Beautiful Budapest

In February the camera focused on beautiful Budapest, a city I'd never been to before. Even though the stay was a bit too short to really see the city, and the weather a bit too cold to roam the streets for many hours without appropriate pit-stops, I really enjoyed the city and its people.The photo shows the grand Hero's Square, Hösök tere, with the Millennium Monument as the central piece.

Silhouette of a Horse

At Heroes' Square there's ample opportunity to get some nice silhuets of the statues, like this one of one of the horses of the seven tribal leaders.

Heroes' Square - Hősök tere

One of the major squares in Budapest is Heroes' Square or Hősök tere as it's called in Hungarian. In the centre of the square is the Millennium Monument with statues of the seven tribal leaders that founded Hungary in the 9th Century and a half-circle of statues of other important Hungarian figures. The square is flanked by two museums; the Palace of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts. Behind it is the big City Park. The square and Andrássey Avenue, which leads to it, is a World Heritage site.