The Hungarian capital is famous for fashionable boutiques, business and shopping centers, tiny shops selling various trifles (shops with interesting gizmos and souvenirs are usually “hidden” in semi-basement buildings and on the first floors of old buildings). In addition, tourists are advised to pay attention to the flea markets of Budapest.
Ecseri Piac Flea Market
This flea market sells carpets, antique irons, gramophones, old uniforms, helmets and military relics, glass items, porcelain and silver items, coins, cutlery, books, embroidered and knitted items, bird and animal cages, typewriters, statues, construction and musical instruments. It is recommended to come here on Saturday morning and be sure to bargain for your favorite item.
Bolha piac Petofi Csarnok Market
People go to this flea market to buy antiques that breathe history - old photographs, books, postcards, records, cassettes and CDs, outlandish jewelry, “ancient” dishes, antique cabinets and armchairs. If you carefully examine the goods laid out here, you can find interesting things from different eras.
Flea market in Deak Ferenc square
This small market offers porcelain, embroidery, lace, books, rare coins, World War II trophies (binoculars, helmets, knives, military uniforms) during the summer months on Sundays.
Other shopping spots
Travelers are advised to take a walk along the “antique” street of Budapest - Miksa Falk: there they will come across at least a dozen antique shops and shops, where they will be able to stock up on paintings, old dolls, porcelain, silk carpets, furniture decorated with intricate carvings. So, in “Pinter Antik” you can get old paintings and silver candelabra, in “Montparnasse Gallery” - French Art Deco furniture, in “Nagyhazy Gallery” - paintings and hand-embroidered textiles.
Another place of interest to tourists is Muzeum Korut: in an antique second-hand bookstore (open on weekdays from 10 am to 6 pm, and on Saturdays - until noon), you will be able to acquire editions of modern works and real rarities - manuscripts, photographs, as well as books that were published before 1500.
