General Information

The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall is the largest indoor market in Budapest. It was designed and built by architect Samu Pecz around 1896. The market has a huge variety of stalls on three floors. A distinctive architectural feature is the roof which was restored to have colourful tiling.

Additional Information

Most of the stalls on the ground floor offer produce, meats, pastries, candies, spices and spirits such as paprika, tokaji, túró rudi and caviar. The second floor has mainly eateries and souvenirs. The basement contains a supermarket, fish market and a shop selling pickles. Not only do they have traditional cucumber pickles, but they also offer pickled cauliflower, cabbage, beets, tomatoes and garlic.