5Freyja - the croissant story
A hipster paradise, Freyja specializes in luxurious croissants and morning pastries that are excessively sized and liberally filled. They are among the best one will find in Budapest: rich and flaky and buttery (Freyja first earned a name for itself with its pistachio-cream croissant). It should go without saying that these bombastic croissants come with notably steep price tags. Also here: new-wave coffee and space to linger. One of the reasons that Freyja's somewhat offbeat location attracts a crowd is because many international students from the nearby University of Veterinary Medicine live around here. Freyja has recently expanded its operations also to Vienna.
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