Budapest Nightlife

Whether you are interested in cultural events, would like quality entertainment, or just want to party until dawn, Budapest is the perfect place to be in - the Hungarian capital offers many choices when it comes to night-time fun. Downtown Budapest, but the suburbian part of the town as well, is full of theathers and cinemas, bars and clubs, dance halls and discos, many of the open untill very late in the night.

If you like literature or classical music, you can spend a pleasant evening watching one of your favourite plays or operas on stage. Hungarian directors well known all over the world are constantly working with their best actors (they too seen often in many internationally acknowledged films) to give new meanings to the visions of great international playwrights, from old William Shakespeare and Moliere, to famous Henrik Ibsen and Samuel Beckett, to 20th century Tennessee Williams and Jean Cocteau and to the modern Frank McGuiness and Patrick Marber. There are quite a few theaters worth visiting, especially as most of them also feature English language performances given by local artists or international guests. The National Theatre has recently moved into a beautiful new building surrounded by a large park that serves as a reminder of the gloriuos tradition of Hungarian acting. International Buda Stage often invites foreign theater groups, sometimes even students to perform. Merlin International Theatre hosts several companies form abroad all through the year, some of them guests for an entire season. The Laser Theatre puts on several shows where the dance of a thousand lightbeams follows the tunes of well known melodies. The National Dance Theatre offers quality entertainment to all those who love movement with couples and groups from every corner of the world, the programes include ballet, modern dancing and traditional national dances. The National Opera House and Erkel Theatre with its magnificent building provides a unique setting for a night to remember