Dunaújváros (formerly Dunapentele, Sztálinváros) is a town and district in Fejér County. Dunaújváros is an industrial town on the right bank of the Danube. After the Second World War, a large steelworks and settlement for 50,000 inhabitants were built around a small village. Dunaújvaros offers a very good insight into the architecture and urban planning of the early post-war period in Eastern Europe. Előszállás, in the southwest of the district, is covered in its own article.
Understand
[edit]Tourist information
[edit]- Tourinform Dunaújváros at Vasmű út 10/a in Dunaújváros town
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]Trains from Budapest-Déli Railway Station arrive at Dunaújváros town every two hours.
By bus
[edit]From Budapest-Népliget take a bus half hourly, one and half hours.
By car
[edit]Dunaújváros is on the M6 (Budapest-Pécs) motorway, which has three exits in the city. South of the city it intersects with the M8 motorway, which here only consists of the Pentele híd, which connects the M6 with the other bank of the Danube at Dunavecse . Both the M6 and the Danube bridge of the M8 require a vignette. Coming from Székesfehérvár you do not drive on the motorway, but directly on trunk road 62.
By bike
[edit]The Danube Cycle Path Budapest-Belgrade runs on the other bank of the Danube. The Pentele híd (motorway bridge) south of the city can also be crossed by bike or on foot. The bicycle connection on the right bank of the Danube is not well developed and runs for large parts of the route along the busy trunk road 6.
Get around
[edit]There is an urban bus network.
See
[edit]In the town
[edit]Sights in 1 Dunaújváros town:
- Industrial landscape – ISD Dunaferr Zrt. Factory, Dunaferr Zrt., Blacksmith Museum.
- Dunaújváros Islands nature conservation area (Location: Along the Danube bank in Dunaújváros),
- Martinász Statue, (Vasmű út);
- Lajos stones, (Majakovszkij út),
- 1 Calvinist church, Szent István utca 7. Reformed Church built in the 1980s. The exterior shape of the building is unique, that is, a truncated cube. The structure is mainly steel, which symbolizes a product of steel in Dunaújváros. The inner part has a star shape that symbolizes Calvinism. In front of the church is the steel bell.
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Magyar út 53, ☏ +3625282583. Roman Catholic Church from 1864.
- Harvester monumental (Kossuth Lajos utca),
- Paper mill collection of the Dunaújvaros's Paper Factory (Papírgyári út 42-46.),
- Museum Intercisa (Városháza tér 4.),
- Military bath from Roman period and Ruin Garten (Városháza tér 4. ),
- Roman fort. Excavations prepared for visitors and a museum are located on the bank of an oxbow lake between the city centre and the old village. (Domanovszky Endre tér #hrsz 81),
- Louis stones (Majakovszkij út), Dózsa Cinema (Dózsa György tér 1.) monument,
- Christ King Parish Church (II. János Pál pápa tér 1.),
- Statue Park in Dunaújváros (Duna part Felső sétány open air),
- Colony of Bee-Eaters (in the loess walls of the town along River Danube.),
- Institute of Contemporary Art (Vasmű út 12.),
- Széchenyi- Kossuth- Statue (Városháza tér),
- Moder Musical Statue Park (Kultúr köz 3),
- Dunaferr steelworks, Vasmű tér 1-3. To visit the factory you must undergo a security check, and an alcohol test. If you are drunk, the alcohol test will be billed at 20,000 forints.
- Mansion Montbach-Frankl and Mill (Magyar út 35-37),
- Orthodox Church (Táltos utca 7.),
- Memorial of '48 (Kistemető cemetery),
- Arboretum (Alsó-foki Stream Valley, developed for forestry and park-building purposes, where evergreens have been planted in the valley of Alsó-foki Stream running across the settlement.),
- Baptist church (Petőfi Sándor utca 61.),
- Protected Loess-wall in Dunaujvaros (Duna part nature conservation area Located: Above the Danube bank),
- Hospital (Vasmű út 10),
- Part of Architectural Monuments in Dunaújváros ( Vasmű tér 1.),
- Evangelical Church (Szilágyi Endre u. 34.)
In the district
[edit]- 2 Iváncsa (SW 51 km of Budapest take a train toward Pusztaszabolcs). Collection of local history, Catholic church. Reformed Church built in 1914 in neo-gothic style.
- 3 Kulcs (S 50 km of Budapest take a bus toward Dunaújváros). A popular leisure village. Sights: Kulcs area of nature conservation (Természetmegőrzési Terület), wind power plant.
- 4 Perkáta (buses from Székesfehérvár (from NW), Dunaújváros (from SE)). Former Győry mansion and English Garden, loess valleys, nature reserves, Roman Catholic Church, Reformed Chapel, Galgóczy Chapel, Big Municipal Library.
- 5 Pusztaszabolcs (Székesfehérvár 35 km, Dunaújváros 30 km. A train junction. Regularly suburban trains to/from Budapestre, Dunaújváros, Sárbogárd, fast trains to Pecs, Kaposvar, Szekszárd, Baja and Budapest. Buses arrive from Székesfehérvár and Velence (daily several times)). Baroque Organ (state of Hungary's oldest and most complete surviving renovated two-manual large- organ).
- 6 Rácalmás (N 4 km of Dunaújváros). Jankovich mansion, Modrovich mansion, Rácalmás Islands Nature Reserve (Rácalmás Big Island), remains of the medieval church near to Királykút, the Old Village, Millennium park, Rascian or Serbian church (Ráctemplom) Evangelical Reformed Church (Szechenyi Square), Jankovich Chapel.
Do
[edit]In the town
[edit]- Motorboat drag racing, Forma 1, F-2, F-3, F-4 and other Competitions in Port Bay,
- Öböl Szabadstrand. Free bathing access on the bank of the Oxbow lake with sunbathing lawns, a few cafes and beach volleyball courts.
- Swimming in Sport Swimming Pool,
- Hunting with "KOHASZ" Hunter Association of Dunaújváros (Zalka Máté u. 4.),
- watch football at DUF football field (Táncsics 1/a),
- tennis (DUF Tennis-ground Dunaújváros, Kádárvölgy),
- sightseeing from Novara ship board (Dunaújváros, ferry boat station),
- boat rental (Lower Danube-bank),
- Fishing (Dunaújváros Industrial Harbour area),
- Campus Club- Fitness department table football, aerobic-type training, bowling, fitness room, squash, pool, snooker, rex. (Dózsa György út 35-37.),
- skating, football, handball in Sporthall Dunaújváros (Eszperantó út 4.),
- Tandem Skydiving - Millennium Tandem, (Airfield/Hwy #6)
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]Dunaújváros town has more than three dozen retaurants, pubs, confectioneries, pizzerias and cafes.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]Dunaújváros town has Youth Hostels, hotels, guesthouses, and apartments.