Pozsonyi Picnic

Pozsonyi Street – Pozsonyi Picnic Association

In Pozsonyi Street many shops and small restaurants wait for the visitors. At the axle of the street there are few green parks that wait for the walkers who wants to relax a little. Pozsonyi Picnic was established in 2009 by the cooperation of the shops and local residents of Pozsonyi Street as a civil initiation. At the first Picnic there were around 5.000 guests, in 2012 it was more than 20.000. So the event grew from year to year and in 2013 it started at Jászai Mari Square and ended at Szent István Park. Besides the stages and street production there are many shop keepers, artists, art institutions as exhibitors of the event. Since 2015 the Festival has had a new place at Újpest rakpart.

Using the facility of Újlipótváros and its famous residents, the event shows the place past and present and also the traditions and style of its local people. The programs are high standard and unique and for today it has an international fame. In last year there were many visitors from abroad.

Our Mission

We are a great community, a little town in the town. We welcome everybody in this friendly atmosphere with our little craftsman shops, cafes, restaurants and many many green areas. Come and feel yourself at home.

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Sights

Szent István Park is one of Budapest's most popular resting places, offering a great view of the Danube, Margaret Island and the Buda Hills.

Known as the Dunapark House, the Bauhaus-style luxury apartment building is the capital's most elegant modern apartment building, with a French courtyard and royal blue staircase.

Built in the 1910s, the domed-towered Palatinus houses once housed huge luxury apartments, with central vacuum and thermal water piped in from Margaret Island.

The Reformed Church of Thanksgiving on Pozsonyi Road was consecrated in 1940, and its sub-church has a stage and event hall.

The Vígszínház opened in 1896, with famous authors such as Ferenc Molnár, Sándor Bródy, Dezső Szomory and Ernő Szép, and actors such as Irén Varsányi, Katalin Karády, Pál Jávor, Éva Ruttkai and Zoltán Latinovits.

Interesting facts about the street

In Radnóti Miklós Street you will find the Pinball Museum, where you can try out 160 different retro and modern slot machines, from 19th century pinball machines to video game cabinets.

In the 1990s and 2000s, the Odeon-Lloyd cinema and cult video theatre (now the Budapest Jazz Club) operated in Hollán Ernő Street, a paradise for art film lovers.

Újlipótváros is still home to many traditional craftsmen, retailers and artisans, thanks to their long-time regulars.

Until the end of the 1970s, tram No 15 used to run along the Pozsonyi út.

The predecessor of the KINO Cinema, located next to the Vígszínház, was founded in 1911 as the Elit Mozgó, one of Budapest's first cinemas.