szimpla-kert-ruin-bar Szimpla Kert is one of the best bustling ruin bars in Budapest, and the oldest of them all, with a vibrant atmosphere, eclectic crowds on most nights, enjoying a live concert, film screening, chatting, people watching and clubbing.

Budapest's ruin bars were born at the turn of the new millennium from the gentrifying urban decay of the city's 7^th District. These creative and cobbled-together spaces quite literally hijack ruins – abandoned warehouses, empty parking lots, historic buildings – and call them home.