Galya-kilátó, Observation tower in Mátraszentimre, Hungary

Thuróczy Lajos-kilátó, long known as Galya-kilátó, stands on the 960-metre Péter hegyese peak of Galya-tető, on the Országos Kéktúra trail. Its original 17-metre andesite tower of 1934 was raised by a 13-metre exposed-concrete extension to 30 metres. Two parallel staircases wind outside the core, wrapped in stainless steel mesh bearing the words ORSZÁGOS KÉKTÚRA.

The tower was built in 1934, five years before the Galyatető Nagyszálló opened, with a 17-metre body of Mátra andesite reached by an internal spiral staircase and topped by an iron cage. In 2015 the Magyar Természetjáró Szövetség and Egererdő Zrt rebuilt it with EU funds to designs by Kovács Csaba and Vass-Eysen Áron, adding a 13-metre exposed-concrete extension that raised it to 30 metres. It won the Média Építészeti Díja and its audience prize in 2015, the Architizer audience award on 12 April 2016 and the American Architecture Prize gold in October 2016.

The tower stands on the Országos Kéktúra, the National Blue Trail, and its stainless-steel mesh carries the words "ORSZÁGOS KÉKTÚRA". The structure was renamed Thuróczy Lajos on 30 August 2025. Its three upper floors hold bivouacs, five-person sleeping cabins that give hikers shelter from wind and rain.

Entry is through a camera-monitored security gate that opens with a 200-forint coin, daytime only, so overnight guests in the bivouacs are not disturbed. The three five-person bivouacs on the upper floors have round doors and portholes with coloured glass. The tower is open every day of the year.

The tower's stainless steel mesh carries the inscription "ORSZÁGOS KÉKTÚRA". The three bivouacs on the upper floors have round doors and round porthole windows with coloured glass; when unoccupied, programmed lamps give the building decorative light at night.