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WestEnd City Center
VI, Váci út 1-3 (next to Nyugati Station) 1 238 7777,
west-
find the city's busiest mall, with over 400 shops (including lots of familiar brand-name
stores), cinema and a huge food court.
Mon-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-6pm.
ANTIQUES
Falk Miksa utca
, running south off Szent István körút, near the Pest end of the Margit híd,
is known as Budapest's “Street of Antiques”, and is where you'll find the biggest collection
of
antiquestores
and galleries. Three or four times a year the street holds an evening festival
of music, entertainment and, of course, antiques. Most antique specialists should be able to
advise on what you can export from the country and how to go about it. Several shops organ-
ize
auctions
; the best months for these are April, May, September and December - check the
free hotel magazine
Where Budapest
for dates. Another good source of antiques are the
flea
ers can charge hugely inflated prices.
this store specializes in paintings, jewellery and other treasures. BÁV is primarily an auction
house, and it holds regular auctions here.
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-2pm.
Budapest Poster Gallery
V, Falk Miksa utca 28 0630 662 7274,
budapestposter.com
;
Communist-era propaganda posters, such as one for the 1955 Tractor Day, but there are some
choice film and commercial ones too. Prices from 10,000Ft. The gallery is on the sixth floor
(ring bell #61 at the street entrance).
Appointment only.
synagogue, and offering Jewish books, pictures and artefacts. It also organizes occasional
auctions.
Mon-Thurs 10am-6pm, Fri 10am-3pm.
Sóos Foto
VII, Wesselényi utca 10 1 460 0036
soosfoto.hu
;
map
.
An excellent place
to pick up some fine junk and secondhand photographic goods.
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat
10am-1pm.
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY
ACB
VI, Király utca 76 1 413 7608,
acbgaleria.hu
;
map
.
Contemporary fine arts with a
friendly,well-informedmanagement,uptheroadfromtheMusicAcademy.
Tues-Fri2-6pm,
Sat noon-4pm or by appointment.
Deák Erika Galéria
VI, Mozsár utca 1 1 201 3740,
deakgaleria.hu
;
map
.
Contem-
porary Hungarian art gallery off Andrássy út.
Wed-Fri noon-6pm, Sat 11am-4pm.