The view from Heroes Square
Twenty years ago protests against communist governments in Poland, Hungary and East Germany started to develop, but quickly spread across Eastern Europe.
In a series '89 Voices', Outlook hears the stories of five 20-year-olds who were born in that extraordinary year.
Miklos Kerekfy is a student in Budapest who was born in 1989. He shows us the centre of his city and talks a about life after communism.
A tour around Miklos' city...
Hungarians walk past a Soviet tank from the 1956 revolution, at Erzsebet square in downtown Budapest
The parliament building
Daily life: Budapest metro station
Heroes Square, Budapest
Public transport city center, Budapest