3 crazy and fun museums you must see in Budapest

Budapest is undoubtedly one of the best tourist destinations in Europe. The tasty cuisine, the best spas, the beautiful buildings, the nicest museums, and the overall atmosphere are attracting many tourists to the capital city of Hungary. But what happens if someone prefers the fun museums or simply wishes to see another side of Budapest?

The answer is easy. There are many nice places to check out other than the popular tourist sights. Budapest offers countless opportunities to spend your time filled with fun and laughter. You can visit Csopa Science Center, the Budapest Retro Museum or the Selfie Museum. Below we give you an idea of how to make the most out of your visit at these cool places.

Csopa Science Center

The renewed Csopa Science Center on 5000 sq metres and two floors awaits visitors with more than 250 interactive games at Kolosy square in Óbuda.  There are many things to discover, such as the Nature’s workshop, the Hall of scientists, the magnetic field, the space station, the logic station, Newton’s apple garden, illusion, but visitors can also see the station called birth.

Visitors can check out the Ridcher Gedeon Lab. “If you would like to participate actively in the mystical, physical, chemical or biological processes and you would like to try carrying out experiments or get insight into the secrets of celestial phenomena such as lightning, here is your place in the Gedeon Richter lab!” – csopa.hu writes.

Experimental demonstrations at the Öveges stage are also something worth seeing. There are 4 escape rooms as well. Games can also be played at Csopa. But if this is not enough, visitors can check out the 9D ride movie, a 5D ride movie or the circle cinema.

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Budapest Retro Museum

While retro museums are quite common worldwide, this one seems to be worth visiting. According to the website , visitors “can patrol a communist housing estate in a real LADA police car, see what Bertalan Farkas, the Hungarian astronaut of the Soviet-Hungarian space flight took into space”, but they can also see what a news segment studio looked like in the past. Moreover, the museum also houses a bistro where people can go to grab something to eat or relax in a retro atmosphere.

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Museum of Sweets and Selfies

You can double the fun if you wish, because this museum has two different venues. The Museum Of Sweets & Selfies No. 1 Origin can be found at 1061 Budapest, Paulay Ede sreet 43. The one called Museum Of Sweets & Selfies No. 2 Bubbles is at 1072 Budapest, Rákóczi street 40. Take a look at the pictures below and decide where you would like to snap some photos.

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Source: csopa.hu, bpretro.com, szelfimuzeum.hu