Budapest City Guide by Lonely Planet

Author:Lonely Planet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications

Ferenc Liszt Music Academy Historic Building

Offline map Google map (Liszt Zeneakadémia; 462 4600; www.zeneakademia.hu; VI Liszt Ferenc tér 8; M1 Oktogon) A block southeast of Oktogon, what’s usually just called the ‘music academy’ was built in 1907. It attracts students from all over the world and is one of the top venues for concerts. The interior, with large and small concert halls richly embellished with Zsolnay porcelain and frescoes, is worth a look even if you’re not attending a performance.

Hungarian Electrical Engineering Museum Museum

Offline map Google map (Magyar Elektrotechnikai Múzeum; www.emuzeum.hu, in Hungarian; VII Kazinczy utca 21; adult/child 50/250Ft; 10am-5pm Tue-Fri, 9am-4pm Sat; M2 Astoria) This place doesn’t sound like everyone’s cup of tea, but the white-coated staff are very enthusiastic and some of the exhibits are unusual enough for a visit. Its collection of 19th-century generators, condensers, motors and (egad) the world’s largest supply of electricity-consumption meters is not very inspiring, but the staff will show you how the alarm system of the barbed-wire fence between Hungary and Austria once worked. There’s also a display on the nesting platforms that the electric company kindly builds for storks throughout the country so they won’t nest on the wires and electrocute themselves.

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