Margit-szigeti víztorony, Kilátó Galéria
An industrial monument building, octagonal Water Tower of 57 m (built in Art Nouveau style in 1911. It was the first reinforced concrete building in the country. Today functioning as a lookout tower with amazing view and an exhibition hall (called Kilátó Galéria, Outlook Gallery, the country’s first visual exhibition hall). A protected UNESCO site. 360-degree panorama dome hall, unmatched Art Nouveau curved staircase, exhibitions of contemporary artists seven days a week. Saturday nights concerts: folk, jazz, swing, soul.
The exhibition hall open only from May to Oct
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Margaret Island Open-air Stage, Margitszigeti Szabadtéri Színpad
The accommodating an audience of 3300. Built in 1938, according to plan of Peter Kaffka. In World War II, it was heavily damaged, and rebuilt in 1951. Since 1991 named Open Space Theatre (Szabad Tér Színház). The programs: mainly opera, operetta, ballet and folklore music. One of the most popular outdoor playground in Hungary. Margaret Terrace built in the 'cloister' of open-air theatre, since 1993 here operates the Margaret Terrace Restaurant (Margit Terasz Étterem) which organizing musical clubnights.
Rozmaring Kertvendéglő
Traditional restaurant with local cuisine.
Mon–Thu 12:00–23:00, Fri–Sat 12:00–00:00, Sun 12:00–16:00·HUF 2900
Palatinus Strandfürdő
Protected monument. Built by Istvan Janaky in 1937. The one-story, flat-roofed dressing complex consists of: two rectangular buildings connected by a two storey, columned,- open from street front,- hall with gallery. There are two spiral cases, which lead to the western front terrace. The pools of the beach is: an octagonal fountain pool (located at the entrance), wave pool (to the south), a big pool (north of the fountain pool), a thermal water pool (further north). There is a snack bar (on Danube side of the Big Pool). In front of the entrance is the Sun Girl/Combing Woman (Napozó lány/Fésülködő nő) stone sculpture made by Géza Csorba, in 1937, recarved after 1945. Many works of art located in the beach area: Mother with child (made in stone, by Sandor Farkas Boldogfai, at the axis of the entrance), a well decorated with a woman holding a jug (by Peter Laszlo, north of the dressing room building), shells decorations (Sandor Kiss, at the south side corners of the big pool), five bronze gargoyle heads (by Sandor Kiss, in 1967, at the north side of the big pool), a mosaic (1967, at the south end of the event pool).
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