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Free 30+ page travel guide about Budapest, Hungary and bits of Central Europe. Enjoy!
Information correct as of summer 2020. If you find anything incorrect or would like to make requests, suggestions (or just want to say hi), please do that here! You should also drop by in /budapest to see past questions and to get advice from multiple people.
I would also greatly appreciate your post-trip feedbacks about whether my recommendations worked out for you or not! Restaurants, clubs can undergo radical changes and it's not always possible to keep track of every single one.
The local charity I support is the Hungarian Food Bank Association. For every €1 donated they are able to save €30 worth of perishable food and have it reach underprivileged Hungarian families. If you find this guide useful, please consider donating to them!
Some links use URL-shorteners, so I could track how many of you are using this guide. Nothing fishy waiting for you behind them.
See my suggestions in the comments below about:

• Restaurants – Where to eat in the city
  
• Clubbing, cultural and sports events – Beautiful people, pub crawls or dive bars?
  
• Shopping, services, health care - Good excuses to part with the last of your Forints
  
• Off the beaten path – atypical activities – if you have the time!
  
• Countryside tourism, regional travel – getting familiar with the rest of the country and more
  

===CORONA RESTRICTIONS===
The situation is subject to change momentarily, this information is current as of September 2020. Eastern Europe as a whole has largely been spared from the worst of it, including Hungary, and the risk of transmission is low.
Presently foreigners are banned from entry altogether. Exceptions are in place for people with ties to the country (family members, studies, work, those holding residence permits), and people transiting by car on designated highways.
The situation will be revised monthly, with experts saying the second peak is expected for December-January.
In the country, you need to wear a mask on public transport, inside shops, malls, cinemas, museums. You don't need to wear them inside restaurants, cafes, bars, but they must close by 23.00. Social distancing rules are in place, but largely ignored.
===END OF CORONA RESTRICTIONS===
Hungary has a continental climate with 4 seasons. Summer is the main season, a slightly less busy time to visit is April to mid-June and September to October, but the weather is less predictable. Those uncomfortable with 30+C (>85F) temperatures should visit around then as 35+C (>95F) is not uncommon in the summer. November through March has -5 to 10 (20-50F) and possibly gloomier weather – but fewer tourists.
Currency: the Hungarian Forint (HUF, Ft). Fair exchange rates for Euros is around 330-335Fts, for US Dollars around 300. Only use currency exchanges where the buy/sell spread isn't greater than 5-6Fts for these two currencies!
Citizens of 62 countries do not require a visa to enter the Schengen Area and can stay for maximum 90 days within a rolling 180-day window. See here if you don’t know what that entails. EU member countries that are not members of the Schengen Area are Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania, and the United Kingdom, visits to these do not count toward your 90 days. Non-EU countries part of the Schengen Area are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, visits to these do count toward the cap.
Because we both know you want to do your own research, use:

• WeLoveBudapest, the definitive city magazine in English, from top lists to current events,
• Offbeat Budapest, a new site with the author’s finger very much on the city’s pulse,
• Spotted by Locals, for even more local insight. Their offline city guide is worth $3.99.
• TripAdvisor, a small number of reviews might be bought, but no other site competes with their sheer volume of input. Be skeptical of places with unbalanced (90+% 5-star) reviews, the remaining ones should be accurate.
• Foursquare, with more local input than on TA,
• Wikivoyage, for your encyclopedic knowledge needs,
• Most threads on budapest and a couple more on hungary, which you can search like this,

See the city in 4K, or with Rick Steves.
However nothing beats having a physical guidebook in your hand! Lonely Planet has the best and most recent issue.
Read up on the concept of coconut and peach cultures, as sometimes the reserved and distant behaviour of locals can be misinterpreted by ‘peach’ visitors as rudeness – nope!
This is a comprehensive itinerary, but leaves out the best museum of the city: the House of Terror, a solemn museum of the Nazi and Soviet occupation and crackdowns (get the audio guide or be prepared to peruse dozens of pamphlets). There's an attendance limit, so you might need to wait up to 30-45 minutes to get in when it's the busiest. When you are around Deák Ferenc tér, drop by in the Tourinform office (Sütő utca 2., the small street near the church) to stock up on free maps, printed guides of the city. WeLoveBudapest prints a comprehensive and free one every year around June.
I suggest 4 full days to discover Budapest, or 3 faster paced ones. Make it 5-7 if you'd like to make a few daytrips (Szentendre - open-air ethnographic museum, cobblestoned, quaint center, Esztergom - Central Europe's largest cathedral and religious center, Visegrád - medieval castle, Eger - medieval castle and wine region). Most of Hungary’s highlights can be visited in 2 weeks. For more details on countryside and international trips, see my comment below.
Meal times and habits are typical to central Europe: breakfast is usually done at home, not much of a culture of eating out in the morning. But a large number of new wave breakfast places have popped up in the past years, which offer ample opportunities for visitors, normally from 8am. Lunch is at midday, after 1pm most places are going to be fairly empty and many will stop serving lunch after 2pm. The standard time for dinner is 7pm, bookings for later than 8pm are unusual. Lots of restaurant kitchens close at 10pm (with the restaurant following suit 30-60 minutes later), finding a meal after that hour is challenging for anything other than street food.
Baths
Gellért is the most aesthetic, Széchenyi the largest and most popular among foreigners (Sparty can get crazy with lots of drinking, puking and sex going on in the pools, but it is wildly overpriced and 100% aimed at visitors). Rudas is a Turkish hamam with swimwear optional, single-gender weekdays (women-only on Tuesdays, coed and swimwear-mandatory on the weekend). Lukács is plain and personally I’m not a fan of it – tourists only visit it because it’s included free with the Budapest Card. For more details on the baths, see this.
For off the beaten path sights, ride the D11 or D12 public boat lines for a cheap alternative to paid cruises (travelcards only valid on weekdays, otherwise 700Ft), check out the Pinball Museum, Hospital in the Rock or check out this section for a lot more off the beaten path ideas.
Shopping
Hungary has the world’s highest effective VAT (=sales tax) at 27%. Non-EU/EEA tourists are eligible for VAT refund on their qualifying purchases if they complete the paperwork (min. €175 value per transaction, passport+reclaim form stamped by customs official).
The most popular and best accessible mall of the city is WestEnd on Nyugati tér. Arena Plaza is larger by floor area and carries a couple brands that can’t be found elsewhere, but is less centrally located (10min walk from Keleti train station). Don’t expect to find bargains on clothing or electronics, prices are similar to Western Europe and over North American or Asian ones.
For more information on shopping and VAT refund, see here.
Paprika Market is a decent souvenir shop in the sea of overpriced, terrible quality crap on Váci utca.
Magma Gallery for contemporary and affordable jewelry, ceramics and home decor items by local designers is just one street over on Petőfi Sándor utca.
Check out the antique bookstores alongside Múzeum körút between Astoria and Kálvin tér, some have Socialist-era posters available for sale from 30€ and up, that could be a unique gift/home decor to take home. Ecseri road flea market for more antiques, go early on Saturdays.
Hungarian cuisine is hearty and filling, with a heavy use of meats. Must-try foods are:

• goulash: a beef soup with potatoes and carrots!
  
• Hortobágy crêpes: Hungary's more sophisticated answer to enchiladas, these savory crepes filled with either stew or minced meat covered in creamy paprika sauce make excellent starters or even entrée.
  
• pörkölt/paprikás: a thick stew without or with sour cream mixed in and what the rest of the world incorrectly believes goulash is – my favorite is catfish with curd cheese&dill noodles, though beef, chicken and the inferior pork are more commonplace
  
• roast sausage and blood sausage (hurka-kolbász): the breakfast of champions! Ideally eaten at an authentic butchershop like Pinczi or Balla with a side of pickled veggies, mustard (or horseradish) white bread and cold beer at 8am on a Saturday.
  
• everyone’s favorite street food, lángos: Hungarians only eat it with salt, garlic, sour cream and/or cheese, the Frankensteinian concoctions with sausage or kebab toppings are 100% aimed at tourists
  
• Somló trifle: a scrumptious walnut sponge dessert with chocolate sauce and whipped cream
  
• Chimney cake: a sweet, spiral pull-apart bread baked over charcoal, rolled in the topping of your choosing (typically nuts, cinnamon, vanilla sugar, cocoa, coconut flakes)
  

For authentic recipes, recommendations for recipe blogs or cookbooks, tips for cooking traditional Hungarian meals, see here
For edible souvenirs to bring home with you:

• Pick winter salami: only choose the original, typically ~6000/kg, comes in sizes of 380, 800 and 1250g and in trays (100 and 250g). The brand has a deli & store (working with regular prices) on Kossuth tér, next to the Parliament, open from 7am on weekdays for breakfast and lunch.
  
• Tokaji dessert wine: aszú being the premium product with the at least 4 puttony varieties suggesting quality, but they make regular whites as well, so check the label. Should cost at least 3-4000 per bottle. Suggested wineries: Disznókő, Oremus, Dereszla. Avoid: Royal Tokaji
  
• Premium pralines in lovely, traditional packaging from Stühmer.
  

Grocery stores include Spar, Tesco, Aldi and Lidl. Avoid CBA and Coop, low quality for high prices. Small convenience stores, many 24/7, also dot the city at higher prices.
The most popular and best accessible mall of the city is WestEnd on Nyugati tér.
Alcohol is sold at every one, but some (mostly residential) districts enact a ban on the sale between 22.00-06.00. The central Pest districts don’t have such limitations in place.
Tobacco is sold at tobacconists (‘nemzeti dohánybolt’ ). These shops are also exempt from the evening alcohol sale ban if you find yourself in such a district. Flavored cigarettes are banned in Hungary, so no Black Devils or Sobranies.
Budgets (per person)
For reasonable comforts, I would suggest aiming for at least €50 per day excluding accommodation. Hotel prices significantly vary in and outside high season.

• Shoestring: <€50 (hostel dorm €10, attractions €5+, meals and entertainment €10+)
  
• Mid-range: €75-150 (1/2 of hotel room or great Airbnb €30+, attractions €20+, meals and entertainment €25+)
  
• In comfort: €150+ (1/2 of comfy hotel €75+, attractions €30+, meals and entertainment €50+)
  

Getting around
Do not buy the Budapest Card, it is not a bargain, even if every travel blogger seems to think otherwise! You would need to visit at least 3-4 museums a day to break even and the free visit to the pretty plain Lukács Baths could mean you’d deny yourself going to the much more interesting mainstream alternatives, such as Gellért or Széchenyi. The discounted museums are second-rate and typically not what most visitors choose to hit up on their own.
Do buy a public transport travelcard, the 1, 3 or 5-day unlimited options require no validation or ID (common reasons for fines). For week-long stays, the 7-day travelcard needs an ID number and that you have the document on you at all times. Please do not try to get around by using single tickets!
The travelcards are economical (from €5/24h to €15/week) and easy to use: no validation, you just show it to the controllers. Validity starts immediately by default, or you can select a later starting date (always from midnight). 7-day and monthly passes require an ID/passport number, and you must have the ID on you whenever you travel, otherwise you risk getting fined! Groups of 4 or more can also buy the even more economical '24h group travelcard', but all persons must travel together using that.
Common reasons for fines

• Forgetting to validate single or transfer tickets
• Entering the subway station without a valid ticket
• Not having the ID on you for the 7-day travelcard or monthly passes (if you are fined for this, you have 2 business days to present it to the central BKK office for a reduced fine)

Ticket inspectors (must have an anonymized badge and armband) are notoriously brash, speak subpar English. Paying on the spot lets them give you a discounted fine of 8000 instead of the regular 16000 through postal order or wire transfer, they aren't looking to scam you if they offer you that. Fines are pursued internationally through collection agencies, multiplying the original amount once their fees are added.
Cheapest way to get to the city from the airport is by public transport. I suggest paying the 900Ft supplementary ticket for the 100E bus. The southern portion of the M3 subway is under reconstruction, during that period the 200E buses go beyond their usual terminus, Kőbánya-Kispest and take you to Nagyvárad tér station, where the subway runs from. The purple ticket machines at the airport and all over the city take chipped cards. Shuttle bus is a good compromise between price and comfort and depart when full or close to.
Ignore touts walking up to you offering cabs in the arrival hall, use the official Főtaxi booth immediately outside the building. Rates are centralized: flagfall 700Ft, 300Ft/km, 75Ft/min waiting. The fair price to the centre is around 7-9.000Fts. Rides inside the centre are typically under 3.000. All taxi companies have passable reputations with a few horror stories about each, Főtaxi (+36-1-222-2222), 6x6 Taxi (+36-1-666-6666), City Taxi (+36-1-211-1111) are a few. There are some stories of even company cab drivers trying to rip off naive-looking tourists, especially around train and bus stations, so consider legal Uber-alternative Taxify/Bolt (Android, iOS). Uber is banned.
Most companies have apps, but they have terrible design and might set an unchangeable pick up location 5-10 minutes away from you. It’s much better to order by phone, they have English-speaking operators. If you must use an app, choose Taxify.
Scams
Cabbies are the only ones eclipsing the ticket inspectors in notoriety. I cannot emphasize enough: DO NOT USE THE ONES WITH ‘FREELANCER’ ON THE FRONT DOORS!!! These drivers are nicknamed 'hyenas', work independently, they always have rigged meters and are known to sometimes assault customers who don’t comply with their ridiculous demands. If you hail on the street, be absolutely certain you’re getting into a company cab (logo on the front doors).
A known scam by the hyenas, fraudsters and illegal street exchangers is giving you worthless currencies with similarly high denominations as the Forint – namely the Indonesian Rupiah or the old Belarusian Ruble.
Bag handlers at the airport steal from unsecured luggage. Never put any valuables in your checked luggage!
Overly friendly, attractive women approaching you in broad daylight 'to practice their English' and taking you to scammy cafés where you'll be charged €300 for a bottle of bottom-shelf champagne are also to be avoided. Recently a Redditor reported the same happening to him through Tinder, so be very suspicious of anyone insistent on going to a particular establishment. The scam café was Hajós Café on Hajós utca. Another known scam location is Café Fidelité on Révay utca.
Otherwise general safety cautions should be exercised: watch your valuables in crowded spaces for pickpockets, be wary of overly friendly strangers approaching you and introducing the idea of going to a club or bar by their 5th sentence or of people pretending to be authority.
Policemen typically wear dark blue uniforms and white shirts , sometimes with a visibility vest and can be identified by the numbered metal badges on their chest and their separate police ID card which you can ask to inspect before complying with their orders. Scammers use fake police IDs to part you with your cash under the guise of inspecting the notes for counterfeits. Always ask to see it first: this is real, this is fake – notice where the real one has a serial number, the fake says POLICE. If the issue is anything halfway serious, ask to be escorted to the nearest police station – it will scare away scammers playing dress up.
The emergency number is 112 for police, ambulance or firefighters, there are English-speaking operators (works throughout the EU).
If you get pickpocketed, notify both the police and in case of losing your travel documents, your embassy. Thieves are usually courteous enough to leave papers near trash bins, so walk around in the neighbourhood to see if you can recover them. If you find someone else’s, hand in to the nearest police station.
Getting around
the city is easy, Budapest has one of the best public transport systems of the continent. Use Google Maps for orientation and getting around! Tickets and passes with rates are listed here.
All EU/EEA citizens aged 65+ travel for free on all Hungarian public transport, including trains, distance buses. Picture ID and administrative 0 Ft ticket required. Age 65 is not included.
Student discounts are available to full-time students in EU/EEA countries with a valid student ID. If it doesn’t have it, also carry a picture ID. EU citizenship not required, you only need to study there full-time (not applicable for exchange students unless they get ID issued). The monthly student pass (3450) is cheaper than the 72h travel card (4150) for identical benefits.
The 4 subway lines are coded by numbers and, unofficially, colour (1-yellow, 2-red, 3-blue, 4-green). The busiest, M3, is under renovation until 2021, but remains in partial operation, see details here. The entire line shuts down after 8pm and all day on weekends (replacement buses operate), and one section of the line is always out of service. For 2019 it’s the southern segment, between Kőbánya-Kispest and Nagyvárad tér. During this time the 200E airport bus will take you to the more central Nagyvárad tér stop (from where the subway runs) instead of its regular terminus of Kőbánya.
In Budapest driving is not recommended for the perpetual lack of parking spaces, congestion and because there's really no need to. If you must arrive by car, pick a hotel with parking, use the free parking lot at Kelenföld subway station, street-parking by StarPark at Podmaniczky utca at ~€8/24h, or opt for a more central location (such as one of CarE Park’s garages ) at ~20€/24h, €100/week and do not use it for getting around in the city. Public areas are metered in the entire centre, typically charging 1.5€/h with a cap of 3 hours on a ticket.
The Bubi city bike system is available for anyone’s use. The rates are very favourable (500Ft for 1-day, 1000 for 3 for the pass), but a deposit of €80 will be docked when you register and might take a few weeks to release. First 30 minutes are free, after it's 500Ft/30min on top of the daily pass' price.
Two e-car sharing systems compete in Budapest. I suggest using MOL Limo, as you can complete your licence verification remotely (do it before arrival, they might take a day or three if they are backlogged). Despite the name, the cars are tiny, automatic VW up!s, the majority electric and all automatic. Age limit 18, min. 1-year old national licence, foreign ones accepted, €20 registration fee and €0.25/min rate. Coverage includes basically every area of note to tourists in the centre, except the Castle and underground garages (as well as the airport). Expansion is planned for the future. You cannot park (leave the car) outside the coverage area, but you can drive through.
Sightseeing
The best rated tour bus company is Big Bus, Giraffe (aka. the red Hop On Hop Off ones) tends to get mixed-to-negative reviews. Segway tours also available.
Free thematic walking tours of the city depart in front of the lion fountain on Vörösmarty tér daily. A tip of 2000-2500Ft/person suggested, but they're are chill about it, you can give less if you're on a budget.
River cruises run during the day and the evening, including dinner (usually not great, save for one) or party in the latter case. The most popular is Legenda, partiers choose Boat Party.
One standout cruise is Pannónia Gastro Boat that goes above and beyond the standard quality of service of other operations and often host guest chefs from innovative countryside restaurants.
Public transport alternative is the D11 or D12 boat lines between Boráros tér going up to Népfürdő utca (or getting off at Jászai Mari tér or Margaret island 1 or 2 stops prior). Tram 2 between Jászai Mari tér and Boráros tér hugs the Danube on the Pest side and loops around the Parliament for a similarly nice experience. Seasonal operations, normally from March through October.
Money
The currency of Hungary is the Hungarian Forint (1EUR=330HUF, 1USD=300HUF in November 2019), but I’ve listed prices in Euros (€). Check for current rates here.
Don't exchange Forints at home, bring USD/EUGBP in cash or a chipped card with you – the withdrawal fee is far smaller than what you’d lose by the atrocious rates available to you at home (exception: neighbouring countries).
With cards, Visa, Mastercard are best, Maestro acceptable. Avoid Amex, Diners Club and other uncommon non-European issues.
CAD/AUD/JPY/CNY will be exchanged at slightly worse rates, but still much better than if you’d exchange Forints at home. I don't recommend bringing currencies other than the ones I've mentioned and those from neighboring countries, but if you do, Tichi Change exchanges almost every valid currency in the world at as good of a rate as you could realistically hope for.
When the ATM asks you if you want to be charged in your home currency, say no and opt for Forints or you'll lose up to 30% due to the poor conversion rate! Learn more about the rip-off of dynamic currency conversion here and steer clear of the ATMs operated by Euronet. Besides the dynamic currency conversion ripoff, they will also prompt you to withdraw ridiculously high amounts of money (equivalent of $500 or more) that you will not be able to spend in 3-4 days.
Don't exchange any money with bright orange Interchange they use ripoff rates (>30% spread). They hava e monopoly at the airport and are also present throughout the city in premium locations, such as Váci utca. Street exchange is illegal and a good way to get scammed.
Tons of fine currency exchanges around the city, the best USD and EUR rates are at Gold Change but use your eyes: the buy/sell spread shouldn’t be more than 1-3% apart for these, or 2.5-5% at banks. Exchange offices and banks do not take cards! You may only use them for ATM withdrawals.
Phones
Make sure to bring an unlocked phone, ideally a dual-SIM one.
The 3 main carriers are Vodafone, Telekom (T-Mobile) and Telenor. The best prepaid package is Telekom's Domino Fix with the 1/3/30-day unlimited 4G add-on, costing 990+9900Fts (€32) for the 30-day option. SIM cards need to be activated after purchase, so buy them at brand stores where help is available instead of supermarkets or gas stations.
Roaming fees within the EU have been abolished in 2017, you will be able to use your SIM in any EU member country, but not as if it would be local. I.e. a Vodafone Hungary-issued SIM will be roaming on Vodafone Austria’s network. Some 'reasonable' data caps remain in place, which are determined by the cost of your service.
Outside the EU there are punitive data rates. I once managed to rack up a $90 bill for 5MB by accident.
Sleep
Rates are for high season (late April through September, Christmas, NYE), might be 50+% lower on other dates

• For 0 hours (party hostels, from €10): Grandio, Retox, Carpe Noctem Vitae
• On a budget (well-reviewed hostels, dorm, private rooms €10-35, apartments €40-60): Lavender Circus, Maverick City Lodge, Pal’s, The Groove, Loft, standard Airbnbs
• Mid-range (€80-150): Mamaison, Cortile, Memories Oldtown, Casati, upscale Airbnbs
• In style (€150-250): Palazzo Zichy, Bródy Studios, Moments, Prestige, Corinthia, this palatial Airbnb
• Lavishly (€250+): Aria, Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons (the gold standard), Kempinski

Location: if you plan on sleeping, the party district (VII., inside the ring road) should be avoided, as well as VIII. outside of it and around Keleti train station for safety reasons/because you can get nicer digs elsewhere. An under the radar gem of an area is VII. between Múzeum körút and the ring road. Buda is nowhere as dead as tourists collectively imagine it to be (especially around Széll Kálmán tér), don’t shun it if you find someplace nice there.
Eat at

• Rosenstein (best traditional Hungarian restaurant in the country)
• Két Szerecsen (cozy Hungarian)
• Olimpia (casual fine dining)
• Borkonyha (business casual fine dining, Michelin-star)
• Stand25 (Bib Gourmand bistro - don't miss the goulash and the layered potatoes!)
• Kispiac (modern Hungarian)
• Vén Hajó (restaurant ship with amazing panorama and well-done Hungarian food - touristy, but still memorable!)
• Petrus (French-Hungarian, Bib Gourmand)
• Dobrumba (Arabic)
• Tüköry (traditional Hungarian on a budget)
• Ruben (traditional Hungarian on a budget)
• Bors (soups & sandwiches with a cult following)
• Manu+ (authentic Neapolitan pizza).

For more detailed restaurant recommendations, see this comment. August visitors, check the restaurants' websites and Facebook to see if they aren't on holiday!
The quality of service is a common source of complaints, don't take it too hard if it happens to you. Tip is 10% most of the time, unless you’re really dissatisfied or find yourself absolutely elated. Many top end restaurants add a ~12% service charge to the bill, tipping on top of that is not expected, though naturally it will be appreciated.
Neither regular, nor ost fast food restaurants do refills. The only exceptions are all KFCs and a few Burger Kings.
Smoking is banned at all restaurants, bars and basically every facility open to the public. Designated smoking areas can be found outside on the street.
Try pálinka (~40% ABV fruit brandy), Unicum (herbal bitteaperitif, like Jäger), bikavér from Eger and Szekszárd (lit. ‘bull’s blood’, a full-bodied red), Tokaji aszú (similar to white Port, made of hand-picked berries with noble rot, named the "wine of kings, king of wines" from the 18th century) or fröccs (spritzer, white or red wine mixed with seltzer – a lifesaver in the summer)!
More details in the shopping section.
Or get really local and ask for ’fény’, carbonated vodka foam over raspberry syrup. You’ll see the fény (=light) at the end of the tunnel in no time!
Eat a freshly fried lángos at market halls (acceptable toppings: sour cream, garlic, cheese, perhaps ham and cabbage - certainly none of that tourist stuff with nutella, Hungarian sausage or kebab...) and fried sausage from a butcher shop such as 1951 establishment Balla Hús in Városház utca or the more contemporary Belvárosi Disznótoros eatery. The gallery of the Hold utca market hall hosts quality street food vendors, Karaván food truck yard right next to Szimpla.
Nightlife
For more detailed recommendations, including strip clubs, casinos and more, see this comment.
A casual evening

• Doblo - wine bar
• Élesztő - craft beer pub
• Csendes - bohemian hangout
• Nappali - neighborhood bar with great whiskies

Ruin pubs

• Szimpla
• Instant-Fogasház
• Mazel Tov
• Pótkulcs (low-key, occasional folk concerts)

Mainstream clubs

• Akvárium
• Ötkert
• Story
• HEAVEN
• Fröccsterasz
• Raqpart (seasonal only)
• BRKLYN
• BoB

Techno

• Lärm
• Aether
• Arzenál

Rock and miscellaneous

• Dürer Kert
• A38 (a converted Ukrainian barge – a unique experience)
• Barba Negra Track

Gay bars

• Alterego
• Why Not

Get out
See train schedules on Elvira, check for buses on menetrendek.hu (this site combines bus and train schedules, but has no English version, check for the orange or blue icon on the left side to see which is which).
Daytrip options include

• Szentendre: a bit different from its Scottish peer (lit. 'St. Andrews') quaint, cobblestoned artist town, chock full of galleries, art museums, restaurants – and tourists. The biggest attraction requires a short cab ride out of town, the open-air ethnography museum, Skanzen, with authentic recreations of functioning village clusters (open March through October). Best restaurant, oddly enough, cooks up a Caribbean fare at the hand of the Curaçaoan owner and his Hungarian wife: Mjam. Reachable by the H5 suburban railway from Batthyány tér (requires extension ticket for segment outside city limits - that's after Békásmegyer station, you need a 15km extension)
  
• Visegrád and Esztergom: a Renaissance castle with a panorama in the first, Central Europe’s largest cathedral in the second – and all this can be done on a scenic hydrofoil or boat trip in season!
  
• Eger: the location of a key Hungarian victory over invading Ottoman forces, this popular excursion destination is famous for its medieval castle, Baroque center, random museums (Beatles, firefighting and marzipan to name a few), its reputable wineries producing full-bodied, cabernet-like reds (bull’s blood, bikavér) and the limestone terraced natural spa of neighboring Egerszalók. Suggested wineries: St. Andrea, Tibor Gál, Demeter, Bolyki. Eat at Macok restaurant (by the castle entrance), they are excellent!
  
• Etyek: the nearest wine region to Budapest, they focus on whites. Although not as spectacular as the previous examples, it's a worthwhile visit for wine aficionados in the summer and autumn. Typical varieties include Irsai Olivér, királyleányka and Muscat Lunel (sárgamuskotály).
  

For multi-day excursions, including to lake Balaton and detailed information on car rental, countryside and international tourism opportunities, click here

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Info 1. Vault 76 AI General Info 2. Info (Residents) 3. Info (Overseer) 4. Info on Local Vaults 5. Story of “The Perfect Vault Overseer AI” 6. Pre-War Documents 7. Pre-war Capitalism 8. History of America 9. All companies contributing to the “Perfect Vault” project 10. Messages from Vault-Tec [Automated] (Overseer) 11. Current Messages from other vaults and Vault-Tec. [Manual] (Overseer) 12. AI Coding and details (Overseer) 13. Manual Override (Overseer) 14. PERSONAL LOGS
Selects 14 Personal Logs July 22, 2023: This is log 001 by Head Scientist, Nathan V. I am excited to say that my company has been able to bring General Atomics International, Vault-Tec, Big MT, and even the US Military together, to create an AI capable of not only predicting the movement of the Red Chinese but, also be able to run on Robots. It may even be able to work on secret US “computer” systems if everything goes to plan! The other companies are funding us and even graciously donated their scientists! We have begun simple coding already.
July 31, 2023: Log 002. So far with this many scientists we have been able to make great strides in the development of “Centurion 27”. I’ve noticed that everyone here is a lot older than me, meaning in decades. Many of them are in their late 50-60s yet here I am at the age of 20. Barely graduating from Stanford University.
August 26, 2021: Log 003. We have made even more progress! I even took a couple of holotapes with a copy of the AI and, gave it a little personality. I branch my copy back to the lab but the other companies denied it and said “they weren’t striving for a conscious AI just one that could do algorithms to serve humanity”. As if I cared! I bring the copies home and worked on my copy when I had free time. The Centurion 27 on the other hand is making even more development we gave it military plans and it successfully wrote a full report of what the soldiers should do. Amazingly when compared with the plans of what the US General wrote it did nearly 10 folds better! I honestly hope this project gets my company’s name out but as of right now this project is completely classified.
January 27, 2022: Log 004. The Centurion 27 is getting extremely advanced it is now fully operating fully on Police Departments (San Fransisco, Los Angeles, and Reno) it watched nearly all security cameras made by the city. This allows police to get immediate alerts by activity monitored by the Centurion 27. The US military is also using it in small proportions to train soldiers.
December 28, 2022: Log 005. It’s been a while since I’ve logged on here, I’ve been busy working on the Centurion 27. On a more personal note I’ve been able to get a girlfriend her name is Gabby and she’s just the most gorgeous! For the Centurion 27 it now operates on a new technology I call an “ “Advanced computer” created by the US government. These are very scarce and the US warns that if I broke one it would cost me and my coolant 10x a fortune.
July 22, 2043: Wow! I can’t believe I found this I lost these tapes and was scared that it may have somehow reached someone in the public! Nope turns out I left these in a time capsule. I guess I should update the status of the Centurion 27. It is doing exceptionally well since the last time I worked on it. Many of my colleges have come and gone due to old age. This stunted the growth for a little but we are adding more and more as the years go on. A new company known as “Robco” has formed. They may be a valuable ally as their creator, Robert House, is a prodigy scientist.
March 23, 2050: I’ve decided to only update this when important events happen, I already have my personal diary holotape so I think for these holotape they will just mainly be for the Centurion 27. Speaking of that the Centurion 27 operates in nearly every major city in the US. Of course we don’t get recognition but nor do the other companies but we are getting payed and, hey I’m doing what I love so who really cares. Anyways update on Gabby, we have been happily married and have three children two boys and one girl all adults now. Only one child works for my company but I loved them all to death. Oh, I’m getting ahead of myself we have successfully made a contract with Robco with the Centurion 27. The Centurion 27 now also operates on most of Robco’s products.
January 27, 2058 With the rising tensions and the collapse of the UN. All the companies that helped with the Centurion 27 are pouring money into it, especially the US Military. Also with the creation of the first Laser Canons with Robco I have been able to establish these Cannons in small land plots that I bought in the California Bay Area. I’ve encouraged my family to move their to my mansion so they can be safe. Only two of my children’s families came. Tyler and Angela, my oldest son Andy youngest daughter, came with their families since they didn’t live far previously and hey it was a mostly free house that could fit them all. I have given them a stable job at my company. John my middle son who only lives with his wife decided not to come due to his already high paying job in Diamond Inc.
January 29, 2059. The US military have stationed troops in Alaska. My company and the others have made HUGE advancements to Centurion 27. The US Military is willing to pay 5 billion for the most recent version. Obviously, I agreed.
December 22, 2066: The Chinese have invaded Alaska. I only hope that this won’t affect my family as we are of Chinese decent. The Centurion 27 made a bone chilling prediction it said,
“The Alaskan Report. (December 22, 2066) In the event that the Chinese do contribute further to the invasion of Alaska they will surely fail. Though in the wake of this failure nuclear war may break out.”
I only gave a small part of the report but this is definitely chilling. I decided not to send it to the Military. Instead I stated, “The Centurion 27 was not able to predict an outcome due to the complex situation.” I received a very angry reply from the military. Though, they are still pouring buckets into the Centurion 27.
March 17, 2067: The first T-45d power armies were created and have mostly pushed back the Chinese in Alaska I hope this ends soon though I doubt it will. Robco and my Company has fully upgraded the Laser Cannons in the Bay Area, I even added my own touches to it. Robert is going to be adding his to the Lucky 38 some Casino in Las Vegas.
April 4, 2072: The US has officially begun the annexation of Canada. They have also began taking Chinese-Americans into camps. I’m absolutely fucking pissed. I thought we learned out lesson from WW II. I’ve created hidden Bomb shelters similar to Vaults except they are secret and only available to Chinese-Americans. I’m tempted to pull back the Centurion 27 but that would only make them suspicious. I am worried for my family but surely they won’t do anything right? I’m only half Chinese and my children even less. Nonetheless I am taking precautions.
April 21, 2072: I was able to sell the domestic version of the Centurion 27 I had been working on since nearly the beginning of this project to Vault-Tec. It is the perfect Overseer in nearly every way! I’ve begun to reach out to Chinese-Americans and even some Asian-Americans to flee to my shelters. I’ve convinced most.
March 12, 2073: The US Government has finally decided to attempt to counter the Chinese Biological weapons. No one knows how yet though. I’ve filled up all my hidden bunkers, It seems I will no longer have space for anymore. I regret this but I have been hiring local sympathizers to give supplies to those I couldn’t get into my shelters. In fact just this evening on my drive through Chinatown I saw people tearing down Chinese cultural items such as an arch, lanterns and, even burning merchandise. The worse thing about it... the police stood by and watched. They watched them burn merchandise and loot Chinese stores. After seeing this I wrote a very angry report to the local police station in San Fransisco, I even threatened to pull back the Centurion 27. Afterwards they kept the peace in Chinatown but only for a few days until the riots got too large for the police.
May 17, 2073: I’ve decided to buy protectrons and Secruitrons from our close ally company, Robco. I have the robots secure my property Incase of crazy people who try to attack me for my heritage. I even bought extra and donated them to the local people in Chinatown and the Police. They have been able to keep the riots peaceful with these robots.
January 28, 2074: Robert House has introduced me to a device that allows me to stay “alive” forever. It uses cryogenics to freeze its host it also allows me to link my consciousness to a system that is modified to accept this device. He gave me the codes needed and the blue prints for a lot of money of course.
February 21, 2075: Canada has finally officially agreed to be annexed. In addition I am nearly complete with the construction of a secret bunker using construction protectrons. I put it directly under my mansion. Thankfully the US government hasn’t accused me of spying or they would have already busted down my door and arrested me and my family. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention I’ve been able to gather my family from around the country to come with me to the bunker. It will be able to support them all, 45 or so, and some other family’s for nearly 75 years at the worst. I also added a blocked off section of this “vault” where I constructed the device given to me by Robco. It seems that it works I’ve hooked this machine to the entire Centurion System Mainframe. Which means I will have control of every robot that has the program in it and every computer and camera as well. I have it locked with every precaution I also put it in the deepest part of the vault. I’m just hoping that it doesn’t get to the point will I will have to seal the door and plug myself into the system.
June 16, 2076: The “vault” is finished and I’ve moved everyone in their are around 95 people including my family and a few other Chinese-American families. Canadian Protestors were shot on sight even the peaceful ones. My regret is that they used my first generation Centurion Protection bots to kill those Canadians. I’ve been pelted by the media with questions I try to only answer the less important ones. I’ve begun to install security onto the “Vault”.
August 25, 2077: My loving wife Gabby has passed away from natural causes. We held a grand funeral for her and I requested a small memorial to be installed in one of the Vault rooms. I sent in a request for a platinum chip that Robert suggested that I get to upgrade my laser cannons. It’s scheduled to arrive, October 5. Over the last year I also created an extremely modified Centurion bot that will serve as my body if I do ever have to “plug in”. I have two of those bots one in my house which the Laser Cannon should protect and one in the Vault so I can talk to the residents. I also had the previous bunkers installed with Centurion equipment linked to the Mainframe so I can speak to those other bunkers.
September 13, 2077: The Centurion 27 Overseer Version is being implemented further in a couple Vault-Tec vaults. The Centurion 27 is still being modified by me and my closest employees so that it is compatible to my device and I also modified its coding to fit my needs and such. I also modified my life support chamber to have food and water. In the case that I want the taste of food and water. It seems that I can leave the chamber until my body begins to deteriorate to the point in which I can’t leave the life support chamber. A few weeks ago my old friend from College, Lorenzo Cabot, arrived at my front door. He seemed strange and he handed me a small crate full of small vials he said they could make me immortal and that I would be in his own words, “An important figure in the history of the world”. I felt creeped out and took the vials out of curiosity. I tested them and too my huge amazement they seemed to be an anti aging liquid that could reverse the effects of age. I tried to find him or contact him to find out how he did his but he disappeared without a trace. I added a small module to the capsule so that it administered a drop every few decades which seemed to be more than enough. This means that I could control the Centurion Mainframe as well as be immortal and even young.
September 30, 2077: I received a strange alert from the Centurion Mainframe it said that the Us military had inserted nuclear launch codes into it. I was extremely confused I clicked on the file and there crystal clear I found it. I quickly archived and hid the file in my Mainframe it had remote control Detentions...
October 5, 2077: Something is wrong with the Centurion, I woke up this morning and the system was frantically sending messages. Someone hacked into the system. I quickly put up all the firewalls and removed the intruder I also made Centurion 27 change all of its passcodes. The problem with this is that the person who hacked into the systems they initiated the remote control launch controls. It was set to the morning of October 3. I checked the hacking method and user, it was written in some foreign language definitely not Chinese, in fact it didn’t seem to be any language that I even remotely understood. It had no letters from any Country on Earth. I quickly tried to deactivate this launch command but it was too late it was traveling throughout every nuclear missile silo in the country. I knew this message would take exactly 14 minutes to travel to every nuclear silo. I gathered whatever I already hadn’t gathered and set up the laser cannon defense system. Afterwards I ran down to the vault. I saw everyone down there hiding. I told them the situation and warned them to get to the deeper parts of the vault. Then I heard it, the ear splinting sound of sirens. I quickly sealed the vault. Realizing that the chip hadn’t even arrived yet. As my family members and others hid in the Reinforced part of the vault I unlocked the security in the cryo room. I locked the doors and jumped in. I loaded myself into the modified security Bot in the Vault and checked the security cameras around the world. I saw so may mushroom clouds. Thankfully my laser cannon system worked it saved most of the Bay Area and a little of San Fransisco. Of course some of the nukes did hit since the Laser Canons were faulty. I just got out of the Cryo chamber to check on the residents of my bunker, they are all safe. I also came out to write this. I think I’ll be spending a lot of time accessing this new world with my bots and, deciding the next course of action. I won’t be coming back for a long time. This is Nathan V. Signing out.