Bókay strandfürdő

Thermal bathBudapest, Budapest, Hungary

A municipal indoor pool and summer lido inside the old park of Bókay-kert in Budapest's District XVIII, run by the district's own non-profit company; the covered hall works all year, the open-air pools only through the school summer holidays.

About

The site the catalogue lists as Bókay strandfürdő is operated under the name Park Uszoda és Strand by Városgazda XVIII, the district's non-profit municipal company, and stands among the veteran trees of the Bókay-kert park in Pestszentlőrinc. The covered swimming hall is the older half and runs through the year. The open-air part came in 2002, when an experience pool and a children's paddling pool were added and district residents gained a lido of their own; it was rebuilt again in 2022, taking in part of the ground left by a closed adventure park, with the lawns re-seeded, two drinking fountains installed and the buffets enlarged.

Indoors there is a single basin: a four-lane teaching pool of 25 by 16 metres, 140 cm deep, on a modern circulation plant that watches water quality and temperature continuously. Mornings belong to schools, since the council pays for compulsory lessons for a whole year group from the district's schools, close to a thousand pupils, and the hall also takes classes for pupils with disabilities and afternoon therapeutic swimming. A hundred-seat stand serves galas and competitions. Sauna, solarium and massage are attached, and there are a hundred lockers each on the women's and men's sides with six showers on each.

The outdoor season adds two pools: an experience pool of 25 by 11 metres at 140 cm, and a paddling basin for toddlers five metres across and at most 50 cm deep, its water held at around 30 degrees. The rest is a park lido rather than a spa — a maintained sand volleyball court, a petanque piste, a playground enlarged in 2022, picnic tables, a sun terrace, and a buffet and restaurant whose terrace looks over the sunbathing lawn towards the experience pool. Swimming caps are compulsory in the indoor pool and can be hired at the desk.

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Source: varosgazda18.hu · Checked Aug 16, 2026

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Városház utca 40, 1181 Budapest

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