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Soaking up the Culture in Budapest

By dwright

Trip Plan Tags:: city,; arts + culture,; adventure

Destinations:: Budapest,; Europe,; Hungary

A whirlwind tour of Budapest (with ample time to absorb the cafe culture)

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Hotel Kempinski Hotel Corvinus, Budapest

Overlooking Pest's most pleasant square, Erzsébet tér, the Corvinus is a significant stone in the Kempinski crown. The 366 rooms give a nod to... more

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See + Do Széchenyi Lánchíd (Chain Bridge), Budapest

The first permanent bridge across the Danube, unveiled in 1849, this city icon was designed by Englishman William Tierney Clark and Scottish engineer Adam Clark... more

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See + Do Statue Park (Szobor Park), Budapest

Just after the fall of communism, some genius rounded up all the giant-scale (and we do mean large) statues of Lenin, Marx, and Engels and set them up as a... more

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Nightlife Tandem Café, Budapest

This earthy coffeehouse and bar is quiet enough by day. At night, it turns into a raucous watering hole for a demimonde of avant-gardists, bicycle messengers,... more

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See + Do Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), Budapest

This art collection is the raison d'être for several sections of the Royal Palace located at the top of Castle Hill. Beginning with domestic sculptures... more

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See + Do House of Terror Museum (Terror Háza Múzeum), Budapest

By no means appreciated by all when it opened, partly due to the word "TERROR" writ huge on the building's facade, this museum sets out to expose the ways and... more

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See + Do Castle Hill, Budapest

The funicular from Clark Ádam tér is the nicest way to approach the romantic, scenic, and egregiously misnamed Castle Hill. There is no castle.... more

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See + Do Bolholpiac Petofi Csarnok Flea Market, Budapest

Despite being smaller than the Ecseri, Petofi Csarnok is still considered the city's main flea market, due to its central location and a long track record of... more

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Eating Gundel, Budapest

Maybe you're embarrassed to obey your swanky hotel's concierge and heed the advice of every guidebook ever written, but in the case of Gundel: Get over it. Just... more

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Eating Cafe Central, Budapest

Get your fix of Austro-Hungarian café culture here. This legendary place opened in 1887 and quickly became the center of intellectual life, spawning... more

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Eating Buena Vista Café, Budapest

A mover and shaker in the Liszt Ferenc tér scene, this three-level place, with a huge terrace of canvas chairs in summer, has a fabulous Danish... more

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Nightlife Bahnhof Music Club, Budapest

This spacious "train station" dance club pulses with a young, urban clientele, drawn in partly by the good tunes (mostly house and techno), partly by the funky... more

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Nightlife A38 Ship (A38 Hajó), Budapest

Right on the Buda side of the Petöfi bridge, this beloved club, restaurant, and bar, occupying a Ukrainian ship anchored in the Danube, attracts everyone... more

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