Abandoned Power Plant Exploration
Tour highlights
- Enter the off‑limits Inota Power Plant, a Cold‑War relic 100 km from Budapest
- Roam turbine halls and rusted boiler rooms once filmed for Blade Runner 2049
- Step into the old control center and climb partway inside a cooling tower
- Hear how this Cold‑War workhorse morphed into Hungary’s most surreal rave stage
What's included
- Special access pass + safety gear
- Photo Permit for personal shots
- Budapest Transfer (Optional)
Tour Information
Duration: 3 hours
Length: 4 km / 2,5 miles
Physical difficulty: Moderate
Additional information: Please arrive for the walk without a bag, or with just one small backpack that can be carried on your back—and don’t forget to bring a bottle of drinking water. Participation in the walk requires good physical stamina, as we’ll be climbing all the way to the top floor of the eight-story boiler house. Recommended clothing: weather-appropriate, sporty outfit with sturdy, closed-toe shoes—and if you can: bring a flashlight.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Inota Powerplant entrance gate. We recommend approaching the location by regional bus and getting off at the “Alumíniumkohó bejárati út (Erőmű lakótelep)” stop. From there, you can reach the small roundabout on Erőmű Street—and just behind it, the power plant entrance—by following a well-worn path starting from the bus stop on the aluminum smelter side of Route 8.
- Regional Buses (Volánbusz): 1215, 1529, 1626, 1758, 1808, 1823, 1853, 7315, 8082
Tour Description
Ever wandered into a “no entry” zone and thought, this can’t be real? That’s exactly the vibe when we take you inside the hulking skeleton of the Inota Power Plant—built under Hungary’s first Five-Year Plan and now standing like a Cold War monument to forgotten futures. You’ll step through rusted gates into winding corridors and massive turbine halls where even Blade Runner 2049 filmed scenes that needed an end-of-the-world backdrop.
We’ll roam through the boiler house, poke around the old command center, and even climb partway into one of the iconic cooling towers. Along the way, you’ll hear stories about the lives built around this place—workers, families, standby housing, and the everyday machinery of a different era.
This isn’t your average industrial tour. It’s a gritty, cinematic dive into a vanished world—part urban exploration, part living history, and totally off-limits without a guide. You’ll get access to areas closed to the public, walk through eerie spaces frozen in time, and see firsthand what’s left behind when the future changes course.
The tour takes place in Inota (Várpalota), about 100 km outside of Budapest—transfers can be booked as an add-on.
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