Andrássy Avenue and Heroes’ Square

About Andrássy Avenue and Heroes’ Square

By the ULTIMATE Budapest Editorial Team

Andrássy Avenue, laid out in the 1870s, runs for two and a half kilometres from the centre to Heroes’ Square and City Park, lined with palaces, the Opera House and embassies, with the little Millennium Underground beneath it. It is part of the Budapest UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A grand boulevard

Named after Count Gyula Andrássy, the avenue was built in the 1870s to give the growing capital a grand axis to City Park, with neo-Renaissance palaces and villas along its length.

The Opera and the palaces

Along the way stand Miklós Ybl’s Opera House, the old Párisi department store with its frescoed Lotz Hall, the House of Terror and the round Kodály körönd.

Above runs the grandest avenue in Budapest; below runs the oldest metro on the Continent.

Heroes’ Square

At the end, Heroes’ Square was laid out for the Millennium of 1896, with a tall column topped by the Archangel Gabriel and statues of the seven Magyar chieftains and Hungarian kings, between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Hall of Art.

Our advice: ride the M1 metro to Heroes’ Square, then walk back down Andrássy Avenue, stopping at the Opera and for coffee at the Lotz Hall.

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Andrássy Avenue and Heroes’ Square before you go.