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are looking for handmade utca and on Váci utca (Váci
items in particular, head for Street, see pp96–7). Moró Antik
Tekla Folklór. is a tiny shop specializing in
18th-century weapons. The
huge Nagyházi Gallery sells
Porcelain and Antiques
every thing from jewellery to
Dominated by 18th- and 19th- furniture. Buda pest’s flea mar-
century pieces in the Habs burg kets are good places to hunt
style, the Budapest antiques for collectibles.
scene is concentrated in the If looking to buy genuine
Castle District, around Falk Miksa Herend and Zsolnay porcelain,
there are several outlets in
Budapest. The Hollóházi porce-
lain factory also has a shop. WestEnd City Center, central Europe’s
largest shopping mall
Clothes and Shoes Music
Made-to-measure clothes and Hungary’s rich musical traditions
shoes, as well as ready-made make for tempting low-priced
designer clothes, offer some of items to buy. Good-quality CDs
the best deals to be had in the and music DVDs are mostly now
capital. Clothes can be made up found in bookshops, both new
by a local designer in a choice and second-hand, although the
of fabrics – often for a modest specialist Rózsa völgyi Zene-
fee. At the top end, Naray műbolt remains, and is great for
Tamas Atelier is the show case traditional gypsy and village folk
for one of Hungary’s most music, as well as orchestral
celebrated designers. Shoe- works. The Alexandra Book
makers Vass offer handmade House (and its palatial café) is in
men’s shoes, but they are Párisi Nagyáruház, once a stylish
Traditional folk costumes, on sale from expensive and can take some department store with a
a street vendor time to make. wonderful Art Nouveau façade.
DIRECTORY
Department Ecseri Flea Market Folk Art Antiques
Stores and Nagykőrösi út 156.
Shopping Centres Tekla Folklór Moró Antik
Tel (1) 282 95 63. Váci utca 58. Map 4 D1. Falk Miksa utca 13. Map 2
Arena Plaza Fehérvári út Market Tel (1) 486 00 58. D3. Tel (1) 311 08 14.
Kerepesi út 9. Nagyházi Gallery
Tel (1) 880 70 10. Fehérvári út 20. Porcelain Balaton utca 8. Map 2 D3.
∑ arenaplaza.hu Fény utca Market Tel (1) 475 60 00.
Mammut I–II Mall Near Széll Kálmán tér. Herend Shops
Lövőház utca 2–6 & Széll Map 1 A4. József Nádor tér 11. Clothes and Shoes
Kálmán tér. Map 1 A3. Map 2 D5. Tel (1) 317 26 22. Naray Tamas Atelier
Tel (1) 345 80 20. Food and Drink Szentháromság utca 5. Hajós utca 17. Map 2 E4.
∑ mammut.hu Tel (1) 266 24 73.
Map 1 B5.
WestEnd City Center Borház Tel (1) 225 10 50/51. Vass Shoes
Váci út 1–3. Jókai tér 7. Andrássy út 16. Map 2 E4. Haris köz 2. Map 4 D1.
Map 2 E3. Map 2 E4. Tel (1) 318 23 75.
Tel (1) 238 77 77. Tel (1) 374 00 06.
Tel (1) 353 48 49. Music
Markets La Boutique des Vins Hollóházi Shop
Rákóczi út 31.
Budapest Flea Market József Attila utca 12. Map 4 E1. Alexandra Book House
Párisi Nagyáruház ,
Zichy Mihály utca 14. Map 2 D5. Tel (1) 317 59 19. Tel (1) 413 14 63. Andrássy út 39. Map 2 E4.
Tel (20) 933 39 79. Tel (1) 484 80 00.
House of Hungarian Zsolnay Shop
Central Market Hall Rózsavölgyi
Vámház körút 1–3 Pálinka Kecskeméti utca 14. Zenemübolt
(Fővám tér). Map 4 E2. Rákóczi út 17. Map 4 Map 4 E2. Szervita tér 5. Map 4 D1.
Tel (1) 366 33 00. E1/2. Tel (1) 338 42 19. Tel (1) 318 26 43. Tel (1) 318 35 00.

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