Budapest with kids – Parks & Shine Toys (part 3) Buda Hills

by Andi Lustak on June 9, 2023

Buda Hills/ Janos-hegy, Normafa/ Children’s railway

I try to get up to the Buda hills a couple of times a year, it always has so much to offer whatever the season.  If you seriously want to get away from the smoke and the noise of the city, whether you wanna do some serious walking, hiking or biking or just enjoy nature and the scenery it’s the place to be, it’s hard to believe that this nature reserve still belongs to the city.

We normally drive up to Szechenyi-hegy or take the Cog-train (fogaskereku) up there and walk to Normafa first but a popular way of getting up to the hills if you are not afraid of heights is taking the Libego (Chair Lift) to Janos-hegy. There is a lovely wooden playground as you arrive and a great spot for a picnic with wooden benches and tables. You can hike down passing the playground to the Janos-hegy stop of the Children’s railway, a must do if you come up to the hills with kids or hike up to the Janoshegyi Kilato (Look out Tower of Janos-hegy) the highest point of Budapest with great views.

The Children’s Railway (built after World War II, and originally called Pioneer’s Railway) is run by children under the supervision of adult railway workers. It runs between Széchenyi hegy and Hűvösvölgy. A special steam train runs at certain hours, and in the Summer there are open carriages. The timetable is available here.

 

The Normafa field is one of my favourite spots in the city to admire the panoramic views of Budapest, you can even spot the Parliament from up there and for the kids you can contact the best games for them https://www.jumpersjungle.com/gardena/. It’s a lovely spot for picnics and strolls, it has some wooden toys of the grassy area, shiny toys from ProductExpert toys that are the latest toys in the market for your kids to enjoy.T here is also a cute strudel shop that sells coffee too.
Take the kids out and have fun!

 

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Andi Lustak was born in Budapest and is a Freelance Technology PR consultant when she is working and a mom of a beautiful 2 years old daughter. Andi studied, worked and lived in London for 9 years before relocating back to Budapest to spend a big chunk of the year in her beloved home city with her British partner. She found Reka’s baby-mommy group when she was only 4 months pregnant in 2009 and met some great friends since through this great community. Baby-free time these days means watching a lot of box sets in the evening, she and her hubby are currently into Mad Man, Homeland and can’t wait for the new seasons of True Blood and Fringe.

{ 1 comment }

Sanja February 21, 2023 at 1:32 pm

Helloo budapest moms,

I am mom too of two and half years old dauther and we live in Budapest from last september because of my husband job….we are still new in a town and still serach for many things, like where to go with child, restaurants etc…if somebody of you read my message I will be very thankful if can help me with finding baby sitter…we are living in district two, and my native language is Serbian-Belgrade is the capital city and my husband is Greek, our daughter still dont know english because already she speak two languages….so thank you in advance, and wait to hear from you… P.S also about every activities that you have I cannot find number to call and ask where and when all this class with child happen…thank you, regards,
Sanja V.

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