Free things to do in Budapest

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum is free to visit this week (until 27 September)
Budapest’s House of Terror Museum has reopened after a week-long closure, offering free admission to all visitors during its first week back. The reopening follows the dismissal of the museum’s long-serving director, Mária Schmidt, and a demonstration outside the institution.

Here is everything you need to know before visiting....click the link above.... - @fluffy2560

Thanks for the info.

Might check it out.

Husband has an aversion to that time but perhaps he is ready to visit.

He always says, I lived it why go see it?

RIP to all who passed.

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum is free to visit this week (until 27 September)Budapest’s House of Terror Museum has reopened after a week-long closure, offering free admission to all visitors during its first week back. The reopening follows the dismissal of the museum’s long-serving director, Mária Schmidt, and a demonstration outside the institution. Here is everything you need to know before visiting....click the link above.... - @fluffy2560Thanks for the info.Might check it out.Husband has an aversion to that time but perhaps he is ready to visit.He always says, I lived it why go see it?RIP to all who passed. - @Marilyn Tassy

I think it's useful to be reminded of what went before.   

It's a warning for the young too.  People today are too keen to support fascists (and communists of that time were red fascists).  It was terrorism. It's 26 years since 9/11, 80 years since WW2 and almost 40 years since the fall of the Wall.  There are generations who never saw it and for whom it was too distant.  Reminders are needed and those who experienced it have to tell the young 'uns warnings to listen to the alarm bells of history. 

It's 4K HUF for an adult so free is a very attractive offer.

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum is free to visit this week (until 27 September)
Budapest’s House of Terror Museum has reopened after a week-long closure, offering free admission to all visitors during its first week back. The reopening follows the dismissal of the museum’s long-serving director, Mária Schmidt, and a demonstration outside the institution.

Here is everything you need to know before visiting....click the link above.... - @fluffy2560
Thanks for the info.
Might check it out.
Husband has an aversion to that time but perhaps he is ready to visit.
He always says, I lived it why go see it?
RIP to all who passed. - @Marilyn Tassy
I think it's useful to be reminded of what went before.
It's a warning for the young too. People today are too keen to support fascists (and communists of that time were red fascists). It was terrorism. It's 26 years since 9/11, 80 years since WW2 and almost 40 years since the fall of the Wall. There are generations who never saw it and for whom it was too distant. Reminders are needed and those who experienced it have to tell the young 'uns warms to listen to the alarm bells of history.

It's 4K HUF for an adult so free is a very attractive offer. - @fluffy2560

Makes me think of a train ride this summer.

A young man sitting near us looked up train times for us.

He was Hungarian and my husband said something to him about the old times.

The guy said oh, yes the Russian times.

So innocent of the facts.

Husband sometimes feels like a relic from the past.

People do not remember history, some even deny the camps from WW2.

People did have to grow up fast back then.

I tried to get hubby to the horror house today, he said he would think about it.

Doubt it will happen today.

He really gets depressed about those times.

We once went to a free museum day.

They had different rooms set up for different times in Hungarian history;

He was all light and happy until we entered the room with a time clock,uniforms, aprons and such from factory days in the 50,s and 60,s era.

He almost had a panic attack!

It was too real for him.

He asked me today why do I want to see people suffer.

I do not, just interesting, he did say perhaps they have open books on people.

He is afraid still that the silly tings he and his friends did in their teens may one day catch up to him.

They really were some terrifying times if he feels this way after 60 some years on.

He said once they got busted for just sitting the wrong way on a park bench!

Sat on the back and had their feet on the seat. All got tickets.

.... Reminders are needed and those who experienced it have to tell the young 'uns warnings to listen to the alarm bells of history. - @fluffy2560

Makes me think of a train ride this summer.A young man sitting near us looked up train times for us.He was Hungarian and my husband said something to him about the old times.The guy said oh, yes the Russian times.So innocent of the facts.Husband sometimes feels like a relic from the past.People do not remember history, some even deny the camps from WW2.People did have to grow up fast back then.I tried to get hubby to the horror house today, he said he would think about it.Doubt it will happen today.He really gets depressed about those times.We once went to a free museum day.They had different rooms set up for different times in Hungarian history;He was all light and happy until we entered the room with a time clock,uniforms, aprons and such from factory days in the 50,s and 60,s era.He almost had a panic attack!It was too real for him.He asked me today why do I want to see people suffer.I do not, just interesting, he did say perhaps they have open books on people.He is afraid still that the silly tings he and his friends did in their teens may one day catch up to him.They really were some terrifying times if he feels this way after 60 some years on.He said once they got busted for just sitting the wrong way on a park bench!Sat on the back and had their feet on the seat. All got tickets. - @Marilyn Tassy

Are you sure your hubby hasn't got PTSD? 

How can you sit the wrong way on a park bench?  I can understand how they were sitting but really, didn't the authorities have better things to do?

Mrs F's grandfather was kidnapped by the Reds and held somewhere for days.   He came back shattered according to family legends.  He didn't really speak about his experiences either.  I never met him but Mrs F said it was a brutal thing. I think they roughed him up quite a bit.

Anyway,  I think we'll go to the House of Terror. I doubt we'll learn anything much.  I want the kids to come.  They have to know what it was about.

BTW, I looked up when they were going to do the interment of those soldiers' bones they found in the Duna with the motorbike.  They will be laid to rest in Budaors German/Hungarian military cemetery which is literally just down the road here.  I thought we could go and look when they do it.  Wanted to see the other side of it.  We regularly go to the Remembrance Service in Solymar Commonwealth cemetery.  That's always on the Sunday closest to  11 November (Armistice Day).  I go for recognition of my Dad's service in WW2.  I do not go for myself despite my own service 

But I've just had second thoughts.  Those Nazi buggers tried to kill my Dad.  Do they deserve to have any attention from me?