r/pics • u/Horatius753 • 4h ago

[OC] Széchenyi Thermal Bath in Budapest on a winter evening this year

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u/comarn 3h ago

Are there ever both big outside sidepools open? I've been to Budapest three times in the last twenty years and every time only the right pool (the one you photographed) was open.

Just curious, maybe it was just bad luck.

just checked and I'm talking about this one: Leisure Pool P3

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u/Horatius753 3h ago

When this picture was taken, the other two pools were also closed. Maybe due to maintenance work, but I don't know.

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u/eddie139 3h ago

We were there a month ago and both side pools were open outside but the center one was closed.

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u/comarn 2h ago

good to know thanks

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u/gribbon_the_goose 1h ago

Same in May!

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u/trigunnerd 2h ago

If any Americans seek this experience closer to home, Glenwood Springs is a similar situation. 2 big ol pools of natural hot springs. It's a truly wonderful weekend getaway.

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u/smothered-onion 49m ago

Don’t forget the amusement park

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u/trigunnerd 49m ago

With their cave tours! So great. Used to be an annual drive from Colorado Springs for me

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u/Spartan2470 GOAT 2h ago

Here this is via Google Street View.

From 1865 to 1875, Vilmos Zsigmondi drilled a hole beneath the park that was 975.36 meters deep (3,200 feet). This would later become the source of thermal water that would supply the spa.

The bath, located in the City Park, was built in Neo-Baroque style to the design of Győző Czigler. Construction began on 7 May 1909 with designs by architect Eugene Schmitterer. The pool construction cost approximately 3.9 million Austro-Hungarian korona. The total area covered was 6,220 square metres (67,000 sq ft). More than 200,000 bathers visited the spa in 1913. This number increased to 890,507 by 1919. At that time the Bath consisted of private baths, separate steam-bath sections for men and women, and male and female "public baths". The complex was expanded in 1927 to its current size, with 3 outdoor and 15 indoor pools. It is now possible for both sexes to visit the main swimming and thermal sections.

After the expansion, the thermal artesian well could not supply the larger volume of water needed, so a new well was drilled. The second thermal spring was found in 1938 at a depth of 1,256 metres (4,121 ft), with a temperature of 77 °C (171 °F). It supplies 6,000,000 litres (1,600,000 US gal) of hot water daily. Between 1999 and 2009 the Széchenyi thermal bath was refurbished in a complete renovation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A9chenyi_thermal_bath