Budavár Cultural Centre

Castle District


This cultural centre just below Buda Castle has frequent programs for children and adults, including the excellent Sebő Klub és Táncház at 7pm on the first or second Saturday of every month and the Regejáró Misztrál Folk Music Club at the same time on the last Sunday.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Castle District attractions

1. Museum of Applied Hungarian Folk Art

0.08 MILES

This small museum focuses on folk art from around Hungary. There are impressive collections of fine textiles and embroidery, wood and bone carvings,…

2. Former Capuchin Church

0.13 MILES

Used as a mosque during the Turkish occupation, this church recycled Islamic-style, ogee-arched doors and windows on the southern side when it was rebuilt…

3. Clark Ádám tér

0.15 MILES

Clark Ádám tér, the square named after the 19th-century Scottish engineer Adam Clark (1811–66) who supervised the building of the Szécheny Chain Bridge …

4. 0km Stone

0.18 MILES

What looks like an elongated concrete doughnut hidden in the bushes off Clark Ádám tér is the 0km stone. All Hungarian roads to and from the capital are…

5. Sándor Palace

0.2 MILES

This imposing neoclassical palace dates back to 1806 and now serves as the official residence of Hungary's president (János Áder who was re-elected to a…

6. Turul Statue

0.22 MILES

To the east of the Habsburg Steps entrance to the palace is a bronze statue from 1905 of the Turul, a hawklike totemic bird that supposedly impregnated…

7. Széchenyi Chain Bridge

0.24 MILES

Arguably the most striking of all the bridges in Budapest, twin-towered Széchenyi Chain Bridge, which is named in honour of its initiator, István…

8. House of Houdini

0.25 MILES

Dedicated to the famous Hungarian-born magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, who was born Erik Weisz in Budapest's district VII in 1874, this small…