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Dohány Street Synagogue
Europe's largest synagogue, with Moorish towers, a Jewish museum and a weeping-willow memorial in its garden.
- Open
- Sunday to Friday; closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Dohány utca 2, 1074 BudapestDirections
- Getting There
- Astoria station (Metro line 2).
Why Go
Built in the 1850s, the synagogue seats about 3,000. Its garden holds a cemetery of those who died in the wartime ghetto, and the silver Tree of Life memorial bears the names of victims.
The ticket covers the Hungarian Jewish Museum.
Tips
- Men are given a head covering at the entrance, and shoulders should be covered.
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