National Athletics Centre
The National Athletics Centre is a track and field stadium in Budapest, Hungary. It has held the 2023 World Athletics Championships. The stadium was built on the eastern bank of the Danube River south of central Budapest, with a capacity of 36,000 for the championships, which was reduced to 15,000 for future events.Photo: Random photos 1989, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: nak@nsu.hu
- Type: Stadium
- Description: track and field stadium in Budapest, Hungary
- Also known as: “Centro Nacional de Atletismo” and “Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ”
- Address: Hajóállomás utca 1, Budapest, 1095
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Theatre and Palace of Arts.
National Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Theatre, located in Budapest originally opened in 1837. Since then, it has occupied several locations, including the original building at Kerepesi Street, the People's Theatre at Blaha Lujza Square, as well as Hevesi Sándor Square, its longest temporary location. National Theatre is situated 1 km north of National Athletics Centre.
Palace of Arts
Arts center
Photo: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0.
Müpa Budapest is a building in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, officially opened in March 2005. It is located near Rákóczi Bridge and was designed by Zoboky, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office. Palace of Arts is situated 730 metres north of National Athletics Centre.
Rákóczi Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Random photos 2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rákóczi Bridge is a bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting the settlements of Buda and Pest across the Danube. The construction of the steel girder bridge was started in 1992 to the plans of Tibor Sigrai. Rákóczi Bridge is situated 660 metres north of National Athletics Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Infopark and Ferencváros.
Infopark
Neighborhood
Photo: Jeti wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Infopark is a collective name given to a high tech, mainly research and development focused business district in Budapest, focused on software, electronics, and telecommunication, finance, business consulting located in Budapest's District XI on the bank of Danube.
Ferencváros
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ferencváros is the traditional name of the IX. district. The postal code is H-109X. Here is the north end of the longest street in Budapest, the Üllői Street is about fifteen kilometer long. Its old name was 'Road to Szolnok' and it connects five districts.
Lágymányos
Suburb
National Athletics Centre
- Categories: pitch, athletics stadium, athletics, recreation area, sports location, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Pest County, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.46308° or 47° 27′ 47″ northLongitude
19.06978° or 19° 4′ 11″ eastInception
June 17th, 2023Operator
BMSK Zrt.Open location code
8FVXF379+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 950165269OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadiumOpenStreetMap feature
sport=athleticsWikidata ID
Q60761124
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“National Athletics Centre” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المركز الوطني لألعاب القوى”
- Catalan: “Centre Nacional d’Atletisme”
- Chinese: “國家田徑中心”
- Czech: “Národní atletické centrum”
- Czech: “Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Atletiekcentrum”
- French: “Centre national d’athlétisme”
- German: “National Athletikzentrum”
- German: “Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ”
- Greek: “Εθνικό Αθλητικό Κέντρο Βουδαπέστης”
- Hungarian: “Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ”
- Hungarian: “Zsivotzky Gyula Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ”
- Italian: “Centro nazionale di atletica leggera”
- Italian: “Centro nazionale di atletica”
- Italian: “Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・アスレチックス・センター”
- Japanese: “ネムゼティ・アトレーティカイ・ケズポント”
- Lithuanian: “Budapešto nacionalinis atletikos centras”
- Polish: “Narodowe Centrum Lekkoatletyczne w Budapeszcie”
- Portuguese: “Centro Atlético Nacional”
- Slovak: “Národné atletické centrum”
- Spanish: “Centro Nacional de Atletismo (Budapest)”
- Spanish: “Centro Nacional de Atletismo”
- Spanish: “Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ”
- Turkish: “Ulusal Atletizm Merkezi”
- Turkish: “Ulusal Spor Birliği Merkezi (Macaristan)”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nemzeti Atlétikai Stadion Játszótér and Kvassay híd.
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