The main second-hand market of Budapest, the Ecseri Piac (Piac means Market) is an exciting, bustling place, a cavalcade of old and new, where every object on sale has it own story. The market's atmosphere and size can be compared to Portobello Road in London, or the Paris Flea Market.
Besides the occasional sellers, most prestigious antique shop owners with shops in downtown Budapest also have little booths here. The market is located in the outskirts of Budapest and offers both high quality antiques and objects of smaller value for those seeking gifts.
In this hungarian cultmovie Eldorádó you can see a part of the famous former market, which originally was
in the 8th district at the Teleki tér. This market worked already in the middle of the 19th century as poultrymarket, nowadays is more a ghostcourt, with very few customers, but on the hanging plats you can still
have a feeling of the "those times". In the scene emerges also a quiet wide papermoney, which was called "pengő", the former currency before the "forint".
It is best to visit the Ecseri Market on a Saturday morning, because that's when the market is at its busiest. A very important aspect of shopping here is that you must bargain with the seller - it's all part of the show; accepting the price right away is not customary. You can go there even if it's raining, as nearly the whole area is covered.
Address: Disctrict 19, Budapest, Nagykőrösi út 156.
From Határ út take bus Nr. 54 to the market, close to my hostel.
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