Budapest's best ‘ruin bars’

How derelict industrial spaces became hip Hungarian watering holes

By Mary Novakovich, for CNN 24 October, 2013

Kuplung -- the bar where a car repair shop used to be ("kuplung" means clutch).

It's funny they call them ruin bars because for their founders it’s generally led to good fortune.

It started around 2001, so the story goes, with a bunch of young men looking for cheap places to drink.

From their thirst and shallow pockets have grown some of the most lively and stylish places to drink in Budapest -- so-called ruin bars.

Derelict buildings and unused outdoor spaces have been transformed into friendly, pleasingly chaotic bars where you can still get a large beer for less than $2.

source: http://travel.cnn.com/budapests-best-ruin-bars-051056