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Among the highlights: his oversized, primitive recording device which he dragged all over historic Hungary, having local residents sing their songs into it, and his furniture, most of which is handmade from various parts of Transylvania. The ladies who staff the museum can give you a tour in English and are very nice and accommodating.

While you are there, make sure you walk through the Napraforgo ut. housing estate, built in 1931 to house refugees from areas cut off from Hungary by the Treaty of Trianon. Architecture fans will delight in the display of creativity there, from Bauhaus to Arts and Crafts. Unfortunately, rich Buda residents are now buying all of them out and restoring them according to their own tastes, so the results of that could harm the ensemble, but you should go there anyway.

This is a great doubleheader excursion well off the well-trodden tourist paths.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19116 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18386 It has a wealth of information for people who really love Budapest and want to know the city better.
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The 1,200 metre labyrinth of caves and tunnels open to the public was once the haunt of prehistoric man, and more recently served as an air raid shelter during the Second World War. What is on offer to visitors today is a nerve-testing series of delights, with the highlights including gargoyles projectile vomiting blood and a section called the 'Labyrinth of Courage' - a terrifying, pitch-black, 'hold on to a rope and edge forward a centimetre at a time' sort of experience.

Bear in mind that to a person of a nervous disposition the labyrinth might be considered a less than pleasurable excursion, but personally I found it to be one of the most original and exciting hours that I spent in Budapest.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17481 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4966
Not at all pompous, so you don't have to be a boffin to enjoy it. The atmosphere is relaxed and the staff are lovely - if a bottle's empty just shout up and they'll open another.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4966 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4918 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4918 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4903 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4903 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1195 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1195 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4977
On the downside, quite a few of the museums are free to enter anyway; lots of the sites we had planned to visit were closed over the winter even though they were still listed in the Budapest Guide brochure as being open; none of the restaurants we fancied were part of the Budapest Card scheme and those listed generally weren't for us.

On our five-day break in January we found that we just about broke even on the cost of purchasing the card. The main benefit we found was the convenience of hopping on and off buses, trams and trains without having to get our tickets punched each time.

Having the card also encouraged us to travel further afield and do more things (to get our money's worth) than we might have done otherwise. For those who like more freedom to choose where they go and what they visit it could be worth exploring the ordinary travel cards as an alternative.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4977 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4964 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4964 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4632 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4632