Fodor's Expert Review Művészetek Palotája

In southern Pest, at the foot of Rákóczy (aka Lágymányosi) Bridge, right beside the similarly grand National Theater, this monumental (750,000-square-foot) venue known as Műpa is where the capital's entertainment fans feast on a wide array of musical, theatrical, and dance performances in addition to fine dining. On the outside the Palace of Arts does indeed look palatial, in a very modern sense. The inside, as spacious and as sparkling as it is, contains plenty of intimate, well-cushioned little nooks on all floors on both sides of its Béla Bartók National Concert Hall—which occupies its center and has world-class acoustics—where you can take a seat and ponder life and/or art.