Dohány Street Synagogue

Dohány utcai zsinagóga

Europe's largest synagogue and a Holocaust memorial garden

⚠ Closed Saturdays

Hours

Sun-Thu 10:00-18:00 in October (to 20:00 May-Sep, to 16:00 Nov-Feb); Fri 10:00-16:00; closed Saturdays; last entry 1 hour before closing

Tickets

Adults HUF 14,500, students HUF 12,000; museum, Heroes' Temple and memorial park included. Official site greatsynagogue.hu

Address

Dohány utca 2, District VII

Two onion-domed towers rise over red-and-yellow brick stripes; the doors opened in 1859 and the nave seats about 3,000. The Moorish interior is all gold stencilling and a big organ. Out back stands a weeping willow forged in steel, every leaf engraved with a victim's name. The Heroes' Temple, the Raoul Wallenberg memorial park and the Jewish Museum sit in the same compound, so one ticket fills half a day.