This was part of Central Europe - Day 3 🇭🇺 🔗.

I joined the Communism Walk at 4:00 PM to understand about the life in Budapest and Hungary before and after the Iron Curtain. We started at the Lion Fountain and headed to the Elizabeth Square and saw the Budapest Eye.

Next we headed to St. Stephen’s Basilica and also saw the Soviet style of building architecture around Szent István tér.

Our next stop was Liberty Square where we saw the Interactive Fountain and the Memorial for victims of the German Occupation. We also saw the F-4 Object (Rákosi-bunker), a formerly secret nuclear shelter under downtown of Budapest.

Walking further into Liberty Square we saw the Soviet War Memorial, a monument to the Soviet liberation of Hungary in World War II from Nazi German occupation.

There was also a statue in Liberty Square that honored the former U.S. president’s efforts to end the Cold War. We also saw the statue of Imre Nagy, hero of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising (which has now been moved to Jaszai Mari Square).

Our last stop was Kossuth Lajos Square where we saw the Hungarian Parliament Building and the Kossuth Monument.

👣 Communism Walk