Book shopping in Budapest
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Libri Könyvpalota
Spread over two floors, the huge ‘Book Palace’ has a selection of English-language novels, art books, guidebooks, maps, music, and a cafe on the 1st floor. For books in English and other languages specifically on Hungarian subjects, a more useful branch is Libri Stúdium.
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Alexandra
The schtick at this welcome new addition on Andrássy út is ‘books and wine’. The English-language selection of the former is excellent, especially in the art and photo areas while the choice of wine is 100% Hungarian.
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Central European University Bookshop
The bookshop at Budapest’s renowned Central European University, while moved to small quarters around the corner, still has an excellent selection of academic and business titles with a regional focus.
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Szőnyi Antikváriuma
This long-established antiquarian bookshop has, in addition to old tomes, an excellent selection of antique prints and maps. Just open the drawers in the chests at the back and have a look.
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Bestsellers
Probably the best English-language bookshop in town, with fiction, travel guides and lots of Hungarica, as well as a large selection of newspapers and magazines. Helpful staff are at hand.
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Treehugger Dan’s Bookstore
This new kid on the block has thousands of secondhand English-language books, does trade-ins and serves organic fair-trade coffee. There’s also a branch at Discover Budapest.
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Központi Antikvárium
For antique and secondhand books in Hungarian, German and English, try the ‘Central Antiquarian’. Established in 1885, it is the largest antique bookshop in Budapest.
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Pendragon
This exclusively English-language bookshop, which takes its name from the legend of King Arthur, has an excellent selection of books and guides (including Lonely Planet titles).
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Kódex
At Kódex you'll find Hungarian books on the ground floor and foreign books on the 1st floor, along with a decent selection of classical and jazz CDs.
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Múzeum Antikvárium
Just opposite the Hungarian National Museum is this well-stocked bookshop with both used and antique volumes in a Babel of languages, including English.
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Bibliotéka Antikvárium
The Bibliotéka at the start of VI Andrássy út is a bit of a jumble sale but always worth a once over for possible treasures.
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Treehugger Dan’s Bookstore (Discover Budapest branch)
This new kid on the block has thousands of secondhand English-language books, does trade-ins and serves organic fair-trade coffee.
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Red Bus Secondhand Bookstore
Below the popular hostel of the same name, this shop has a good selection of used English-language books.
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Libri Stúdium
For books in English and other languages specifically on Hungarian subjects, visit Libri Stúdium.
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Nyugat Antikvárium
The 'West Antiquarian Bookshop' stocks both foreign- and Hungarian-language titles.
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