Budapest Half Marathon Race Guide 2013" Key: "Finishers" refers to individuals completing the course, ignoring relay teams. Budapest Half Marathon The Budapest Half Marathon (complete name: Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon, ) is an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance which takes place in Budapest, Hungary in September. The route starts and ends in City Park and winds through the city center, offering views of some of the city's main sights, such as Andrássy Avenue with the Opera House, the Danube from the Széchenyi Chain Bridge and the Parliament. The 2017 event will take place on Sunday 10 September. Between
Budapest Castle Hill Funicular Budapest Castle Hill Funicular The Budapest Castle Hill Funicular or Budavári Sikló is a funicular railway in the city of Budapest, in Hungary. It links the Adam Clark Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge at river level to Buda Castle above. The line was opened on March 2, 1870, and has been in municipal ownership since 1920. It was destroyed in the Second World War and reopened on June 4, 1986. A feature of the line are the two pedestrian foot bridges which cross above it. These were present when the line opened, were removed in 1900 when the castle's