Today there are spectacular examples of street art where once there were anonymous peeling walls. Even with spraypaint and brushes, Budapest fights uniform thinking.
Their beauty also lies in their ability to catch you off guard, revealing themselves when you least expect it. It is the murals that catch the visitor's eye in a Budapest that reveals itself as proud and attentive to the details of beauty. Like the ruin pubs, Hungarian street art was born from the desire to redeem itself from the grayness of dictatorships. It is no coincidence that District VII, the Jewish quarter, offers the most colorful examples. Near the Synagogue, in Rumbach Sebestyén utca, there is the sumptuous portrait Erzsébetváros, the "city of Elizabeth", which celebrates Princess Sissy, who would become the iconic empress thanks to the interpretation of Romy Schneider, who played her in the Hollywood trilogy.
A little further on, on the same street, stands the huge polychrome cube. Painted in 2014 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the invention of the puzzle and, at the same time, the 70th anniversary of its creator, Ernő Rubik, who was born in Budapest. At the bottom, there is the inscription in Hungarian "There is always a solution, and not just one".
Rumbach Sebestyén utca is a constant source of surprise. There is also the evocative Hungary 6 England 3, which celebrates the victory of the Hungarians at Wembley in 1953, probably the Hungarian national football team's historical peak. It is also one of the largest murals created by the Neopaint team, with over 400 liters of color.
Continuing on, a wall fully painted by the Spanish artist Okuda pays tribute to the Angel of Budapest, the Spanish diplomat Ángel Sanz Briz, who saved many Hungarian Jews from deportation during the war. Inspired by the fact that today this neighborhood is very popular for nightlife, the English artist Luke Embden chose to give his heart to the residents, reminding those who go to the clubs to "love their neighbor" (Love Thy Neighbour). Needless to say, this has become one of the most highly favoured backgrounds for selfies.
In the Gozsdu gallery, there is the only Neopaint mural painted on commission, on the occasion of World Refugee Day 2014. The mural, created at the behest of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), portrays a Pakistani girl and aims to serve as a reminder for all those families shattered due to war.
In Wesselényi utca stands the mural that reproduces the cover of Time magazine dedicated to "Man of the year 1957", who was that year a generic Hungarian freedom fighter, representative of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against Soviet oppression. The mural stands where freedom fighters József Jambrik and Sándor Merő were killed.
Cross-media between advertising and art, the mural in the middle of Janikovszky Park, painted by László Brunszkó for the Converse All Star Murals project, focuses on overcoming obstacles through perseverance and self-confidence.
In the autumn of 2019, the Hungarian capital was finally enhanced with new murals thanks to a project by District VIII, which pays tribute to the production of cartoons that flourished in Hungary between the 1960s and 1980s.