Hungary » Entertainment in Budapest

Budapest is a fun place to party. Dance scene in Budapest is gaining international prestige and there are the pubs and bars you can dream of. In many dancings you can just sit and enjoy a drink, while quite a few bars and pubs will have a dance floor. It's up to you to sample the different places and decide which one suits.

Budapest offers a number of possibilities for travellers to entertain. Budapest is the centre of musical life of Hungary. The convenient way to get tickets is to buy them in the central ticket office on Andrassy Avenue or at the hotel receptions. Concerts are held in open air, closed halls and sport arenas. The biggest light music event of Budapest is the Sziget Festival. There are more than 40 theatres in Budapest.

There are lots of casinos located in historical buildings, not much far from hotels. There is only one casino in Budapest where you can enter without evening dress, which is Las Vegas Casino.
Casinos in Budapest:

• Las Vegas Casino
• Central Casino
• Tropicana Casino
• Grand Casino
• Senator Casinos
• Club Seven

Budapest has plenty of nightclubs and bars, with flyers of which you will surely meet if you take a walk in Vaci Street during the evening. The services and the prices of the night-clubs are very different. Some are very expensive, none of them are cheap, but while some have comparatively suitable prices. The monument Zoo, in 1990s, is one of the world's oldest Zoo's. The Garden more than 500 animals and 4000 plants are collected. The Amusement Park in the Városliget offers big wheel, switchback, shooting gallery, carousel, dodge and many other exciting programs for visitors.

The Budapest Great Circus in City Park is located here from 1878. The building became the permanent residence of the circus only in 1971. During weekdays, performances are held twice a day in the afternoon and in the evening. While during weekends only once in the morning.