See how Budapest got active every winter

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See how Budapest got active every winter

Winters in Budapest used to be much heavier than they are today – the legendary Big Freeze of 1986-87 saw the capital covered in 40 centimetres of snow, schools closed and work places inaccessible.

 

Sourced from the Fortepan open photo archive, these images reveal how residents managed to find plenty of options to get active – beyond the skating rink in City Park, revered then as now.

Former Erzsébet High School, 1905Photo: György Klösz / Fortepan

Szemlőhegy utca, 1908Photo: Bálint Magyar / Fortepan

Artificial rink, 1910Photo: Noémi Saly / Fortepan

Frozen rowing club at Orczy kert, 1913Photo: Edit Péter / Fortepan

Pasarét, 1920Photo: Márk Szerdahelyi / Fortepan

Artificial rink, 1930Photo: Fortepan

BLKE tennis courts backdropped by Villányi út, 1933Photo: Sándor Halmosi / Fortepan

Normafa, 1936Photo: Fortepan

Sledging amid post-war ruins, Fiáth János utca, 1946Photo: Tivadar Lissák / Fortepan

Harminckettesek tere, rink at the former tobacco warehouse, 1949Photo: Lajos Miklós / Fortepan

Harminckettesek tere, rink at the former tobacco warehouse, 1949Photo: Lajos Miklós / Fortepan

Ski jump at Normafa, 1954Photo: Mihály Szent-Tamás / Fortepan

Tabán, 1956Photo: Ferenc Barbjerik / Fortepan

Tabán, 1971Photo: Tamás Urbán / Fortepan

City Park, 1972Photo: Tamás Urbán / Fortepan

Park on Óbuda Island, 1981Photo: Katalin Hlatky / Fortepan

See how Budapest got active every winter

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