Landmarks in Budapest Lose Their Glow as Decorative Lighting is Cut
- 31 Jul 2026 8:02 AM
Gergely Karácsony, Budapest's mayor, has ordered Budapest Public Utilities to prepare for the shutdown of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant by not turning on decorative lighting at over 300 buildings under its management for the duration of the outage.
Budapest must do its part in energy conservation, and significant amounts of energy can be saved by forgoing decorative lighting, especially during this critical period of energy consumption, Karacsony said on Facebook on Thursday evening, stressing that the measure does not affect street lighting.
He also urged the owners of privately owned buildings with decorative lighting to follow suit.
"The cityscape may be a little plainer for a while, but more energy will be available for essential purposes - and right now, nothing is more important than that," he wrote.
Photo: Pixabay
Source: MTI – Hungary’s national news agency since 1881.
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