How to Spend a Rainy Day in Budapest

What Can You Do in Budapest in Bad Weather?

Here’s our roundup of the best indoor activities to make the most of a wet day in Budapest.
If you need help organizing an awesome day out, drop us a message.


If you want to cosy up at a tea or coffee house

- take in the surreal decoration at Csendes ruin café

- hug a teddy bear in the fairy-tale atmosphere of Rengeteg RomKafé

- pet some animals at the Cat Museum, Zoo Café or at the Cat Café

- choose from an endless list of tea while chilling on soft pillows at Altair, a hidden,  loft-style teahouse

- enjoy some art and read the newest magazines at Kelet café and art gallery


If you're looking for a fun challenge

- play at Europe’s largest pinball museum!

- experience the the Invisible Exhibition when they reopen (hopefully) at a new location. (a blind or visually impaired guide leads your group through different rooms and situations in complete darkness)

- play an awesome escape game (get 5% off with promo code B side tours whether it's Star wars, The Labyrinth or Back to the future)

- beat the other teams at the board game café

- go bowling

- try the ideal shooting activity without pain: laser tag! Get 5% off with promo code B side tours!

- get creative: paint a famous piece of art while sipping on some coctails with Paint and Drink 

- get the ball rollin' below the UV lights at the minigolf bar!

- the content you came for: take photos in different thematic rooms at the Selfie Museum (get 5% off with promo code B Side Tours) or at the Museum of Illusions

- get that ball in the hole.. play pool at Noiret (get a Hungarian to help you with the booking, if you just show up you might just be able to play darts or hang out at the bar)


If you need an adrenaline rush

- get down and dirty while adventure caving in the Buda hills!

- focus on your next step while climbing some walls

- grab the wheel and race against each other outdoors at Hungaroring gokarting (get 5% off with promo code B Side Tours)

- work on your moves at a poledancing class

- take a ride on 11 different water slides at Aquaworld

- let your worst nightmares become reality at the haunted house aka the interactive horror labyrinth!

- go gun shooting or paintballing. You can also try airsofting. (get 5% off with promo code B Side Tours)

- try axe throwing! (get 5% off with promo code B Side Tours)

- jump up and down at a trampoline park


If you feel like relaxing

- choose one of the thermal baths of Budapest

- make it a spa day: play chess at Széchenyi thermal baths

- relax at the rooftop jacuzzi at Turkish bath Rudas

- get a ticket to the sauna world at local favourite Lukács

- make an appointment for a massage at the lesser-known Veli Bej spa


If you like exhibitions

- visit a museum that interests you: House of Hungarian Music, Ludwig Museum, Art Hall, National Gallery, National Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Gallery, House of Terror, 1956 exhibition on Kossuth square etc.

- go on a guided tour inside the Opera house, Great Synagogue, Parliament, Music Academy or Hospital in the Rock

- if you’re into photography: go to the Capa Center or the Mai Manó house

- experience the Light Art Museum in a former market hall

- visit a unique museum like the OSA archives

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If you're looking for a gastromance

- grab tasty breakfast at Zoska or Szimply

- wander around the markets of Budapest

- take a cooking class with ChefParade or cook your own meal at Makery, the DIY restaurant

- book a table and have a beer at Hunyadi home bistro (website only available in Hungarian)

- have dinner at a great Hungarian restaurant like Ghetto Goulash

- try our Gastromance tour


If you're into arts and theatre

- get a ticket to the Opera house or the Operetta theatre

- enjoy an organ concert or a choir sing at Matthias church or St Stephen's Basilica

- check Songkick for the newest concerts in town

- catch a movie (you'll find lots of old movies screening in English at BEM, or newer ones in the art theatres like Művész or Kino)


If you want to go out

- join an epic boat party (get 5% off with promo code B side tours)

- sing your heart out at the Blue Bird karaoke club/rooms at Gozsdu court

- dance the night away at Havana Salsa Bar or Fogasház

- have a drink at one of the ruin bars

- go to an open mic night