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Budapest

Capital of Hungary

Watercolour of Budapest, Hungary. The wide Danube dividing hilly, green Buda on the west bank from flat, dense Pest on the east bank, the two joined by a series of bridges, with Buda Castle and Matthias Church.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Buda Castle; Matthias Church; Hungarian Parliament Building; Széchenyi Chain Bridge; St. Stephen's Basilica; Gellért Hill; Margaret Island; Pest
Viewpoint
Favor a slightly elevated viewpoint from Gellért Hill, looking north along the Danube, with Castle Hill on the left, Pest on the right, bridges crossing the river, and the Parliament further upstream.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially on Gellért Hill, the trees of Castle Hill, Margaret Island, the Buda Hills, and in the overall visual impression.
Guarded against
Avoid making Budapest look like Vienna, Prague, Belgrade, or London, and avoid Mediterranean or Alpine character.
Population1,741,041Wikidata: 1,744,665
Coordinates47.50°N, 19.04°E
Elevation117 m
Area525 km²
Time zoneEurope/BudapestUTC+1
Solar noon11:44clock runs 0.3 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Budapest and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Waitangi, New Zealand — 1,271 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

PestHU3 km
BratislavaSK161 km
ViennaAT214 km
ZagrebHR300 km
BelgradeRS320 km
LjubljanaSI381 km
SarajevoBA409 km
PragueCZ444 km

Twinned cities

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