Balassagyarmat Sights

  1. City Gallery

    The City Gallery, housed in a very run-down building opposite the old county hall, is devoted to contemporary Nógrád painters, sculptors and graphic artists from the 1960s onward, and is worth a look around.

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  2. Palóc Museum

    The Palóc Museum in Palóc Park (a lovely green space of mature trees and grassy corners, and perfect for a picnic) was purpose-built in 1914 to house Hungary's richest collection of Palóc artefacts and is a must for anyone planning to visit traditional villages in the Cserhát Hills.

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  3. Serbian Orthodox Church

    The cute and amazingly tiny Serbian Orthodox Church, which you can enter through an archway at Rákóczi fejedelem útja 30, features temporary exhibitions from local artists.

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