The Parliament Budapest
Parliament, Budapest
One of the main motifs and spectacle of Budapest, is the Parliament found on Kossuth Square of Pest, designed by Imre Steindl in a historic eclectic fashion that mixes the styles of different time periods. Gyula Illyes, the famous Hungarian writer once said that the parliament best resembles a mix of a Turkish bath and a gothic temple. Its building process lasted from 1885 to 1904 as the largest investment of that time, however the building can rarely be seen without some part of it being repaired. The building gives home to the Hungarian Parliament and some of its accompanying institutions, such as the Parliamentary Library . Guided visits to the Parliament are organized every half an hour, during which one may see among others, the Hungarian Saint Crown along with the coronation jewellery. Right across the main entrance to the Parliament, is the Museum of Ethnography .
Entry into the Parliament building
Guided tours :
Tours every 15minutes, groups of min. 5persons. Assemble at Gate No.10, tour takes 50min.
Parliament can be closed due to politicans're working inside (LOL), diplomatic cause, etc., you have to prepare yourself as it is not the White House so you not allowed to go to bathroom inside!
English tour : 10:00, 12:00, 14:00
German tour : 11:00, 15:00, sundays only 11:00
French tour : 14:00
Jewish tour : mondays 10:30, other days 10:30, 13:30
Russian tour : 15:00, sundays 12:30
Italian tour : weekdays 11:30, 16:15, saturdays 11:30, 16:00, sundays 12:15
Spanish tour : weekdays 11:30, 16:00, sundays 11:30
Admission :
2520HUF for adults, 1260 for students (International Student Card accepted),
Free for citizents of the European Union (passport needed)
How to get to the Parliament in Budapest?
Take underground red (m2), there are a stop called 'Kossuth ter', that one is the Parliament.
The Parliament is only a short walk from the Nyugati (western) train station, check out the map.
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