Elisabeth Bridge (Budapest) Elisabeth Bridge (Budapest) Elisabeth Bridge () is the third newest bridge of Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube. The bridge is situated at the narrowest part of the Danube in the Budapest area, spanning only 290 m. It is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, a popular queen and empress of Austria-Hungary, who was assassinated in 1898. Today, her large bronze statue sits by the bridge's Buda side connection in the middle of a small garden. The original eclectic flamboyant style bridge was destroyed during the WW2, a significantly simplified modernist version was built between 1961–1964, without
Budapest set in Budapest are "Kontroll", "The District!", "Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod", "Sunshine", "An American Rhapsody", "As You Desire Me", "The Good Fairy", "Hanna's War", "The Journey", "Ladies in Love", "Mehbooba", "Music Box", "The Shop Around the Corner", "Zoo in Budapest", "Underworld", "" and Spy. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014) is a Wes Anderson film. It was filmed in Germany and set in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka which is in the alpine mountains of Hungary. Budapest hosted many global sport event in the past, among others the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships,