Váci út
Váci út is one of the widest and busiest avenues in Budapest, Hungary. It is about long and has four to eight traffic lanes.
Location
It starts by the Grand Boulevard next to Nyugati Railway Station and runs to north in Angyalföld and Újpest - two populous former worker's district - crossing Dózsa György Avenue, Róbert Károly Boulevard and Árpád Avenue. There were several iron factories, tan-yards and clothes factories along Váci Avenue, it was one of the focal points of Hungarian workers' movement at the turn of the 20th century. Majority of factories closed after fall of the communism; banks, offices and other administrative buildings occupied former industrial areas.Budapest Metro M3 runs under Váci Avenue, it has 7 metro stations from Nyugati pályaudvar to Újpest-városkapu.
Notable buildings
- Nyugati Railway Station
- WestEnd City Center
- Lehel Market
- Metropolitan Water Works HQ
- Central Authenticate Office
- Árpád Bridge Bus Station
- Attila József Theatre
- National Police HQ - Metropolitan Police HQ - Pest County Police HQ
- Hungarian State Treasury
- National Pension Insurance
- National Health Insurance
- Axa Bank Europe SA Hungarian HQ
- State Public Health and Medical Officer's Institution
- Madarász Street Children's Hospital
- Danube Mall
- Church of Scientology of Budapest
- Budapest Bank HQ
- New Pest-City Gate
- New Pest-City Gate Bus Station
- Tungsram