Budapest Castle Hill Funicular
The Budapest Castle Hill Funicular or Budavári Sikló is a funicular railway in the city of Budapest, in Hungary. It links the Adam Clark Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge at river level to Buda Castle above.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Széchenyi Chain Bridge and National Széchényi Library.
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
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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. Széchenyi Chain Bridge is situated 320 metres northeast of Budapest Castle Hill Funicular.
National Széchényi Library
Library
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The National Széchényi Library is a library in Budapest, Hungary, located in Buda Castle. It is one of the two Hungarian national libraries, the other being University of Debrecen Library. National Széchényi Library is situated 280 metres south of Budapest Castle Hill Funicular.
Hungarian National Gallery
Art gallery
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The Hungarian National Gallery, was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the works of many nineteenth- and twentieth-century Hungarian artists who worked in Paris and other locations in the West. Hungarian National Gallery is situated 180 metres south of Budapest Castle Hill Funicular.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Budavár and Tabán.
Budavár
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Budavár, Vár or Várnegyed is in Budapest, located on Castle Hill. It is the highlight of the 1st district. You can walk around the old romantic streets of the hill or see a great view of Pest from there.
Tabán
Suburb
The 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.
Belváros
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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.
Budapest Castle Hill Funicular
- Type: Railway station
- Description: historical funicular railway in Hungary
- Categories: railway line, funicular, and transportation
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Budapest Castle Hill Funicular” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆունիկուլյոր Բուդապեշտի ամրոցի վրա”
- Azerbaijani: “Budapeşt Hill Qala funikulyoru”
- Catalan: “Budavári Sikló”
- Chinese: “布达佩斯城堡山缆车”
- Czech: “Budavári Sikló”
- Danish: “Budavári Sikló”
- Dutch: “Budapest Castle Hill Funicular”
- Esperanto: “Funikularo de Budapeŝto”
- French: “Budavári Sikló”
- German: “Budavári Sikló”
- Hebrew: “הפוניקולר של בודפשט”
- Hungarian: “Budavári sikló”
- Hungarian: “Budavári Sikló”
- Italian: “Budavári Sikló”
- Japanese: “ブダ城ケーブルカー”
- Korean: “부다성 강삭철도”
- Latvian: “Budas pils funikulers”
- Macedonian: “Жичница на замокот Буда”
- Polish: “Budavári sikló”
- Romanian: “Funicularul din Budapesta”
- Russian: “Шикло”
- Serbian: “Успињача до Будимског дворца”
- Slovak: “Pozemná lanovka na Budínsky hrad”
- Slovenian: “Vzpenjača na Grajskem griču (Budim)”
- Slovenian: “Vzpenjača na Grajskem griču”
- Spanish: “Funicular de Budapest”
- Turkish: “Budapeşte Kale Tepesi Füniküleri”
- Turkish: “Budapeşte Kalesi Füniküleri”
- Ukrainian: “Будапештський фунікулер”
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