Ruinpubs, Street Art and Cool Spots Tour
Explore Budapest's coolest neighbourhood: street art, design shops and the best ruin pubs. Enjoy your walking tour in a small group with a local guide.
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Tour dates Every Thursday from 4 pm or
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Meeting point Budapest, Madách Imre utca 3.
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Duration 3 hours
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Group size 1-8 people or
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Price 45 EUR per person, payable with credit card
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What's included One beer/wine/coffee is included in the price
Highlights
- An off the beaten track tour of Budapest that combines art, culture and fun all together
- Get an insight into the vibrant cultural life of the Jewish quarter
- Understand the area’s intriguing history and recent wave of gentrification
- Check out the area’s coolest designer shops, galleries and bookstores
- See amazing street art and murals and embrace contemporary Budapest
- Visit the best ruin pubs, learn about their history and have a chat while enjoying local beers
Tour description
Did you know that the Budapest ruin pubs originated only a decade ago in the diverse and historically interesting Jewish Quarter? Going forward ten years they have completely reshaped the city’s cultural and nightlife landscape, firmly putting Budapest on the map.
On this tour, you’ll get to know the backstory of Budapest’s most intriguing district, learning about its former inhabitants, its tragic downfall during and after WWII and how it managed to rise from the ashes as the epicenter of Budapest’s nightlife and alternative arts scene.
Along the way, we’ll visit the best ruin pubs and learn about their history.
Aside from dipping into the city’s drinking scene, we’ll also check out all the other things that make this district one of the city’s most vibrant. As we walk the city, you’ll get a chance to take in the atmosphere, hear unique stories, the neighborhood’s ubiquitous street art and explore some of the best local designer shops, galleries and bookstores.
This is more than just a simple pub crawl – you’ll come away with an understanding of Budapest’s unique underground culture and how the party got started here. The tour takes place in the early evening hours, which is the perfect way to see the area’s changing pace as it turns from day to night.
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What not to expect
- A pub crawl where you’ll just be getting drunk with twenty other people
- A boring history lesson taken straight out of a guidebook
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