Weekend in Budapest

Here are some photos from my recent trip to Budapest. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in night photography, there are some great floodlit buildings and surprisingly busy roads for traffic trails. Above is the Royal Palace taken from Gellert Hill with a 200mm zoom.

Parliament Building. Bizarrely only the centre part was lit up. This was taken looking across the Danube from the Buda side.

Over on the Pest side of the river across from the Royal Palace sits this strange statue of a boy. I am still yet to find out who he is or what the significance is!

Heroes Square. Although these photos may suggest otherwise, I did actually go out during daylight hours. I expected bland overcast skies in December but was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by blue sky and sunshine on our first day.

This is the Pest side of the Chain Bridge taken from outside the Gellert Hotel. Some people check out the nightlife when they're abroad; I hang around on traffic islands!

View of the Royal Palace, Danube and Chain Bridge from Gellert Hill. Click on it to see a larger photo, the details don't show up.

Elizabeth Bridge from Gellert Hill. The views from there are excellent, well worth the lung-bursting trek up in the dark! Afterwards you can reward yourself with a ludicrously cheap beer.