Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Knoll
VI, Liszt Ferenc tér 10 1 267 3842,
knollgaleria.hu
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Run by the Viennese
galleryownerHansKnoll,thiswasthefirstprivategalleryinthecitywhenitopenedin1989.
Since then, it has built up a strong reputation, with shows by Hungarian and foreign contem-
porary artists.
Tues-Fri 2-6.30pm, Sat 11am-2pm.
Mai Manó Galéria
VI, Nagymező utca 20 1 473 2666
maimano.hu
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Located
on the first floor within the Hungarian House of Photography, this delightful little gallery/
shop stocks contemporary and old Hungarian photographs, cards and books.
Daily
11am-7pm.
Várfok Galéria
I, Várfok utca 11 0630 562 2772,
varfok-galeria.hu
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The best
known of the three small galleries just off Széll Kálmán tér, the gallery was founded in 1990
and displays work by the younger generation of Hungarian avant-garde artists.
Tues-Sat
11am-6pm.
BOOKS AND MAPS
Hungarians are a literary bunch and Book Week, held in the capital each June, is a long-
awaited event. If it's old books and prints you want, one of the best places to head for is
Múzeum körút, where there are numerous
secondhand bookshops
(
antikvárium
) clustered
opposite the Hungarian National Museum. Larger stores often have a café attached and sell a
range of English-language titles.
Alexandra
VI, Andrássy út 39 1 484 8000,
alexandra.hu
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Occupying the magni-
ficent Paris Deparment store, this is the flagship store of the chain, with three vast floors of
browsing; the English language section - with lots of good Hungarian fiction - is to the rear
of the ground floor. While here, it'd be remiss not to visit the sumptuous coffee salon in the
Lotz Hall on the first floor. Its branch by the Dohány utca synagogue at Károly körút 3 has a
secondhand section upstairs as well as a pleasant covered rooftop café.
Both branches daily
10am-10pm.
Bestsellers
V, Október 6 utca 11 1 312 1295,
bestsellers.hu
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Budapest's oldest
and best English-language bookshop, with thousands of titles; English and Hungarian lit-
erature, travel and reference, academia and children's books, as well as newspapers and
magazines. Staff are friendly and can order books in.
Mon-Fri 9am-6.30pm, Sat 10am-5pm,
Sun 10am-4pm.
sellers, and attached to the Central European University, this has mainly academic books,
though there is a comprehensive selection of Hungarian literature in English.
Mon-Fri
10am-7pm, Sat 11am-3pm.
