Budapest’s signal tower: the gasworks utopia at Óbuda

The Óbuda gas works stands on the Danube bank, and it was built like a small state: production halls, mushroom-shaped gasholders, villas for the administrators, an estate for the workers. Hosszúlépés Járunk walks the whole of it in 150 minutes.

The route takes in the renovated factory buildings that now form part of Graphisoft Park, the villas of the old administrative settlement, and the workers’ housing complex. It ends at the top of the works’ clock tower, whose terraces open over the city. The walk includes underground sections and a long climb: the tower has a great many stairs.

Guiding is in Hungarian.

Practical information

When: Friday 28 August 2026 at 17:00; Sunday 13 September at 10:00; Sunday 18 October at 14:00.

Meeting point: Almási Balogh Lóránd utca, at the corner beside the Gázgyár Tisztviselői housing estate, Óbuda.

Duration: 150 minutes, including stairs and underground passages.

Price: 8,390 HUF.

Language: Hungarian.

Organised by: Hosszúlépés Járunk.