Hungarian Village

Skanzen is the open air ethnographic museum located near town of Szentendre, about 20 kilometers from Budapest downtown.

Skanzen Museum
It features vast collection of folk architecture and interior decoration, representing the farming, social and family life of Hungarians from the 18th to the 20th century.
Skanzen Museum
Skanzen Museum
All objects here are original and authentic, collected from various regions.
Skanzen Museum
Skanzen Museum
It is divided into village-like areas with traditional peasant households, sacred and communal buildings.
Skanzen Museum
Skanzen Museum
Skanzen Museum
The territory is enormous - 274 buildings on 60 hectares, and seeing the whole museum takes more than 8 hours.
Skanzen Museum
Skanzen Museum
Skanzen is a mixture of cultural entertainment and hiking, nature and history both for children and adults.
Skanzen Museum
There is also a small farm with many animals of Hungarian breed...
Skanzen Museum
including the famous hairy pig Mangalitza
Skanzen Museum
Nonius horse
Skanzen Museum
and Hungarian Grey Cattle.
Skanzen Museum
In summer, the museum is open for visitors from Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 - 17:00, the admission is 1400 forints (about 5 Eur).
Skanzen Museum
From Budapest it can be reached by suburban train HÉV runs from Batthány square to Szentendre (40 min), by direct bus from Madách square or by bike. You can get all the details on the official site: <a href="http://skanzen.hu/index.php" target="new">Skanzen</a>.
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around Budapest
architecture
By Sosna on 13 Jun 2011. Updated on 02 Oct 2012