Szimpla Kert

The most unique bar I've ever been to! It's a ruin bar with a lively atmosphere, live music and a wide range of drinks to choose from.

This ruin bar called Szimpla Kert in Budapest, Hungary, is a whole abandoned building with broken walls, bright lights, bizarre decorations, and a sea of ​​people. Everyone is holding a glass of wine and laughing loudly. There are bars in several corners of this old building. I didn't dare to go to crowded places. I bought a glass of blueberry juice and found a corner with the least people and stood with my back against the wall.

The world-famous ruin bars are scattered in the dilapidated and abandoned old buildings in Budapest. These old apartments and factories that have long been uninhabited have not been forgotten. Some people opened bars here, attracting artists to create graffiti, and gradually formed a unique ruin culture. Furniture and decorations are almost all abandoned by previous residents, and have been transformed or modified, and are placed in the bars. The most famous one is called "Szimpla Kert", and I plan to go and see it.

Walking in Budapest, it is hard not to be attracted by the ruin bars that people talk about. How can the two words "ruins" and "bar" be put together? They contrast sharply, just like coffee and Maotai. However, since we have Luckin Moutai, it seems not surprising that there is a ruin bar, and it has become a representative landmark of Budapest. Here is the story of Szimpla Kert, the first ruin bar, which I sorted out from everyone's mouth. This bar was born in the Jewish Quarter of Budapest (if you come to Budapest to play, you will definitely pass by here!) There were originally many Jewish residents here; during World War II, the Jewish Quarter became a gathering area for the Germans to isolate Jews. After the war, this place was depressed and dilapidated, with nine out of ten houses empty and full of abandoned buildings. Like any other corner of the world, wasteland in the city often becomes fertile ground for artists. Around 2000, four young people suddenly had an idea and decided to make something different for Budapest, which was full of cafes and restaurants. They were poor and chose a building in the Jewish Quarter that was about to be demolished. They added second-hand furniture picked up from the attic and the garbage dump, and of course music. These things made up Szimpla Kert (it is said to mean small garden in Hungarian, please correct me if I am wrong). It sounds very underground. However, underground things are destined to go out of the underground, towards the light, and towards their opposite. It’s just that Szimpla Kert’s underground years were particularly short. It is said that after only a few days, young people in Budapest had already discovered this place by word of mouth, and since then, the nightclub here has never been empty. Today, Szimpla Kert has become a destination that every tourist who comes to Budapest cannot ignore. It’s no longer underground, but the style remains forever. Let’s talk about the bar itself. It is a two-story building, and the exterior still retains an abandoned appearance. Inside, surrounded by layers of graffiti and shabby furniture, there is actually a cross-layer open-air plant area in the green metal frame. It grows a touch of fresh green in the devastation, just like the bar itself, like a flower blooming in the ruins. The interior furniture and furnishings here (that is, second-hand furniture) are renovated every year or even every quarter. So, every time you come here, you can see a different bar. There will be a flea market here on Saturdays; a farmer's market on Sundays; and an art event once a month. The bar is mobile, and people are also mobile. How can it not be called a mobile feast? Come to Budapest, why not come here to sit down. There may not be the best wine here, but you will definitely like the atmosphere (although its neighbors may not like it so much) #Summer needs nightlife #Travel abroad with BUFF