shopping
Whether you are looking for gifts to take home from Budapest, or just want to do some shopping, there are plenty of opportunities to indulge yourself in the pleasure of money-spending.
We have listed for you the market halls, the pedestrian shopping streets, malls, antique shops and bookshops.
Enjoy!
shopping Key Sections
Budapest offers plenty of options and venues for shopping. Since the early 1990-s, large shopping malls have popped up and a lot of new shops opened, not only in the malls but the existing... | Are you a treasure hunter? Not yet? If you are interested in antiques, old tell-tale objects of the past, Budapest is crawling with these - you just have to know all the right places to look. |
The first mall that opened in Budapest was the colossal Duna Plaza in Northern Pest, next to the Gyöngyösi utca Metro stop in the mid 1990-s. People stood in line just to get a glimpse at a real mall... | Váci utca became a fashionable shopping street at the end of the 18th century. In the Middle Ages, the length of this street (1300 metres, just under a mile) equalled the length of the city of Pest. |
 Budapest MarketsBudapest's covered market halls were built in the 1890-s during the city development boom to replace the existing open-air markets. They are a part of daily life in Budapest, and at least one is worth visiting... |  BooksThere are quite a few great books you can buy about Budapest and Hungary in English. Besides the guide books, there are also many Hungarian authors' books that gained international appraisal... |
