1/8
Dürer Kert
The old Dürer Kert
was a real Budapest legend, a live-music venue (punk, metal, anything spiky)
whose many bar areas were also popular, close to City Park. Long earmarked for closure,
it moved this summer to the city’s burgeoning recreational hub of BudaPart, near Kopaszi-gát in south
Buda. Despite a different atmosphere, it keeps faith with its heritage, keeping its alt-boho flavour while staging all kinds of events, many with free
admission. Such is Saturday’s 12-hour music session Fresh ’n’ Spicy, running
from 2pm and through most of the night.
4/8
PONTOON
Rumours of the
demise of prime party spot PONTOON were greatly exaggerated, it seems. Slated
to be closed for two years while the nearby Chain Bridge is renovated, PONTOON popped up out of the blue, moving from one side of the
Pest bridgehead to the other side, and shifting the whole shebang onto a ship. Gently
rocking in the Danube, the boat has several decks, ideal to find somewhere to
relax if the partying gets too much. If you’re out this weekend, it might be an
idea to time your visit around Saturday night’s Balearic beats by Ibiza-based
Landikhan, part of an evening
set up by Pure Lust.