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House of Hungarian Wines
This popular tourist attraction in the Castle District also has a huge selection of wines to buy.
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Hungaricum
This shop, conveniently located on Castle Hill, sells quality Hungarian handicrafts as well as foodstuffs (eg potted goose liver and honey), wines and brandies.
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Iguana
This shop sells vintage leather, suede and velvet pieces from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, as well as its own trousers, skirts, shirts and blouses. There's a district IX
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Intuita
You're not likely to find painted eggs and pálinka (brandy) at this gift shop, but it does stock handmade glass, ceramics, bound books etc that are all modern versions of traditional Hungarian crafts.
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Írók Boltja
For Hungarian authors in translation, this is the place to go.
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Játékszerek Anno
The wonderful little 'Anno Playthings' shop near Nyugati train station sells finely made reproductions of antique wind-up and other old-fashioned toys.
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Kaiser's Szupermarket
Kaiser's Szupermarket is a good-sized supermarket south of XI Béla Bartók út.
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Kaiser's Szupermarket
Kaiser's Szupermarket is opposite the Nyugati train station.
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Kieselbach Galéria
This is without a doubt the best source in the city for Hungarian painting and other works of fine art, and there are frequent auctions.
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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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Központi Antikvárium
For antique and secondhand books in Hungarian, German and English, try the 'Central Antiquarian Bookshop', established in 1885 and the largest of its kind in Budapest.
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La Boutique des Vins
Owned and operated by the former sommelier at the exclusive Gundel restaurant, 'The Wine Shop' has an excellent selection of Hungarian wines. Ask the staff to recommend a bottle.
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Lekvárium
This little speciality shop stocks homemade jams and bottled fruit and honey, wine from the Siklós and Villány regions of southern Hungary and fruit-flavoured brandies. It is the place to visit to pick up a jar or two of Hungary's greatest edible contribution to humanity - traditionally made lekvár (fruit jam), especially the apricot variety.
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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 and music, and a café and internet access 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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Liszt Ferenc Zeneműbolt
The 'Ferenc Liszt Music Shop' has mostly classical CDs, tapes and vinyl as well as books of local interest and very scary staff.
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Magma
In the centre of the Belváros, this showroom focuses on Hungarian design and designers - with everything from glassware and porcelain to textiles and furniture.
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Magyar Pálinka Ház
If you're into Hungarian pálinka , the exquisite brandy flavoured with everything from peach and plum to cherry, make a beeline for this place.
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Mammut
The two 'Mammoths' (Mammut I and Mammut II) - side by side in Buda - are true 'shopping and amusement centres', with almost as many fitness centres, billiard parlours, dance clubs and cafés as shops. They attract the Buda middle class in droves.
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Match
Large supermarkets are everywhere in Pest, including Match facing Blaha Lujza tér; it has a district VI branch at the corner with VI Nagymező utca.
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Mézes Kuckó
The place to go if you've got the urge for something sweet; its nut-and-honey cookies are to die for, and the colourful gingerbread hearts make excellent gifts.
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MOM Park Shopping Mall
South Buda's biggest mall has both office and retail space, including a nine-screen cinema, recreation centre and in-house brewery pub.
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Monarchia
This fashion house stocks funky one-off and made-to-measure items that have a distinctly Magyar stamp. There is a branch in the West End City Centre.
