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Budapest's Great Market Halls

Not to be confused with the Central Market Hall, often called "Great" Market Hall.

There is no shortage of other Market halls in town. Many old like the Central, some newer, each a unique window into the culture of Budapest and the neighborhood the Market is located in.

Coming home on the bus from Chinatown I spotted the Bosnyák tér Vásárcsarnok in the far stretches of District 14. Take the M1 beyond the park to its end stop then get on the 3 Tram for a half dozen or so stops.

The outside very traditional. Inside a cobbled together maze of pre and post war. More produce and as many butchers, cheese and pastry shops as in Central Market, but no tourists, better prices, a wiff of Romani in the air. Great experience.

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The Great Market Hall is on my list of places to visit while I'm there, Mr. E. I love big old markets and can't wait to visit that one.

That said, the Bosnyák tér Vásárcsarnok looks wonderful, although it's a bit farther from my hotel. However, I will definitely try to get out there. It would be interesting to compare the two.

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Mardee, I stopped with that one because I was pecking it out on a cell phone while riding the train back to town. Here are some others (this is in that PDF I believe you have a copy of)

KLAUZÁL SQUARE: This one is in District VII not far from your hotel. Often on Saturday morning they will turn the courtyard at the entrance into a flea market and there will be antique venders set up inside. Very local. Not a lot inside. There are maybe 3 produce vendors, but large ones, a good cheese shop and a good butcher and the langos on the upper floor are supposed to be very good. The rest of the market hall is a Spar. I do a lot of my shopping here. The produce vendors are great, the butcher shop gets USDA beef from time to time. On the intersection nearby you can usually find TTM sucking down a palinka spiked raspberry lemonade before 10am. Information: https://welovebudapest.com/en/venue/klauzal-ter-market/ Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RidfA718ij8vHucQ9

RÁKÓCZI SQUARE: Out of the 4/6 line and at the stop where the M4 also stops so I get past it from time to time as a shortcut to a good winebar in Buda. Not the most impressive inside but great outside and a couple of nice cafes on the square. Sweet place just to watch locals and the architecture along the road on the way there is quite nice. Good scenic trip. Information: https://piaconline.hu/rakoczi-teri-vasarcsarnok/ Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/47JoRpEwpvMgfdwS9

HUNYADI SQUARE: Saturday morning the produce and sausage vendors show up and set up along the park just outside of the market hall. Again, a great local experience. If you are staying at the Up Hotel on a Saturday, it can be a treat. Information: http://www.markethopper.com/market/hunyadi-square-market- Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/a7rpfu781PzW8nbp6

BATTHYÁNY SQUARE: Fully commercialized now. But the building interior is still as it was. The location is great and there is a wonderful little eastern European crepe shop (Blini or млинці) in the building (https://maps.app.goo.gl/LTSXiT2zkoZWdjRv7). Information: https://piaconline.hu/batthyany-teri-vasarcsarnok/ Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Yug8YFhndfVzKAqL6

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These all look wonderful! And yes, I need to go back and review that PDF as it's been a few weeks, and I've been spending more time recently on my itinerary. In fact, now that I think of it, I've already added it to OneNote, so I will pull it up now.

I love travel planning! But CWSocial is going to be laughing at me because I keep adding more categories to my "Add to Itinerary" pages in OneNote...

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The best advice for any of them is get to them before EDIT noon.

I went back to the market Saturday morning. Saturday morning is Flea Market / Farm vendor day. Until about noon hundreds of vendors set up behind the market. All very working class and real.