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Arena Plaza: shopping mall
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  • Written by ophiro on Jul 7, 2008
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  • Name of Shop: Arena Plaza

    Arena Plaza is a big shopping mall with a lot of stores and restaurants.

    The Arena Plaza mall is one of the biggest malls in Europe with many nice stores like C&A , Zara , Tesco and many more.

    There is also an IMAX cinema here.





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    Address: Kerepesi Street
    Directions: A 5 minutes walking from Keleti station on Kerepesi Street
    Website: http://www.arenaplaza.hu/
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    West End City Center: Biggets mall in Hungary
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  • Name of Shop: West End City Center

    West End city center is a HUGE mall , the biggest in Hungary with 3 floors and many stores and restaurants.
    There are a lot of sofas to sit here if you are tired.

    The mall is located a few minutes walking from Nyugati train station so it is very easy to get here by metro.





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    Address: Nyugati and Vaci
    Website: http://www.westend.hu/
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    Vaci Utca: The famous shopping street
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  • Name of Shop: Vaci Utca

    The is a very famous street with many stores and also restaurants , a lot fo tourists , a lot of locals.

    You will find a lot of tourist stores with gifts - postcards , flags , glasses , shirts and of course clothes , shoes and more.

    In the end of the street you will find the covered market.





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    Directions: Very close to the Danube , in the inner city.
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    Market Hall: largest indoor market in Budapest
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  • Name of Shop: Market Hall

    The market hall is very beautiful outside and lovely inside also , a lot of vendors , cheap food , locals buying fruits or vegetables.

    The market is located very close to Vaci Utca , and also to Kelvin square.
    You will find here meat , vegetables , fruits and also things like Paprika or wines.


    What To Buy: good food , Paprika cost me 600 Forint


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    Address: Fovam ter
    Directions: 9th district
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    Fashion Street: Luxurious shopping
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  • Name of Shop: Fashion Street

    If you are interested in Luxurious shopping , buying brand name products - shoes and clothes , this is the street for you.
    Located in the center of town , on Deak Ferenc utca (close to the central metro station).

    Some of the stores you will find here are Hugo Boss , United colors of beneton , Lacoste and more.





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    Address: Deak Ferenc utca
    Directions: Outside the Deak ferenc metro station.
    Website: http://www.fashionstreet.hu/index.php?new_lang=en
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    Unicum: The bitter sweet
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  • Name of Shop: Unicum

    As a bitter Drinks lover i wanted to drink the bitter herbal drink called UNICUM.
    This is a herbal digestif made of more than 40 herbs by a company called Zwack.



    What To Buy: Unicum

    What To Pay: on a touristic shop you can pay more than 5000 forint for 0.7 liter , on the duty free i saw a 1 liter bottle for 14 Euro and on the big places like CBA / Tesco it is less than 4000 forint.

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    Paprika: Famous cuisine spice
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  • Written by ophiro on Jul 11, 2008
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  • Name of Shop: Paprika

    One of the most famous spices in the Hungarian cuisine is Paprika a spicy hot pepper (can be also sweet).

    The Paprika was brought by the turks in the 16th-17th century.

    You will find paprika in any touristic area , in the central market hall stands.



    What To Buy: There are 3 ways to get your paprika :

    1. A big packet.
    2. A paste (comes in bottles or tubes).
    3. Apowder.


    What To Pay: * A paprika packet cost me 600 Forint on the central market hall
    * A paprika powder cost me 200 forint on Tesco
    * A paprika paste cost me 300 forint on ABC store


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    Comments for ophiro about Budapest
    gilabrand Thu Apr 16, 2009 13:14 UTC
     Sounds like you chose a good hotel!
    jumpingnorman Wed Feb 25, 2009 02:58 UTC
     Hi Ophir! Very nice Budapest pages -- I agree it is one of the most beautiful and I went up Gellert Hill one hour after arrival. Greetings from Arizona, Norman :)
    Anjutka Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:50 UTC
     Nice page, beautiful pics!
    condorito Thu Jul 31, 2008 18:59 UTC
     Nice page first sargent, We pay 50dollars plus the tikets in the Metro, they really love tourist,
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