A charmingly simple – almost naive – diagram of Budapest’s then three-line Metro as included in a fold-out city map brochure. The rippling water pattern for the rivers is rather lovely, as is the simple but effective three-circle depiction of the main interchange at Deák tér. 

The use of large train and ferry icons to depict transportation interchanges is a little vague: the icons are large enough to span between some stations, or are placed so far away from the Metro station that it’s hard to tell if they’re actually in any sort of proximity to each other. The enormous Metro line numbers aren’t really helping, either… On the other hand, the airport is nowhere near as close to the eastern end of the M3 line as this map would have you believe.

Our rating: Quite charming despite its flaws, with a wonderfully austere 1980s Eastern European design aesthetic. Three stars.

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