Travel Blog: "ruin-bar"

The aesthetic of Budapest is an endearing and contrasting mix of old & new, sophisticated & shabby, and often wonderfully eccentric. The ruin pubs of Budapest, housed in abandoned buildings and decorated with unique flair and mismatched furnishings, are an integral element to many people’s perception of the city; but these are relatively new phenomena, springing up in the last sixteen years or so following the pioneering Szimpla Kert ruin bar.

You can't come to Budapest without diving into the ruin bar culture, and who better than tell you which are the best ruin bar than a local resident of Budapest, and Backpacker Pub Crawl pub crawl guide *wink* *wink*. What are these glorious places you keep hearing about? Why thank you for asking: ruin bars are previously abandoned buildings turned into awesome bars essentially. Known for their quirkiness and all round dilapidated glory, there only one of the millions of reasons you'll fall in love with Budapest.  So here it is, the Generation Pub Crawl guide to Budapest's best ruin bars.