Szigetszentmiklós is a city in Pest County on the southern border of Budapest, on Csepel Island. It is home to about 40,000 people (statistical updating, 1 January 2024) 
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Understand
[edit]The city is a popular destination for people moving out of Budapest, giving it a suburbanised garden-town or small-town character.
Municipal information
[edit]Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]The settlement can be easily reached from both Csepel Island exits of the M0 motorway (ring road).
Budapest and Szigetszentmiklós are connected by three main routes: road 5101, which can be considered the main backbone of Csepel Island, side road 51 101 starting from Csepel-Háros, and road 5102. They continue or merge along the path of road Ferenc Rákóczi. There are also roads between the outskirts of the city, the 5101 and 5102 roads, and the 5103 road connecting the M0.
From the southern settlements of Csepel Island, the capital can be reached by passing through Szigetszentmiklós on the eastern and western sides of the island, and on the Csepel Island ridge road.
It is possible to cross the Ráckeve-Danube towards Taksony with the help of a bridge, here the main road 510 runs in the direction of the settlements of the Great Plain.
By public transport
[edit]The H6 HÉV has four stops in Szigetszentmiklós which are: Szigetszentmiklós, József Attila-telep, Szigetszentmiklós Alsó, and Szigetszentmiklós-Gyártelep.
The 38, 238 and 278 bus runs from Csepel, St. Imre Square to Szigetszentmiklós. The 279, 279b, 280 and the 280B bus run from Lakihegy to Szigetszentmiklós through Leshegy Industrial Park.
At night, bus 938 runs the same route as bus 38.
Get around
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- Ádám Jenő Memorial House (Ádám Jenő Emlékház), Árpád utca 29 (next to Local History Collection). M-F 08:00-16:00 (also by appointment on Saturdays). Here was the noted artist Adam Jenő (1896-1982) who was awarded the Kossuth Prize. He left all his property to hometown. A porched, 120-year-old whitewashed house exhibiting the musical legacy and furniture of Adam Jenő.
- Local History Collection (Helytörténeti Gyűjtemény), Árpád utca 34, ☏ +36 24 368264, [email protected]. M-F 08:00-16:00 (also by appointment on Saturdays). It has a traditional, tripartite division farmhouse inlude clean room, connecting room, kitchen. The exhibit contents: ethnographic exhibition, unearthed archaeological finds from the area, 19th-20th century historic monuments. The farm implements, agrarian vehicles are an open building.
- City Gallery Art (Városi Galéria), Tököli út 19, ☏ +36 24 530980, [email protected]. M-Th 11:00-18:00, Sa 09:00-13:00, F and Su closed. free.
- Imre Molnar Zither Collection (Molnár Imre Citeragyűjtemény), Tököli u. 19, ☏ +36 24 530980, [email protected]. The collection was based instruments of the folk artist Imre Molnar. 133 instruments are here. Museum pieces zither, old trough and bulbous zithers, diatonic and chromatic zithers, bulbous concert zithers. Other string instruments as epinette, Kantele, banjo, tambourine can be see here. free.
- Baptist Church of Szigetszentmiklós (Baptista Egyház Szigetszentmiklósi Gyülekezete), Kinizsi utca 43, ☏ +36 24 656373, [email protected]. M closed, Tu-Su 09:00-14:00. The order of worship: Sunday 10:00-11:30, at 17:00. The 250-seat church opened in 1996. Also a permanent exhibition of local history and the history of the church is located in the crypt. Free.
Do
[edit]- Czuczor Island Nature Protected Area (Szigetszentmiklósi Czuczor-sziget), ☏ +36 24 505505. The upper branch of the Danube estuary is a valuable wetland area. The flora and fauna of side branch is rich and varied. (Hu:. Loc: Outskirt.
- Nature Trail of Szigetszentmiklós (Szigetszentmiklósi tanösvény), Holtág. 1-km-long trail along a branch of the Danube of Ráckeve. Very intimate environment. There are the bridges to cross.