Buda
Buda is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the western bank of the Danube. Historically, "Buda" referred only to the royal walled city on Castle Hill, which was constructed by Béla IV between 1247 and 1249 and subsequently served as the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1361 to 1873.- Type: Locality with 510,000 residents
- Description: western part of Budapest, Hungary, former independent city
- Also known as: “Ofen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Városliget and Hungarian State Opera House.
Városliget
Photo: Сергей Марцынюк, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Városliget is a large park in Budapest. This article describes the western part of the 14th district: Városliget and Istvánmező.
Hungarian State Opera House
Theater building
The Hungarian State Opera House is a historic opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy avenue. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture.
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a chain bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belváros and Víziváros.
Belváros
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belváros or Downtown is the V. District of Budapest. It consists of two historic neighbourhoods with well-defined borders within the V. District - Lipótváros in the north includes the Parliament and many governmental buildings, Szent István Basilica and some museums, while the southern part is mostly high-class accommodations, shops and nightlife area.
Víziváros
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Víziváros is in Budapest. This article describes the outer part of the 1st district, which includes parts of Gellérthegy, Krisztinaváros, Tabán and Víziváros.
Óbuda
Photo: Christo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Óbuda is, together with Buda and Pest, one of the three cities that were unified to form the Hungarian capital city of Budapest in 1873. Today, together with Békásmegyer, Óbuda forms a part of the city's third district, although the toponym is also sometimes used for northern Buda as a whole.
Buda
- Category: city
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Buda from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Buda” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Boeda”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Akouinkon”
- Arabic: “بودا”
- Arabic: “بودين”
- Aragonese: “Buda”
- Aragonese: “Pest”
- Armenian: “Բուդա”
- Asturian: “Buda”
- Azerbaijani: “Buda”
- Azerbaijani: “Budin”
- Basque: “Buda”
- Belarusian: “Буда”
- Bosnian: “Budim”
- Bulgarian: “Budim”
- Bulgarian: “Буда”
- Bulgarian: “Обуда”
- Catalan: “Buda”
- Chechen: “Буда”
- Chinese: “布达”
- Chinese: “布達”
- Croatian: “Budim”
- Czech: “Budín”
- Danish: “Buda”
- Dutch: “Boeda”
- Dutch: “Ofen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بودا”
- Esperanto: “Aquincum”
- Esperanto: “Buda”
- Esperanto: “Budao”
- Esperanto: “Budim”
- Esperanto: “Ofen”
- Estonian: “Buda”
- Finnish: “Buda”
- French: “Buda”
- Galician: “Buda”
- Georgian: “ბუდა”
- German: “Altofen”
- German: “Aquincum”
- German: “Buda”
- German: “Budim”
- German: “Ofen”
- Greek: “Βούδα”
- Hebrew: “אופן”
- Hebrew: “בודה”
- Hungarian: “Buda”
- Ido: “Buda”
- Indonesian: “Buda, Hungaria”
- Irish: “Buda”
- Italian: “Buda”
- Japanese: “ブーダ”
- Japanese: “ブダ”
- Kazakh: “Bwda”
- Kazakh: “Буда”
- Kazakh: “بۋدا”
- Korean: “부더”
- Kurdish: “Buda, Budapeşt”
- Kurdish: “Buda”
- Kurdish: “بودا”
- Latin: “Aquincum”
- Latin: “Buda”
- Latin: “Budae”
- Lithuanian: “Buda (Vengrija)”
- Lithuanian: “Buda”
- Macedonian: “Budim”
- Macedonian: “Буда”
- Macedonian: “Будим”
- Malay: “Buda”
- Mongolian: “Буда”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buda”
- Ossetian: “Будæ”
- Ossetian: “Офен”
- Persian: “بودا”
- Polish: “Buda”
- Portuguese: “Buda”
- Romanian: “Buda”
- Romanian: “Cetatea Buda”
- Russian: “Буда”
- Russian: “Офен”
- Rusyn: “Будин”
- Scots: “Buda”
- Serbian: “Budim”
- Serbian: “Будим”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Budim”
- Slovak: “Budín”
- Slovenian: “Buda”
- Slovenian: “Budim”
- Spanish: “Buda”
- Swedish: “Buda”
- Thai: “Buda”
- Thai: “Ofen”
- Thai: “บูดอ”
- Thai: “บูดา”
- Thai: “เมืองบูดา”
- Turkish: “Budin”
- Ukrainian: “Буда”
- Uzbek: “Buda”
- Vietnamese: “Buda”
- Welsh: “Buda”
- Western Armenian: “Պուտա”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Buda”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Várkerület and Budavár.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Matthias Church and Fisherman’s Bastion.
Budapest: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Belváros, Víziváros, Óbuda, and East Pest.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.