Top Filming Locations in Hungary
Buda Castle
Hilltop Terraces with a View Over Budapest
Last updated on September 21st, 2023
Located in Buda’s Castle District, the Buda Castle was completed in 1265 and served as the royal palace of Hungary. It was later occupied by the Turkish leader Suleiman until 1686, when the Hungarians managed to take it back, though almost totally destroying it in the process. The grand castle has fantastic terraces, staircases and balconies where you get a breath-taking panorama view of the whole city. It is a castle and palace complex of European grandeur with many historical statues in its cobblestone courtyards. Buda Castle currently houses the Hungarian National Gallery and the National Library.
Scenes from the famous Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Red Heat, were shot here before the end of the Soviet Era. Then 15 years later, I Spy was filmed here starring Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson. In the 2017 movie called The Man with the Iron Heart the castle was covered in Nazi flags while telling the story of the assassination of a Nazi leader during the Second World War. Progressive Productions also shot an episode of the NBC series Royal Pains in the Castle and a few years later the grand finale of the Budapest episode of ABC’s The Bachelor.
