People and their environment are in a close socio-physical relationship, in an environmentalpsychological transaction. Although extremely important, this interrelation is usually unconscious. This interrelation of the city and its users (residents, visitors) is also interesting because, although it is rich in emotions (e.g. fear, excitement, interest), is generally not conscious. In the present study, this unconscious nature of urban environment is reviewed by aspects of cognitive environmental psychology and psychoanalysis.  Kulcsszavak: városi környezet észlelése, csökkent tudatosulás, arousalszint, város és pszichoanalízis