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Popular Shopping | Other Shopping Tips | All Tips (238) This large shop is well stocked with all kinds of traditional handcraft items. Linen, blankets, clothing, wall hangings, ceramics, porcelain dolls, wooden toys, knickknacks, almost everything you can think of is there. I use the word "almost" because we asked for a hand-embroidered baby receiving blanket and they did not have it.
The shops are bright and beautiful and the staffs are courteous. Seeing us comparing painted wooden eggs, the owners called a young woman out from the backroom. The young woman explained to us in her halting English about the Hungarian tradition off egg giving, and the intricacy in the way the eggs are painted.
Prices are high but most products are of excellent quality, and best of all, there is no pressure from anyone of the staff. We liked this shop enough that we came back again later on that day to purchase more things.
Hungary is a country famous for handcraft. Laces are hand weaved, linen hand embroidered, clothing hand sewn and appliqué, shawls hand tied, knickknacks hand painted, there is no lack of Hungarian memory items to bring home.
We bought hand-embroidered table linen for our home and for our daughter's home, hand-painted wooden eggs for our first grandchild, a hand-tied and embroidered shawl for my sister, and a hand-appliqué wool jacket for me.
As an appreciation for our patronage, the shop gave us a hand-sewn and appliqué wallet.
Prices vary depending on the item and the intricacy of the design. A simple hand-painted wooden egg costs 1,700Ft, a rame-design (painted both sides and also on the space in between) at 2,300Ft. An elaborated hand-tied and embroidered shawl starts from 120,000Ft. Table linen starts at 25,000Ft and goes up to 80,000Ft. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Regiposta Utca 12, Budapest.Directions: The shop is located on a street perpendicular to the walking street which is Vaci Utca.
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Arkad is one of the newest Malls in Budapest located at the "Ors Vezer tere" ending of the M2 underground line.
It has all the shopping possibilities you might need: groceries, clothing, electronics, etc...
Unlike most of the other malls this one does not have cinemas inside, but well, just sit in one of it's cafés and bars on the top floor and chat with your friends! :)
Open from 10 am until 9 pm (6 pm on Sunday).
What you need :) Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: 10th district, Ors Vezer tere 25Phone: +36 1 433 1414Directions: Take the M2 underground until the Ors Vezer tere end stationand just follow the signs :)
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Want to find your favourite cheese here in Budapest? Szega is one of the best cheeseshops around town.
The shop is in the basement.
Well...cheese! :)
A little more than usually, but it's worth :) Leave a Comment Theme: Food and DrinkAddress: 2nd district, Szilagyi Erzsebet fasor 121Phone: +36 1 275-0839Directions: From Moszkva ter bus number 22, 56 and 156 or by tram number 56. And there is also a bike path going alond Szilagyi Erzsebet :)Website: http://www.budagyongye.com Other Contact: info@budagyongye.com
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The shop is full of old collectibles and everyday use items from the old times.
Just drop in and look around if you want some original souvenir from the past!
Anything old :)
Less then the shops in Vaci utca. Leave a Comment Theme: AntiquesAddress: 7th district, Klauzal utca 1.Phone: +36 1 322 8848Directions: The street is off Rakoczi ut, between Blaha Lujza ter and Astoria on the right hand side (closer to Blaha Lujza ter, M2 underground station).Other Contact: +36 30 944 2929
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Want to try the same same toys the childrens of Hungary were using in the past?
Just buy one here! :)
(The toys are actually new, don't expect used and antique items to be found here!)
Old toys...my favourites are the things from the old "Lemezgyar" - "Metalplate factory". Leave a Comment Theme: Toys and GamesAddress: 6th district, Terez krt. 54.Phone: +36 30 944-6553Directions: The shop is almost on the corner of Terez krt and Podmaniczky utca, just one step from the Noa Grill House.
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The hologram was invented by the famous Hungarian Nobel prize winner engineer, Denes Gabor. From 1934 he was working in the UK, for the Thomson Houston Society's laboratory where he found the basics of the holography while his electro-optical researches.
The shop is a gallery of holograms, but of course all of them can be yours. :)
Holograms, what else :)
Depends on the size. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: 5th district, Parizsi udvarDirections: The Parizsi udvar (Paris Garden) is near Ferencziek tere underground station. It has two entrances. One from the Petofi Sandor utca and one from the Kigyo utca. You can also get there with the buses 7, 173, etc.Website: www.hologram.hu
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Majolika is a way of doing pottery started in the XV century in Italy.
Nowdays they make it also in Hungary and usually they are modern, colorful items for general use.
Not as fancy as the world famous Zsolnay and Herendi, but if you just need a mug in happy colours for your breakfast table, then this is the thing to chose! :)
The shop is open from 10:00 am until about 5:00 pm at least (maybe not on sunday...)
Majolika items - mugs, plates, etc.
Items starting from 1-2 EUR Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: 5th district, Váci u. 46.Directions: The shop is on the "newer" walking part of the Váci street, between Ferencziek tere and Fovam ter.
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The 19th century building wes restored in 1994 to it's original splendor (not counting the canal it had before to deliver the goods directly with ships...this is long gone).
The building has a nice and huge interior, which gives me the sense of an open air market. It's worth to see it from outside as well though, especially the tiles on the roof made by the famous Zsolnay manufacture.
All kinds of fresh produce, meat, fish, flowers and also souvenirs (tableclothes, etc.) on the upper level.
You can get all the "famous hungarian food products" here: Pick salami, wine, Paprika from Szeged and Kalocsa, Palinka (a spirit made by fruits - I recommend taking the so called "whistling peach" - fülyülös barack palinka), goose liver, Unicum.
And also of course the handmade embroided tableclothes and Halasi laces.
It depends, but souvenirs are worth to buy here due to the easy accesibility and relativly good prices. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: 9th District, Fovam terDirections: The building is, between walking distance from Kálvin tér (M3 station) as well, but you can also get there with the trams 47, 49 and 2 (station: Szabadsag hid or Fövam tér), but if you will just walk on the new part of Váci utca you can't miss it either.
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1.The "In Vino Veritas" wineshop. You can find them in the 7th district, on Dohány u.58-62 (near Blaha Lujza square metro station. From there go on Akacfa u. until Dohany u. and then turn right).
2. The "Bortarsasag" (Wine Society) wineshop. They have 4 shops in Budapest, the main one is on the side of the Castle Hill, near Moszkva ter, under Batthyany u. 59., near the corner of Ostrom u. However their shop in the center might be easer to find. This one is in Raday u. 7, near the Kalvin ter metro station.
If you come to Hungary, you definitely should buy at least some Tokaj wines, but I would say, ask the dealers for some other decent wines form the prestigious regions of Hungary (but don't pay more then 5-6000 for a bottle, the "star" winemakers are overpriced...not counting of course the Tokaji Aszú wines which are usually more expensive than this)
I would say You should at least try:
- Tokaji Aszú (and aybe one other Tokaji type)
- a good red wine from the Villány area
- a lighter red wine from the Szekszárd area
Tokaji Aszu: 3000-8000 and above
other Tokaj types: 1500-5000
Villany wines: 1200-4000
Szekszard wines: 1000-3000 Leave a Comment Theme: Food and DrinkAddress: 7th district, on Dohany u.58-62 - In Vino VeritasDirections: See above in the shop description!
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The Hungarian "Tisza" brand (it's actually a river's name originally) was big during the communism. The "Tisza cipo" (Tisza shoes) was for long the only sportshoe available over here (besides some chinese ones...).
Now, that the retro style is such a good business, someone decided to renew this brand and sell the original stuff and some newly designed ones as well.
Open from 10 am to 7 pm on weekdays, and from 10 am to 2 pm on saturday.
A pair of shoes from here and your friends abroad will be looking up to you! :)
Average sporting goods prices...maybe a little less :) Leave a Comment Theme: Sporting GoodsAddress: 7th district, Karoly krt 1.Phone: (+36 1) 266-3055Directions: Karoly krt starts at Astoria, the shop is just opposite from the Astoria Hotel. M2 underground, trams 47 and 49, bus no 7, etc...:)Website: www.tiszacipo.hu
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