Market Hall - Hungary sights - Budapest

Two buildings that dominate the southern stretch of the Danube embankment on the Pest side are the one-time Customs House built in the 1870's (now the Economics University) and, behind it, the capital's largest covered market. When first opened in the 1890's a network of tunnels enabled incoming barges to unload their goods directly under the market floor.
Today the Market Hall houses the city's biggest, best and richest selection of merchandise, including everything from fresh vegetables to meat and spices. It has several times appeared in world news broadcasts, as it is a favourite place for celebrity guests to be filmed buying garlic or red paprika pepper.