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Free things to do in Sopron

13 places in Sopron with free entry or no charge, based on guide listings and map data.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Free things to do in Sopron

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    Botanical garden

    Botanikus Kert

    Area ​​17.2 hectares. Protected birds. Protected indigenous and exotic plants.

    Closed · opens 8 am tomorrowFree, professional guidance (up to 20 people): Ft 5000 per group, Pre-booking essential

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    Decorative garden with Széchényi Monument

    Dísz tér a Széchényi emlékművel

    Full figure bronze statue. It was made by Matra Lajos, in 1896.

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

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    Elizabeth Gardens

    Erzsébet-kert

    The area purchased by the city in 1763. A French public park built as Neuhof (German: New Yard). Expanded in 1900 with the Vághy's garden. One of the oldest Hungarian garden which everyone could freely visit.

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

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    Holy Trinity Column

    Szentháromság-szobor

    One of the best-known attractions of the square. A masterpiece of the Hungarian Baroque (1701). Protected Monument

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

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    Ikva Bridge

    Ikvahíd

    Contrary to the name this is not a bridge, but a street. The Ikva is a stream. There are two bridges. The western made in 1828 and its name is Ispotály (Hospital) bridge. The eastern bridge built in Middle Ages. Later the houses and the road were built onto the two bridge.

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

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    Lenck Passage

    Lenk gateway Lenck-átjáró

    On the facade the "Amazing fishing" relief and the Lenck family signboard can be see. The Szent György street connects with the Várkerület via Lenck Passage.

    Free

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    Mary's Well

    Mária-kút

    18th century. Maria Immaculata sculpture staying on an indoor pool imitating base.

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

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    Mary's column.

    Mária-oszlop

    Baroque, 1745. The reliefs depict scenes from the life of Mary (Annunciation, Mary and Elizabeth meeting, Adoration of the Shepherds, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple).

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

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    Pan-European Picnic Memorial Place

    Páneurópai Piknik Emlékhely

    This is a memorial site, an open-air museum. The Pan-European Picnic at the Austrian-Hungarian border, held on August 19, 1989, was a peace demonstration that was an important antecedent of the fall of the Iron Curtain and the European Union's eastern enlargement.

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

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    Pannónia Gallery

    Pannónia Galéria

    Monthly a new exhibition can be seen in the gallery. Services: café, buffet, toilet/WC, cloak-room

    Daily 09:00-17:00Free

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    Sörházdomb (Beerhouse Hill) Lookout

    Sörházdombi kilátó, Gloriette

    The Beer House Hill a 300-m-high mountain ridge. Here is the youngest, wooden observation tower of Lövérek.

    Free

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    Flag of Loyalty

    Hűségzászló

    Széchenyi tér

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

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    Resting Cross

    Pihenő kereszt

    Open Air Monument. The tabernacle 17th century.

    Open now · open 24 hoursFree

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Sopron (CC BY-SA 4.0).