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heterosexuals. Open Wednesday through Sunday 9pm to 4am. V. Belgrád rkp. 23. & 1/328-
6231. Cover: 1,000 Ft ($5/£2.60) Metro: Fereciek tere (Blue line)
CoXx Club A sizzling gay men-only bar in the underground shelter and an Internet
cafe rolled into one, CoXx—formerly known as Chaos—has a large art gallery on the
main level. Open daily 9pm to 4am. VII. Dohány u. 38. & 1/344-4884. www.coxx.hu. Drink
minimum 1,000 Ft ($5/£2.60). Metro: Astoria or Blaha Lujza tér (Red line).
Mystery Bar The first gay bar in the city, Mystery Bar is a very small but cozy place
that draws a large foreign clientele and is perfect for conversation and meeting new peo-
ple. Open Monday through Friday 4pm to 4am, and Saturday and Sunday 6pm to 4am.
V. Nagysándor József u. 3. & 1/312-1436. www.mysterybar.hu. Metro: Arany János utca (Blue line).
UpSide Down An elegant basement bar—formerly operated as a public bath-
room—UpSide Down's clientele is mostly straight. Rather pricey, its laid-back loun-
gelike stylish decor is a suitable place to wind down at the end of the day. Monday and
Wednesday night features gay and lesbian Karaoke. Open daily 8am to 5am. V. Podman-
iczky tér 1. No phone. Metro: Arany János u. (Blue line).
MORE ENTERTAINMENT
CASINOS Budapest has couple dozen casinos. Many are located in luxury hotels:
Casino Budapest Hilton, I. Hess András tér 1-3 ( & 1/375-1001 ); Las Vegas Casino,
in the Atrium Hyatt Hotel, V. Roosevelt tér 2 ( & 1/317-6022; www.lasvegas
casino.hu); and Orfeum Casino, in the Hotel Béke Radisson, VI. Teréz krt. 43
( & 1/301-1600 ). Formal dress is required. Other popular casinos include: Grand
Casino Budapest, V. Deák Ferenc u. 13 ( & 1/483-0170 ), Tropicana Casino, V.
Vigadó u. 2 ( & 1/327-7250; www.tropicanacasino.hu), and the elegant Várkert
Casino on the Danube side, Ybl Miklós tér 9 ( & 1/202-4244; www.varkert.com).
MOVIES A healthy number of English-language movies are always playing in
Budapest. The best source of listings and addresses is either the Budapest Sun, or the
free weekly, Pesti Est, which has an English-language section for movies. Movies
labeled szinkronizált, m.b., or magyarul beszél mean that the movie has been dubbed
into Hungarian; feliratos means subtitled. Tickets cost around 600 Ft to 1,500 Ft
($3-$7.50/£1.55-£3.85). Most multiplexes provide the option of seeing movies in
their original language (even if the movie itself was dubbed) while art movies are a bit
more difficult. The two main art cinemas (www.artmozi.hu) that play daily English-
language features are M ú vész, VI. Teréz krt. 30 ( & 1/332-6726; tram no. 4 or 6),
and Puskin, V. Kossuth L. u. 18 ( & 1/429-6080; Red line metro to Astoria).
4 The Danube Bend
The Danube Bend (Dunakanyar), a string of small riverside towns just north of
Budapest, is a popular excursion spot for both international travelers and Hungarians.
The name “Danube Bend” is actually a misnomer, since the river doesn't actually
change direction at this point. The Danube, which enters Hungary from the north-
west, flows in a southeasterly direction for a while, forming the border with Hungary's
northern neighbor, Slovakia. Just after Esztergom, about 40km (25 miles) north of
Budapest, the river swings abruptly south. This is the start of the Danube Bend
region. The river then swings sharply north again just before Visegrád, and then heads
south again before reaching Vác. From Vác, it flows more or less directly south,
through Budapest and down toward the country's Serbian and Croatian borders.
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