Muvészetek Palotája (Palace of the Arts)

Muvészetek Palotája (Palace of the Arts) Review

In southern Pest, at the foot of the Lágymányosi Bridge, right beside the similarly grand National Theater, this monumental (750,000-square-foot) venue is where the capital's nouveau riche spend their forints on a wide array of musical, theatrical, and dance performances in addition to dining in style. On the outside the place 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.