Bartók Béla Way

This guide to Bartók Béla Way in Budapest follows the wish composer Béla Bartók left in his will before his death in 1945, and the avenue that carries his name today in place of Hungary's wartime regent. It traces the street's years as a hub of interwar literary life, from the writers trading gossip at the Hadik café to Ödön Lechner's eccentric Art Nouveau facade at number forty. Listen as you walk the boulevard from the café toward Gellért Hill.