Budaörs

Budaörs (German: Wudersch, Croatian: Jerša, Erša or Vundeš) is a town in Pest County, west of District 11, Budapest metropolitan area, and has about 28,400 inhabitants. The town lies among the Buda Hills and the Tétény Plateau in the Budaörs Basin. The town is split by M1, M7 motorways.

Understand

Budaörs is a commuter town to the west from Budapest. Several large retail stores pay taxes to the local council, so much so that Budaörs is the richest town of Hungary. The history of the city reaches back to the 13th century. In 1921, the Battle of Budaörs was the last attempt to restore the Habsburg Empire. Budaörs was elevated to town status in 1986.

Get in

By train

Trains  S10  and  S12  are available hourly from Budapest Déli pályaudvar to Győr via Bicske, Tatabánya, Tata and Komárom. The journey from Budapest takes 12 minutes and costs 250 Ft.

🌍 Budaörs Train Station, Raktár utca 1 (Budaörs vasútállomás  287 ), +36 1 349-4949, e-mail: . There is no ticket office, tickets can be purchased on the train. Two beautiful and large sized small-leaved linden (Tilia cordata) can be see before the station, probably planted at the beginning of the 20th century.

By bus

To Budaörs from Budapest:

  • From Kelenföld vasútállomás  M4  by  40 ,  40B ,  88 ,  88A ,  88B  or  188  to 🌍 Templom tér.
  • From Móricz Zsigmond körtér  M4  by  240  to Templom tér.
  • From Széll Kálmán tér  M2  by  140  or  140A  to Templom tér.

Get around

By bus

Local bus lines in Budaörs are operated by two companies:

  • Lines 1–299 (except 288, 289) are operated by BKK. Budapest-passes are not valid beyond the administrative boundaries of Budapest. Tickets can be purchased at vending machines (also passes), at the drivers and at many newsstands. Available tickets and passes:
    • Metropolitan area ticket (valid within Budaörs): 250 Ft.
    • Single ticket (valid for the whole line): 350 Ft in advance, 450 Ft from the driver.
    • Metropolitan area local pass (valid within Budaörs): 5200 Ft per month.
    • Metropolitan area pass (5 km, valid between Budaörs and the first bus stop within Budapest): 5940 Ft per month.
  • Lines 288, 289 are operated by Homm. This service can be used for free.

Public transport map of Budaörs.

By taxi

See

Budaörsi Airfield Controll Building
Swabian folk costumes. Jakob Bleyer Museum of Local History

Churches in Budaörs

  • 🌍 Roman Catholic Church (Nepomuki Szent János templom), Budaörs, Templom tér 1 (Take bus #40, 88, 140, 140A, 240E,288, 289 to stop Templom tér), +36 23 440-414, fax: +36 23 440-414, e-mail: . Masses: Apr-Sep M, Tu, W 8:00, Th, F, Sa 19:00, Su 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 19:00 (M, Tu, W only Apr, May, Sep). Parish office open weekday: 9:00-11:00 and 17:00-18:00. built between 1801-1810. Mixed architectural elements, mostly Baroque-style with some classicising details. The main altar has a Classicist character and shows Christ's death at the Calvary. The gracious carving of lime-tree pulpit depicts the Good Shepherd sowing seeds. The Baroque-style font of the apse was made in the 18th century. On the left wall are Baroque-style pictures of Saint George and Saint Cecile from 19th century. On the right-side wall can be see the Three Magi and the picture of the Holy Trinity. There are four fresco of the ceiling: John of Nepomuk, Saint Dominic, the ascension of Christ and Moses with the snake on the last fresco. 🌍 Statue of St. Wendel (Sculpture of Wendelin of Trier, Szent Vendel-szobor) (in the Catholic church garden). Standing on a bottom of approximately 2 m, this sandstone sculpture is approximately 1.5 m high. The saint's symbols include a bag by his side, a hat on the ground and a lying cattle by his feet. Free of charge.
  • 🌍 Kő-hegyi Chapel (Kő-hegyi kápolna), Felsősor utca off (Situated in the centre). Offers a great panorama to city, on a clear day can you see to South Buda. The chapel built by Ferenc Wendler in 1855. Here takes place open-air performances of Budaorsi Passion.
  • 🌍 Budaorsi Calvary (Budaörsi Kálvária), Kálvária tér? (At the foot of the Calvary hill). Calvary hill is a geyser cone of a regular shape. There is a small chapel built by Jakab Kreis in 1817.
  • 🌍 Old Cemetery and Csulits Chapel (Ótemető és Csulits-kápolna), Budaörs, Nefelejcs utca 22-26 (Take bus 288 to stop Nefelejcs utca and walk three hundred meter north or Take bus #40, 88, 140, 140A, 240E to stop Templom tér 50m further west turn north on Nefelejcs utca and walk about 500m straight). National German Site. The abandoned graveyard contains graves from the period between the 18th and 20th centuries. The graves of similar types with tables (their material is sandstone, limestone, red limestone from Tardos and cast stone) provide a uniform appearance to the cemetery.-This chapel is situated at the centre of the Old Cemetery and was built in 1863 by János Csulits. A single-nave, single-tower building, with two windows. Now, this chapel is used by Greek Catholics for their ceremonies. Monument identifier: 1481
  • 🌍 Starentanz Chapel (Starentanz-kápolna), Farkasréti út ~87. (Bus 289 to stop Semmelweis utca fifty meter away or bus #40, 88, 140, 140A, 240E to stop Tulipán utca and walk north three blocks till Farkasréti út turn right and about hundred meter more). It was built in 1808. On the left side of the chapel, behind a large glass is a metre-high painting depicting the Emmaus Disciples. The painting was made in 1912.

Other indoor sights in Budaörs

  • 🌍 Csiki Rest Garden - archaeological park and recreation (Csiki Pihenőkert – régészeti és szabadidős park), Budaörs, Virág u. 6 (Take bus #88 to stop Csiki tanya further three min walk), +36 30 549-8840 (Mobil), fax: +36 23 414-604, e-mail: . Apr-Sep Tu-Su 10:00-16:00, but May-Aug for individual visitors not allowed to using the playgounds. For groups by appointment. Árpád era archaeological park, forest school and summer camp. Located in pleasant natural environment, western outskirts of Budaörs. After the excavation of an Árpád archaeological park reconstructed a part of the former town called 'Strip' (Csík). A pit house, furnaces, yurt village and contemporary botanical gardens can be see here. The yurt village offers a unique opportunity to rest Your own tent or eleven furnished yurt with half board (only for groups?). Other attractions: oven medieval inn, auditorium and media lab, Indian Village, Castle Theatre, grassy and sandy sports field, archery courts, playgrounds, swimming pool and a small fish pond. Ft800.
  • 🌍 Jakob Bleyer Museum of Local History (Bleyer Jakab Helytörténeti Gyűjtemény „Heimatmuseum” , Riedl Ferenc Helytörténeti Gyűjtemény), Budaörsi út 47. (Close to Mátyás király utca corner. Take bus #40, 88, 140, 140A, 240E to stop Aradi utca), +36 23 440-217, fax: +36 23 440-217, e-mail: . Tu-F 14:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 10:00-14:00. The Local History Collection located in a a typical local Swabian house. The house with porch and the courtyard section of the museum are particularly beautiful, contemporary status was preserved. A museum which chronicles the history of the German settlers in Budaors. Its five rooms used to be the home of a well-to-do farmer-bourgeois family. Shows the farmer-bourgeois life-style destroyed by the expelling in 1946. 🌍 St. John of Nepomuk Statue (Nepomuki Szent János-szobor, Neubaumati), Budaörs, Budapesti út 48 (The statue is located opposite the Local History Collection, Budapest út No. 47). The soft limestone, baroque St. John of Nepomuk statue was erected in 1852. Ft200 (2015).
  • 🌍 Urban Archaeology Exhibition (Városi Régészeti Kiállítás), Budaörs, Károly király utca 2 (Bus to 287 stop Baross utca or Take bus #40, 88, 140, 140A, 240E,287, 287A to stop Károly király utca. Walk to the nearby roundabout turn to south and take more fifty meters.), +36 23 415-428, fax: +36 23 415-428, e-mail: . Tu-Su 10:00-16:00. Presentation of the most interesting and valuable pieces of Budaors Roman archaeological finds. Reconstructions and models to be seen. Lots of visual documentation and tactile exhibition material helps to understand the nearly 7,000 years history. Guided tours and view the exhibition: Free of charge.

Outdoor sights in Budaörs

  • 🌍 Painful Mother sculpture (Fájdalmas Szűz Mária Szobor), Szakály Mátyás utca 32 (Take bus #40, 88, 140, 140A, 240E to stop Templom tér. Turn north after forty meter walk is a roundabout turn right to uphill two hundred meters look on right side. Situated in front of the house at Szakály Mátyás Street #32.). 24/7. This 'Pietà' sculpture was erected in the 1920s. The lower part made in limestone base, made of cast stone and of an approximate height of 1.5m and the sculpture of an approximate height of 1m depicts Mary with the dead Christ. Free.
  • World War One Memorial arched stone bridge (Első világháborús emlékmű és Templom téri boltozott kőhíd), Templom tér. The dying soldier who failing into the arms of Christ title sculpture was set up in 1925 from public contributions. There are marble tables placed four sides of the monument, carved the names of men from Budaors, who died on Galician and Italian battlefields. The arched stone bridge can be find opposite Templom Square: #11. More monument buildings around Templom Square: #2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20. Also here is a new monument the Sun-dial (2005). Free of charge.
  • More monument buildings: Budapesti Rd 1, 3, 5,7, 9, 13, 52, 71 - Csap St 5, 8, 10 - Kőhíd St 16, 20, 22, 24. - Szabadság St 20, 57, 66, 100, 102.
  • Zichy major building complex. Varied locations: Arany János utca 5, 7, 11, , Köz tér 18, Clementis L. utca 20.
  • Ló hill's floodlight tower (Ló hegyi fényvető torony), listed monument
  • Horthy Villa, listed monument
  • Farkas Hill's glider launching track (Farkas hegy vitorlázó repülőgép kilövőpálya), listed monument
  • Kó hill's cellars (présházak és pincék), 18th and 19th centiury agricultural historical monuments
  • White clay 'Piktortégla' cavities of Csiki Hill and Budaörsi (piktortégla üregek) are mining memories
  • Image Column of Mary (Mária képoszlop), erected in 1913. Now ceramic picture can be see inside the frame, located Felsőszállás St. corner
  • St. Martin picture column (Szent Márton képoszlop), erected in 1934. A copy of ceramic artwork which depicting the saint can be seen, on Aradi Street
  • Glider monument (Vitorlázórepülő emlékmű), loc.: top of the Farkas Hill
  • Eclectic old water tower of Zichy Estate (Zichy major régi víztornya) a monuments of drinking water supply and architectural
  • Remains of air defense headquarters building (Légvédelmi központ maradványai), located at northwest foot of Törökugrató Hill. It was a part of the Airport which opened in 1937. In the rock carved spaces, terraces, steps, ruined walls. The combined is a architectural and military protection monument.

Do

Kamaraerdő Forest Area, South Budaörs

Buy

Eat

This page uses the following price ranges for a typical meal for one, including soft drink:
BudgetUnder 1600 Ft
Mid-range1600–2600 Ft
SplurgeOver 2600 Ft

Budget

Mid-range

  • 🌍 Corner, Patkó utca 1 (Gimnázium  40 ), +36 23 422-410, e-mail: . M–Sa 11:00–22:00, Su 11:00–21:00. Fast food bar. Pizza: 1790 Ft, hamburger: 1290 Ft.
  • 🌍 Don Pepe, Gyár utca 2 (Budaörs, Ipari Park IV. sz. kapu  188 ), +36 23 889-889, e-mail: . 12:00–23:00. Traditional restaurant and pizzeria. 2290 Ft, pizza: 1990 Ft, hamburger: 2290 Ft.
  • 🌍 Oliva Restaurant, Puskás Tivadar út 2 (Patkó utca  40 ), +36 23 428-121, e-mail: . 11:00–16:00. Traditional restaurant with local cuisine. 2290 Ft, lunch menu: 1250 Ft.
  • 🌍 Pasta Garden, Szabadság út 109/1 (Költő utca  40 ), +36 20 999-9982. 11:00–22:30. Pizzeria and pasta bar. 1690 Ft, pizza: 1890 Ft.
  • 🌍 Pyrgos Taverna, Szabadság út 149 (Gimnázium  40 ), +36 23 398-167, e-mail: . M–Th 11:00–22:00, F–Sa 11:00–02:00, Su 11:00-21:00. Greek restaurant. 2290 Ft.
  • 🌍 Terasz Confectionery and Bistro, Szabadság út 306 (Csiki csárda  88 ), +36 30 519-9759, e-mail: . M–Th Su 09:00–19:00, F Sa 09:00–20:00. Sixty seats. Hungarian and international dishes. Confectioner, bakery, bistro. Ice creams. Salties and sweets. Cakes. Parfaits. Bon-bons, Macarone, French cookies. Soups salads, breakfast. Snacks, grilled foods, sandwiches, Italian pastas. 1890 Ft, lunch menu: 1490 Ft, hamburger: 1990 Ft.

Splurge

Drink

Sleep

This guide uses the following price ranges for a standard double room:
BudgetUnder 13000 Ft
Mid-range13000–17000 Ft
SplurgeOver 17000 Ft

About one and half dozen pensions and guesthouses waiting you, mostly in relaxing green area.

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

  • 🌍 Adler Guesthouse and Restaurant, Budapesti út 15 (Aradi utca  40 ), +36 23 440-215, fax: +36 23 441-657, e-mail: . Restaurant: 12:00–22:00. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 11:00. 27 rooms. Traditional restaurant with local cuisine. Located in a 19th-century former wine cellar press house. Single room: 16765 Ft, double room: 18700 Ft, average meal: 2290 Ft.
  • 🌍 Adler Hotel, Budapesti út 2 (Templom tér  40 ), +36 23 428-528, fax: +36 23 428-527, e-mail: . Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 10:00. 14 rooms. Single room: 19335 Ft, double room: 22555 Ft.
  • 🌍 Holiday Inn, Rubik Ernő utca 2 (Budaörs, benzinkút  173 ), +36 23 504-000, fax: +36 23 504-055, e-mail: . Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 12:00. 160 rooms, 4 apartments. Single room: 29645 Ft, double room: 33830 Ft.

Connect

Budaörs' postal code is H-2040, and its telephone area code is 23.

Go next

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