{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 The People's Garden (in Hungarian: ''Népkert)'' is a park in Miskolc,

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. With an area of 56.921 m², it is the third largest park of Miskolc (after

Tapolca Tapolca (; german: Toppoltz) is a town in Veszprém County, Hungary, close to Lake Balaton. It is located at around . The town has an outer suburb, Tapolca-Diszel, approximately 5 km to the East. Etymology The origin of ''Tapolca'' is ...

-Hejőliget and

Csanyik The Csanyik Valley, or simply ''Csanyik'', is a valley in Miskolc, near Lillafüred, Hungary. With an area of 105.801 m² it is the second largest green area of the city after ''Tapolca-Hejőliget.'' The valley got its name after the mediaeval v ...

, but since those are in the outer districts, Népkert is the largest park in the city proper. There are many sports facilities in the park.

History

The park was fashioned in the 1870s. At that time it was on the edge of the city; in the next few decades the area became a villa district (several beautiful villas stand there today), and after Miskolc began to grow after

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, the park became part of today's

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Sights and sports facilities

* Bronze statue of Queen Elisabeth (Sissi) by Alajos Stróbl; it was the first statue of Elisabeth in the country (1899) * ''Vigadó'' Restaurant (designed by Alfréd Hajós; restored in 1996; address: Görgey street 19) * Statue park * Sports Hall (built in 1970) * Ice Hall, a sports hall for ice sports (2006) * Skating rink (in winter only) * Two playgrounds Népkert is also a colloquial name of the park ''

Érsekkert Archbishop's Garden ('' Hungarian:Érsekkert'' or colloquially ''Népkert'') is a park in Eger, Hungary, that covers about 12 hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 ...

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