Dunaújváros

Dunaújváros (formerly Dunapentele, Sztálinváros) is a town and district in Fejér County. Dunaújváros is an industrial town on the right bank of the Danube. After the Second World War, a large steelworks and settlement for 50,000 inhabitants were built around a small village. Dunaújvaros offers a very good insight into the architecture and urban planning of the early post-war period in Eastern Europe. Előszállás, in the southwest of the district, is covered in its own article.

Tourist information

 * Tourinform Dunaújváros at Vasmű út 10/a in Dunaújváros town

By train
Trains from Budapest-Déli Railway Station arrive at Dunaújváros town every two hours.

By bus
From Budapest-Népliget take a bus half hourly, one and half hours.

By car
Dunaújváros is on the M6 ​​(Budapest-Pécs) motorway, which has three exits in the city. South of the city it intersects with the M8 motorway, which here only consists of the Pentele híd, which connects the M6 ​​with the other bank of the Danube at Dunavecse. Both the M6 ​​and the Danube bridge of the M8 require a vignette. Coming from Székesfehérvár you do not drive on the motorway, but directly on trunk road 62.

By bike
The Danube Cycle Path Budapest-Belgrade runs on the other bank of the Danube. The Pentele híd (motorway bridge) south of the city can also be crossed by bike or on foot. The bicycle connection on the right bank of the Danube is not well developed and runs for large parts of the route along the busy trunk road 6.

Get around
There is an urban bus network.

In the town
Sights in :
 * Industrial landscape – ISD Dunaferr Zrt. Factory, Dunaferr Zrt., Blacksmith Museum.
 * Dunaújváros Islands nature conservation area (Location: Along the Danube bank in Dunaújváros),
 * Martinász Statue, (Vasmű út);
 * Lajos stones, (Majakovszkij út),
 * Harvester monumental (Kossuth Lajos utca),
 * Paper mill collection of the Dunaújvaros's Paper Factory (Papírgyári út 42-46.),
 * Museum Intercisa (Városháza tér 4.),
 * Military bath from Roman period and Ruin Garten (Városháza tér 4. ),
 * Roman fort. Excavations prepared for visitors and a museum are located on the bank of an oxbow lake between the city centre and the old village. (Domanovszky Endre tér #hrsz 81),
 * Louis stones (Majakovszkij út), Dózsa Cinema (Dózsa György tér 1.) monument,
 * Christ King Parish Church (II. János Pál pápa tér 1.),
 * Statue Park in Dunaújváros (Duna part Felső sétány open air),
 * Colony of Bee-Eaters (in the loess walls of the town along River Danube.),
 * Institute of Contemporary Art (Vasmű út 12.),
 * Széchenyi- Kossuth- Statue (Városháza tér),
 * Moder Musical Statue Park (Kultúr köz 3),
 * Mansion Montbach-Frankl and Mill (Magyar út 35-37),
 * Orthodox Church (Táltos utca 7.),
 * Memorial of '48 (Kistemető cemetery),
 * Arboretum (Alsó-foki Stream Valley, developed for forestry and park-building purposes, where evergreens have been planted in the valley of Alsó-foki Stream running across the settlement.),
 * Baptist church (Petőfi Sándor utca 61.),
 * Protected Loess-wall in Dunaujvaros (Duna part nature conservation area Located: Above the Danube bank),
 * Hospital (Vasmű út 10),
 * Part of Architectural Monuments in Dunaújváros ( Vasmű tér 1.),
 * Evangelical Church (Szilágyi Endre u. 34.)
 * Hospital (Vasmű út 10),
 * Part of Architectural Monuments in Dunaújváros ( Vasmű tér 1.),
 * Evangelical Church (Szilágyi Endre u. 34.)

In the town

 * Motorboat drag racing, Forma 1, F-2, F-3, F-4 and other Competitions in Port Bay,
 * Öböl Szabadstrand. Free bathing access on the bank of the Oxbow lake with sunbathing lawns, a few cafes and beach volleyball courts.
 * Swimming in Sport Swimming Pool,
 * Hunting with "KOHASZ" Hunter Association of Dunaújváros (Zalka Máté u. 4.),
 * watch football at DUF football field (Táncsics 1/a),
 * tennis (DUF Tennis-ground Dunaújváros, Kádárvölgy),
 * sightseeing from Novara ship board (Dunaújváros, ferry boat station),
 * boat rental (Lower Danube-bank),
 * Fishing (Dunaújváros Industrial Harbour area),
 * Campus Club- Fitness department table football, aerobic-type training, bowling, fitness room, squash, pool, snooker, rex. (Dózsa György út 35-37.),
 * skating, football, handball in Sporthall Dunaújváros (Eszperantó út 4.),
 * Tandem Skydiving - Millennium Tandem, (Airfield/Hwy #6)

Eat
Dunaújváros town has more than three dozen retaurants, pubs, confectioneries, pizzerias and cafes.

Sleep
Dunaújváros town has Youth Hostels, hotels, guesthouses, and apartments.