Budapest: Neighbourhood

Places and attractions in the Neighbourhood category

Hűvösvölgy

Hűvösvölgy is a neighbourhood in the 2nd District of Budapest. The area is a popular hiking destination and is also an important transport hub. The suburb is known for its terminus of the Budapest Children's Railway. A public transport terminus connects settlements north of the Buda with Buda city centre.

Rákoskert

Rákoskert is a former town in Hungary now part of District XVII of Budapest until it was united with Budapest on 1 January 1950. The population here is around 9372.

Ferenc Hill

Ferenc Hill is located in the Buda Hills in the 2nd district of Budapest.

Hárshegy

Hárshegy is a part of Budapest's 2nd district. Its entire area is made up of Nagy-Hárs Hill and Kis-Hárs Hill, from which there are sweeping views of Budapest.

Inner City

Inner City the central part of Budapest. It is more or less equivalent with the historic old town of Pest.

Gellért Hill

Scenic river views and balconies Gellért Hill is a 235 m high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It is located in the 1st and the 11th districts.

Tabán

Tabán usually refers to an area within the 1st district of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It lies on the Buda side of the Danube, to the south of György Dózsa Square, on the northern side of Elisabeth Bridge and to the east of Naphegy.

Rózsadomb

The area known as Rózsadomb is a wealthy area in the 2nd district of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It is a member of the Buda Hills.

Krisztinaváros

Krisztinaváros is a neighborhood in central Budapest, situated just west of Castle Hill, north of Tabán. It is named after Archduchess Maria Christina, daughter of Maria Theresa, who interceded for buildings to be erected in this area.

Margaret Island

Parkland and Dominican convent ruins Margaret Island is a 2.5 km long island, 500 m wide, in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, Hungary. The island is mostly covered by landscape parks, and is a popular recreational area.

Sashalom

Sashalom is a neighbourhood within the XVI. district of Budapest. It is mostly a green and suburban environment away from traffic and businesses.

Angyalföld

Angyalföld is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. Administratively it belongs to the 13th district. The traditionally working-class neighbourhood went through a process of gentrification due to the office-building boom of the 1990s.

Lipótváros

Lipótváros is a traditional neighbourhood in the city centre of Budapest, named after King Leopold II. It is one of the two neighbourhoods of District V, the other one being Inner City, which is the old town of Pest.

Újpest

Újpest is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary in 1838.

Pestújhely

Pestújhely is one of the northern suburbs of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It belongs to District XV.

Újlipótváros

Újlipótváros is a neighborhood in the 13th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is located north to Lipótváros neighbourhood of the 5th District, with the Szent István Boulevard separating it from its southern neighbor, Lipótváros.

Budafok

Budafok is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated in the southwestern part of Buda, near the Danube, and belongs to District XXII. Budafok was an independent municipality before 1950. The village was known for wine and champagne making.

Budapest's Palace District

Budapest's Palotanegyed forms an inner part of Pest, the eastern half of Budapest. Known until the communist period as the ‘Magnates’ Quarter’, it consists of the western part of the city's Eighth District, or Józsefváros, which was named on 7 November 1777 after Joseph II, Holy...