A Walk About the Old Jewish Quarter

We learned that there is a market on Sundays in the old Jewish quarter in downtown Budapest, so we headed out to investigate. This part of town is now no longer especially jewish, rather it is a trendy place filled with young people, tourists, and the sorts of stores and restaurants that appeal to them. And there are a few bright spots of street art fun bits to see.



This is a curious building with its mix of brutalist and art nouveau-ish decorative elements. Like a great many buildings in Budapest, it is not well maintained. No doubt the ravages of the Soviet era that there is no money to recover from (yet).

Just a reminder that Mr. Rubik was an Hungarian.

These sorts of streetscapes are common when wandering the city. Once you are off the main streets, bit of graffiti start appearing more frequently and damage (done by cars?) seems to simply go unrepaired.

The matter-of-fact style of these doors seem to lie somewhere between a barred doorway to keep people out (in?) and an attempt to create a decorative entry.

At the entry to the alleyway with the market, stood this suit of armour with a sign welcoming us to the shopping experience. The alley has table on both sides leaving a narrow walkway in between. Thus, I did not get more than a few instagram photos from our walk through the crowds.

Although these last two images are a bit out of order, they seem to fit here best. On our tour of the Dohany Street Synagogue (next post), we could see the backside of several buildings that gave an interesting view of the city.

The best is this building with the one-way sloping roof. We see shorter versions of this sort of thing in our neighborhood, so it seem to be a pretty common style of building. This is remarkable for the brightly colored vines that grow up one side of the tall, narrow structure. The extent of patchwork on the side makes one wonder how it has managed to stand through the years.