1 Best Performing Arts Venue in Budapest, Hungary

Művészetek Palotája

South Pest Fodor's choice

In southern Pest, at the foot of Rákóczy (aka Lágymányosi) Bridge, right beside the similarly grand National Theater, this monumental (750,000-square-foot) venue known as Műpa is where the capital's entertainment fans feast on a wide array of musical, theatrical, and dance performances in addition to fine dining. On the outside the Palace of Arts does indeed look palatial, in a very modern sense. The inside, as spacious and as sparkling as it is, contains plenty of intimate, well-cushioned little nooks on all floors on both sides of its Béla Bartók National Concert Hall—which occupies its center and has world-class acoustics—where you can take a seat and ponder life and/or art.