RSSBudapest's range of shops has expanded massively in recent years. Main shopping areas are located to south of Vörösmarty tér in central Pest and around pedestrianized Váci utca and Petofi Sándor utca, which have the biggest concentration of glamorous and expensive shops. The main streets radiating out from the centre - Bajcsy-Zsilinszky, Andrássy and Rákóczi út - are other major shopping focuses, as are the two ring boulevards, the Great Boulevard (especially from Margit Bridge to Blaha Lujza tér) and the Kiskörút, while the small streets inside the Nagykörút are also worth exploring.
Modern shopping malls, combining major shopping centres and entertainment facilities, are expensive by Hungarian standards. Two of the closest to the centre are the Mammut by Moszkva tér, which has recently doubled in size with the opening of Mammut II, and WestEnd, by Nyugati Station. Further out are Duna Plaza, XIII, Váci út 178 (Gyöngyös utca metro), and Polus Center, XV, Szentmihályi út 131.
Budapest has three flea markets : Petofi Csarnok (Sat & Sun 7am-2pm) in the Városliget, which has expanded fast and is probably the best in town; the expensive Ecseri piac at XIX, Nagykorösi utca 156 (Mon-Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 7am-noon) and the newcomer on the flea market scene, the Nowák piac at Dózsa Gy. utca 1-3, behind Keleti Station, which has excellent bargains.
Budapest's Antiques Row is Falk Miksa utca, at the Pest end of the Margit Bridge. Shops in the Vár exclusively feature folksy souvenirs like embroidered tablecloths, hussar pots, fancy bottles of Tokaji wine and so forth for foreign tourists. Other good sources of presents are the market halls in Pest: the spectacular Great Market Hall (Nagycsarnok), or smaller ones on Hold and on Rákóczi tér. Other interesting shops include Hephaistos, at V, Molnár utca 27, which sells beautiful wrought iron items, from candle holders to bookshelves; Lekvárium, VII, Dohány utca 39, which has a range of locally made and unusual jams and preserves, as well as delicious elderflower syrup. The puppet shop in the courtyard at V, Haris köz 2 has mar
