Communism in Hungary: Life behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest - 2024 | HAPPYtoVISIT.com (2025)

Join us on this tour and learn about history in Hungary. Visit the Citadella, the place where whole story started. Admire to the Liberty Statue, the huge monument, visit House of Terror, a museum dedicated to the memory of the victims.

Find out how was at the time of communism in Hungary. What is the story behind Uprise of 1956? Learn about the times Hungarian spent in the Soviet block. Hungary, when it was the most "merry barrack"... Life behind the Iron Curtain. Communism in Hungary with private Budapest guide! Though two decades have passed since the last of the soviet troopes have left the territory of Hungary, memorials of the totalitarian system and the cold war are still to be found around the country. Enjoy private guided tours to these sights to learn about the history of the countries recent past. During a total day tour you can visit the Citadella, where the whole story started with the occupation of the country, and you can admire the Liberty Statue, the huge monument erected in 1947, probably the highest one of its kind in Europe. Other monuments and statues of the era – statues of famous personalities as Marx, Lenin, Ostapenko, the Memorial of the Hungarian-Soviet Friendship and many others all erected between 1945 – 1989 were removed from the city and collected in the Memento Park Budapest. The collection of the 42 pieces includes the 6 m high, famous statue of the „Liberation Army Soldier” and Boots of Stalin, remains of the huge Stalin statue of Budapest demolished during Uprise 1956 as well. You will visit House of Terror, a museum dedicated to the memory of the victims of the communist era as well. We close the tour at the statue of the "Urchin of Pest" in Corvin köz, wich guards the memories of the most tragic and heroic fights of the Hungarian nation during Uprise of 1956. Optionally we will finish the tour with some more joyful memory of those times, you can have a ride on the Children’s Railway in the hills of Buda., originally Pioneer’s Railway, opened in 1949, operated by children age of 10-14.

Budapest Pickup Service: This tour offers pickup service from your accommodation. Please select the pickup point "Any Hotel in Budapest" and write in the "Additional info" section on the "Checkout page" where is your exact accommodation. We will let you know the exact pickup time when you receive the booking confirmation.

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