Scavenger hunt in Budapest

Spot a langos at a stall

Find a langos (deep-fried flatbread with sour cream, garlic and cheese) at a street stall or market. Photograph the toppings.

Spot a paprika pepper string

Find a string of red dried paprika peppers hanging in a market stall or souvenir shop window. The Central Market Hall is full of them. Photograph the cascade.

Spot a Rubik's Cube reference

Find a Rubik's Cube reference: souvenir shop window, mural, advert. Erno Rubik is Hungarian, his invention is omnipresent. Photograph the cube.

Spot a ruin bar entrance

Walk into the Jewish Quarter and find a ruin bar entrance (Szimpla Kert, Instant, Mazel Tov). The eclectic doorway is the photo. Photograph the entrance.

Spot a Sissi (Empress Elisabeth) reference

Find a Sissi reference: a portrait of Empress Elisabeth on a souvenir tin, a Sissi-themed cafe, a coffeehouse poster. Hungarians adored her. Photograph the reference.

Spot a thermal bath sign

Find a thermal bath sign (Széchenyi, Gellért, Rudas, Király). Photograph the facade or the entrance sign.

Spot a Tokaji wine bottle

Find a Tokaji Aszú wine bottle (Hungary's famous sweet wine) in a shop or restaurant. Photograph the slim bottle with the gold label.

Spot a yellow Budapest Trabant

Find a Trabant (East German two-stroke car) parked or on a Trabant Safari tour. Hungary has plenty. Photograph the plastic body.

Spot an Erzsébetváros street-art piece

Walk into the Jewish Quarter and find a piece of Hungarian street art (Neopaint Works, the Rubik's Cube mural). Photograph the wall.

Spot Buda Castle

Find Buda Castle (Budavári Palota) on Castle Hill. Photograph the long Baroque facade with the green dome.

Spot Fisherman's Bastion turrets

Walk up Castle Hill to Halászbástya (Fisherman's Bastion) and find the white seven-spired terrace overlooking the Danube. Photograph the turrets.

Spot Heroes' Square statues

Walk to Hősök tere (Heroes' Square) and find the seven Magyar chieftains on horseback. Photograph the colonnade.

Spot Margit Island reference

Find a view of Margaret Island in the Danube, or a Margit Sziget tour board, or a Margaret Bridge with the island in the middle. Photograph the green island.

Spot Matthias Church

On Castle Hill find Matthias Church (Mátyás-templom) with its colourful tiled roof. Photograph the diamond pattern of the tile roof.

Spot St. Stephen's Basilica dome

Find the dome of St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent István-bazilika) on Szent István Square. Photograph the dome over the rooftops.

Spot the Chain Bridge (Lánchíd)

Find the Széchenyi Chain Bridge connecting Pest to Buda. Photograph the lions or the chain links.

Spot the Great Market Hall (Nagy Vásárcsarnok)

Walk into the Central Market Hall and find a stall stacked with paprika, salami, lángos or Tokaji wine. Photograph the wrought-iron interior with stalls.

Spot the Hungarian Parliament

Find the gothic Hungarian Parliament building on the Pest side of the Danube. Photograph the spiked roof and dome.

Spot the Hungarian tricolor

Find a Hungarian flag (horizontal red-white-green) flying on a building, balcony or government facade. Photograph it.

Spot the Liberty Statue (Szabadság-szobor)

Find a view of the Liberty Statue on Gellért Hill, the bronze woman holding a palm leaf above the city. Photograph her against the sky.

Spot Vörösmarty tér ice cream / Gerbeaud

Find the Gerbeaud Café on Vörösmarty tér, the historic Hungarian patisserie. Photograph the gold-lettered storefront.

Thermal bath moment

Budapest is famous for its thermal baths. Find Széchenyi or Gellért (or any bath entrance) and take a team photo at the entrance. Going in is bonus.

Trivia: Chain Bridge year

In what year was the Chain Bridge inaugurated as the first permanent bridge over the Danube in Budapest?

Trivia: Parliament rooms

The Hungarian Parliament has roughly how many rooms (estimates around 690 are accepted)?