Ecseri Flea Market

A visit to this long-established traditional flea market is a great day out for both Hungarians and foreign visitors. It has since the middle of the nineteenth century been held in various locations, always slightly further out from the city centre. Since the 1960's it has not even been on Ecseri út although it is still known by that name. Perhaps confusingly, it is also sometimes known as 'Tangó'.
The market is over four acres big, and since nearly all of it is under cover it is still comfortable to visit and browse around in inclement weather. Open: Monday to Friday, 8.0 am-4.0 pm.; Saturday, 6.0 am.-3.0 pm.; Sunday, 8.0 am.-1.0 pm. The serious bargain hunters will be found there first thing on a Saturday morning, before most tourists have even risen from their bed!

Budapest Flea Market

Saturdays and Sundays, from 8.0 a.m. until 2.0 p.m. Here there are few genuine tradesmen, the majority of the several hundred vendors being ordinary people selling just bits and pieces for a few forint. Some are visibly very poor indeed, and thus a visit to the Market gives an insight into an aspect of Hungary most tourists do not see. Which is not to say that amongst the flotsam and jetsam there are not also sometimes some real bargains to be found.