Váci Street, Pedestrian shopping street in District V, Hungary.

Váci utca is a pedestrian shopping street in Pest's District V, running from Vörösmarty tér to Fővám tér near the Danube. Its northern stretch, a pedestrian zone since 1964, is lined with shops, restaurants and the Pesti Színház theatre; the quieter southern part keeps 19th-century classicist and eclectic facades. The paving stones were laid in 2013.

The street developed in the 18th century as a central boulevard leading toward a medieval city gate and gradually became one of Pest's main commercial arteries. Handsome mansions built during the 19th and 20th centuries lined the route and reflected the growing prosperity of the expanding city.

The street takes its name from the city of Vác, and its northern stretch has been a pedestrian zone since 1964, the first in the inner city. Paving stones were laid in 1986, two years after Vörösmarty Square was finished, and the present stones date from 2013. At the Pesti Színház, at number 9, the courtyard once held the Corso cinema, converted into the Bartók concert hall in 1950.

The street connects easily to public transit through metro stations at both ends: Vörösmarty tér on line M1 to the north and Ferenciek tere on line M3 to the south. You can reach it quickly and walk the full length on foot without traffic concerns.

The outlines of the former Váci and Belgrád city gates are set into the paving at the two ends of the street. The northern gate, the Váci kapu, stood at the top of the street in the Ottoman period, when the northern stretch was called the Bécsi utca mahalle.