🍞 Central Market Hall Budapest 🍞 布達佩斯中央市場 🍞 #myeuropaplog series 歐洲行旅照片記錄系列

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The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall (Hungarian "Nagyvásárcsarnok") is the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, Hungary.  The market offers a huge variety of stalls. As tourists, it seems inevitable to pay this place a visit. So we did. But.... probably won't in the future... you will see in a bit. Still, I will recommend you to come here and have a look. Just don't.... :)

布達佩斯中央市場歷史悠久... 幾乎所有旅遊書都會寫到它。我們原本時間不多,但離飯店近,還是來看看,順便想買買紀念品。雖然,去過之後,結論是以後不再來了(詳後),但如果你來這裡,我覺得還是可以來看看,只是要注意不要.... :)

Look around, it is very interesting to see what those stalls are selling... yes, from these stalls you can get some clue about how the lives here are like. I've always love browsing markets. 

四處看看,什麼都有,市場嘛,就是當地人生活的縮影。蔬菜、水果、魚跟肉、起司麵包,辣椒(對!匈牙利到處是紅辣椒,是名產,但不太辣的)與各種用品等... 生意蠻好的.... 

Famous Hungarian Pepper - Paprika!!

這就是匈牙利辣椒專賣店了,紅椒粉 Paprika 是名產,但不太辣的

Hungarian Wine is famous. It sells not only Tokaji here... 

匈牙利一個超有名的產品就是甜白酒 (Tokaji) ,可以買來送人。但我不太喝甜的酒就是了...

Some handmade wood utensils. Pretty good. We bought some too! :) 

這些木製品很精緻,價錢也合理。我們也買了一些。

It has 2nd floor, selling some souvenirs, clothes and there are also some local food stalls... Let's have a look. 

二樓賣些紀念品、衣服以及當地的小吃店與酒吧等,上樓看看吧!視野很好。

We had a bite at the 2nd floor and picked a stall that had empty seats and seemed alright serving local cuisines.

我們在二樓看到不少當地小吃,看得餓了,找了一家看似當地料理的店,剛好也有位置。亂點了一把。

Turns out ... WE GOT RIPPED OFF!! Food was lousy and extremely expensive! Of course there was no prices shown!! As we were eating their food, we looked at the owner and "the gang" walking around smiling like saying "It's not my fault ... you come here means you want to be ripped off!".... Pissed!! This is the worse place in Budapest. Other places are lovely...

結果... 是個騙觀光客的爛店!忘記花了多少錢了,總之很貴!東西也難吃。布達佩斯其實不是很貴的地方,所以我們一吃那食物品質,以及算清楚花多少錢後,馬上知道被敲竹槓了!很後悔沒去另一家生意爆好但幾乎沒有位子的店。吃著這些東西,看著老闆跟"黨羽們"四處走來走去還帶著笑容,臉上似乎在說"你們來就是想被敲啊,這可不能怪我...哈哈哈~~~~" 氣死我們了!這是布達佩斯最讓我們厭惡的地方,以後不來中央市場了,根本都是騙觀光客的... 其他地方還是很棒的....


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Good bye central market! Probably won't see you again! 

再見了中央市場,下次我再來布達佩斯,多半不會來看你了。好好做人啊!


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Welcome to Budapest, my hometown!

Sorry to hear what happened to you. Unfortunately, ripping off tourists is popular here. Also, take care with Taxis. I hate all the taxi drivers here, they are all douchebags, and most of them will charge more when they realize you are a tourist.
Like there was a guy who charged $150 from an Australian girl last summer at Sziget festival for a $5 ride. It went viral in local media.
Besides this, Budapest is an awesome city!
If you haven't been there, you should walk thru the Szabadság-bridge. It's closed from traffic, and usually, there are many cool programs there. It's 5 mins walk away from Vásárcsarnok.

Great! I plan to go back too! :) Glad I did not take any taxi. Szabadság-bridge noted.

Thank you local!!

I took a taxi in Budapest once, and at least I bargained the price before I got in. The number os 0s on the currency and the cheap beers doesnt make it easy to work out how much you are paying!

I second this, @ragnartheking and @deanliu.

I visited Budapest 8 years ago, and I was ripped off by a taxi driver who charged me like $50 for what should have been a cheap ride. Here's what my reaction should have been:

Unfortunately I was coming home from a party, was tired and didn't do the conversion math until the next morning.

The same thing happened to a friend of mine, who was staying in a fancier hotel than me. He got so upset that he brought it up with the reception of the hotel, demanding they took action. And they did: they contacted the taxi company and he actually ended up getting his money back. So there was def no doubt that he had been scammed.

I am sorry you got scammed with your meal. The scams aside though, Budapest is a beautiful city! Looks like you had a great time there. And seeing your images brings back some of my own memories.

Did you also visit the Szechenyi Spa Baths? I LOVED that place. So beautiful, and relaxing. Here's a pic I found from my when I visited the spa:

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Overall this market seems very attractive. specially, the hand made wooden utensils adored me a lot... very nice post.

yeah, still interesting despite some unpleasant experiences.

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Hey @deanliu.. Lovely post with some great photos... This post gave us the feeling of a roller coaster ride, where we experience the highs (great place) and lows (fraud restrauteurs also called the "gang" in your words 😁)... All in all a good and interesting read. Looking forward to your future posts. ✍️👍✌️📷📸📹📽️

haha. thanks!

You are welcome!

I'd really like to go there someday. Maybe once all this stuff goes to the moon.

Just don't eat what I had. :)

Wow, that sucks.... ive wanted to go to this market place for a long long time, everytime im in budapest i never get a chance to go, sorry you got ripped off, other places in budapest are luckily very nice and people are friendly

exactly my conclusion. :)

Nice one, bringing the Hungary oldest market to world view. Your documentary is good, the pictures are nice. At list you enjoy the meal even though is very expensive hahaha, did you pay for the smile you got from those around? they where all factored into the price of the food. Nice article. Keep it coming.

The location look great and lots of good shots frm you @deanliu, keep it up. I like their market

thanks! :)

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I love that market ! There are very cool vibes there usually. Sorry you got ripped off but shit happened i guess, it is a pity cause it made you hate the place :/
I post a picture here to show you that sometimes, that market can be sweet and relaxing when you are hanging out with some old ladies ;)


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no worries. I will give it a second chance. thanks for sharing!

Looks like the cathedral in my old place..historical

We went there too when we visited Budapest - we had some great food at the same place as well!

obviously NOT at the same stall. haha. that's good to hear you had good food there.

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