Great Market Hall

The idea of building such a large market hall arose from the first mayor of Budapest, Károly Kamermayer, and it was his largest investment.

It is located at the end of the famous pedestrian shopping street Váci utca and on the Pest side of the Liberty bridge at Fővám square.

They considered the most favourable position for the Central Market Hall to be Fővám Square, on the site of the Salt depot.

They were of the decided opinion that the Central Market Hall must be built in the 9 th district, on the plot of land lying between the Vámház Blvd, and Pipa, Csillag and Sóház (meaning: salt depot) Streets.

Materialisation of plans for a market hall had been dragging on for several years at that time, and essentially no progress had been made.

Conditions further deteriorated due to the disorganised state of food supply for the capital and the rapid increase in the population.

Many of them have items that are popular with tourists: paprika spices, Tokaji wine, Túró Rudi, kolbász sausage and salami can be found there.