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Lehel Hall

Lehel Csarnok, Lehel téri piac

- A covered multilevel marketplace. Because its form, colloquially known as 'Kofahajó' (Ship for retailers without shop), Built in 2000-2002, in postmodern style. Before 1890 here was a cemetery. Later was a lumberyard, thereafter since the early 1900s an open air market. There are now four above-ground and one underground level. The building frame and the glass roof reminds market hall from around 1900. This looks like a ship because on eastern side (Park side) lined circular floor windows (cruiser cabin window) and the oblique flag rod (foremast) at the main entrance of the hall. A myriad of colors surrounded the visitors - mainly red, yellow and blue (which are the colors of the flag of the capital), and a lot of the green painting (all street furniture and pavilion).

Address
XIII. Lehel tér
Getting there
: Lehel tér station

Listing from Wikivoyage: Budapest/Angyalföld, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.