Ongoing renovation works in Budapest 2022

Dear Travelers, in this blog post we would like to inform you about some ongoing renovation works and closures in Budapest, we hope that we can make it easier for you to orient yourselves in the Hungarian capital city this way and see everything you would like in a less stressful way! 🙂

1. Chain Bridge: The most iconic bridge of Budapest, also the first permanent suspension bridge connecting the two sides of the river Danube ready by the 1850’s. There is a long renovation project going on at the moment, supposedly it is going to be ready by the end of 2023. Until that you can choose the closest 2 bridges (white Elisabeth bridge and yellow Margaret bridge) to cross or there is a ferry boat crossing between Pest and Buda right next to the Chain bridge, but there are some phases of the renovation when the boat is not running, please check on THIS website)
2. Liberty Statue and Citadel on Gellért hill: The highest point of the city center of Budapest, with the altitude of about 235 meters, it has one of the nicest views as well. On the top you can find the Liberty statue and the Citadel, a Fortress built in the 1800’s. The renovation works will last supposedly until the end of 2023. They are building new paths/stairs leading up to the top, new lookout terraces, new green areas and a huge park, a new lake and café. Do not be fooled by the closures around the Liberty Statue while the renovation is going on, you can still go up to the top of the hill to see the views, just follow any paths going upstairs!
3. Blaha Lujza sqaure: one of the most important traffic junctions in the city center of Budapest (more precisely on the Pest side), it is a metro station as well, metro line nr.2 runs through it. The renovation works are planned to be finished in the first half of the year 2023.
4. Metro line nr. 3: they are planning to finish the renovations works by the beginning of the year 2023, until that at some sections of the metro line nr.3 replacement buses are running. There are informative boards at the stops/sections where there are works going and replacement buses are running.

We hope you found it useful to read about these ongoing renovations works in our city and see you soon on our Free Budapest Walking Tours, you can find our daily free tour schedule HERE.