City Info

The focal point is the Danube River, which bisects the city into two distinct parts: Buda is mostly residential and built on the hills and high river terraces of the western side; and commercial Pest is on a large, sandy plain across to the east. It is a sprawling city, with the areas beyond the Nagykörút ('Big Ring Road') in Pest and west of Moskva tér in Buda mostly residential or industrial and (with the exception of the Buda Hills and City Park) of little interest to visitors.