Text: Julianna Szabó PhD

Now Újbuda has grown envious of the success achieved by Ráday Street and is planning to have a cultural district in Bartók Béla Street spanning from St Gellért Square to Zsigmond Móricz Circus, following the arched line of the southern section of Váci Street over the newly facelifted Liberty Bridge, with Géza Gárdonyi Square as its centre, also including the mouth of Bercsényi Street. To protect the interests of Újbuda Cultural City Centre, also referred to as Bartók project, the municipality of Budapest has done its best so far: it has reconstructed Bartók Béla Street and Gárdonyi Square, opened the Liberty Bridge reconstructed with European assistance and sooner or later the fourth line of the tube shall also be completed. In September, the activity of the district was given the necessary momentum too.