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17 of the best Budapest bars for drinking during daytime
Some days, “beer o’clock” arrives long before sundown, especially in summer. We suggest some of our favorite Budapest watering holes for midday debauchery.
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Look inside Budapest’s newly formed Instant + Fogas Ház ruin pub
A pair of beloved Budapest clubs, Fogas Ház and Instant, now share one huge party complex welcoming everyone into its surreal scenes – see our photo essay.
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Budapest’s Instant and Fogas Ház ruin pubs will merge at one site
It’s official – Budapest’s popular Instant club is moving into the well-established party complex of Fogas Ház to create a District VII mega-nightspot.
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Open-mic nights rocking Budapest in 2017
Musicians, comedians, and all sorts of other performers are welcome to take the stage during these unpredictably entertaining events at varied downtown venues.
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Pour your own pints of beer at Budapest’s new Rizmajer brasserie
A legendary Hungarian brewery recently established a laid-back downtown hangout with low-priced food and beer taps provided for customers to serve themselves.
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Budapest’s iconic Instant ruin pub is moving to a new location
Housed in a crumbling building in central Pest, one of the city’s most surreal ruin pubs is set to relocate soon – but where will Instant pop up next?
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Here are Budapest’s best nightlife destinations in 2017
We reveal this year’s winners of the Heineken Budapest Nightlife Awards, determining the city’s top nightspots based on votes by both experts and partygoers.
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Vote for favorite nightspots in 2017’s Budapest Nightlife Awards
The Heineken Budapest Nightlife Awards – determining the year’s best Budapest clubs, pubs, bars, and hangouts – is happening for the second time in 2017.
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Raktár Klub is Budapest’s newest addition to the nightlife scene
Although Raktár Bar opened only three years ago, it already boasts a summertime “beach”, and now it recently launched a large party arena called Raktár Klub.
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12 New Year’s Eve parties to welcome 2017 in Budapest
From an electro-swing extravaganza to a multi-day ruin-pub blowout, Budapest’s assorted “Szilveszter” events beckon everyone to close out 2016 with a blast.
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8 great new Budapest bars of 2016
From a surreal steampunk hangout to a pub that doubles as a feline fantasy land, plenty of high-spirited locales opened up in Hungary’s capital during 2016.
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BRKLYN ends 2016 with the weeklong Holiday Festival party series
Between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, downtown Pest’s BRKLYN club hosts an unforgettable program of nightly blowouts where you can dance the year away.
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Café des Arts & Innovation is Budapest’s new multicultural hub
This hangout for Budapest-based foreigners is a place where you are actually welcome to work on your laptop all afternoon after buying just one cup of coffee.
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Magyar-made craft beers rule at Budapest’s Legfelsőbb Beeróság
Discover all of the country’s specialty suds at this increasingly popular downtown pub with a strict policy of only serving high-quality Hungarian beers.
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Here are Hungary’s Bacardí Legacy Cocktail Competition winners
The country’s top bartenders recently faced off in Budapest to create intoxicating rum-cocktail concoctions for the Bacardí Legacy Hungarian semi-finals.
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Visit Tennessee in Budapest at Jack Daniel’s 150 Pop Up Bar
Until mid-January, Jack Daniel’s world-famous whiskeys, heavenly cocktail concoctions, and creative exhibits fill up a pop-up place at Fehér Hajó Street 1.
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The Electronic Beats Festival lights up Budapest’s nightlife
Renowned stars of international pop and electronic music will shine in Budapest during November 4-5, when guests can also enjoy related cultural events.
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Monster Bashes: Budapest’s best parties for Halloween 2016
Boogie with the bogeyman during the most bone-chilling days of Budapest’s nightlife – lots of Halloween parties welcome scary souls over the next four nights.
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A new video presents dos and don’ts for Budapest’s SPArties
Every Saturday night, Széchenyi Bath transforms from a wellness haven into a huge pool party – and now a humorous video lays down some guidelines for it.