Do you have a difficult time when looking for the perfect holiday present for your boyfriend, dad, or brother? We visited some of Budapest’s best shops to find unique Magyar-made items for the special guys in your life – ranging from wooden wallets to concrete clocks – and put together a list of our top picks, with prices that can fit in any budget.
Want to kill two birds with one stone during the holiday season? Pick up a great gift and support a good cause at the same time by choosing one of the wonderfully designed gift boxes of the Miskolc Autism Foundation. The boxes are available in four sizes, are offered in either a wooden container or a picnic basket, and are jam-packed with tasty cookies, aromatic tea, fragrant spices, and refreshing cordials.
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Stores selling these items: Ajándék Terminál, The Garden Studio, WAMP
Price: Small: two handmade cookies, a jar of herbal tea leaves - 1,200 forints,
Medium: four handmade cookies, a bag of spices and a jar of herbal tea leaves - 3,500 forints,
Large: six handmade cookies, a bag of spices and two packages of herbal tea - 5,000 forints,
Extra Large: a picnic basket, ten handmade cookies, three packages of tea and two bags of spices, a bottle of cordial - 16,000 forints
These are the simplest, smallest, most creative wallets that we’ve ever seen. Carved from ash, oak, and walnut, the nifty wooden cases can hold a surprising number of things like credit cards, individual keys, coins, and banknotes. Thanks to the wide silicone band and the special indentations on either side, you won’t have to worry about losing your precious belongings.
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Stores selling these items: Buborék Pest és Buda, Cargomoda, Solinfo design shop, Szimpla Design shop, TheGardenStudio, ZUN Store
Price: 5,990 forints
Writing by hand is great fun, and drawing is even better. If the person you are trying to buy for is a hopeless graphophile, you can’t go wrong with these stylish notebooks. Primarily produced in intricate black-and-white patterns, these pretty booklets are of exceptional quality.
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Stores selling these items: Bite Sized, Fian Koncept, MONO, Projekt Showroom
Price: 4,500 forints
Bow ties are in again, especially those with a bit of an edge. These Magyar-made pieces are definitely out of the box, incorporating materials such as vibrant textiles, various woods, and even concrete.
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Stores selling these items: WAMP, wonderLAB
Price: 7,500-9,500 forints
Handmade pillows for social-media addicts, comic fans, writing enthusiasts, and everyone else. Applied onto a soft-yet-durable base textile, the felt decorations are all hand-stitched for a unique effect.
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Stores selling these items: WePillow webshop, Szimpla Design Shop, Allée Christmas fair
Price: HASHTAG pillow: 11,990 forints, SMILE pillow: 12,990 forints, BOOM pillow: 16,990 forints
A concrete clock made from a magical combination of materials, adorned with sleek, oak clock hands – for your study, studio, office, or any other space in need of a splash of industrial style. The geometric, elaborately structured, slightly raw design provides an unusual contrast to the tough concrete of the face.
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Stores selling this item: DrumDrum Design, Fian Koncept, Mono
Price: 14,900 forints
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Long-sleeved top by Bridget & Olivia
A man can never have enough tops. Part of the brand’s Scandinavian-inspired collection, this relaxed and edgy piece showcases the emblematic print of the line, as well as its characteristic icy gray and plum-purple colors.
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Stores selling this item: Bridget & Olivia webshop
Price: 16,500 forints
Bridget and Olivia (closed)
Address: 1066 Budapest, 9 Ó Street
