Great Market Hall

Központi Vásárcsarnok

Strings of paprika downstairs, the smell of lángos upstairs

⚠ Closed on public holidays

Hours

Mon–Fri 6am–6pm, Sat 6am–4pm, Sun 10am–4pm; closed on public holidays (per a guide updated August 2026)

Tickets

Free entry

Address

Vámház körút 1-3, District IX, facing Liberty Bridge

Under a roof of patterned Zsolnay tiles, the red-brick hall opens into long aisles beneath an iron-girder ceiling. The ground floor is strings of red paprika, salami, goose liver and Tokaji wine; the basement has fishmongers and pickle stalls. Upstairs, between the souvenir stands, the smell of frying gives away the lángos counters: deep-fried dough under garlic, sour cream and grated cheese. It opened in 1897, and the building alone is worth the stop.