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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road Map F3. * 118,000.
n Tourisztikai Információs
Központ, Kossuth tér 1, (42) 31 07
35. Open Open-Air Village
Museum: Apr–Sep: 10am–6pm;
Oct: 10am–5pm Tue–Sun.
( daily, Búza tér. _ Vidor
Festival (late Aug–early Sep).
The vibrant Ark of Covenant at Nyíregyháza's synagogue
Transport
Byzantine and Baroque, it was unfussy façade bear witness £ from Buda pest, Debrecen.
hit by a Soviet bomb at the to the birth of Mini malism. @ from Debre cen.
end of World War II, and had to The murals on the walls inside
be extensively rebuilt. Miracu- depicting the night sky and
lously, the highly ornamented biblical scenes were painted
iconostasis featuring St Nicholas by Pál Szalay, a local artist and activities are organized: craft
survived intact. The nearby teacher. On an outside wall a fairs, dancing and concerts.
Bishop’s Palace holds a long plaque commemorates The Aquanus Spa and the
priceless collection of Greek the Nyíregyháza Jews killed Sóstó Zoo are also worth a visit.
Catholic religious artifacts. in the Holocaust.
u Synagogue Environs
Zsinagóga Opened in 1979 the Open-Air
Mártírok tere 6. Tel (42) 41 79 39. Village Museum at Sóstó-
Open by appointment only, Tue–Thu. gyógyfürdő, a spa town 7 km
& 8 7 (4 miles) north of Nyíregyháza,
Nyíregyháza’s synagogue is is famous for its beautiful rural
a beautifully simple building architecture. More than 50
whose outside walls are devoid buildings (houses, a school,
of any real decoration. Built in a shop, a pub, a fire station)
1924–32 to the plans of Lipót represent the regional styles. Inside a house at the Open-Air Village
Baumhorn, its straight lines and In summer, a wide range of Museum at Sóstógyógyfürdő

Nyíregyháza City Centre SÓSTÓGYÓGYFÜRDŐ
1 Kossuth Square and Town Hall Market VASVÁRI PÁL UTCA
2 Great Catholic Church KOSSUTH UTCA
3 Lutheran Church BUZA TÉR R ÁKÓCZI U T C A VAY Á D Á M K Ö R Ú T
4 András Jósa Museum OKTÓBER 23.
TÉR
5 Greek Catholic Church and Ú J U T C A MARTIROK JÓKAI
TÉR
Bishop’s Palace TERE
6 Synagogue Synagogue County HŐSÖK D Ó Z S A G Y Ö R G Y U T C A
Hall
TERE
V Í Z U T C A S Í P U T C A SZABADSAG
TÉR
Zsigmond
Móricz
Town Library
E GY H ÁZ U T C A
Greek Catholic Church Hall
and Bishop’s Palace KOSSUTH Great
TÉR Catholic
B E T H L EN G Á B O R U TCA Church
KÁLVIN B OC S KA I U T CA
TÉR ZRÍNYI UTCA
S ZÍ N H Á Z UT C A BESSENYEI ORSZÁGZÁSZLÓ L U THE R U T CA SZENT ISTVA N UTCA
TÉR TÉR
LUTHER
0 metres 200 M ALOM U T CA Nyírvíz ISK O LA UT C A TÉR
Palota
0 yards 200 S ZÉCHENYI UTCA Lutheran
Church
Bus Station András Jósa S Z A R VA S UT C A KÜ R T
700 m (770 yards) Museum DEBRECEN
BENCZUR UTCA
TÉR
Train Station
1.2 km (0.7 miles)
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