Budapest’s historic Centrál Café turns 130

Since Budapest’s splendid Centrál Café opened in 1887, it has been a prominent downtown hangout where the city’s intellectual crowd regularly gathered for enjoying sedate moments, for working, or for immersing in progressive discussions; this grand coffeehouse was especially revered among the most famous writers of Hungary’s belle époque. Even though this literary haunt served multiple functions throughout its history, as Centrál Café celebrates its 130th anniversary this year, it shines with all its glory again, as its century-old traditions tastefully blend with modern flair.