Váci utca (, ''Váci street'') is one of the main pedestrian thoroughfares and perhaps the most famous street of central

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. It features many restaurants and shops catering primarily to the tourist market. The

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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:

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, H&M,

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and

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. The street opens to Vörösmarty Square. The street is known for

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s. 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

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. 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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