Shoes on the Danube Bank
Monument · Pest, Budapest

Shoes on the Danube Bank

Photo: Nikodem Nijaki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial by artists Gyula Pauer and Can Togay. It marks the site where members of the Arrow Cross Party shot victims into the river. Look for the small plaques with names and the view across the water toward Buda.

On day 2 of Budapest Baths & Bridges

Good to know

Tickets
Free
Time needed
15 minutes
Best time
Daylight hours
Getting there
Walk south along the Pest riverbank from the Parliament building

Itineraries with Shoes on the Danube Bank

Day 2 of Budapest Baths & Bridges

Parliament and Basilica

How Shoes on the Danube Bank fits into a day.
  1. 9:30Hungarian Parliament BuildingHungarian Parliament
  2. 11:30St. Stephen's BasilicaSt. Stephen's Basilica
  3. 14:30Shoes on the Danube BankShoes on the Danube
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Shoes on the Danube Bank questions

What do the shoes represent?

Each pair stands for a person executed at the riverbank by Arrow Cross militiamen during the final months of World War II.

Is the memorial always open?

Yes. The site is an open riverbank accessible at any hour.

Are there guided tours?

No official tours exist. Visitors usually read the on-site plaques or join general Budapest walking tours that pass the location.

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