Friday, 7 November 2025

Budapest at Night

Some pre-COVID years ago, I was lucky enough to travel to Budapest with work. 

It started off well because there was a very pretty train on the other platform at Birmingham International.
  Two maroon red train carriages. The train carriage in the back has West Coast Railways written on it in gold. The front carriage has the number 99121 written on it in gold. Through the windows you can see that each table has a table lamp on it. That is a fancy train. 
Sorry, I'm a 3rd gen train weirdo. Like all airports, there's different flight paths into Budapest and we were lucky enough to be on the one that takes you along the Danube. Absolutely amazing. The people I was working with were kind enough to give us a very quick tour of central Budapest. Here are some highlights.
  The Chain Bridge against a night sky background. The sky is black and the bridge is illuminated with lots of white lights placed on it. 
This is where I hit a small problem. If I am not thinking straight it's the Kettenbrücke, I am aware in English it's the Chain Bridge and I need to copy and paste from Wikipedia to get the accent right on Lánchíd. The names will be used interchangeably. 

We walked past the Parliament building.
   Picture of the Hungarian parliament at night. It is a neo-gothic building. In this photo, there is one dome, just left of the centre, and three towers. 
Another view of the Parliament building, this time with the dome in the centre, and the corner of the neo-Gothic parliament. 
Yet another dome and tower of the parliament building. 

Hopefully the photos get across just how big the parliament is. 

Then we walked through the park to St. Stephen's Basilica.
  Front of the basilica of St. Stephen. It is a neo-classical basilica. There are people walking in front of it. When we were there, there was an memorial to the 1956 Uprising - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 

View of Budapest Castle from the other side of the river. Budapest castle at night. It is illuminated, and stands above the rest of the riverside, which is also illuminated. 
We were taken to Pater Marcus - https://www.patermarcus.hu/ - which has delicious food. And drink. But especially the food. 
 
And then, back over the bridge to the hotel. Another shot of the Kettenbrücke, still lit up, from the other side. The photo is facing Castle Hill.
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