Szimpla Kert

This guide to Szimpla Kert in Budapest starts in 2004, when a condemned block near a former stove factory was slated for demolition and a group of friends, including Ábel Zsendovits, moved in before the bulldozers could. It follows how they filled the courtyard with salvaged junk, a bathtub turned sofa, a gutted television, an old Trabant parked indoors, drawing other bar owners nearby to copy the idea. Notice the graffiti strangers have added to the walls around you.