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The best authentic movie theatres in Budapest you need to visit
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Though Cinema City has reopened many of its theatres on the 3rd of June, if you are in for a different kind of cinema experience, we have some suggestions.
Bem cinema
In the heart of the city, two minutes from the river, Bem is
an old-fashioned, one-room, repertory cinema and pub that offers cult movies and a typical Budapest ruin pub atmosphere.
It is also one of the city’s oldest movie theatres, as it was founded back in the era of silent movies, in 1908, by the name of Helios. It has had many names and many owners over the years, and it had to close several times. To the great delight of cinema lovers, however, it reopened as a one-of-a-kind repertory cinema in 2016.
Since then, its success has been unbridled. They screen movie classics like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly or The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as well as modern favourites, and Academy Award-winning works like Parasite. They also have screenings for movie pairs or trilogies, night screening, movie marathons, and thematic events.
They only screen movies in the original language, with Hungarian subtitles. Its unique feature is that
the pub and the cinema live in symbiosis, so, for example, you can take your beer or fröccs with you to the screening.
If you love movie classics but also crave the cinematic atmosphere (that being a big screen, the soothing buzz of a projector, cheap popcorn, and a room full of people), Bem is the perfect choice. Check out the screenings on their Facebook page!
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