Urania National Cinema

Budapest


This tarted-up film palace is an art deco/neo-Moorish extravaganza showing mostly arthouse films in their original language with Hungarian subtitles. It has an excellent cafe with balcony on the 1st floor overlooking busy Rákóczi út. It's open from 10:30am to 10pm daily.


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