10 interesting facts about Budapest

10 Interestig Facts about Budapest

1. The world's largest panoramic image was taken in Budapest from the top of Gellért Hill. It has broken two world records, doubling the previous one. 
2. If you touch the pen of the Anonymous statue, that sits in the park just near to Heroes’ Square then it’s said it will make that person a better writer.
3. The Western Railway Station was built by the Eiffel Company.
4. Budapest is home to the third largest Parliament building in the world!
5. Hungary is one of the thirty most popular tourist destinations in the world, attracting 10.2 million tourists a year.
6. Queen Victoria, Queen Elisabeth, the Rothschild family, Franz Joseph I., Charles Prince of Wales, Lady Diana, Elisabeth II.,  Lewis Hamilton, Prince William and Kate, Pope Benedict XVI., Akihito, the Emperor of Japan bought Herendi porcelain. We can say Herendi is really precious and world famous.
7. Literally, since Budapest has more thermal springs than any other capital city in the world. An amazing 70 million liters of thermal water rises to the surface daily. The hot springs have given birth to dozens of medicinal baths and to a bathing culture dating back to Roman times.
8. Budapest houses about 223 museums, 90 cinemas, 237 monuments, 12 concert halls, 35 theatres and 2 opera houses.
9. Budapest is considered as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The city houses a few World Heritage Sites, namely the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground railway.
10. Budapest has the headquarter of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and also the first foreign office of the CIPA.