Pest - IX

The 9th district begins at the Eastern bank of Liberty Bridge and ends in the outskirts of central Budapest, where you can find the new Palace of Arts and the new national theater. The quarters between are rundown and pretty boring. And it is not possible to walk by the Danube, so the tram is recommended. The large Central Market Hall is situated here too, but unfortunately we missed to get inside it.

Palace of Arts (Művészetek Palotája) was completed in 2005. It hosts the new Bartók National Concert Hall, Festival Theater and the Ludwig Museum, a museum for modern art. We visited the Ludwig museum and watched some modern art by artists as Andy Warhol.

It covers a ground area of 10,000 m²

The new National Theatre opened in 2002 and has a stunning architecture, both loved and hated.

The backside of the new National Theatre. It is situated right next to the Palace of Arts.

Classical elements are integrated in the postmodern building, such as Greek marble statues and hanging gardens.The building reminds me of some casinos in Las Vegas, especially Caesars Palace.

Looking towards Buda. The bridge is part of the theater complex.

A modern office building that is bordering the theater complex.

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A memorial of the old national theatre in front of the new theatre.

The gate to the theater.

One of the edges of the pound is shaped like a ship.

Note the man with the 2 bags to the right in the path, he is not real!

View towards the green Liberty Bridge (Szabadság hid) and the Freedom statue on the Buda side.