00

47.496823, 19.063499 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

01 Kazinczy utca, 55

47.499833, 19.060351 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Image in the wall
Card suit
Hearts
03 Pedestrian walkway in Margitsziget park  

47.518954, 19.043781 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial stone by a tree between the musical fountain and children's
playground
Kind of sport indicated on the stone
Penthatlon

Historical background Checkpoint picture 03

You can't have a car ride on this island - it's closed for the private transport. But you cant still use a bus or any of the eco-friendly bikes and electrocars here. The Margit island is a little archipelago consisting of three little islands. It was even drifting downstream. Now it's not: the northern side of the island was strenghteden. And it also was raised on 2 meteres not to let the floods bog it up. It's modern name Margaret's Island got in XIV сentury after the Dominican order monastery built here by the king Bela IV for her daughter Margareth. The Turks in 1541 occupied the monastery and used the buiding for the Pasha's Harem. You can still see what's rest from the walls and the church not far away from another beautiflu landmark, the Margaret Island Water Tower. In 1796 József Habsburg, a fan of parks and gardens, arranged here a cozy villa for his young russian wife Alexandra Pavlovna. To take care of the island's plants, trees and flowers he invited a man from Schönbrunn gardeners' dynasty. The first brahcny plane-trees you see on the island were planted here in József 's period. Margaret Island with it's rose and Japanese gardens, thermal baths and the biggest beach in the city is one the best places in Budapest to spend some hours or even a weekend.
04 Bródy Sándor utca, 15

47.492697, 19.066359 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

House with a chimney sweep. A plaque over the gate to the yard
Copy the second word from the top line
Mozgas
05 Apáczai Csere János utca, 7

47.494897, 19.050057 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sign with the water level mark during one of Budapest floods
Which year was this flood in?
1838
07 Kazinczy utca, 3/a

47.495973, 19.064262 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sign under the street nameplate
Copy the sign above the arrow
@
08 Puskin utca, 1

47.494639, 19.062636 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial plaque dedicated to Aleksandr Pushkin
Copy Pushkin’s name in Hungarian from the plaque
Sándor ( или Sandor, Puskin Sandor, Puskin Sándor)
09 Nagy Diófa utca, 30

47.498549, 19.063967 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bookshop.
Coming up with the name for the shop, its owners were inspired by a novel by a great Russian writer. What is his name?
Mikhail Bulgakov
10 Szondi utca, 22

47.509364, 19.061885 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

3 Pajamas. Breakfast Club
Signature of an official
11 Dob utca 48

47.500846, 19.064251 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Graffiti on the building firewall
Which floor is the cat on?
2nd floor (3 as well)
12 Horánszky utca, 20

47.491076, 19.067829 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Lampshades on the building
Top word on the left lampshade
loyola
13 Szent István park  

47.519132, 19.050947 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument To Raoul Wallenberg
How many human ears are there on the sculpture and the pedestal altogether?
3

Historical background

Here stands a monument to Raoul Wallenber — a legend man, who saved thousands of hungarian jews in 1944th. Born in a wealthy Swedish aristocratic family, Raoul got the superioir edication, he spoke several european languages and travelled the world. HIs powerfull granddad wanted him to be a banker or a business person, but Raoul didn't see himself as a moneymaker. During the World War II he emerged in Budapest with the mission to save lives of jewish people. He was always surrounded by wide range of of military men of all sorts, spies, Nazis, politicians and opportunists, dealers and fortune hunters. To accomplish his mission he used all means from bribery to pseudo-official Sweden documents for people from ghetto. He even bought and rented up to 30 houses in Budapest and declared them an Embassy compounds so that jews could live there. In 1945 he disappeared somewhere in Moscow prisons and believed to be killed in 1947th.
14 Práter utca, 11  

47.48667, 19.072282 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument to the characters of “The Paul Street Boys” (“A Pál utcai fiúk”)
Year of the monument installation
2007

Historical background

First published in 1906, “The Paul Street Boys” by Ferenc Molnar became one of the most popular Hungarian children's books in the world. There is probably no Hungarian who has not read it. One of the novel's film adaptations was nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film in 1969.
15 Horváth Mihály tér

47.489488, 19.074492 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Wooden signpost
Distance to Istanbul
1152 km
17 Tent camp in Varosliget park by "Olaf Palme setany" trolley bus stop

47.512576, 19.084087 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Banner with the slogan dedicated to trees to the right of the monument
Copy the slogan
Don't cut all the trees, также зачитывается ответ ligetben ligetvédök
18 Papp László tér  

47.524406, 19.067518 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument to an athlete
Maximum year of those mentioned on the monument
2016

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Papp Laslo was once a downtown boy who used his fists only in backyard boxing championships. But after WWII Papp started as a trainee on the Optical Instruments Plant, where was an amateur boxing group. There strated his glorious path to the Olympics. Papp was an Olympic gold medalist three times, at middleweight in London in 1948, then as a light middleweight in Helsinki in 1952 and in Melbourne in 1956. Papp also was the European middleweight champion as a middleweight in 1949 at Oslo and at light middleweight at Milan 1951. He scored 55 first round knockouts as an amateur. His only dream was to win the World Championship as a professional boxer. But the dream stayed unaccomplished, the Communists didn't let him to fight as a professional for the Hungary on the championships.
19 Ferenczy István utca, 26

47.492849, 19.060104 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Remains of the medieval walls surrounding Pest
Number in the last line of the inscription on the memorial plaque
13
20 Futó utca, 37

47.486199, 19.074485 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Cafe Frei on the second floor of Corvin Plaza shopping centre
Signature of an official
21 Ferenciek tere, 9

47.492957, 19.056205 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial plaque to József Antall
Part of the body
Hands
22 Vitkovics Mihály utca, 3

47.49481, 19.056408 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Old signboard
Bird
Swan
23 Erzsébet tér

47.497692, 19.051988 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial tree in front of Kempinski Hotel
Musician, winner of 13 Grammy Awards
Michael Jackson
24 Teréz krt., 55  

47.510433, 19.057095 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Western Railway Station (Nyugati pályaudvar). Support to the right from the door of MÁV Nosztalgia office
City name on the plaque at the bottom of the support

Historical background Checkpoint picture 24

This station was built by Eiffel & Cie, a company not known at that time and owned by two young engineers, Gustave Eiffel and Théophile Seyrig. Despite the established myth, Eiffel himself was not involved in the construction of the Budapest Nyugati rail terminal: it was designed by Seyrig and August de Serres.
25 Gyöngyösi utca, 47

47.547462, 19.081761 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial plaque to the right of entrance V
Copy the third line from the top
Magyar gitáros
26 Béké tér

47.530457, 19.0815 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaque explaining the meaning of the “ship” monument
What year is in the bottom of the table?
2000
27 The Timewheel (Időkerék)  

47.512684, 19.080327 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaques with descriptions of the monument to the right of the hourglass. Quote used in the description
Author of the quote
Agoston

Historical background

The Timewheel (Időkerék) is one of the world's largest hourglasses: sand trickles down from the top to the bottom through a small opening in the glass. At the end of each year the wheel is supposed to be turned 180 degrees, which must be done by manual power using steel cables and it takes roughly 45 minutes. Since 2011 (circa) The Timewheel is broken.
28 Lobby of Opera metro station in the direction from the city centre

47.502173, 19.059037 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial plaque
Year (bottom line)
1995
29 II. János Pál pápa tér

47.497379, 19.077389 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bust in the park
Copy the Hungarian name of the profession of the person the bust is dedicated to
fótoriportere
30 Underground section of Fővám tér transfer hub  

47.485849, 19.057846 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Board with a legend to exit D
Transport number with a letter shown on the board
979 / 979A

Historical background

The Fővám tér (The Customs Sqaure) is well-known for the gorgeous Budapests' Market. The building had a truly complicated bio. There was a fire during construction, there were the bombings of the World War II as well, and the reconstruction it the 90ies, and we can't tell you what was the most imporntant and contributed mostly to the building's look. This huge and shiny mastodont has several levels, with fruits and veggies, with refrigiratios filled with meat and fish, and with cafes and traditional hungarian souvenirs. The other significant landmark here is the M4 station. The Fővám tér and the Szent Gellért tér stations created by Spora Architects got several designer awards for their modern look and symbolic post-modern meaning. The architects call these stations the Ungergroung City Social Utopia.
31 Teréz krt., 58

47.509229, 19.057462 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Old intercom at A staircase (A lépcső)
Maximum flat number on the III floor
6
32 Hermina utca 18

47.511871, 19.095479 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaque with the story about the building
Architectural style referred to in the first line
Neobarokk
33 Izabella utca, 94

47.510877, 19.062873 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Lindenbaum's house (Lindenbaum ház)
Golden birds on the façade
peackocks
34 Hajos utca, 25

47.504087, 19.057379 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Façade of a residential building. Name
French historical figure
Napoleon
36 Hold utca, 4

47.504335, 19.052401 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Hungarian Treasury Building
First letter of a mosaic inscription over the main entrance
M
37 Entrance to Vörösmarty utca metro station (direction from the city centre)  

47.507287, 19.066612 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bench near the metro entrance
Musical instrument
Piano

Historical background Checkpoint picture 37

Opposite this checkpoint is one of the most famous museums of Budapest — the House of Terror (Terror Háza), the former Hungarian State Security Service. It contains exhibits related to the fascist and communist regimes in 20th-century Hungary and is also a memorial to their victims.
38 Szabadság tér

47.503845, 19.05025 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Miniature sculpture on the kerb. Hint: look for it on the side of House No. 17 in Szabadság tér
Animal
Frog
39 Public garden between Alsó erdősor utca and Izabella utca

47.502327, 19.074073 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument to a dog
Inscription on the collar
kutya
41 Király utca, 15  

47.499344, 19.058711 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaque with tenants’ names
Copy the name of the tenant from flat No. 21
csukai józsef

Historical background Checkpoint picture 41

Look though the square peephole in the door. The stone wall in the end of the courtyard is the memorial Ghetto Wall. The Budapest ghetto was created on November 29, 1944, and soon it was surrounded by a high stone wall. The last remaining section of the ghetto wall was demolished here in 2006 but two years later it was restored as а memorial.
42 Semmelweis utca, 19

47.495284, 19.057637 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Designer shop
Name of the flower
Rododendron
43 Papnövelde utca, 5-7

47.490884, 19.058018 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

University Church of St Mary the Virgin. “Historical Landmark” (Műemlék) memorial plaque
Third line from the bottom. Year
1776
45 Bajor Gizi park, 1

47.470168, 19.070399 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Railing at the last turn of the ziggurat
Word on the lock with a prism
látkép
47 Dob utca, 85

47.503154, 19.069967 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

School. Mosaic above the ground floor
What game are the children in the middle of the mosaic playing?
Blind man's buff
48 Andrassy út, 124

47.51368, 19.07574 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Phone booth
Phone number written above the door to the booth
269-4603
49 Vajdahunyad vár

47.51461, 19.08345 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bust at the southeast corner of Vajdahunyad castle
First digit on the pedestal
1
51 Szabó Ervin tér  

47.489458, 19.063919 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Green second-hand book cart on the square
Cart number
5

Historical background Checkpoint picture 51

A fashionable building near to a green cart with second-hand books is the Erwin Sabo Central Library (Szabó Ervin tér 1). Once upon a time it was the well-known and loved by all the Budapest’s high society palace of the Wenkhein family. The marriage of Christina and Fridesh Wenkheim was scandalous. They were cousins and truly in love with each other, but all their relatives were against this misalliance. Christina was the heiress of a huge fortune and raised like a princess, but for everyone she was only a сhild of sin. Her dad was a Count, but her mother was a servant’s daughter. Like in fairytales, Christina and Arthur married against all the odds, and later all those people who were against this marriage became frequenters of their dancing routes in this building by architect Arthur Meinig. Now the Central Library is one of the best places in the city to spend some hours reading a book and having a cup of coffee in an outstanding, fairytale, almost Disney-ish environment.
52 Szövetség utca, 15

47.49952, 19.074054 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Mural painting beyond the wall
The sign on the roof of the painted house
BUDAPEST
53 Munkácsy Mihály utсa, 23  

47.514149, 19.071577 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Oval plaque on the wall to the right of the entrance to the building
Which party is mentioned on the plaque?
magyar demokrata fórum, democratic party

Historical background Checkpoint picture 53

This nice art nouveau building faces on the Epreskert Art Colony. The hungarian name, Epreskerti művésztelep, can't be more romantic. It means "Mulberry Garden". It was an artists' colony in Budapest in the last decades of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. The colony occupied an oblong shaped block bounded by Bajza, Lendvay, Epreskert (after 1900 Munkácsy Mihály) and Kmety Street. The Epreskert was a municipal garden of mulberry trees on the outskirts of Pest which remained in agricultural usage until the 1870s. After the opening of Andrássy Avenue in 1871 the commercial value of the plot went up and urbanization began. In 1879 the municipal council donated a parcel on the corner of Bajza and Lendvay Streets to Adolf Huszár, a renowned sculptor who worked on prestigious municipal projects but was in need of a suitable workshop. Two years later Huszár built an atelier in fashionable Neo-Renaissance style and became the first artist to live there. In 1886 the block was divided into ten lots for ateliers. The Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts (now Hungarian University of Fine Arts) established its campus on the other side of Kmety Street. Normally now only the art students have access to this area. If you happen to be in Budapest during the Museum or Art night, you shoud use the rare opportunity to take a romantic walk among the high old trees and ateliers, and see the nicely renovated Calvary building from the 18th century and the remaining stones of the Church of Mary. For a really unusual sight these days, look for the Lenin statue on the Bajza utca side of the garden.
54 The Eastern Railroad Station (Keleti palyaudvar), Thököly utca entrance  

47.501315, 19.084969 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Mural in the entrance hall of the station by Thököly utca entrance
One of the characters of the mural is holding an object in her hand that will remind you of a prism. What is she holding in the other hand?
The Bridge

Historical background

Murals of the Eastern Station was painted by two artists, Károly Lotz and Than Mór. Lotz is a famous Hungarian artist of German descent. You can find his frescoes in the interiors of all the most important buildings of Budapest - the Opera and Parliament, the basilica of St. Stephen and the Ethnographic Museum. Tan More was more engaged in easel painting. His most famous work is "The Battle of Mohach" (it is interesting that it was painted when he lived in Paris).
55 Rózsák tere. Saint Elizabeth Church (Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet-plébániatemplom)  

47.500782, 19.076402 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Church garden. Small memorial plaque on the ground behind the church
Year in the first line of the inscription
1956

Historical background

St. Elisabeth Church in Rózsák tere was built against the design of Imre Steindl, the chief architect of the Hungarian Parliament. The stained glass windows were made by the famous artist Miksa Róth, while all the ironwork is the creation of Gyula Jungfer, and the pyrogranite decorative elements were manufactured in the famous Vilmos Zsolnay’s factory.
56 Square in front of Groupama Aréna

47.476608, 19.095054 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bird holding a sports projectile in its talons
How many stitches does the projectile have?
6
58 Intersection of Szif and Nemeth Laszlo  

47.507799, 19.070762 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Crossed-out and current address plaques on the building
Redraw or write down the name of the sign which distinguishes the house numbers on the plaques
/ или стрелочка

Historical background

There is a local law obliging keeping old adrress plates on the buildings for at least two years after the renaming. The old ones should be crossed with a thick red line. We, city guests and explorers, can only thank the city managers for beeing that kind!
59 Dembinszky utca, 12   Checkpoint picture 59

47.505954, 19.076622 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Mirror in one of the showcases overlooking Ligetváros Remiz Sétány
Text NOT inverted in the mirror
Try a new view

Historical background Checkpoint picture 59

Ligetváros Remiz Sétány is a former tram depot. It was built in 1897 to serve the tram line connecting the Keleti station with the Városliget. After the World War II, the tramway rails were removed and this place became a trolleybus depot. In the nineties, it was closed, and the vacant premises were sold to a private developer.
60 Orczy út, 37

47.48665, 19.092532 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Figurine of a mechanic on the fence
Woman's name written in black marker
Margrarita
61 Baross utca

47.488948, 19.080935 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Muzsikus cigányok parkja
How many fiddlesticks are the on the musicians’ commemorative stelae?
5
62 Víg utca, 26

47.493012, 19.073839 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bas-relief NOT above the entrance door to the building
Inscription on the snout of the ship
ATLANTIKA
63 Vörösmarty tér metro station  

47.496676, 19.050398 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Doors on the platform where trains depart from
Copy the door numbers in descending order

Historical background Checkpoint picture 63

While traveling on the M1 line, the oldest in Budapest, you can imagine yourself in the past. Almost everything here remained untouched. Well, they changes the railing and some other staff in carriages. The line is as straight as an arrow and on the final stops (like here) you can even see the train making a U turn. By the way there is another typical "runcity point" nearby. The Retro Transformer Kiosk stands right near the entrance to the undergound station and with some luck you'll find it in the middle of all this Christmas hype on the square.
64 Ferdínand híd

47.51383, 19.06198 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Lock on the railing of the bridge overlooking West End shopping centre
Word on the lock
vasutas
65 Falk Miksa utca

47.512615, 19.048848 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Statue of Peter Falk's iconic TV Detective Columbo
What is drawn on Columbo's tie?
House (small town, Runcity logo)
99 Kazinczy utca, 14

47.496823, 19.063499 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Szimpla kert
102 Tatai utca, 95  

47.541377, 19.095072 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Set of wheels at the gate
Year on the red part of the wheels
1942

Historical background

No, you won't be able today to go inside and see all those beautiful locomotives, carriages and depots with turning platforms. No rides on railcars as well, sorry. The Railroad Park, one of the best in Europe, will be ready to welcome you only in April. For now let's settle for a sneak peak on the giant park territory and the gloomy water tower.
103 Остров Маргит (Margitsziget) Checkpoint picture 103

47.530813, 19.051563 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Texts on the plate about Szent Mihály kápolna church to the left of its entrance

Poland name of the bell master
Jana Strous
104 Szent Gellért tér meto station

47.482911, 19.054399 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Door to the staff area marked with a sticker depicting crossed tools
Door number
504