Puskás Aréna
A 67,215-seat national stadium that cost more to build than the Allianz Arena — erected on the exact footprint of the old ground it replaced.
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Hungary's all-seater national stadium in Zugló went from a 35-billion-forint estimate to EUR 610 million by the time it opened before the end of 2019. It hosted UEFA Euro 2020 group-stage and round-of-16 matches and is named for Ferenc Puskás (1927–2006), the national team captain whose earlier stadium was demolished here in October 2016.
What to look for
- The 67,215-seat bowl — the raw scale of the all-seater capacity makes the cost overrun feel tangible
- Signage and tributes to Ferenc Puskás (1927–2006), the national team captain both this arena and its predecessor were named to honor
- The clean break of the site: nothing from the old Puskás Stadium survived its October 2016 demolition, so the ground is entirely post-2017 concrete
Located in Budapest's 14th district (Zugló); visit on a match day for the Hungary national team to see the capacity used — the bowl sits largely empty outside fixtures.
Puskás Aréna is one of 37 sights worth the detour in Budapest, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Budapest pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Budapest
- Hungarian Parliament BuildingA political manifesto in stone: Hungary's parliament was built to look like Westminster, on purpose, with 40 kg of gold inside.
- Buda CastleA palace first raised in 1265, severely damaged in the Siege of Budapest during World War II, and rebuilt by a communist government — the scars and the seams are the story.
- Széchenyi Chain BridgeThe bridge that stitched Buda and Pest into one city — designed in Britain, shipped in sections, and opened in 1849 as one of the world's longest spans.
- Heroes' SquareAt the far end of Andrássy Avenue, a monument built in 1896 fixes the Magyar conquest of 896 AD in stone — seven founding chieftains, national leaders, and the plaza where Hungary reburied Imre Nagy in 1989.
- AquincumMarcus Aurelius is believed to have written parts of the Meditations here — on the Roman empire's frontier, not in Rome.
- St. Stephen's BasilicaThe first King of Hungary's mummified right hand sits in a reliquary here — and the dome above you had to be torn down and rebuilt from nothing after it collapsed in 1858.