Saint Stephen’s Park – Paradise lost

Imagine yourself after a long day you spent walking around the various spots of Budapest. Yes, I guess after a few hours you would feel that your legs are made of plummet ( I guess this is a special Hungarian way of describing tiredness) and you would prefer to take a nap under the sun. If it is during the summer time (you do not have to be so lucky to have a bit of sunshine during the autumn and the spring as well) then the perfect place for you is Saint Stephen’s Park for sure.

This park is situated in the nowadays quite hip neighbourhood called „Újlipótváros” in the XIII district. If you reach the Margaret bridge then you just have to walk approximately five minutes in line with the Danube on Pozsonyi út. This is the heart of this area. With its tiny shops, cafeterias and restaurants this has a really honoured place on the top list of “where I want to live in Budapest” for young adults.

If you enter the park through the main entrance, you will see three water basins with fountains and a big playground to your right and a basketball ground to your left. Some reaons why many families with newborns choose to live nearby. In the 1950s and 60s the basins where used by kids who swam there all day long during the summertime. Now it is prohibited to swim in them, but it is still a favourite spot for kids to gather.

The park is sometimes also a place where you can hear some music. Bands are playing mostly in the summer months.

Details about this spot
Saint Stephen’s Park | Relaxing
Szent István Park | Outer Pest (area map)
Open until sunset

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