4+1 Haunted Malls In Budapest – shopping habits

In Budapest, most malls are successful and crowded, but some shopping centres are absolutely unprofitable and deserted. Some exaples are collected here:

CHINA MART

Photo: Hungarian Chamber of Architects

This Chinese 42 thousands square metre mall has been open since 2003, and it was designed to be a wholesale showroom and information centre by turkish companies. Althought it is just of the popular Chinese mall called Asia Centre at edge of the city, China Mart is unable to attract customers.

Millenium Shopping Center

Photo: millenniumcenter.hu

Most strangely, this mall is not at the edge of the city, right in the City Centre, where Vaci Street is located. It is the most well-known shopping street and tourist attraction in Budapest. However, it still not enough to bring in visitors to Millenium Shopping Center.

Bálna (Whale)

Photo: Istvan Szécsi/index.hu

As we published before, Bálna has just been born. Since it has a special cultural profile, Bálna will probably not be a crowded mall in the future, either.