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1223 Budapest, Balatoni út - Szabadkai utca corner
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Statue Park (Szoborpark): Umpteen years of history in 1 hour
Todd64
  • By Todd64 on August 15, 2006
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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from Deak Ferenc ter; suburban bus from Etele ter (direction Diosd-Erd) to Bp., Szoborpark stop or bus 58 from Campona shopping center (take bus 3 or Teteny-busz to Campona).
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): A glance behind the Iron Curtain
    Robert_Hun
  • Updated By Robert_Hun on March 26, 2005
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    • Statue Park's poster - Budapest
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    by Robert_Hun
    A bizarr but interesting and spectacular therefore quite popular outdoor museum at the city SW limits.
    After the change of the political system, statues of the communist era were removed from Budapest's streets to museums.
    This is a unique collection of its kind.
    The statues of Lenin, Marx, Engels, Dimitrov, memorials to soviet soldiers, communist martyrs and many more.
    It's definitely an impressive nostalgia, good or bad, it's up to your taste :-)
    Open every day from 1000 till sunset.
    Cost: 600 HUF (free with Budapest Card)

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  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from the city center (Deak Ferenc ter) every day at 1100 (March-October: at 1100 and 1500, July-August at 1000 and 1600, too), or city bus (blue) #50 from Campona shopping center till the end.
  • Website: www.szoborpark.hu/en/en_index.php
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): Massive Communist Art in a Field
    kit_mc
  • By kit_mc on December 9, 2004
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    by kit_mc
    I've seen this place described as a tourist trap, but certainly these a visitor new to Eastern Europe just won't have seen. And some of these statues are really quite cool!

    This is basically an elephant's graveyard of statues salvaged after the revolutions of 1989. There aren't actually as many statues as you might expect or wish for, but it is still worth the effort. If you have any interest in Stalinist art, this is a must.

    There is also a little gift shop - if you're into kitsch stuff, this is fantastic! You can get old communist era postcards, or bottled air from the communist days. The last breath of communism, literally.

    The field that the statues are in is quite exposed and a bit muddy in bad weather, so if you're going in colder weather, wrap up warm and don't wear your best shoes!

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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from Deak Ferenc ter; suburban bus from Etele ter (direction Diosd-Erd) to Bp., Szoborpark stop or bus 58 from Campona shopping center (take bus 3 or Teteny-busz to Campona). The second option is probably cheapest.
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): Statue of Liberty
    BLewJay
  • By BLewJay on October 28, 2005
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    by BLewJay
    Liberation monument is an imposing site to see when you visit Budapest (it's located at the top of Gellért Hill). After a strenuous hike up to the top, we reached the crest and the statue. The 14-m-high statue, the work of outstanding architect Zsigmond Kisfaludy Strobl, was raised in 1947 in memory of the country's liberation. And even with the start of Soviet rule, the statue on Gellért Hill was not removed even after the change of regime since it had become an indelible part of the cityscape. There are two other sculptures at the foot of the female figure holding aloft the palm of victory: one is an allegory of progress, the other the fight against evil.

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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from Deak Ferenc ter; suburban bus from Etele ter (direction Diosd-Erd) to Bp., Szoborpark stop or bus 58 from Campona shopping center (take bus 3 or Teteny-busz to Campona).
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): visit Statue Park
    datapanik
  • By datapanik on July 26, 2005
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    Rather than simply smash up Budapest’s Communist statues after the Fall of Communism, the ingenious solution was to round them all up and give them a new lease of life by creating a statue theme park in the outlying district XXII.

    The rather drab setting of the park, a simple curving gravel path, parched earth and unkempt grass, seems to reflect something of the Communist era and makes the giant statues appear even more monumental. The ironic twist is the on-site souvenir shop selling Communist era memorabilia at decidedly Capitalist prices!

    Admission 600 HUF daily. Open 10am till sunset.

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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: To get there from Deak ter in the city centre take either a tram no.49 or a red-numbered bus no.7 to the bus station at Etele ter, then switch to a yellow Volanbusz leaving from stop no.7 or 8. There's also a direct shuttle bus from Deak ter.
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): A look of old communist regime
    RuiPT
  • By RuiPT on April 22, 2008
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    • Look the size of the statue!!! - Budapest
    Look the size of the
    statue!!!
    by RuiPT
    The park houses 42 statues and friezes saved when the Soviet regime fell and now set out in an open-air museum. The exhibits range from a colossus of a muscled sailor striding forth, shirt wide open and red flag clutched in his fist and proudly flying, to a frieze of townspeople including family, little old lady and courting couple, to the usual stern Lenins and Marxes. Into the park, past statues of all shapes and sizes, artfully placed to show you how the USSR wanted to embrace all its people and how it wanted to be remembered. Apparently, when the walls fell throughout the former Soviet vassals states and the populace began to revile its former masters, vengeance was taken out in no small part on the statues which were quickly pulled down and smashed up. The mayor, presumably sensing a portion of history going down the drain, put a temporary stop to it and asked people to nominate local pieces which they would want to see preserved. The park opened in 1993 and is certainly one of the highlights of the visit; I only want to make a question: Why they didn’t build the Park, just outside the city. Open daily 10am.

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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from Deak Ferenc ter; suburban bus from Etele ter (direction Diosd-Erd) to Bp., Szoborpark stop or bus 58 from Campona shopping center (take bus 3 or Teteny-busz to Campona).
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): Commies
  • By jamidwyer on May 1, 2005
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    by jamidwyer
    This day trip was the only substantial amount of time we spent really seeing remnants of communism in Eastern Europe. The journey there took us on a rickety old bus through a less fancy part of town than old Buda, with plenty of unlovely concrete skyscrapers to see.

    I expected the park to be bleak, but it was built of happy red bricks that I felt detracted from what could be a message about how oppressive these giants had been in their day.

    The statues themselves were great, giant relics of lofty ideals turned cruel. I highly recommend this trip for anyone interested in the history of communism, but not so much for Tourist Betty.

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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from Deak Ferenc ter; suburban bus from Etele ter (direction Diosd-Erd) to Bp., Szoborpark stop or bus 58 from Campona shopping center (take bus 3 or Teteny-busz to Campona).
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): Biggest statues ever
  • Updated By Marla_D on February 22, 2006
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    by Marla_D
    We went to the statue park which is just outside the city. Most of the statues were huge and it was very strange to think that they used to be located throughout the city. It really makes you think about what it must have been like for people living there.

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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from Deak Ferenc ter; suburban bus from Etele ter (direction Diosd-Erd) to Bp., Szoborpark stop or bus 58 from Campona shopping center (take bus 3 or Teteny-busz to Campona).
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): The only good veiw of Stalin
  • By tomKovacsi on June 6, 2005
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    by tomKovacsi
    i visited Szobor Park (statue park) with my father who thought I needed a little history on why my grandparents fled from Hungary in 1956. Along with his personal history, he was 6 at the time of the revolution, I got a very sobering veiw of the park. The monuments were primarily removed from downtown Budapest, and are in understandably delapidated condition. If you get the chance visit with an older Hungarian, you'll learn a whole lotmore than you'd think.

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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from Deak Ferenc ter; suburban bus from Etele ter (direction Diosd-Erd) to Bp., Szoborpark stop or bus 58 from Campona shopping center (take bus 3 or Teteny-busz to Campona).
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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    Statue Park (Szoborpark): statues from the past
    kirmarsh
  • By kirmarsh on August 28, 2006
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    by kirmarsh
    statue park may be one of the only places to see removed communist statues in europe, it is a truely unique place. after the regime change in hungary each district was given a choice of what to do with the their unwanted statues, many ended here as testament to a fallen age. The guide book which you can buy from the shop in english, is very informative and gives a much deeper perspective of the significance of the statues.

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  • Phone: +36 1 424 75 00
  • Directions: Direct shuttle bus from Deak Ferenc ter; suburban bus from Etele ter (direction Diosd-Erd) to Bp., Szoborpark stop or bus 58 from Campona shopping center (take bus 3 or Teteny-busz to Campona).
  • Website: http://www.szoborpark.hu
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