In 2014, Budapest’s now-abandoned Kelenföld Power Plant will celebrate its hundredth birthday. Built only a few decades after the world’s first power plants opened, its architecture is a tribute to the power of electricity, with beautiful art deco skylights and sweeping staircases. At Gizmodo, Attila Nagy recounts his experience on a tour of the plant, which has been preserved under Hungarian law but will likely never be repaired. The striking photos, however, are the real star of the piece, capturing a place that’s locked away for all but a few lucky tourists and film crews.
Inside the glamorous ruins of a century-old Hungarian power plant
is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011.
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