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Pest is busier, more populous and vital than Buda: the place where things are decided, made and sold. While Buda grew up around the royal court, the east bank was settled by merchants and artisans, and commerce has always been its lifeblood. Much of its architecture and layout dates from the late nineteenth century, giving Pest a homogeneous appearance compared to other European capitals. Boulevards, public buildings and apartment houses were built on a scale appropriate to the Habsburg empire's second city, and the capital of a nation which celebrated its millennial anniversary in 1896. Now sooty with age or in the throes of restoration, these grand edifices form the backdrop to life in the Belvaros (inner city) and the residential districts, hulking gloomily above the cafes, wine cellars and courtyards where people socialize. While there's plenty to see and do, it's the ambience that sticks in one's memory. Away from the waterfront, you'll find that two semicircular boulevards are fundamental to orientation . The inner city lies within the Kiskorut (Small Boulevard), made up of Karoly korut, Muzeum korut and Vamhaz korut. Further out, the Nagykorut (Great Boulevard) sweeps through the VI, VII, VIII and IX districts, where it is called Szent Istvan korut, Terez korut, Erzsebet korut, Jozsef korut and Ferenc korut respectively. Pest is also defined by avenues ( ut ) radiating out beyond the Nagykorut - notably Bajcsy-Zsilinszky ut (for Nyugati Station); Andrassy ut, leading to the Varosliget (City Park); Rakoczi ut, for Keleti Station; and Ulloi ut, leading out towards the airport. As the meeting point of three metro lines and several main avenues, Deak ter makes a good jumping-off point for explorations.
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