Szimpla Kert Ruins Pub
Szimpla Kert is the first Ruin’s Pub , and it’s a Budapest Icon. One of my favorite aspects of Budapest is their Ruin’s Pubs, unique to this city and a never ending treasure trove of art and culture. AND the stand out favorite among them all for me is Szimpla Kert. I can and do spend hours in there taking pictures of the endless and infinite things to see, read, and appreciate in every nook and cranny of the 2 story space.
“In the early 2000s, the inner part of the VII District was made up of crumbling, abandoned buildings. Once the site of the Jewish ghetto, the historic Jewish Quarter became dilapidated in the decades following World War II, after the deportation of 10,000s Jews. In 2002, the guys behind Szimpla opened up the very first venue on Kertész utca – where you’ll find the Szimpla Café today. However, the real kick happened in 2004, when Ábel Zsendovits and his friends decided to gamble on a condemned building complex on Kazinczy street, which marked the start of the legendary ruin bar we all know and love today.
Szimpla began as a small experiment, a bar set up in an abandoned buildin offering affordable drinks for the young and creative crowd in Budapest. Szimpla became a bohemian hub after the crumbling building got spruced up with local design and vintage, mismatched furniture. Its chaos and eclecticism has turned it into one of the world’s most famous bars.”
