Váci utca (Váci street) is one of the main pedestrian thoroughfares and perhaps the most famous street of central
Budapest,
Hungary. It features many restaurants and shops catering primarily to the tourist market. The
Lonely Planet says "It's tourist central, but the line of cafés and shops are worth seeing — at least once."
[Lonely Planet guide to Central Europe, 6th Edition. p.299.]
Váci utca is one of the main shopping streets in Budapest. Among the retailers located here are:
Zara,
H&M,
Mango
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Douglas AG,
Swarovski
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,
Hugo Boss,
Lacoste and
Nike. The street opens to
Vörösmarty Square.
The street is known for
clip joints. Some of these pretend to be strip clubs, but others present themselves as ordinary bars. Typically a female couple ask for directions to a bar and one of them will say it's her
birthday. The goal is to lure the tourists into the bar, then order expensive drinks and let the tourists pay for these expensive drinks.
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See also
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Inner City (Budapest)
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Alter és Kiss
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. The first shop for Alter És Kiss was founded by
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in 1829. The shop was located on 10 (13 today) Váci utca.
References
Streets in Budapest
Tourist attractions in Budapest
Shopping districts and streets
Pedestrian streets in Hungary
Landmarks in Hungary
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