2023 BLAZING IN BUDAPEST
BUDAPEST A Jamaican’s Guide to MICHAEL A. GRANT
The Danube River, showing Buda (left) and Pest banks. The Parliament Building has the red dome in the background.
O riginally, the city should have hosted the
Europe with 3.3 million people. Bisected by the River Danube, the venerable capital is actually a conurbaon of three ancient towns – Buda, Óbuda and Pest (originally referred to as Pest‐ Buda), which became the civic heart of the Austro‐Hungarian Empire in 1873. Visitors will be happy to discover that much of the city is pedestrian‐ friendly, featuring the classically cobbled streets of Central Europe. There are aracons and acvies galore in Budapest, from the Parliament and the Great Market Hall, the largest synagogue and largest medicinal bath in Europe. Then there are oeat choices, such as museums for chocolate and pinball, a hospital in a cave under the Buda Castle district.
NATIONAL ATHLETICS CENTRE Budapest’s new track and field stadium is located on the eastern bank of the Danube River at the southern side of the city. The venue is reachable by tram, bus, local railway and boats on the Danube. Seang is arranged in rows from “A” to “ZZ” going upwards in the stadium; each seat is numbered in secons, beginning with “1”, going in a clockwise direcon. HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING & CROWN JEWELS It is the third largest Parliament building in the world, and once the absolute largest. Along with its neighbors, the Museum of Ethnography and the Ministry of Agriculture, it is architecturally one of Budapest’s most
event in 2007, when it ceded the honor to Osaka, Japan – but now it’s ready to greet athletes from 200 countries in the most important event ever staged in Hungary.
Freedom Statue
Before visitors sele into the 35,000‐seat stadium for the 19th World Championships in Athlecs, however, they should be aware of the other wonders that Budapest has to offer. As Hungary’s most populous city, Budapest is the ninth largest in
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