2 Best Bars in Belvaros (Inner City), Budapest

Among Budapest's best ruin bars—drinking holes built within old, abandoned postwar buildings and populated with flea market furniture—Csendes oozes underground atmosphere. Csendes means quiet in Hungarian, but this vintage bar is, in fact, almost always lively. The junk shop chic decor (think hanging bicycles, vintage knickknacks, and industrial artworks) brings in the hipster crowds, while the great beer selection, quality bar food, and incredible prices ensure they stick around. A few doors down, Csendes also has a lovely café-wine bar with a terrace (at the corner entrance to Károlyi-kert).

At the southern tip of the Inner Town, facing the Central Market Hall, this popular pub is most notable for the thousands of pieces of paper stuck all over the walls and ceiling. Every guest is encouraged to add their own note—but only after enjoying a drink and a hearty meal (like the enormous bowl of homemade goulash soup).