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Greenhouses to visit in Hungary

The Verrière atlas lists 13 greenhouses in Hungary, built between 1865 and 2017.

Hungary has made the Pálmaház, or palm house, an institution of its botanical gardens. In Budapest, the Füvészkert's octagon of iron and glass, built in 1865, is immortalised in The Paul Street Boys, while the zoo's palm house, built in 1909–1912, holds a miniature jungle. At Keszthely, the Festetics Palace's 1880 glasshouse stands on a frame made in Gustave Eiffel's Paris workshops. The universities of Debrecen, Pécs and Szeged keep their own glasshouses, Vácrátót heats its palm house with thermal water, and in 2010 Nyíregyháza Zoo set a rainforest under ETFE above an oceanarium.

13Greenhouses
1865Oldest — Pálmaház of the Füvészkert (Budapest Botanical Garden)
2017Newest — Biodóm (Városi Oázis) at Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden
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All 13 greenhouses, oldest to newest

Pálmaház of the Füvészkert (Budapest Botanical Garden), Budapest
1865

Pálmaház of the Füvészkert (Budapest Botanical Garden)

🇭🇺 Budapest
The university botanical garden's 1865 palm house, immortalised in The Paul Street Boys.
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1870

Palm House of the Royal Palace of Gödöllő (Pálmaház)

🇭🇺 Gödöllő, Pest County
An iron-framed palm house raised in 1870 in Queen Elisabeth's park, now a garden centre open to everyone.
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Festetics Palace Palm House (Pálmaház), Keszthely, Zala County
1880

Festetics Palace Palm House (Pálmaház)

🇭🇺 Keszthely, Zala County
An 1880 palm house whose iron frame was made in Gustave Eiffel's workshops in Paris.
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Pálmaház of Budapest Zoo, Budapest
1909–1912

Pálmaház of Budapest Zoo

🇭🇺 Budapest
Originally designed for a separate urban project on Gellért Hill, the greenhouse ended up housing Budapest Zoo's miniature jungle.
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1953–1954

Palm House of the University of Pécs Botanical Garden (PTE Botanikus Kert)

🇭🇺 Pécs, Baranya County
A palm house sunk halfway into the ground to save money in 1953–1954, where palms now reach 10 to 12 metres.
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Palm House and Succulent House of the University of Debrecen Botanical Garden, Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar County
1975

Palm House and Succulent House of the University of Debrecen Botanical Garden

🇭🇺 Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar County
Famous across Europe by 1986, its cactus collection now spans more than 150 genera and some 2,500 species, subspecies, varieties and forms.
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1984–2005

Glasshouses of the Tuzson János Botanical Garden, University of Nyíregyháza (Pálmaház, Kaktuszház, tropical useful-plants house)

🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
A 12 m domed palm house, a succulent house of nearly 2,500 plants and a tropical pool where the Amazon water lily blooms.
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1985–1987

Palm House and Glasshouses of the Vácrátót National Botanical Garden (Nemzeti Botanikus Kert)

🇭🇺 Vácrátót, Pest County
Under a 15 m nave heated with thermal water, the Palm House grows bananas, coffee and turmeric at the heart of a 27-hectare garden.
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Palm House (Pálmaház) of the Mátra Museum, Gyöngyös (Orczy Garden), Heves County
2009 · 2008

Palm House (Pálmaház) of the Mátra Museum

🇭🇺 Gyöngyös (Orczy Garden), Heves County
A two-level greenhouse with largely glazed walls, where tropical plants, aquariums and terrariums recall the lost neo-Gothic orangery.
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Green Pyramid, Nyíregyháza Zoo (Zöld Piramis: Esőerdőház és Óceanárium), Nyíregyháza (Sóstó), Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
2010

Green Pyramid, Nyíregyháza Zoo (Zöld Piramis: Esőerdőház és Óceanárium)

🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza (Sóstó), Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
A rainforest hall under a dome of ETFE cushions, set above a 500,000-litre oceanarium crossed by a glazed corridor.
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2012

Lajos Juhász Greenhouse and Roof Garden (Juhász Lajos Növényház és Tetőkert), Leányka campus

🇭🇺 Eger, Heves County
A greenhouse built in 2012 on the roof of a university building, with tillandsias, orchids and cacti, free to visit.
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Tropical Greenhouse of the University of Szeged Botanical Garden (SZTE Füvészkert), Szeged, Csongrád-Csanád County
2014

Tropical Greenhouse of the University of Szeged Botanical Garden (SZTE Füvészkert)

🇭🇺 Szeged, Csongrád-Csanád County
Built in 2014 on the site of a worn-out predecessor, it kept in place tropical plants that had been growing there for some fifty years.
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Biodóm (Városi Oázis) at Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden, Budapest (District XIV, Városliget)
2017 · 2026

Biodóm (Városi Oázis) at Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden

🇭🇺 Budapest (District XIV, Városliget)
Under 964 triangular ETFE fields, a hall 36 m high has held about 13,000 tropical plants since July 2026.
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