These windows belong to a large excursion ship. During the tourist season you can see a lot of them along the Danube bank in Budapest.
Excursion ship
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Várkert Palota
The same cars as on the on the photo from yesterday but now you can see the entie building, too. This is the Várkert Palota which used to be Várkert Casino before. The building was designed by Miklós Ybl and it was built in 1879. Originally it has a technical function it served the Buda Castle with water. Later they designed a café inside. In 1992 they have renovated the building and it became a Casino. Nowdays its a place to rent our for different events.
Nescafe
These company cars with their special painting fits very well to the background on this photo.
Silver roofs
Roofs are always amazing to me especially in cities like Budapest or Prague. This is at the Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest.
Sharp contrasts
I love when the clouds are dark but there is still some sunshine on the buildings. One of the best moments for taking photos. This church is in Buda, not far from the Tabán.
The Castle of Buda
This is the Castle of Buda but captured from the Tabán this time. Nice green area, one of my favorite parks in Budapest.
Zebras in Budapest
1,5 years ago cows were occupading the streets of Budapest. Now you can see these zebras at several places in the city. I guess this is an awareness campaign to improve the moral aspect of the Budapest traffic. Drivers usually don’t pay enough attention to walkers on the roads.
The new Budapest
This photo represents the new Budapest hopefully. Lot of constructions everywhere (and scandals around them of course):) and more and more cyclists in the city.
Overdose…a new miracle in Budapest
(photo: László Beliczay, MTI)
Overdose has been called the Wunderpferd, or Miracle Horse, in Germany and the Budapest Bullet in Britain. A writer at Britain’s Racing Post recently raved that he “leaves the stalls with the overdrive already engaged.”
These words and the photo are from the article of the New York Times. Read the entire article here.
The statue of Ignác Alpár
Ignác Alpár began his career as a stonemason, then worked under architect Alajos Hauszmann. After completing formal studies in Berlin, he returned to Budapest to work under Imre Steindl and Hauszmann again. He began independent practice in 1890, working mainly on public projects in a historicist, eclectic style. The most well known of these is the so-called Vajdahunyad Castle built for the millenary celebrations in 1896, which incorporated architectural styles practised in Hungary from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period.
Budapest Critical Mass 2009
Critical Mass Budapest is a mass demonstration aimed at bringing the public’s attention to the crisis caused by motor vehicles, e.g. traffic jams and environmental pollution. It promotes the bicycle as a healthy, fast, cheap and environmentally friendly alternative mode of transport. The organisers of this event would like to encourage the local population to use their bicycles for transportation whenever possible, and not just for recreation or sports. (www.criticalmass.hu)
You can see the bridge from a similar angle being full of cars here.