Record Stores in Budapest, Hungary
24 record stores — last verified August 2026.
- AktRecords
Airy Ó utca techno/house specialist with turntables for previewing before you buy, a secondhand crate, and a sideline in Carhartt and New Balance clothing; run by DJ and techno enthusiast Isu for over two decades.
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- Beat On The Brat Vinyl & Bar
Buda-side record store by day, pub by night on Frankel Leó út near Margaret Bridge -- secondhand vinyl (heavy on the 1980s-90s), a few CDs and cassettes, bins pushed back after sunset for a lively bar crowd.
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- CD Pince
Cellar shop on Erzsébet körút built around rock and metal -- vinyl, CDs, shirts and merch, with the odd pop/rap crossover find; a long-running two-owner operation loved for its old-school crate-digging atmosphere.
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- Concerto Records
Small classical-music specialist on Hollán Ernő utca, well below online prices per reviewers; new and used classical vinyl curated by owners who know the catalogue inside out.
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- Deep
Aradi utca electronic-music specialist relocated from Sopron in 1999, focused on house, techno, drum'n'bass, hip-hop, funk and soul; DJ staff, listening stations and a following of crate-diggers who rate it among Budapest's best.
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- Headbanger Ltd.
One of Hungary's best-known metal shops, on Múzeum körút for over 30 years -- vinyl, CDs and Blu-rays from Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath down, plus a full wall of band merch and shirts.
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- Joker CD-DVD Bolt
XIII. kerület walk-in and mail-order CD/DVD shop (operated by Pop 2006 Kft.) with a dedicated VINYL/LP section covering Hungarian, foreign, classical, children's and holiday releases, plus buy/sell of used discs.
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- Kalóz Records
District VIII secondhand specialist behind the National Museum on Bródy Sándor utca, curating classic rock, jazz, disco, new wave, hip-hop, world/folk, 45s and cassettes; a Financial Times-listed favourite among collectors.
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- Laci Bácsi lemezboltja
Kertész utca institution rated among Eastern Europe's best secondhand vinyl shops -- thousands of LPs filed alphabetically rather than by genre, strong in classical, jazz, prog and Hungarian pressings; actively buys collections.
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- Lemezkuckó CD Store
Open since 1986, one of Budapest's oldest surviving record shops -- vinyl, CDs, DVDs and cassettes across every genre with a strong secondhand Hungarian-music selection on Király utca, organised alphabetically by artist.
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- Média Pont A Lemezbolt
Small Újlipótváros record cabin on Hollán Ernő utca near the river and Parliament, specialising in Hungarian 1960s beat and 1970s prog finds; best pieces are posted to social media first, and card payment isn't always accepted.
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- Metro-Nom Hanglemezbolt
District XIII shop open since 1985 on Kresz Géza utca with a particular focus on Depeche Mode and other electronic/alternative acts, alongside a broad general secondhand stock.
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- MG Records Vinyl Shop
Eye-catching cellar shop on Üllői út trading for around six years, with (per its own marketing) the largest selection in Hungary across vinyl, CD and DVD, plus a small no-alcohol coffee corner.
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- musicland
Cavernous Tivadar utca store on 160 square metres of new and secondhand CDs, DVDs and vinyl LPs, sister operation to neighbouring Neon Music; strong classics-and-new-release LP wall plus a large used-CD room.
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- Neon Music
Official Hungarian partner of Warp, Ninja Tune and !K7 on Almássy tér, stocking thousands of new electronic vinyl and CDs with a strong rare/archive selection; LGBTQ+-friendly, sharing a building with sister shop musicland.
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- Premium Vinyl Record Shop
Ring-the-bell shop on Báthory utca in the Ruin Bar district, showing on Google under two names (Premium Vinyl Record Shop / Vintage Records Hanglemezbolt) at the same address; Hungarian and international pop, rock, folk, jazz and electronic.
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- Rock Discount
Király utca shop devoted almost entirely to Hungarian rock and pop music on vinyl and CD; a deep catalogue of domestic pressings, though service is Hungarian-language only.
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- Rock's New & Used CDs, LPs Deal
Below-ground Vas utca shop specialising in rare Hungarian and Polish jazz pressings alongside new and used CDs/LPs; cash only. Reviewers flag an idiosyncratic owner but repeatedly praise the crate-digging.
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- Rózsavölgyi és Társa Zeneműbolt
Pest's oldest continuously operating music shop (est. 1850) on Szervita tér; alongside sheet music, books and instruments it stocks new and antique vinyl records, and absorbed Kodály Zoltán Zeneműbolt's antique-record trade when that shop closed for good in June 2026.
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- Solaris hanglemez és CD bolt
33-year-old rock specialist tucked in a courtyard on Szent István körút near Vígszínház, run by the same owner ('Peti') since opening; vinyl and CD stock with an old-school walk-up-and-ring-the-bell atmosphere.
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- Soul Cure Records
Hidden-gem secondhand specialist on Rózsa utca curating soul, funk, house, electronic and jazz; a small, tightly edited stock favouring quality over quantity, well known to Budapest's jazz-vinyl hunters.
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- Vintage Shop (hanglemez vinyl)
Small streetside kiosk on Baross utca -- the kind of stand usually selling newspapers or snacks -- devoted to old Hungarian vinyl; one of the best prices reviewers found in Budapest, though at least one visitor mistook it for a jewellery stall.
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- Vinyl To Go Hanglemezbolt Record Store
Beautifully organised Erzsébet körút shop with vinyl, CDs and cassettes across genres including strong local Hungarian pressings; consistently the highest-rated record store in the city on Google.
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- Wave music
District VI institution and Hungary's longest-running independent record shop -- the mecca for Hungarian alternative music since the early 1990s, with new Hungarian releases, jazz, folk and international indie/rock. Closed Sundays.
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Recently closed
- Bakelit Hu .
- Kodály Zoltán Zeneműbolt és Zenei Antikvárium closed June 2026.
- Newport Records .
- ROCK IN' BOX Records .
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Frequently asked questions
How many record stores are in Budapest, Hungary?
Budapest, Hungary has 24 record stores in the directory, last verified August 2026.
Has a record store in Budapest closed recently?
Yes — Bakelit Hu, Kodály Zoltán Zeneműbolt és Zenei Antikvárium (June 2026), Newport Records, ROCK IN' BOX Records closed recently. Their pages stay up with a list of nearby open shops.
Are there listening bars or vinyl cafes in Budapest?
Yes — 1 of Budapest's record stores double as a bar, cafe, or combo space: Beat On The Brat Vinyl & Bar.