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music. A38 also hosts lively the woods in Buda Hills
club nights. Budapest’s and is staffed mostly by
gay scene is legendary. children. The Museum
Action Bar lives up to of Military History
its name, with go-go enthrals older children
dancing and more, with weapons, armour
while Coxx Club is a Sign for Bahnhof and battle scenes.
huge multi-level place music club Most children
that attracts a more enjoy the Zoo, and
mainstream crowd. Budapest’s is one of the largest
Despite strict new gaming in Europe. The Great Capital
laws in Hungary that have Circus is another ideal venue
closed many gambling venues for family entertainment.
and may, eventually, close them
Corvintető nightclub, a lively rooftop all, a few casinos remain open,
venue with great views largely attracting gamblers from
Europe and the Middle East.
Nightlife
The dynamic Budapest club
scene changes from month Children’s Entertainment
to month, often week to week. The Royal Palace (see pp58–9)
For a great night with live DJs and the Castle District generally
head to Corvintető, a roof are good places to start,
garden on top of a 1926 while a must is the ride up
department store. LÄRM is a or down Castle Hill by funicular
suberb venue notable for its railway. The Children’s Railway Façade of the vast Great Capital
top DJs who play cutting-edge (Gyermekvasút) runs through Circus building
DIRECTORY
Tickets Jazz, Traditional József Katona Gay Clubs
Hungarian and Theatre
Cultur-Comfort Rock Music Petőfi Sándor utca 6. Action Bar
Central Ticket Office Map 4 D1. Magyar utca 42. Map 4
Paulay Ede utca 46. Map 2 A38 Tel (1) 266 52 00. E1. Tel (1) 266 91 48.
E5. Tel (1) 322 00 00. Petőfi híd Budai hidfő. ∑ action.gay.hu
Ticket Express Tel (1) 464 39 40. ∑ a38.hu Margitsziget Openair Coxx Club
Stage
Andrássy út 18. Map 2 E4. Budapest Jazz Club Margitsziget Island. Dohány utca 38. Map 2
Tel (1) 303 09 99. Hollán Ernõ utca 7. Map 2 Tel (1) 340 41 96.
∑ tex.hu D2. Tel (1) 798 72 89. F5. Tel (1) 344 48 84.
Nemzeti Theatre ∑ coxx.hu
Opera, Classical Fat Mo’s Bajor Gizi Park 1.
and Sacred Music Nyáry Pál u. 11. Tel (1) 476 68 00. Children’s
Tel (1) 266 80 27. Entertainment
Liszt Academy of Hungarian Heritage Casinos
Music House Children’s Railway
Liszt Ferenc tér 8. Map 2 Corvin tér 8, District 1 Las Vegas Casino Széchenyi-hegy Station.
F4. Tel (1) 462 46 00. (Castle District). Roosevelt tér 2. Map 1 C5. Tel (1) 395 54 20.
Mátyás Church Tel (1) 225 60 49. Tel (1) 266 20 83. ∑ gyermekvasut.hu
Szentháromság tér 2. Papp László ∑ lasvegascasino.hu Great Capital Circus
Map 1 B4. Budapest SportArena Tropicana Casino Állatkerti körút 12/A.
Tel (1) 355 56 57. Jfjúság utca 4. Tickets from Vigadó utca 2. Map 4 D1. Tel (1) 343 83 00.
Palace of Arts (MÜPA) Ticketa Tel (1) 422 26 82. Tel (1) 266 30 62. ∑ fnc.hu
Komor Marcell utca 1. ∑ budapestarena.hu ∑ tropicanacasino.hu
Tel (1) 555 33 00. Sziget Festival Museum of Military
∑ mupa.hu Nightlife History
∑ szigetfestival.com
St Stephen’s Basilica Corvintető Kapisztrán tér 2–4.
Map 1 A4.
Szent István tér 2. Map 2 Theatre and Blaha Lujza tér 1–2.
D5. Tel (1) 317 28 59. Cinema Tel (20) 772 29 84. Tel (1) 325 16 47.
∑ corvinteto.com
State Opera House Cinema City Westend Zoo
Andrássy út 22. Map 2 E4. Váci út 1–3. Map 2 E2. LÄRM Állatkerti körút 6–12.
Tel (1) 331 25 50. Tel (40) 60 06 00. Akácfa utca 51. Tel (1) 273 49 00.
∑ opera.hu ∑ funzine.hu ∑ larm.hu ∑ zoobudapest.com

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