Boys), Nyolcker (The Eight District), and A Good Day to Die Hard.
The tour is very suitable for those interested in migration, and urban and architectural history. It enables participants the chance to explore the issues surrounding the district and its unique culture and vibrant history. Józsefváros is a heterogeneous and dynamically changing area and an ideal site to examine the effects of urban diversity.
On this tour you will explore...
-Keleti train station.
-The cemetery.
-Orczy Ter Cross
-The gypsy ghetto.
-Discover the fate of the house of fates museum.
-Chinese market and former Ganz factory.
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Urban Tour of Budapest's Most Controversial District.
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Certified guide
Meeting point
Meet outside the train station at Keleti - look for our guides holding a yellow umbrella, we meet in front of the main steps.
Return details
We finish the tour at the market. Guests then can join the guide at Goyla a ruin pub, go off alone to explore the market further or the guide can walk guests to the nearest tram stop (5 mins walk) which will take them back to the meeting point and the city centre.
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Learn about the history of the train station. See the famous arrival hall built for princess sissi. We step back in time 100 years. It's not as beautiful as the frescoed Lotz Hall, which serves as the treasury, but the eclectic style of the ballroom is still surprising and impressive. It can be seen that it has been neglected for a long time, but the Greek-style supporting columns, the huge window frames, the marble coverings, and the carved wooden coverings recall the old glorious past.
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Police MuseumTake a quick visit to the police museum Forensic science exhibition -Black Angel crime case - Crime committed by Béla Kiss – the first Hungarian serial killer - Yugoslav serial killer - Whiskys crime case - Nicotine murder - Martfűi serial murder – fourth-degree murder - Miskolc Bonny and Clyde crime case Police history exhibition relics (uniforms, weapons, documents, certificates, sculptures, awards, photos "Past and Present" photo exhibition ON SUNDAY THE POLICE MUSEUM IS CLOSED AND WE DO NOT ENTER:
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Fiumei Road CemeteryUnderstand the history of this grand cemetery once nicked named the Communist Cemetery. Learn about local death customs. See the beautiful tombs and architecture that make up this outdoor museum. Climb to the top of Kossuths tomb who was the governor of Hungary during the revolution for the best views of the 8th district. Find out about the fate of the martyred prime minister Batthany. Enter inside one of the mausoleums. See the grand horse drawn funeral hearse last used for Count Apponyi. Visit the cemetery gift shop.
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See the refurbished Laszlo ter, learn about the history of the carbon market that was located here and why it is named after the famous Hungarian writer.
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The House of Fates is a highly disputed, unfinished museum located in Budapest, Hungary, designed to spread the message by the government of Viktor Orbán about the Holocaust of the Hungarian Jews. The memory of the Holocaust has been the subject of extremely turbulent debates since the end of communist control in Hungary. Over the past 30 years, no other issue has provoked such strong emotions in public life. See the strange building,designed by Attila F. Kovács with is giant star and railway carriage towers, reminding us of the terrible start of events which started from the location
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Orczy tér in Józsefváros is somehow an unfortunate symbol of traffic disorder. Its renewal has been in the plans for decades, but its implementation is often delayed. In the eyes of many, it is a confusing, disreputable enclosure, an opaque set of tram tracks and sidewalk islands. Over the decades, the region has faced numerous social problems, which were compounded by the mass of commuters flowing through. You will have the oppoutinty to visit the heart of this mess, the Csobánc Társasház was designed by the award-winning György Kévés, he created a striking, "complex architectural work", whose characteristic brick architecture with numerous arches strongly evokes the early modern architectural world of 1910. See the unusual Kokárda Catacomb, memorial and underground chapel at the center of this project, which commemorates the failed revoltuins 1848 and 1956. Hear how this new housing complex marked the start of a very painful gentrification for this area.
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Wander through the small gardens of Golgota tér and see the remains of a chapel, which was once frequented by the workers who lived in the nearby apartment buildings, the communists who sought to destroy it were only successful on the third attempt, learn what motived them. View the reconstruction work of the original bronze 14 reliefs made by sculptor Antal Szécsi featuring the Máriabesnyő Calvary Station Then wander a little further alone to Budapest Europe Television was the first commercial tv station in Hungary. Learn about the business models unusual structure and how the The relationship between the company's manager, and the liquidator almost escalated to violence on multiple occasions, finally discover the stations strange end. See the Goyla bar and community center and learn about the events and activities that it runs.
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The fortress-like apartment block was home to three thousand workers when it was built – but the apartments, which have a room and kitchen, were built by the MÁVAG (Hungarian Royal State Iron, Steel and Machine Works) to provide the best care and conditions of the time for their workers: there was a bathhouse, a canteen, a laundry, a doctor's office, a kindergarten, a public market. The colony today is often used as a film location, Colorado Kid, The Exam and the documentary The City Dweller's have been shot there.
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Józsefváros market also known as four tigers market is located in a old industrial estate and is one of the largest markets of south east Asian goods in eastern central Europe. There are over 10,000 workers and 1,500 business located here selling everything from socks, frying pans, dragon fruit, plastic surgery, hot chicken, fresh live fish ,Chinese medicine and fake flowers. Learn about the immigrants who settled here, explore the market with the guide. At the end of the tour guests can take the time to explore the market further alone and try the wide variety of street food it has to offer. Guests should bear in mind that the market is closed on holidays such as Christmas and Easter.
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Urban Tour of Budapest's Most Controversial District.
Budapest, Hungary, Europe
$30.01
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!