Galeria Otthon Áruház in Budapest, Hungary

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Long before shopping malls swallowed modern cities whole, Budapest had Otthon Áruház — a grand urban department store where residents once bought everything from carpets and textiles to kitchen appliances beneath elegant balconies and enormous skylights. Today, the building feels less like a former shop and more like a time capsule sealed somewhere between the Austro-Hungarian era and late socialism. Standing on busy Rákóczi Road, the exterior gives only a hint of what hides inside. Beyond the w

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