Ecseri Piac

Top choice in Budapest


One of the biggest flea markets in Central Europe, Ecseri sells everything from antique jewellery and Soviet army watches to Fred Astaire–style top hats.

Take bus 54 from Pest's Boráros tér, or for a quicker journey, express bus 84E, 89E or 94E from the Határ út stop on the M3 metro line in Pest and get off at Naszód utca.

Early Saturday is the best time to go for those diamonds in the rough.


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