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Turn-of-the-century Budapest Coffee Houses and Trendy Cafés
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The cafés are cake shops as well, take your time to choose from the impressive array of home-made Hungarian cakes and pastries. Some cake shops like the Ruszwurm, August or Hauer have been owned by the same family since the 19th century and the secrets of confectionery making have passed on generation by generation. Find out yourself from this introductory page and the specific pages about historic Budapest coffee houses and trendy Budapest cafés. Historic Budapest Coffee HousesCoffee culture apperaed in Budapest long before Wienna or Paris. Turn-of-the-century Budapest was a city of 500 cafés. Many of them disappeared by now, but you'll still find some classic Budapest Coffee Houses that preserved their heyday charm and elegance. Cafés were an integral part of social and cultural life at that time. Many artists and writers had regular tables in cafés. They could not afford to heat their small flats, so they spent most of the day in their favourite coffee house. Regular guests were even provided with paper and pencil to create their novels and poems.
Budapest's line of cafés served also as places for spreading news, gossip and dispersing new ideas. Our renowned humorist, Frigyes Karinthy tested how long it would take a joke to get across the other side of the Danube. He told his joke in a coffee house in Buda, then an hour and half later he walked into the Centrál Café in Pest, where he heard the same joke. Not surprisingly the communist regime supressed this vivid coffee culture in no time. Communist party leaders considered cafés as hotbeds of underground communication and secret meetings. That's why they had every coffee house in Budapest closed down in 1948. These times have gone. Many Budapest coffee houses have been restored lately (Central Café, Café New York) and try to revive the vivid, turn-of-the-20th-century Budapest coffee culture. Visit at least one of these historic Budapest coffee houses to capture the atmosphere of long gone times.
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In Buda RuszwurmBuda, Castle District, Szentháromság utca 7. Open: 10.00-20.00, Closed on Wednesdays
In Pest Café Gerbeaud Read more about Gerbeaud Cafe. New York Café Centrál Café Művész Astoria Click here to read more about the above historic Budapest coffee Houses. I dearly recommend you to spend an hour or so in one of the above Budapest Coffee Houses. They have more reasonable prices than the ones in Vienna. Try one of the famous and delicious Hungarian cakes or pastries with your coffee or capuccino. Travel back in time while sipping your drink and you'll gather strengh for some more sightseeing.
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Ruszwurm Cafe and Confectionery
Ruszwurm Buda Castle District
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Trendy Cafés in BudapestBudapest has many trendy cafés where you can have a light lunch, listen to music and check your emails through wireless internet access. Ráday utca and Liszt Ferenc Square are lined with fashionable cafés and bars, but you don't have to walk a lot to find a good café in other parts of downtown Budapest. In summer you can have a drink and relax in the terraces. Related Pages from our Website
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