







Next on my list would be a trip to the Szechenyi Baths open 6am-7pm daily May-Sept, with nine thermal indoor and outdoor pools and dream like architecture, spending a day lounging, bobbing, steaming and plunging is as good for your soul as you can get!
Budapest night-life for me is all about the Romkocsma; 'ruin-cafes'; these squat style bars, clubs and cafes mingled with exhibitions, workshops and performance art, have cropped up in and around District VII, Budapest’s Jewish quarter. This run-down area, some of which has not been touched since 1945, holds a bohemian atmosphere and creative energy, it's the dilapidation that makes the once-grandiose Habsburg-era squares and avenues so evocative. The façades may be crumbling, the paint peeling, the holes gouged by wartime bullets still unfilled, but the courtyards are fun and jumping! The best of the Romkocsmas, such as Mumus,Szimpla kert and Fogas haz, are a mix of hip bar and café, beer garden, music venue and cultural centre. Many Romkocsmas barely advertise their presence, hiding behind discreet signs and grubby doorways.
I will enjoy blogging my report on some of these places on my return and I will make it my mission to visit as many as possible!!
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