Central Market Hall Budapest

The great market hall or central market hall market hall i hungarian nagyvásárcsarnok is the largest and oldest indoor market in budapest hungary the idea of building such a large market hall arose from the first mayor of budapest károly kamermayer and it was his largest investment he retired in 1896 and participated in the opening ceremony on february 15 1897.

Central market hall budapest. Although the central market hall vasarcsarnok was pretty damaged during ww2 it has been restored perfectly in the 1990s. The central market hall or great market hall is the most beautiful budapest market hall it was built in 1897 with beautiful tiled roofs and a colourful facade of patterned orange bricks. Great market hall budapest s great market hall often referred to as the central market hall is like many of pest s most majestic buildings a product of the late 19th century building boom. Great market hall culinary tour from 24 53 2 hour budapest market and tasting tour from 52 27 budapest central market hall walk with tastings from 34 31 withlocals 90 minutes kickstart.

Safe private budapest tour w a local expert from 16 83 see all central market hall experiences on tripadvisor. As the capital s population grew dramatically a network of markets was created with the great market hall the grandest of them all. Although budapest is not renowned for its shopping it has an emerging design scene and has an infinite number of interesting stores from the largest shopping centre in central europe to small flea markets and antique stores. After you finished exploring the market hall and you re still up to some sightseeing head for váci street that starts opposite the market on the other side of the road and ends at a central historic plaza vörösmarty square.

At the end of the nineteenth century indoor markets were founded in hungary s capital to guarantee the quality of the foodstuff and to improve their preservation as the citizens of budapest were suffering from foodborne illnesses. All in all the central market hall in budapest is a great place to visit as we will again.