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Budapest`s Jewish community originally centred on Castle Hill and later gravitated towards Óbuda. Jews were prohibited from living in Pest until the 18th century, but it was there that most of them finally settled. By the 1930s Jews made up about 20% of Budapest`s population. Most of Budapest`s Jews survived the Holocaust - unlike their counterparts in the provinces.

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Budapest | Sightseeing | Jewish sights

Great Synagogue
Completed in 1859, this synagogue is the second largest in the world (the largest being in New York). The onion domes are strikingly Oriental-Byzantine, as is the facade: the patterns in the brickwork were inspired by ancient ruins in the Middle East. But for all its exoticism, the design also expr [...]



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VII. Dohány u. 2.

tel. (+36-1) 317 2754

Open 10:00-17:00,
Fri 10:00-14:00,
Sat Closed,
Sun 10:00-14:00.
Jewish Museum
The museum displays items from the 18th and 19th centuries, from both Hungary and abroad, grouped according to the holiday or occasion on which they were used. In 1993 almost the entire collection was stolen (it was later recovered in Romania). One of the most notable items is a Chevra book from Na [...]



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VII. Dohány u. 2.

tel. (+36-1) 342 8949

Open 10:00-17:00,
Fri 10:00-14:00,
Sat Closed,
Sun 10:00-14:00.
Small Synagogue
Buda's small synagogue was built in 1364, some 80 years prior to the erection of the Jewish community's main temple of worship. Closed by the authorities in 1686, it served as a private apartment until 1964-65, when the street was renovated and 14th century inscriptions of the Star of Dav [...]



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I. Táncsics Mihály u. 26.

tel. (+36-1) 225 7815

Open 10:00-18:00,
Mon Closed.
The Old Jewish Quarter
The Great Synagogue is the gateway to what was once a sizable Jewish quarter in the heart of Budapest, in District VII. In the early part of the century, roughly half of this area's residents were Jewish. During the German occupation in 1944, part of this district - the area between Dohiny utc [...]



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