Váci út (Váci Avenue, lit. ''Road to

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'') is one of the widest and busiest avenues in

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. It is about 12 kilometers long and has four to eight

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Location

It starts by the Grand Boulevard next to Nyugati Railway Station and runs to north in

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and

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- two populous former worker's district - crossing Dózsa György Avenue, Róbert Károly Boulevard and

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Avenue. There were several

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factories, tan-yards and

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factories along Váci Avenue, it was one of the focal points of Hungarian

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at the turn of the 20th century. Majority of factories closed after fall of the communism; banks, offices and other administrative buildings occupied former industrial areas.

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M3 runs under Váci Avenue, it has 7 metro stations from Nyugati pályaudvar to Újpest-városkapu (New Pest-City Gate, it was the

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of Budapest before formation of

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Notable buildings

* Nyugati Railway Station (''Nyugati pályaudvar'') *

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* Lehel Market (''Lehel piac'', Lehel tér) * Metropolitan Water Works HQ (''Fővárosi Vízművek'') * (''Budapesti Elektromos Művek'') * Central Authenticate Office (''Központi Okmányiroda'') *

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Bus Station (''Árpád híd buszpályaudvar'', suburban bus station) *

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Theatre (''József Attila Színház'') * National Police HQ - Metropolitan Police HQ - Pest County Police HQ (''Országos Rendőrfőkapitányság'', ''Budapesti Rendőrfőkapitányság'', ''Pest Megyei Rendőrfőkapitányság'') * Hungarian State

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(''Magyar Államkincstár'') * National Pension Insurance (''Országos Nyugdíjbiztosítási Főigazgatóság'') * National Health Insurance (''Országos Egészségbiztosítási Pénztár'') *

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SA Hungarian HQ (''Axa Bank Europe SA Magyarországi Fióktelepe'') * State Public Health and Medical Officer's Institution (''Állami Népegészségügyi és Tisztiorvosi Szolgálat'') * Madarász Street Children's Hospital (''Madarász utcai Gyermekkórház'') *

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Mall (''Duna Pláza'') * Church of Scientology of Budapest (''Szcientológia Egyház Budapest'') * Budapest Bank HQ (''Budapest Bank székháza'') * New Pest-

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(''Újpest-Városkapu'', a huge Stalinist building complex at the intersection of Váci Avenue and Árpád Avenue, Újpest-Városkapu metro station and Újpest-Városkapu bus terminal named after the building complex) * New Pest-City Gate Bus Station (''Újpest-Városkapu buszpályaudvar'', suburban bus station) *

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Sources

*Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaci Ut Streets in Budapest Urban planning in Hungary